A coalition of seven aviation stakeholder organizations has formally submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed endangerment finding of lead in aviation gasoline (avgas). The coalition reaffirmed its support for removing lead from avgas through a safe and smart transition. In its comments, the coalition emphasized that it is in the public […]
North Dakota Passenger Boardings Surpass One Million in 2022
North Dakota’s commercial service airports finished calendar year 2022 with a statewide total of 1,028,159 airline passenger boardings. This is a growth of 141,350 passengers and a 16% overall increase from calendar year 2021. All eight commercial service airports were able to provide services to more passengers in 2022 than they did in the previous […]
SAJ Launches New Video Series; First Up, Colorado’s David Ulane
The State Aviation Journal has introduced an exciting new video series this week, in Focus. This week’s Video Focus features an interview with David Ulane, Colorado Division of Aeronautics Director and 2022/2023 NASAO Board Chair. The video is being brought to you by Applied Pavement Technology. Check it out here!
Eviation Announces Order from Aerus For 30 Alice All-Electric Commuter Aircraft
Eviation Aircraft, a manufacturer of all-electric aircraft, today announced that Aerus, an emerging regional airline in Mexico, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for 30 commuter Alice aircraft. Aerus intends to utilize Alice for middle-mile travel across regions including Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Coahuila and Veracruz, providing historically underserved communities in northern areas of the […]
McFarland Johnson Welcomes Jeffrey Mishler, PE as Senior Project Manager, Aviation
McFarland Johnson (MJ) has announced that Jeff Mishler, PE has joined the firm as Senior Project Manager in the firm’s Aviation Division. Mishler will serve as a technical lead for aviation planning projects throughout North America and will be based in the Houston, Texas area. He brings with him, more than 39 years of experience […]
WCC Aeronautical and Technological College Selects ALSIM for ALX Simulator
WCC Aeronautical and Technological College Selects ALSIM for ALX Simulator ALSIM is extremely pleased to announce the sale of an ALX to WCC Aeronautical and Technological College based in the Philippines. The ALSIM ALX provides up to 4 classes of aircraft-from single-engine piston, twin engine piston, twin turbine up to medium category twin jet. The […]
The Embraer Foundation awards the NAHF $20,000
Photo above – Monica Newman McCluney, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility and the Embraer Foundation, presents the award to NAHF outgoing CEO Amy Spowart, and interim President and CEO Aimee Maruyama at the Embraer facility in Melbourne, FL. The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) is honored to share that Embraer Foundation has awarded the […]
ACSF Deeply Saddened by Passing of Aviation Safety Expert, Russ Lawton
The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) is deeply saddened by the passing of Russ Lawton, who held key roles within aviation safety organizations for more than 40 years, including most recently as the Foundation’s Vice President of Operations. After a prolonged illness, he died on January 14th at the age of 70. “It would be […]
UMILES Next Appoints Gustavo RodrÃguez as Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
UMILES Next has announced the appointment of Gustavo RodrÃguez as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to step up the growth of its technology department. RodrÃguez is an Aeronautical Engineer from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid with various aeronautical technology patents to his credits, with more than 20 years’ experience in the aeronautical and aerospace industry as […]
Alaska Airlines Equips Flight Attendants with New Dynamic Collaboration App
Ditto, creators of critical software infrastructure that enables apps to synchronize data in real-time even without internet connectivity, announced that its Intelligent Edge Platform is powering a new task management and peer-to-peer connectivity enterprise app for Alaska Airlines flight attendants. Alaska Airlines is the first U.S. airline to adopt Ditto, giving crew members powerful collaboration […]
