Based in Washington, D.C., Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week Network. A former newspaper reporter, he has also covered the airline industry, military aviation, commercial space and unmanned aircraft systems. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2017, he worked for Aviation International News and Avionics and Rotor & Wing magazines.
Bill was the recipient of the National Business Aviation Association's Gold Wing Award in 2017 and 2022 for his reporting on drones and advanced air mobility, respectively, and in 1997 received the British Royal Aeronautical Society Aerospace Journalist of the Year award in the business aviation category. He is the author of the book, Enter The Drones, The FAA and UAVs in America, published in 2016.
Canadian airline WestJet said Dec. 4 that it has expanded its codeshare relationship with Australia’s Qantas by adding Qantas-operated flights between Los Angeles and Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Brazilian manufacturer Embraer and Danish leasing firm Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) signed a firm contract for three E190 regional airliners, valued at $156 million at list price, the parties announced Dec. 4.
The Safety Investigation Authority of Finland (SIAF) has issued several recommendations resulting from the Dec. 3, 2017, evacuation of an Embraer E190 regional jet that revealed “serious deficiencies” in the response by Finnish airport operator Finavia.
