FAA NEWS

Will FAA's plan for 737 MAX fly outside US?

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, May 22^nd 2019 |

Getting Boeing's top-selling 737 MAX back in the skies faces a critical test this week as the company and US regulators each seek to restore their reputations after two deadly crashes.The US Federal Aviation Administ...

Boeing says 737 MAX software update is complete

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Fri, May 17^th 2019 |

Boeing said Thursday that it completed its software update on the 737 MAX after two deadly crashes resulted in a global grounding of the aircraft.The proposed fix, which addresses a problem with a flight handling sys...

FAA grilled again over Boeing 737 MAX crisis

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, May 16^th 2019 |

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration faced another grilling in Congress on Wednesday following revelations that pilots complained to Boeing about the 737 MAX in the aftermath of the Lion Air crash.The hear...

Boeing unveils fix to flight system after deadly crashes

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Mar 28^th 2019 |

Embattled aviation giant Boeing pledged Wednesday to do all it can to prevent crashes like two that killed nearly 350 people in recent months, as it unveiled a fix to...

US says 'no basis' to ground Boeing 737 MAX jets after crash

AIR SECURITY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Mar 13^th 2019 |

The United States has said there is "no basis" to ground Boeing 737 MAX airliners, after a second deadly crash involving the model in less than five months prompted g...

New maintenance interval escalation for Bombardier's CRJ family in the US

MAINTENANCE / MRO | AEROCONTACT | Wed, Oct 3^rd 2018 |

Bombardier has just received Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) approval for a new maintenance intervals escalation for its most recent CRJ aircraft, whether they are alrea...

Boeing KC-46 Tanker Program Completes FAA Certification

DEFENCE | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Sept 6^th 2018 |

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] KC-46 tanker program a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC), verifying that its ref...

FAA orders emergency jet engine inspections after US plane failure

AIR SECURITY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Sat, Apr 21^st 2018 |

The Federal Aviation Administration ordered emergency inspections Friday of jet engines like the one that ruptured during a recent Southwest Airlines flight, leaving ...

St Barth Commuter lands FAR 145 contract with the FAA

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Mar 2^nd 2017 |

St Barth Commuter, the only airline company based at Saint Barthélemy Airport (French West Indies), has just been granted FAR 145 certification for its maintenance div...

Gulfstream GIV-SP aircraft with planedeck receive faa approval for synthetic vision installation

AIR TRANSPORT | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Tue, May 10^th 2016 |

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced it has received approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FA...

Beechcraft receives certification on Fusion equipped-King Air 350i/ER

PASSION | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Wed, Nov 18^th 2015 |

Beechcraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, today announced at the NBAA’s Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition it has...

Textron Aviation bolsters East Coast service and support offerings

AIR TRANSPORT | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Sept 14^th 2015 |

Textron Aviation Inc. announced today its company-owned service facilities in Greensboro, N.C., Wilmington, Del., Newburgh, N.Y. and Atlanta, Ga., have received new ce...

GE Aviation H Series-powered Let L410 receives FAA certification

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Aug 3^rd 2015 |

Aircraft Industries’ L410 UVP-E20 aircraft powered by GE’s H Series engine received Federation Aviation Administration (FAA) certification. “Thanks to the FAA certi...

Airbus A350-900 receives FAA Type Certification

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Thu, Nov 13^th 2014 |

The world’s latest generation commercial airliner, the A350-900, received Type Certification on the 12th November from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at FAA headquarters in Washington D.C. FAA Associate ...

Successfully achieves industry’s most rigorous aircraft test programme

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Thu, Nov 13^th 2014 |

The world’s latest generation commercial airliner, the A350-900, received Type Certification on the 12th November from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at ...