Pilots for Christ Maryland has partnered with The Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Commonwealth Aviation and local pilots to airlift presents for patients receiving care at NIH on Saturday, Dec. 17. The planned airlift, known as “Miracle on Runway One-Four,” will involve pilots and general aviation aircraft departing from various airports […]
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Watonga Regional Airport Opens New Runway
The Watonga Regional Airport hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, November 15, in honor of the airport’s new 4,000-foot runway. This project consisted of reconstructing of the existing 4,000 ft by 60 ft runway in its current location to meet Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards. Also included in the project was the installation of new […]
Pratt & Whitney’s World-Class North Carolina Turbine Airfoil Production Facility Nears Operational Capability
Photo above – North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper speaks during the ribbon cutting of Pratt & Whitney’s new turbine airfoil production facility in Asheville, NC. With the majority of exterior construction complete, Pratt & Whitney’s state-of-the-art turbine airfoil production facility in Asheville, N.C., is expected to achieve initial operational capability in the second quarter of […]
Coastal Carolina Regional Airport & American Airlines Announce Summer Return of Non-Stop Flights to Washington, D.C.
Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (EWN) and American Airlines have announced that their seasonal, non-stop flights between New Bern, N.C. and Washington, D.C. will begin again in June. This is a direct result of the success of this route this past summer. The Saturday service between EWN and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) will begin […]
Honda Aircraft Company Announces Upgrade Package for HondaJet Elite
Honda Aircraft Company today announced the addition of a new “Upgrade Package for the HondaJet Elite.” The package offers current HondaJet Elite owners the opportunity to implement Honda Aircraft Company’s latest performance and avionics software upgrades on their aircraft. The Upgrade Package for the HondaJet Elite, presented by the Advanced Performance Modification Group will be […]
Blue Line Delivers 114 Jobs and $630,000 in Tax Revenue to Johnston County in 2022
Blue Line Aviation, the largest flight school in the state of North Carolina relocated to JNX Airport in November 2021 with a promise of more planes, more students, more jobs, and more revenue for Johnston County. Twelve months later, the company and its other business ventures have fulfilled its commitments and then some, bringing 114 […]
Breeze Airways to Begin Service at RDU
Breeze Airways announced it will begin service from RDU in early 2023. The low-fare airline will fly from RDU to Hartford, New Orleans and Providence beginning in mid-February. Breeze joins Icelandair, Avelo and Bahamasair as the fourth new airline to announce service at RDU this year. “We are excited to be the first airport in […]
GSO Tower Comes Online, FAA Project Led by All-Woman Team
Photo above – Members of the engineering team include FAA employees (left to right): Kelsey Torchia, Maylisse Matos, Stefanie Johnson and Courtney Nolan. In addition to being the newest air traffic control building in the United States, the tower at Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) has another distinction: women engineers led its design, procurement, and […]
Summit Aviation Celebrates Move to Greensboro
Summit Aviation Inc., a Greenwich AeroGroup Co., held a ribbon cutting to celebrate its new location in Greensboro, North Carolina. Summit Aviation Manufacturing was formed in 2014 when Greenwich AeroGroup retained the manufacturing side of then-owned Atlantic Aero upon its divestiture to Landmark Aviation. Summit Aviation’s manufacturing division will gain an additional 19k square feet […]
NCDOT Accepting Applications for Aviation Career Education Grants
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation is accepting applications from public airports through Jan. 30 for its 2023 Aviation Career Education (ACE) Academy Grant Program. The program supports aviation workforce development with grants of up to $3,000 per academy to host aviation career-focused summer academies for middle and high school students that inspire […]
