Avfuel, citing “an effort to further carbon neutrality goals in the aviation industry,” teamed with its affiliated Avflight Salina FBO in Kansas to provide SAF – sustainable aviation (jet) fuel – for aircraft headed to NBAA-BACE 2019.
The business aviation sector has set itself some ambitious targets in terms of sustainability and emissions reduction. It is unlikely these goals will be reached without a broader take-up of sustainable fuel. But a key barrier to adoption remains the higher price of SAF versus traditional jet fuel.
General Electric’s Catalyst turboprop is doing well and exceeding performance predictions, but due mainly to the challenges of testing for more stringent certification requirements, development for its first application – the Cessna Denali – is behind schedule, says the company.
The final two of 155 airports to receive ADS-B, Akron-Canton Airport and Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport, both in Ohio, became operational last month. “This brings the operational rollout of ADS-B baseline services to a successful conclusion, on schedule and within budget, well in advance of January 1, 2020, the date by which aircraft flying in certain, controlled airspace must be equipped with the technology,” says the FAA.
That the sector needs new talent is by no means a revelation. But Bolen is proud of how NBAA has gone about promoting business aviation to young entrants, and is pleased with new efforts to attract and retain the kind of people the industry requires.
On Sept. 11, pilots Amanda Farnsworth and Katie Pribyl set out on a transatlantic flight from North America to Normandy, France, to encourage girls to pursue dreams of flight and honor the female pilots who served during World War II.
Pratt & Whitney is expanding its military aftermarket services in Oklahoma via a multimillion-dollar investment in its existing facilities at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex.
Among the highlights at the biannual aerospace industry gathering at Le Bourget are Eviation's new all-electric aircraft, the arrival of Boeing's KC-46 and developments in hypersonics. Watch as Guy Norris and Steve Trimble discuss.
An extension to a memorandum of understanding between the government of Japan and France’s aviation regulator, signed at the Paris Air Show, will help pave the way for greater business collaboration.
American Airlines will acquire 50 Airbus A321XLRs, adding 20 new aircraft to an order of 30 A321neos that have been converted to the new Airbus long-range narrowbody. The airline plans to take eight in 2023, 22 in 2024, and 20 in 2025, and is likely to use them throughout its network on a variety of routes.
Pratt & Whitney Military Engines enters the Paris Air Show in the midst of a production ramp-up on the F135 engine for the F-35 and a burst of innovative activity based at the newly opened GatorWorks organization in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Lockheed Martin said this week that it’s investing $142 million and will be adding 326 new jobs as it expands it Center of Excellence in Camden, Arkansas.
For Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services division, cybersecurity challenges are relentless and will become a subset of his business’s evolution over the next few months.
Unmanned air system specialists General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has packaged control elements developed for its MQ-9B SkyGuardian and earlier UAVs into an enhanced control and command capability.
Airbus and Rolls-Royce are on track to start modifying a Bae 146/RJ100 airliner into the E-Fan X hybrid-electric demonstrator in 2020 as the engine maker assumes a greater role following its recent acquisition of Siemens’ eAircraft unit; a former partner in the project.
The airline said it will convert 26 existing A321neo orders to the XLR, and will add another 10 new orders. This will boost the carrier’s total A320neo-family orders to 109, including 28 A321LRs and 45 A320neos.
Call it the federation of French flying clubs if you like, but FFA (Fédération Française Aéronautique) is here exhibiting a Pipistrel Alpha Electro two-seater it has begun using for instruction purposes, thus making it one of the first electric aircraft in service.
In an unprecedented move, the chief technology officers of seven aircraft and engine OEMs came together this week to outline a shared commitment to reducing emissions and ensuring a more ecologically sustainable future for aviation.
Russian Helicopters is a bright presence at the Paris Air Show this year, bringing two Ansat light twins, the company’s major hope in the commercial segment, to the event.
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. revealed that it has a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for 15 SpaceJet M100s from an identified North American customer—the first orders or commitments for the newly revealed type. The MOU, announced June 19, clears the way for “formal negotiations” to begin for a firm order that would see deliveries begin in 2024.
