Private Jet Services plans to plant 79,200 trees a year in a reforestation program to offset 100% of the carbon dioxide resulting from their bizjet flights.
The number of U.S.-registered, turbine-powered business aircraft meeting the FAA’s Jan. 1, 2020, deadline for ADS-B compliance rose to 88% of the fleet in November, according to FlightAware.
Standards organization RTCA has announced that it has formed a committee of industry and government experts to develop requirements for counter-unmanned aircraft systems to protect airports and other sites from rogue drones.
NTSB's work to promote aviation safety includes a long list of issues and vice chairman Bruce Landsberg touched on a number of them in a presentation to attendees of a Wichita Aero Club luncheon.
Hard on the heels of showcasing its first urban air mobility terminal in Singapore, UK startup Skyports has raised $7M to continue buying sites for passenger and cargo vertiports globally.
Textron Aviation’s layoffs are part of a restructuring plan by its parent company to cut costs and improve operating efficiency, the company said in a U.S. SEC filing.
Textron Aviation is reducing its salaried workforce here and in Independence, Kansas, as it continues “to operate with efficiency,” a company spokeswoman confirmed Dec. 5.
The Aeronautical Repair Station Association’s (ARSA) chief lobbyist blasted a U.S. House bill that would crack down on foreign aircraft repair stations, describing the effort as a “new front in the longstanding, ongoing union war against contract maintenance.”
BAE Systems has signed a memorandum of understanding with startup Jaunt Air Mobility to explore the development of electric energy management systems for urban air mobility vehicles.
Bombardier has signed a long-term lease agreement with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority to build a 1 million-sq.-ft. Global Manufacturing Center, where it will relocate Global aircraft final assembly, including assembly of its flagship Global 7500.
