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Sikorsky has been awarded FAA certification for its S-76C++ variant.

A UK CAA study says the risk of a helicopter capsizing during a controlled ditching is “considerably higher” than it should be.

As the helicopter industry once again prepares to hold its annual roundup in Dallas later this month, it is riding the crest of a wave that includes the hi

The experiment in discount-fare, 50-seat RJ flying known as Independence Air (formerly Atlantic Coast Airlines) ended once and for all when the company tra

Chalk’s Ocean Airways remained grounded at press time as maintenance crews peeled apart the wing skins and inspected the wing structures of its four remain

Anchorage, Alaska-based regional airline Era Aviation in late December filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after its main source of capital decided

The pilots of Northwest Airlines have threatened to strike if management proceeds with plans to launch a new regional airline as proposed in a newsletter d

The province of Western Australia has granted two airlines monopoly rights over air service to some 10 small communities surrounding Perth.

Investigators last month had yet to determine the cause of a December 26 fire that destroyed Frontier Flying Service’s hangar at Wiley Post-Will Rogers Mem

India’s Paramount Airways plans to sign a contract for eight Embraer 175s and seven Embraer 195s worth some $450 million.

Former DOT Inspector General Mary Schiavo’s latest crusade against the aerospace establishment has placed Bombardier, General Electric, Honeywell, Northwes

ExpressJet began shopping in earnest for a new mainline partner last month as Continental Airlines prepared to ask for bids from other regional airlines to

On December 28, the European Space Agency launched the first test satellite of its future Galileo navigation system.

Faced with the likelihood of the number of flights in Europe doubling to 17 million by 2020, the European Commission launched the ambitious Single European

The unit, which plugs into an AC power receptacle, is about the size of an automotive radar detector and contains an integral antenna and small display.

The FAA is making progress toward instituting a future Rnav and RNP (required navigation performance) environment across the National Airspace System (NAS)

Inmarsat announced it has been selected to manage the company that will look after Galileo’s global network operations, including performance monitoring an

The successful launch of the second Inmarsat-4 communications satellite late last year brings the introduction of SwiftBroadband airborne high-speed-data c

Revue Thommen, the Swiss instrument maker, last month opened a U.S.

An airworthiness directive requiring replacement of Shadin ADC-2000 computers affects only aircraft owners with “Quick Start” models of the Chelton FlightL

Autopilot maker S-Tec announced that it is now offering factory installations of its Magic 2100 digital autopilot and single-side EFIS in the King Air 90,

Rockwell Collins last month said it has received an additional TSO for the Pro Line 21 Integrated Display System (IDS) that allows buyers to installthe ret

Rockwell Collins engineers are hard at work ona top-to-bottom overhaul of NetJets’ information management back office, an effort that Collins said will all

With its Private Jet service, Lufthansa is Europe’s only airline to offer connection flights with business jets to and from its overseas links departing or

Private Jet Gourmet in Miami has come up with a unique variation on traditional catering–an assortment of gourmet frozen entrees, side dishes and desserts,

Edward Taylor, a 16th-century New England Puritan not given to excess, nevertheless saw fit to describe the spiritual in terms of the flesh when he wrote o

The twinjet derivative of the former VisionAire Vantage is progressing, though not quite as quickly as previously expected.

In late December Eclipse Aviation confirmed that a supplier problem has delayed certification of its VLJ from next month to late in the second quarter.

On January 11 Cessna began certification flights of the Mustang, some two weeks after receiving type inspection authorization.

It appears that the ProJet, an Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)-Avocet joint venture, doesn’t have much forward momentum.