Aviation News

Flight Safety Foundation Calls for Stronger Protection of Volunteered Aviation Safety Information (Aircraft Maintenance Technology) HONOLULU In the wake of recent judicial decisions forcing disclosure of voluntarily supplied aviation safety information, and the use of aviation accident investigation reports in civil litigation and criminal prosecutions, the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) anounced [...]

South Africa: Bleak Month for Aviation Safety in Country (AllAfrica.com) IT HAS been a bad month for South African general aviation, with 23 people killed in 12 aircraft accidents – this compares with a total of eight accidents and a single death last October.

Boeing sees booming China aviation market over next 20 years (Channel NewsAsia) NEW YORK: US aerospace giant Boeing said on Wednesday it sees the booming China aviation market producing orders for 3,710 new commercial aircraft over the next 20 years.

BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul Launches New Website (Rotorhub) Dallas, Texas October 24, 2008 BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul (ERO) has launched a new public website for its worldwide engine repair and overhaul companies and adopted a new website address: BBAAviationERO.com.

BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul Launches New Website (Aircraft Maintenance Technology) BBA Aviation ERO companies include Dallas Airmotive, H+S Aviation, Premier Turbines, W.H. Barrett Turbine Engine Company and International Turbine Service.

NTSB Chairman Cites Three Safety Areas to Reduce Accidents in Business Aviation (ThomasNet) In address to 2008 Bombardier Safety Standdown, NTSB Chairman Mark V. Rosenker outlined areas that are critical to reducing aviation accidents. Runway Safety can be improved by requiring landing distance assessment with adequate safety margin for every landing. By setting work hour [...]

MRO Leaders Cautiously Optimistic at AVIATION WEEK’s MRO Asia Event in Singapore (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Mindful of the rapidly changing global economy, leaders in the aerospace and defense industry presented cautiously optimistic plans for growth at AVIATION WEEK’s 8th annual Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Asia 2008 Conference & Exhibition, held October 14-16, [...]

Universal Detection Technology Receives Purchase Order for Its Anthrax Detection Equipment From the Federal Aviation … (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance) LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20, 2008 — Universal Detection Technology , a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies to protect people from bioterrorism and other infectious health threats and provider of counter-terrorism consulting and training services, [...]

States ATF stand to make aviation sector bleed more (Express India) The ailing airline industry may not get any respite in the form of a sales tax cut on aviation turbine fuel.

Airbus A380 lands in Hyderabad for display at aviation expo (Calcutta News) The world’s largest aircraft Airbus A380 landed at Begumpet Airport here for static display at the ongoing India Aviation-2008, the country’s first conference and exhibition on civil aviation, as Airbus officials said the aircraft was ideal for India.