Exactly 30 years ago, on the night of May 17, 1992, Munich Airport moved to its current location about 30 kilometers northeast of Munich. Since then, Munich Airport has handled around 850 million passengers and almost six million tons of air freight on a total of nearly ten million flights to and from Munich. In […]
Flying Musicians Select 2022 Solo Scholarship Recipient
Photo above – Flying Musician 2022 scholarship award winner, Jovencia (Jovie) Webbeking. The Flying Musicians Association (FMA) has announced the selection of their fifteenth overall scholarship recipient of the FMA Solo program: Jovencia (Jovie) Webbeking from Washington state. FMA received thirty-seven outstanding nominees from all across the United States and Canada. The FMA board had […]
First-Ever Utah Aviation Conference Draws 500, Builds Community
Photo above – from left are, Dave Haymond, (Aviator of the Year), Brenda Maughan, (accepting the Disciple of Flight award for her father, LaVar Wells), Jared Esselman, Steve Durtschi (Airport of the Year – Skypark Airport), and Aaron Organ (Aviation Educator of the Year award). The Utah Aeronautics Division held its first conference on May […]
Flight Safety Foundation Honors Bryan Burns and Russ Lawton with Meritorious Service Award
On May 11, Bryan Burns and Russ Lawton, both aviation safety leaders from the Air Charter Safety Foundation (acsf.aero), were presented with the 2022 Business Aviation Meritorious Service Award for their contributions to business and charter aviation safety. The award was presented by Dr. Hassan Shahidi, the President and CEO of the Flight Safety Foundation […]
NCDOT Awards State Funds for Improvements to Richmond County Airport
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has awarded Richmond County Airport $745,000 for safety improvements. The grant will help the airport replace its outdated lighting system with an LED system. Project bids are expected to open to contractors by June 8. Richmond County Airport is one North Carolina’s 72 public airports that connect people […]
Icelandair Launches Inaugural Flight at RDU
Icelandair launched its first flight from RDU on Thursday, providing nonstop transatlantic service to Reykjavik, a tourist destination that also serves as a midway point between North America and Europe. The inaugural flight marks the first new international route added since 2019 and RDU’s first transatlantic flight since March 2020. “We welcome Icelandair to RDU […]
The General Aviation Awards Board Announces Appointment of NAFI Board Member Gregory Feith to GAA Board
The General Aviation Awards Board of Directors (GAA) announced the appointment of National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) Board Member Gregory A. Feith to its Board. Feith will lead the nonprofit’s Public Relations team. “I speak for the entire GAA Board when I say that we are delighted to welcome Greg Feith to our Board […]
April Snowstorms Impact Air Travel in Central & Western North Dakota
North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports posted a total of 76,553 airline passenger boardings during the month of April 2022. This is a 23% increase from the 62,168 boardings that the state experienced in April 2021. It is also approximately 17% below April 2019’s pre-pandemic passenger counts of 92,063. The multiple heavy snowstorms that the […]
NBAA, Stakeholders File Motions in Federal Court to Halt East Hampton Airport Closure
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has joined with other stakeholders in filing a pair of motions in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York asking to pause the planned closure of East Hampton Airport (HTO) and supposed conversion of the embattled publicly owned airport to a private-use facility with access […]
TODAY EXCLUSIVE: Passenger-Turned-Pilot Details Miracle Landing
Darren Harrison, the passenger who landed a plane after his pilot lost consciousness, detailed the heroic experience in an exclusive interview with TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie. Harrison described his determination to survive for his wife and unborn child, and recalled thinking, “I can’t die today. Today is not my day.” Harrison described how he leapt into […]