The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will require, effective February 23, that all small drones have their registration number clearly displayed on the outside as a means of more easily identifying their owners. This move follows on from 2015 FAA rules that require the registration of all drones before they can be flown and that they
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged the United States government and industry to work together to ensure that aviation is able to accommodate an expected 62% rise in demand for air travel to, from and within the country over the next 20 years. Speaking at the International Aviation Club in Washington, D.C., Alexandre de
U.S. lawmakers are introducing a bipartisan bill pushing for the installation of a secondary door between the cabin and cockpit on passenger airlines. This increase in onboard safety is intended to ensure there can be no attack using commercial aircraft as witnessed with the September 11, 2001 attack. The bill comes a year after Congress
In a major boost for airline accident investigations, two aviation leaders, Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright, have partnered to develop an entirely new way for airlines to monitor and analyze flight data. Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright will use real-time connectivity to reinvent the Cockpit Voice Recorder and Flight Data Recorder — commonly referred to as “black boxes” —
Jota Aviation has become the latest airline to launch a pilot cadet programme. The programme will offer talented, newly qualified pilots the opportunity to fulfil their dream of becoming commercial airline pilots. In an industry now struggling with a shortage of existing pilots, combined with a maturing workforce, airlines have recognised the need to develop
Michael O’Leary, the abrasive CEO of Ryanair, Europe’s largest low-cost carrier, is to step down from the role of day-to-day running of the airline to take up a new role as CEO of a restructured Ryanair overseeing CEOs of the company’s four airlines – Ryanair DAC, Ryanair Sun, Ryanair UK and the newly acquired Laudamotion.
Eirtech Aviation has announced the opening of its newest office in Dublin city centre. The office will be staffed with Sales, Engineering and CAMO personnel who will be readily available to meet with customers as required. The office will be open from Monday 4th February 2019 and will enable Eirtech to respond to the growing
Southeast Aerospace, an Aerospace solutions company, has won an exclusive contract to provide the Department of Justice with Airborne Imaging Systems. The contract is a five year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity for installation and integration worth US$15 million dollars. The Airborne Imaging Systems will provide the Department of Justice a modern and reliable solution to
Chorus Aviation has released that pilots of its subsidiary, Jazz Aviation, have ratified the amendments to their collective agreement which was tentatively agreed on January 14, 2019. The Air Lines Pilots Association, International (ALPA) represents Jazz’s pilots based in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal. Ratification of this tentative agreement was a condition of implementing the
ZIA valda, the holding company run by entrepreneur Gediminas Ziemelis, which has been operating for over two decades, is rebranding to Vertas Management. In 2018, the consolidated revenues of the managed companies exceeded 503 million euros. Vertas Management is undergoing an intensive global expansion, uniting over five thousand employees and 17 companies in various business
