Content Archive: February 2015
Training and Workforce
NBAA S&D Committee Names Scholarship Recipients
Scholarships help recipients develop business aviation scheduler and dispatcher careers.
Accidents
Both Engines Lost Power Before TransAsia Crash
FDR data suggests pilots shut fuel supply to left engine
Aircraft
Dassault Falcon 8X Starts Flight-test Campaign
Dassault's new business jet program is on schedule for mid-2016 certification.
ATC
Harris To Acquire Exelis, Merging U.S. Government Suppliers
The combination of Harris and Exelis will create a major supplier of IT and communications system to the U.S. government and military.
Rotorcraft
Helicopter Fatal Rate Declines Dramatically
Total accident numbers, as well as fatal accident numbers down
Fuel
Avianis Integrates with FuelerLinx
The Avianis client-relations platform can now accept fuel-management requests from the FuelerLinx fuel-management service.
Charter & Fractional
Acana Outlines Charter Broker Issues
At the NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers conference, the Air Charter Association of North America held a meeting on broker best practices.
Aircraft
CSeries Flight Test Program Reaches 900-Hour Mark
CSeries Program head reports 'solid progress'
NBAA’s Schedulers and Dispatchers Show a Record Success
The annual show raised the bar for S&D attendance.
