Late last week the White House announced the intent to nominate Michael G. Whitaker to serve as Administrator of the FAA. Aviation Associations were quick to embrace the idea. “The FAA, the civil aviation industry and the American flying-public deserve a leader with experience in managing large organizations and an aviation background to develop an aviation […]
AvMet Applications Expands SmartSky® Predictive Weather Data Suite Adding Live Weather Impacts for Airports, Terminal Airspace, and Jet Routes
SmartSky, the innovative air-to-ground inflight connectivity provider, and AvMet Applications Inc., prediction provider for aviation weather impacts, have announced an agreement that brings AvMet Service offerings to the SmartSky Predictive Weather Data Suite delivered via the SmartSky Skytelligence® aviation data exchange. For the first time, airline dispatch, FBOs, airports and ground operations will have access […]
PVD Becomes Base of Operations for Breeze Airways
Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) officials were recently joined by Governor Dan McKee, Breeze AirwaysTM Chief Operations Oï¬cer, Mike Wuerger, and other federal, state, and local oï¬cials to celebrate Breeze Airways inaugural day as a base of operations at PVD. Breeze Airways has completed its initial hiring to support its newest base and expects to […]
Volatus Infrastructure Signs MOU with LEO Flight
Volatus Infrastructure, LLC signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work with LEO Flight to provide manufacturing support of LEO’s wireless VertiStop charging technology. Volatus will also supply the Indiana-based electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle manufacturer with vertiport infrastructure. “The Volatus team is honored to fulfill LEO’s eVTOL infrastructure needs and excited to […]
Qatar Airways Cargo Partners with DSV to Launch New Route from Huntsville
Qatar Airways Cargo has partnered with DSV Global Transportation and Logistics to launch a new route from Huntsville, Alabama, enhancing North America’s connectivity to Europe, Middle East and beyond, effective 7th September 2023. The route, named by DSV as the “Gateway Star”, will see twice weekly Boeing 777 freighters operating from Felipe Ãngeles International Airport […]
CAF Airbase Georgia to Display 2 WWII Aircraft at Girls in Aviation Day
Two restored World War II aircraft from Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Georgia will be part of this year’s annual Girls in Aviation Day Sept. 16 at Covington Municipal Airport, Covington, Ga. Women in Aviation International (WAI) arranges the entire day dedicated to inspiring young women and girls to explore careers in aviation. Activities are […]
FAA Approval Allows uAvionix to Conduct BVLOS Drone Flights in North Dakota
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an approval to uAvionix, an avionics company specializing in drones, that enables them to conduct beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone flights using Vantis, North Dakota’s first-of-its-kind UAS system. uAvionix, with support from the Northern Plains UAS Test Site, demonstrated to the FAA that it established adequate risk […]
FAA Authorizes UPS Flight Forward and uAvionix to Operate Drones Beyond Visual Line of Sight
The FAA authorized two more companies to operate drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). UPS Flight Forward with its Matternet M2 can conduct small package delivery and uAvionix with its Rapace can use the Vantis Network to test its detect and avoid technology. On August 24 the agency authorized Phoenix Air Unmanned to operate […]
Oregon Department of Aviation Gives Update on Aurora Airport Master Planning Process
The Oregon Department of Aviation has given an update on the Aurora Airport Master Planning process. The Department reports that the technical team has been working hard to make changes to Working Paper #1 based on FAA’s comments (see the documents linked under “FAA Review” on the project website). This means that the committee meetings […]
Intermountain Health Joins the ACSF’s Aviation Safety Action Program
The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ASCF.aero), a non-profit organization which supports the highest safety standards for more than 320 business, charter and fractional operators in the aviation industry, today announced that four certificate holders owned and operated under the parent company Intermountain Health will participate in the ACSF’s Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP). The Intermountain […]
