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A draft FAA Advisory Circular provides guidance and recommended practices for operational procedures and training related to flightpath management.

Compliance with ADS-B Out equipment and operating requirements will become mandatory in Canada’s Class A and B airspace above 12,500 feet next February.

Foreign and domestic operators of large aircraft flying under Part 91/135 to airports in the EU will need to register on EASA’s environmental portal.

Transport Canada is floating a proposal that would require installation of lightweight flight data recorders on general and business aviation aircraft.

EASA has issued an opinion expressing its intent to adopt new regulations on tire pressure minimums and helicopter ditching survivability.

The U.S. EPA has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to adopt particulate matter emission standards and test procedure for turbine airplanes.

Representatives of four trade associations testified last week before the Massachusetts Senate to preserve a sales tax exemption on aircraft and parts.

Nav Canada's ADS-B service trials are underway below FL290 in portions of the Montreal flight information region.

EASA’s latest five-year safety plan not only addresses aviation safety issues but revives work on a European digital pilot license.

Nav Canada will restrict land and hold-short operations (LAHSO) to dry runways.

A preliminary report indicates asymmetrical spoiler deployment may be a factor in the December 15 crash of a Gulfstream IV-SP in the Dominican Republic.

The Learjet 35A involved in a December 27 fatal accident struck powerlines and subsequently crashed about 1.43 nm east of Gillespie Field in California.

Canada's proposed luxury tax on new general aviation aircraft sales has been delayed.

U.S.-registered business jets and turboprops, which flew significantly more in 2021 than in 2020, also experienced more fatal accidents last year.

The Part 135 accident occurred during maneuvering for a visual approach.

The FAA has delayed for two years a planned runway paving project that will lengthen Norwood (Massachusetts) Memorial Airport’s 4,000-foot Runway 17/35.

Following a one-year delay from the originally scheduled date, ADS-B requirements in Mexico go into effect on January 1.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has issued a recommendation that Nav Canada publish notams with graphic depictions of runway closures.

The FAA has retained the notam acronym but changed its wording from Notices to Airmen to a gender-neutral Notices to Air Missions.

The U.S. NTSB is proposing to add a Subpart F (Commercial Space Investigations) to its Part 831 regulations covering accident investigation.

Fatalities from general aviation aircraft accidents decreased overall last year amid broad pandemic-induced reductions in flight activity, the NTSB said.

The MD-87 involved in the October 19 runway excursion accident following a rejected takeoff at Houston Executive had jammed elevators, the NTSB said.

The Canadian Business Aviation Association goes on offense to combat the Canadian government's proposed luxury tax on private aircraft.

Campbell Oil and its related Executive Aircraft Services “strongly disagree” with an FAA notice that proposes a $1.38M penalty for alleged illegal charter.

Companies Deny FAA Allegation of Illegal Charter

International Bizav Accidents: 10-year Review

The Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) has taken issue with the new Advisory Circular 66-1 proposed by the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand.

A U.S. travel policy set to begin in November will lift nearly 18 months of pandemic-induced international air travel restrictions for foreign nationals.

Transport Canada has published a state aviation safety program to comply with the requirements of ICAO Annex 19 regarding safety management.

A proposed bill in the Massachusetts Senate that would have established a $1,000 landing fee for general aviation in the state has been grounded.