AZ – Falcon Field Airport is experiencing immense development. Falcon Field Airport (FFZ) is a general aviation reliever airport owned and operated by the City of Mesa. Falcon Field, the 2nd busiest general aviation airport in the U.S., hosts over 330,000 annual aircraft operations. In ...
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TX – Amazon is now delivering orders by drones in California and Texas with the aim to ultimately fly out packages to customers’ homes within an hour, Ars Technica reports. The retail giant’s drone delivery service, Amazon Prime Air, already dropped a small number of ...
LA – Burrell Aviation has officially started construction on its Aviation Business Park at Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR). Louisiana Governor John Bell Edwards, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, the Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR), and Burrell Aviation, a division of The Burrell Group, were all ...
TX – Dallas-based Southwest Airlines faces a federal investigation into whether it violated its own legally required customer service plan amid a blizzard of flight cancellations that ruined plans and angered travelers over the Christmas holiday. In a statement late Monday, officials at the U.S. ...
CA – Natilus, a U.S. corporation, is producing the world’s first purposefully designed and manufactured autonomous aircraft for air freight transport. As a big step forward, the company has partnered with Janicki for composite part design and fabrication due to its renowned reputation for innovation ...
OR – Plumes of blue-gray smoke from vintage aircraft engines and an enthusiastic BBQ team melded together to help set an exciting mood for a unique birthday party in 2022. The Salem, Oregon-based B-17 Alliance Foundation held a 75th Birthday Bash for its B-17, “The ...
CA – Skyservice Business Aviation, a North American leader in business aviation, announced today its award-winning private jet center network would be expanding to Napa, California. The 60,000-square-foot full-service private jet center at Napa County Airport (APC) will include fixed-based operations (FBO) and maintenance services. The ...
NY – New York state and city legislators said Friday that they plan to introduce legislation to permanently close New York City’s West 30th Street heliport (KJRA) in response to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s veto of the “Stop the Chop” act. In her veto message, Hochul explained, ...
VA – Only one Boeing XB-15 bomber prototype was built, yet it gave the giant aircraft manufacturer design ideas that shaped the famous B-17 and Model 314 Clipper airplanes. The Boeing XB-15 (Model 294), originally known by the nomenclature XBLR-1, or Experimental Bomber, Long Range, ...
ME – The only commercial airline headquartered in Maine has stopped flying — and Elite Airways executives aren’t talking about plans for the company, including whether it will resume service between the Northeast and Florida. Until recently, Elite offered low-cost flights to and from Portland International Jetport with stops at White ...