International trip planner Djetops has launched a smart online flight permit application called PermitsGlobal that automates the process of obtaining overflight and landing permits.
Bell Helicopter is moving production of its new Model 505 JetRanger X light helicopter from the U.S. to Canada as part of a restructuring that will “optimize manufacturing capabilities,” the company says.
More than 13,000 aviation professionals and 500 exhibitors are expected at this year’s European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE), which opens May 24 at the Palexpo Exhibition Center in Geneva.
Garnering an investment from the Canadian federal government is a “complex” proposition and Bombardier is “working” on it, although the timing is uncertain, according to CEO and President Alain Bellemare.
Sikorsky and the American Helicopter Society (AHS) International, which offered the human-powered helicopter prize finally won in 2013, have launched a “Hover for a Day” challenge to achieve new levels of helicopter efficiency and reliability.
The FAA for the first time has compiled a report of the Part 135 air charter industry as a way to quantify the industry and its contributions to the U.S. economy and the effect rulemaking has on operators.
The second Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) test aircraft is expected to make its first flight later this month, Hirohichi Morimoto, President and CEO of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., said at the ISTAT Asia conference.
Germany’s Deutsche Post DHL says there is no obstacle to field trials of its latest Parcelcopter unmanned delivery aircraft in urban areas following completion of an experimental trial in the Bavarian Alps.
The “AW209” designation, revealed in a May 3 presentation to an Italian parliamentary committee by Leonardo (formerly Finmeccanica) CEO Mauro Moretti, is a placeholder for the helicopter division’s next new AgustaWestland product.
