Content Archive: March 2020

ATC

Aireon, Eurocontrol Sign 10-year Agreement

Aireon's space-based ADS-B data is expected to improve Eurocontrol's complex traffic demand and slot allocation calculations.

Senate Bill Would Create Center to Advance Aviation

Senators Infhofe and Duckworth introduced the bill to create a center that would foster development of the aviation and aerospace sectors.
FBOs

Euro Jet Takes on Balkan FBO Expansion

The ground services support provider is opening new offices in Albania and Kosovo while refurbishing crew facilities in Romania, Croatia, and Ukraine.
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Charter & Fractional

Wheels Up Acquires Gama Aviation Signature

Wheels Up has acquired Gama Aviation Signature, creating the second-largest private aviation company in North America.
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Regulations and Government

FAA AC Outlines Limits on Web-based Flight-sharing

FAA, releasing much anticipated guidance, stipulates that use of a public website to offer flight-sharing without an operator's certificate is prohibited.

Argus: Bizav Flying Had Another Good Year

Business aviation flight activity last year in the U.S., Canada, and Caribbean increased 0.9 percent year-over-year, matching the growth rate from 2018.
Safety

NBAA Offers COVID-19 Flight-planning Guidance

The guidance offers considerations for operators during flight planning as well as resources for them to tap before, during and after a mission.
Airlines

Lufthansa, KLM Extend China Flight Suspensions into Summer

European carriers started slashing services across their short-haul networks, mainly to Italy, as the virus outbreak eats into demand.
Aircraft

Coronavirus Disrupts Vistara’s Plans for New 787-9s

India’s only privately owned full-service airline took delivery of its first Dreamliner on February 29.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Stevens Macon Offering Mx Services for Mexico Bizjets

Two of Stevens Aerospace's three maintenance facilities are now approved by Mexico's regulator.