Content Archive: April 2019

Aircraft

United Adroit in Limiting Max-related Flight Cancellations

United has been able to cancel far fewer flights because of the 737 MAX grounding than have rivals American and Southwest.
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Regulations and Government

Aviation Groups Object to FAA's Pilot Drug Study

Nine aviation groups have expressed their “strong opposition” to a proposed FAA study aimed at assessing drug use among pilots.

Apex Air Signs Partnership with Ctrip

Apex Air gets access to China's largest online travel agent after signing an agreement with Ctrip.
Maintenance and Modifications

Flightparts Sets Up Bizav Engine MRO in China

The acquisition of the Porto Allegre facility in Brazil by Flightparts has allowed it to create a duplicate facility in China.

Skyplan Rolls Out Aurora 2.0 For Chinese Market

Flight-planning provider Skyplan hopes to garner 30 percent market share.
Aircraft

USAF Sends F-35s for First Combat Ops; RAF Set To Follow

Nearly three years after achieving IOC, the USAF's F-35As have been dispatched to the Middle East for the first operational deployment
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Regulations and Government

EBAA Calls for Bizav Inclusivity in European Framework

Access to airports and airspace remain significant hurdles for the industry.
Environment

Aviation Groups Lobby for Biodiesel Incentive Extension

Extension of the biodiesel fuel tax incentive will sustain and grow nascent sustainable alternative jet fuel production, aviation groups say.
Accidents

Three Die in Sabreliner Crash

Two pilots and a passenger were killed when their Rockwell Sabreliner 265 crashed about 20 minutes after taking off from Oxford-University Airport.
FBOs

Million Air White Plains' Weaver Dies At 66

Bill Weaver spent more than four decades in the aviation industry.