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Corporate Angel Network Nets $275k in Virtual Auction

The Corporate Angel Network’s (CAN) Fund an Angel Virtual Auction raised more than $275,000 through sponsorships, auction items, and donations.

November 2, 2020

AINsight: Travel in the Time of Coronavirus

Traveling internationally is impossible, or is it? AIN editor-in-chief Matt Thurber gives it a try.

October 30, 2020

No New Aviation Items Added to TSB 2020 Watchlist

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board did not add any new aviation items to its 2020 Watchlist, but runway overruns and incursions, among others, remain.

Regulations and Government

October 30, 2020

FAA Developing Broader SMS Mandate for Part 135 and 145

FAA hopes to have a proposed rule mandating broader safety management systems (SMS) ready by 2022.

Regulations and Government

October 27, 2020

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Vanderbilt LifeFlight Is Air Medical Program of Year

Tennessee’s Vanderbilt LifeFlight has been named the air medical program of the year by the Association of Air Medical Services.

October 26, 2020

AINsight: Pilot’s Guide To Avoiding Unstable Approaches

Unstable approaches are a popular topic with aviation safety professionals, but rarely do they ever talk about flying the aircraft.

October 23, 2020

FSF Establishes UAS Advisory Committee

Flight Safety Foundation has launched the autonomous and remotely piloted aviation systems advisory committee to address the safety of these operations.

October 20, 2020

Sumwalt Stresses Fitness for Duty at NBAA Safety Week

NTSB chairman Robert Sumwalt highlighted the need of fitnesses of duty both in the air and on the ground during NBAA's Virtual Safety week.

October 19, 2020

Max-Viz EVS STC'd for Airbus AS350 Helicopters

Astronics’s Max-Viz 1200 and 1400 enhanced vision systems have received FAA and Transport Canada approval for installation in the Airbus AS350.

October 19, 2020

New Runway Surface Assessment Format Delayed

ICAO has delayed the applicability date of a new global reporting format for assessing runway conditions and runway condition reports to pilots.

Regulations and Government

October 19, 2020

New British Airways Boss Pleads for Pre-departure Covid Tests

The UK government is considering introducing a test days after arriving in the country with a shorter self-isolation period of seven days.

October 19, 2020

UK CAA Prosecutes Pilot for Alleged Illegal Charter Flight

The UK CAA is pressing criminal charges against David Henderson over his role in an alleged illegal charter flight that killed soccer player Emiliano Sala.

Charter & Fractional

October 16, 2020

Bizav Community Digs Deep in Covid Humanitarian Response

Despite facing an existential threat from Covid, the business aviation community has been ready to provide practical help to those in greater need.

October 15, 2020

GE Partners With Uber on eVTOL Flight Data Monitoring

GE Aviation will offer its eFOQA software to provide operators within the Uber Air rideshare service with a way to combine flight data for safety analysis.

October 15, 2020

NTSB Improves Public Access to Accident, Safety Data

The NTSB's new database, Case Analysis and Reporting Online (Carol), will provide public access to a range of information across all modes.

October 14, 2020

Keeping the Pilot in the Loop on Flight to Autonomy

Automation is increasingly a feature of modern aircraft, but what are manufacturers doing to help pilots understand how automation works?

October 13, 2020

Luxaviation Takes First Step to Single European AOC

Operators like Luxaviation anticipate significant savings from having all European operations under the new single EASA air-operating certificate (AOC).

Charter & Fractional

October 13, 2020

Cruz Steps Down at BA as Part of IAG Management Reboot

International Airlines Group's new chief executive Luis Gallego has replaced the BA chief executive after a turbulent process of downsizing at the airline.

October 12, 2020

More Insurance Pain Forecast for Rotor Industry

Helicopter insurance premiums are rising in a "hard market" that could last another two years.

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

October 9, 2020

OEM Studies Show Low Risk of Covid Transmission in Airliners

Boeing, Airbus, and Embraer each have conducted studies that show Covid poses less of a risk in airliners than in other indoor settings.

October 8, 2020

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