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Safety study will examine recent incidents involving the presence of drones in aircraft flight paths near Portuguese airports.

The major upgrades are the first for the facility since it opened at the New England gateway in 1984.

ICAO adoption of the new phraseology signaled international acceptance of “climb/descend via” clearances that the FAA implemented in 2014.

Bidding failed to reach reserves during the first attempt to auction the airplane in 2008.

The King Air B200 landed on Runway 17 while ground personnel were there preparing to launch gliders.

The aircraft was less than a mile from Runway 6 when it turned right to circle for approach, but aircraft typically are 3.8-nm during the right turn.

Liveauctioneers and GSW Auctions estimate the airplane’s value at $2 million to $3.5 million, and have set no reserves.

Since the sky and the ocean were almost the same blue color, the pilot had been able to recognize the aircraft's flight attitude only with the clouds.

Bizjets have been involved in six of the last nine incidents in the U.S. where engineered materials arresting systems have safely stopped aircraft.

Proposal would also ensure that the design of large airplanes provides an “adequate longitudinal controllability and authority during go-arounds."

Proposal allows EASA Member States to define zones in their territory where either drone operations are prohibited or restricted.

Thanks to prodding by the Canadian Business Aviation Association, the current runway rehabilitation schedule is now scheduled to end on or about May 16.

In the five decades since being established, it has made more than 14,500 recommendations to improve transportation safety.

Runway 4R/22L at Boston Logan Airport is scheduled to be closed from May 15 through late June to enable the repaving and marking of the runway.

Draft Advisory Circular would apply to pilots, certificate holders, operators and program managers conducting datalink communication operations.

Audit objectives will be to assess FAA’s processes for granting waivers, and its risk-based oversight of UAS operators with waivers.

Overall European air traffic is expected to increase by 14 percent between 2016 and 2023, according to Eurocontrol.

Turbine business airplane accidents worldwide claimed the lives of fewer people in the first quarter—16 compared to 25 in the same period last year.

GSIP was launched in October 2014 to study how aviation safety data are used and to produce toolkits that can be used by aircraft operators.

EASA's rulemaking would address pilot procedures for maintenance check flights.

Advisory circulars provide guidance for business aircraft operators in meeting the latest civil aviation regulatory amendments.

Approval marks an extension to ExecuJet’s maintenance capabilities already in place for the Embraer ERJ-135/145, Legacy 600/650 and Phenom 100.

Approved operators may now use Rectrix BED as their departure point for non-stop flights to DCA.

The company will expand its capacity later this year with a new 43,000-sq-ft MRO facility in Macau and a third 41,500-sq-ft hangar in Singapore.

Miami is the latest ATC facility to go on line with digital communications, bringing to 55 the number of airport towers operating with Data Comm.

Even though rule will be in effect individual state approvals must be given before turbine single operations in instrument conditions can actually begin.

There were 406 total accidents (jets and turboprops) between 2010 and 2016.

In one instance, an ADS-B OUT system ground test created a false airborne target that generated a TCAS resolution advisory on an airliner on approach.

Deadlines for the new requirements begin in 2018.

GE said that operating its helicopter from Signature Flight Support at Boston Logan International Airport “has been positive.”