WA – The last model to roll off the production line was a 747-8 Freighter variant. It marked the 1,574th Jumbo Jet built. Boeing’s VP of the 747 programs, Kim Smith, said, “For over half a century, tens of thousands of dedicated Boeing employees have ...
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CA – San Francisco International Airport was ranked the best large airport in the United States. San Diego International was the second-best midsize airport from a recent study conducted by the Wall Street Journal. San Francisco International is best known for being oddly quiet, even ...
AK – Since 2007, Ketchikan has seen a string of fatal air tour accidents. During that period, there were seven air tour crashes in which 31 people were killed and 13 seriously injured. As a result, new rules and regulations are needed to implement procedures ...
CA – Desert Jet Center is now the newest Fixed Base Operator (FBO) located at the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (KTRM). The FBO anticipates large traffic shortly and has implemented software known as X-1FBO to facilitate a greater customer service experience. “After a very thorough ...
WA – MagniX, based out of Everett, Washington, recently announced at the NBAA-BACE 2022 event their plans to develop hydrogen fuel cells. MagniX is an established developer of electric and hybrid-electric propulsion systems for aircraft and is now planning to place efforts into making hydrogen ...
Signature Aviation, the world’s largest network of Fixed-Base Operations (FBO), announced today that it had expanded the availability of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ (SAF) to all its locations in California. Business aviation users now have greater access to SAF in California, enabling them to ...
WA – Eviation’s sleek, electric airplane demonstrator, Alice flew for the first time from Grant County International Airport (KMWH) in Moses Lake, Washington. The experimental aircraft’s first flight lasted about 9 minutes, 3 seconds. Powered by twin, rear-mounted magniX650 electric motors, Alice flew a test-flight ...
HI – As part of President Joe Biden’s new bipartisan infrastructure law, Hawaii anticipates receiving $250 million in public airport funding over the next five years. The allocation of this funding over five years also allows airports eligible under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) to ...
CA – According to officials, the Livermore Municipal Airport’s development policy has been temporarily suspended amid plans to create new regulations that will better align development procedures with city requirements and industry standards. According to city staff, the existing policy has “insufficient language that does ...
CA – Threshold Aviation Group, an aviation services provider based at California’s Chino Airport (KCNO), has acquired an additional 50,000 square foot hangar from San Bernardino County. The newly leased structure, originally built to house military transports, is Threshold’s fourth hangar of that size on ...