A group of House lawmakers sent a clear signal to FAA with a quickly introduced bill that would require the agency to conduct a formal rulemaking process if it plans to compel obese pilots to undergo testing for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) before receiving a medical certificate.

Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI) is adding Tip-to-Tail coverage for another relatively new aircraft, the Gulfstream G280 super midsized business jet, as the Chicago-based hourly cost maintenance program provider looks to substantially grow its entire aircraft business.

The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF), which formally launched its Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) in the Great Lakes region in August 2012, is working to expand the program next in the Western Pacific, New England and Eastern regions, ACSF President Bryan Burns says. The program is one of a couple of cornerstone programs that the organization has been developing as it continues to expand its membership and reach new categories of members.

Landmark Aviation, known as one of the largest chains of fixed-base operations, has been working to raise the visibility and build up two of its other core businesses – Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) and Aircraft Management and Charter – as the company continues on the acquisition trail. Landmark President and CEO Dan Bucaro notes that Landmark “clearly has a different model than most in that we fill all three spaces.” But he adds that those spaces – FBO, MRO, and management/charter – “fit well together” to serve the customer base.

Leaders worry about being marginalized without next-gen fighter.

Efforts to integrate unmanned aircraft into civil airspace are gathering pace, but have long way to go.

The historic move to transfer key export-controlled aerospace categories for aircraft and gas turbine engines from the U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List in reality has “created many new problems and challenges for exporters and their counsel,” say partners in the law firm Barnes and Thornburg. Since the reforms took effect Oct.

New winglet will have up to a 1.8% better block fuel burn