Reading Time: < 1 minute Lockheed Martin announced today that it will offer the T-50A in the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Pilot Training (APT) competition. The T-50A was developed jointly by Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to replace the T-38 and train the next generation of pilots to fly 5th Generation aircraft. Lockheed Martin also announced that it […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes The future of single-aisle aircraft is taking flight with Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX– creating better, more efficient ways for airlines and passengers to fly. In today’s aerospace market, the MAX and the Neo are the best-selling products for both manufacturers. The Boeing and Airbus fight to rule the market has already started. Both […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Air ambulance helicopters are involved in near-daily rescues all over the Ohio Valley, but a recent discovery shows that many of those choppers could be flying with serious risk. No one is questioning the work, the skill or the resolve it takes for the men and women on these life-saving flight crews. “We’re looking at […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Worried by the second air mishap involving Sikorsky helicopters operated by Bristow Helicopters Limited in six months, the Federal Government has ordered Bristow to suspend the use of all Sikorsky S-76C++ helicopters in its fleet pending an audit of its operations with particular emphasis on the helicopter type. The suspension came on the heels of […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Air Traffic Controllers (ATCs), manning the 2.8-million sq nautical mile airspace, which extends from Kuala Lumpur and Yangon in the East to Pakistan and Muscat in the West, are going to be less-burdened with around 200 new personnel joining the rank from next month. These 200 ATCs are in the final leg of their training […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Russia is ready to sell civil airliners to Iraq and keep providing it with military aid to fight Islamic State, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Thursday, accompanied on a trip to Baghdad by the biggest Russian delegation in years. The mission by nearly 100 government and business officials was part of a drive […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes A new Indonesian Ministry of Transportation (MOT) rule banning the import of any commercial passenger aircraft more than 10 years old and freighters more than 15 years old amounts to merely a cosmetic exercise, according to a senior aviation technical executive, while a ban on any aircraft more than 30 years old appeared likely to […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Air France officially inaugurated its Airbus A380, the Company’s largest super jumbo in its long-haul fleet, on the Paris-Charles de Gaulle – Mexico route. To celebrate the event, Frédéric Gagey, Air France Chairman and CEO, Pieter Elbers, KLM President & CEO, and a delegation led by Matthias Fekl, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today issued a safety alert to U.S. and foreign commercial passenger and cargo airlines, urging them to conduct a safety risk assessment to manage the risks associated with transporting lithium batteries as cargo. The FAA also is issuing guidance to its own inspectors to help them determine whether the airlines […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Private airport operators have sough tax relief in the forthcoming budget on the grounds that airports help in easy connectivity apart from boosting tourism. In a memorandum to the Finance Ministry, the Association of Private Airport Operators (APAO) urged the government to allow private airports to raise funds through tax-free bonds and sought a host […]