International Aero Engineering and Aviation Clean Air (ACA) are working together to offer an ionization purification system as a portable ion distribution unit for ground use only.
Flying Colours Corp, a repair, overhaul and completions business, has opened an advanced paint preparation and application facility at its headquarters in Peterborough, Ontario.
Longview Aviation Capital Corp. has suspended production on its De Havilland Dash 8-400 and Viking Twin Otter 400 programs “until further notice” and laid off about 1,000 workers, the company announced.
Oil-and-gas helicopter operator Bristow Group has converted three of its helicopters to perform evacuation missions for oil workers with suspected cases of novel coronavirus.
The FAA is increasingly relying on contingency plans for its air traffic control (ATC) facilities as COVID-19 coronavirus infections have been detected at several airport towers and one of the 22 air route traffic control centers (ARTCC) responsible for managing en route aircraft.
In the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic, business aviation experts are revising 2020 delivery and sales forecasts along with business expectations in an ever-evolving situation.
Organizers of July’s Farnborough International Airshow and the Royal International Air Tattoo have decided to cancel the events in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As airlines and providers of commercial air travel services continue to make robust cases to governments for state-level aid, smaller airports may be left to fend for themselves.
Business aviation flight activity in Europe declined 6.9% in the first 17 days of March compared with the same period in 2019, according to WingX Advance, with France recording the largest decline with a 12% reduction.
The FAA must work to “lift impossible compliance barriers” to keep pilots and aircraft in regulatory compliance during the coronavirus pandemic, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association said.
Fractional operator Flexjet will ferry pilots and flight crews to assignments using its own aircraft rather than its usual method of relying on commercial carriers.
U.S. startup ThereCraft is developing an unmanned aircraft that can deliver urgent cargo to remote locations with the accuracy of a helicopter but without the need to land or use parachutes.
Textron Aviation is instituting rolling four-week furloughs for most of its U.S. employees in response to the coronavirus pandemic and to adjust production to anticipated market demand, the company said.
