All articles by David Learmount – Page 25
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UK Home Secretary announces security measures following Yemen bomb threat
The explosive devices intercepted in intelligence-led security checks on a UPS freighter at East Midland airport, UK and a FedEx cargo flight in Dubai were...
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Europe meets to thrash out the future for commercial air transport
Shock at member states' inability to co-operate during the April volcanic ash crisis has prompted the European Union to held its first high-level strategy...
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Simcom offers Eclipse 500 training in full flight simulators
From 4 November, SimCom Training Centers is to offer Eclipse Aerospace Eclipse 500 light...
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IBAC clarifies business aviation's environmental strategy
Reducing aircraft noise near airports, and the number of people affected by it, is one of the most effective ways in which public perceptions of business...
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Bombardier expands support network
Bombardier has expanded its global customer support network by three centres, to bring its worldwide total to 60, as it seeks to make its logistics operations...
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NBAA: Bombardier boosts global support network
Bombardier has expanded its global customer support network by three centers, to bring its worldwide total to 60.
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NBAA: Business aviation associations report on the world's regions
Representatives of six regional business aviation associations met Tuesday afternoon at the NBAA Convention to report on activity in their areas.
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NBAA: Universal partners with CICS to offer European emissions trading service
Universal Weather and Aviation has announced a partnership with CICS, a leading Greenhouse Gas verifier, to offer European Union emissions trading system (EU-ETS) compliance, verification and reporting service
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NewsNBAA: Lufthansa Technik links with Panasonic to build IFE/CMS for VIPs
At a ceremony at NBAA today Lufthansa Technik and Panasonic Avionics signed a letter of intent to collaborate on designing and fitting high-end bespoke inflight entertainment, communications and cabin management systems for the VIP aircraft market.
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NBAA: Avantair becomes first business aviation customer for Jeppesen eChart Viewer
US-based fractional ownership operator Avantair has become the first customer for Jeppesen's new electronic charting service, eChart Viewer.
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NBAA: Simcom Training Centers offers Eclipse 500 training
SimCom Training Centers (6656) will offer Eclipse Aerospace Eclipse 500 light jet pilot training using a pair of full flight simulators at its Orlando, Florida...
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NBAA: Learjet 60 gets smart tire pressure sensor system
A tire pressure remote sensor system by Crane Aerospace and Electronics has been awarded a supplemental type certificate for the Bombardier Learjet 60.
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NBAA: Hiller adjusts fuel loyalty program
Chevron-linked US aviation fuel distribution company Hiller has tailored its loyalty program to allow rewards to be distributed as the corporate flight department decides, which differentiates it from most others which tend to reward the pilots for their decision on where to upload fuel.
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Airbus and Boeing approaches to electronic flight bags
Are the different approaches to electronic flight bags favoured by Airbus and Boeing really significant?
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European helicopter safety team unlocks secrets of rotary wing's achilles heel
The European Helicopter Safety Implementation Team has produced a concise guide to preventing and overcoming four of the most pernicious operational risks affecting rotary-wing flight.
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Helicopter sector to get its own version of the IS-BAO accreditation system
The helicopter part of business aviation needs to raise its safety performance along with the rest of the rotary-wing sector, according to Brian Humphries, president and chief executive of the European Business Aviation Association.
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EHEST: How to stop crashing helicopters
Top causal factors of helicopter accidents in Europe are pilot judgement and actions and shortcomings in the operator's safety culture and management.
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Will Europe be immobilised next time the volcanic ash comes?
Volcanic activity in Iceland like that which occurred in April when Eyjafjallajökull erupted will definitely affect European airspace again, so what is being done to avoid another shutdown?
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ICAO launches global safety information exchange as Assembly begins
As its 37th General Assembly began in Montreal, the International Civil Aviation Organisation signed a memorandum of understanding with three of the world's most influential aviation players to launch a global safety information exchange (GSIE).
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European Parliament passes new accident investigation law
A new EU law intended to ensure the independence of air accident investigations was approved by the European Parliament on 21 September.