Environmental Activists Temporarily Shut Down EBACE Static Display A group of between 80 and 100 environmental activists pushed through security gates at Geneva International Airport in Switzerland today (May 23) to protest the ongoing European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE). Wearing yellow high-visibility vests that resembled those[…] Read this article
Fractional Operator Grounds Its HondaJet Fleet; Honda Rebuts In a story with multiple twists and turns, fractional-ownership firm Jet It voluntarily grounded its fleet of HondaJets this week after a runway excursion on landing on May 17 that did not involve one of the company’s aircraft. Meanwhile, the[…] Read this article
First Passenger-Centric Cessna SkyCourier Delivered Though largely viewed as a cargo/utility aircraft, Textron Aviation’s Cessna SkyCourier recently notched its first delivery as a “passenger unit” to Hawaii-based Lāna’i Air, which provides high-end air service between the island of Lāna’i and Oahu. According to Textron, the[…] Read this article
FLT Flight School Signs For 10 New Diamond DA20 Trainers (CORRECTED) LifeStyle Aviation has announced that Utah-based FLT Academy signed a firm order for 10 Diamond DA20 trainers, with an option to add 20 more of the single-engine piston aircraft. The academy’s long-term planning could call for “increasing the commitment to[…] Read this article
Tecnam Delivers On Two-Ship P2012 Deal With Samoa-Based Carrier Italian airframer Tecnam announced at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland, this week that it has delivered the first two P2012 Traveller piston twins to Pacific Air Charters in Samoa. Under the brand name Pago[…] Read this article
Short Final: Tappan Zee Bridge As a new pilot I was nervous about ATC communications … until I heard this exchange. Now I know they are human after all. As background, in the New York Terminal Area there’s a commonly used VRP, namely the Tappan[…] Read this article
