Landmark Aviation, known as one of the largest chains of fixed-base operations, has been working to raise the visibility and build up two of its other core businesses – Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) and Aircraft Management and Charter – as the company continues on the acquisition trail. Landmark President and CEO Dan Bucaro notes that Landmark “clearly has a different model than most in that we fill all three spaces.” But he adds that those spaces – FBO, MRO, and management/charter – “fit well together” to serve the customer base.

Leaders worry about being marginalized without next-gen fighter.

Efforts to integrate unmanned aircraft into civil airspace are gathering pace, but have long way to go.

The historic move to transfer key export-controlled aerospace categories for aircraft and gas turbine engines from the U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List in reality has “created many new problems and challenges for exporters and their counsel,” say partners in the law firm Barnes and Thornburg. Since the reforms took effect Oct.

New winglet will have up to a 1.8% better block fuel burn

The price of EU carbon-dioxide allowances (EUAs) under the EU Emissions Trading System sank to a three-month low in November, coming under pressure from the sale of surplus permits by the European Investment Bank (EIB) that started mid-month. The price of EUAs for delivery in December rose to an intra-month high of €4.80 per metric ton ($6.49) on Nov. 7, a day before a meeting of EU diplomats where carbon market intervention was on the agenda.

Airline and travel association representatives are mounting a furious offensive to fight potential passenger tax increases from being part of any budget deal on Capitol Hill. The second so-called super committee of lawmakers established to end the October government shutdown and debt-ceiling fight reportedly has been considering doubling the Transportation Security Administration passenger security tax, paid every time flyers step aboard, from $2.50 to $5.

The Big Three carriers' vast expansion plans and their implications