Bombardier: le dernier vol du FTV3.

Le FTV3 (Flight Test Vehicle 3) de Bombardier a fait un passage à basse altitude au-dessus de l'aéroport de Saint-Hubert avant de s'y poser pour mettre fin au dernier vol de sa carrière. Il appartiendra dorénavant à l'École nationale d'aéronautique, où les élèves pourront l'utiliser dans le cadre de leur formation. Il s'agit du plus important don jamais fait par Bombardier à une école de formation. Le directeur général du cégep Édouard-Montpetit et directeur de l'École nationale d'aéronautique… (www.lapresse.ca) Plus d'info...

Les lignes aériennes contre la taxe sur le carbone.

Les transporteurs aériens canadiens demandent à Ottawa d'être exemptés de la taxe fédérale sur le carbone lors de son entrée en vigueur, le 1er janvier. Selon eux, cette mesure entraînera une hausse des tarifs et incitera les passagers à prendre leurs vols depuis un aéroport de l'autre côté de la frontière. Le Conseil national des lignes aériennes du Canada (CNLA) a envoyé vendredi des lettres à trois ministres fédéraux pour mettre en garde le gouvernement contre l'incidence de cette redevance… (www.lapresse.ca) Plus d'info...

Bourse du carbone: des billets d'avion moins chers au Québec qu'en Ontario.

(Ottawa) La décision du gouvernement de Doug Ford de retirer l'Ontario de la bourse du carbone - qui forcera le gouvernement Trudeau à imposer une taxe fédérale sur le carbone dans cette province à compter du 1er janvier - aura pour effet de creuser davantage l'écart des prix des billets d'avion entre l'Ontario et le Québec, selon une étude qui sera rendue publique aujourd'hui par le Conseil national des lignes aériennes du Canada (CNLAC). Déjà soumises à une taxe provinciale sur le carburant en… (www.lapresse.ca) Plus d'info...

Embry-Riddle Study Confirms Small Unmanned “Drones” Pose Increasing Risks to Aircraft

During the 13-day sampling period, researchers detected 73 individual DJI-manufactured drones that made 192 separate flights in the Class C airspace around the airport. (www.suasnews.com) Plus d'info...

Etihad Airways Set to Cancel Order for Airbus A350s

The flag carrier and national airline of the United Arab Emirates, Etihad Airways is in the midst of aggressive cutbacks, in a bid to overcome a mammoth $1.52 billion annual net loss announced just last year. Reputable independent rating agency ‘Fitch’ have said ‘Etihad Airways is expected to continue making losses through to 2022′, and it’s been established that the Abu Dhabi airline has “very weak” financials and lower unit revenues than its Gulf and European competitor airlines, despite… (aviationanalyst.co.uk) Plus d'info...

FlightAware Announces Flight Tracking Coverage Growth

FlightAware Now Provides 100% Global Flight Tracking From the Moment an Aircraft Powers on at its Origin to the Second it Parks at its Destination. (flightaware.com) Plus d'info...

Belgian unions warn of more strikes ahead for Ryanair

European unions will organise several days of strikes before the end of the year if low-cost carrier Ryanair (RYA.I) does not change its position, Belgian unions CNE and LBC-NVK said. (uk.reuters.com) Plus d'info...

Single-Pilot passenger planes could soon take to the skies

Plane maker Boeing is actively working on technology that would remove the need for two pilots in the cockpits of its passenger jets. (www.independent.co.uk) Plus d'info...

Technician Accidentally Sets off an F-16 Cannon Blows Up Another F-16

A technician Accidentally Sets off an F-16 Cannon Blows Up Another F-16 at the Florennes Air Base on October 11. A technician in one of the F-16s accidentally hit the metaphorical big red button and activated its six-barreled Vulcan M16A-1 cannon. A F-16 had recently been fully fueled for a training run, and the bullets hit the gas tank. (jalopnik.com) Plus d'info...

United Celebrates 70 Years Of Maintenance In San Francisco Featuring All-Women Technician Team

United Airlines’ San Francisco (SFO) Maintenance Center is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. One of the highlights was the appearance of the Chix Fix team. This all-women technician team participated in the 2018 Aerospace Maintenance Competition (AMC). (airwaysmag.com) Plus d'info...

NTSB calls for 25h cockpit voice recorder duration

Following several recent aviation safety incidents, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging regulators to extend significantly the required recording duration of cockpit voice recorders (CVRs). (www.flightglobal.com) Plus d'info...

Southwest flight makes emergency landing after passenger allegedly plays unwanted game of 'footsie'

A Southwest flight on Tuesday was diverted after a Texas man on board played an unwanted game of "footsie" with a female passenger sitting next to him and got into a confrontation with the flight crew, authorities said. (www.foxnews.com) Plus d'info...

Orkney Islands routes are front-runners for first commercial electric flights

Up in the remote northeast of Scotland, residents of the Orkney Islands use small island-hopping aircraft to commute around the archipelago. The longest flight in the area is 15 minutes, traveling 33 miles from the city of Kirkwall to the island of North Ronaldsay. The shortest flight takes an average of 80 seconds to travel 1.7 miles between the islands of Westray and Papa Westray. That flight holds the Guinness World Record as the shortest commercial flight route in the world. Now, Scottish… (arstechnica.com) Plus d'info...

Airlines impose cannabis ban on pilots and cabin crew

Air Canada, WestJet and Jazz are among the carriers that have imposed a blanket ban on cannabis use for many employees directly involved in flight operations as Transport Canada warns that cannabis is a “potential threat” to aviation safety. (www.thestar.com) Plus d'info...

Delta to debut A220 at New York LaGuardia

Delta Air Lines will introduce the first Airbus A220 in North America at New York LaGuardia airport, making good on promises that the aircraft would initially fly from the Big Apple. (www.flightglobal.com) Plus d'info...

FlightAware Launches Ground Coverage For Business Aviation

Ready to Taxi notifies users when an aircraft powers on at its origin, taxis out, taxis in and parks at its destination FBO or airport. (flightaware.com) Plus d'info...

China Comac C919 Stumbles on FAA Flight Deck Standards

Despite 10 years of development and a wealth of support from foreign firms, China's efforts to gain entry into western markets with an indigenous airliner continue to progress slowly as Comac struggles to bring its ambitious C919 project in line with U.S. Federal Aviation Administration requirements. (www.fliegerfaust.com) Plus d'info...

Scientists able to scare away birds around airport with googly eyes

It's no secret that birds and airplanes do not mix, and scientists may have finally found a way to keep these two within safe distances of each other. (www.gatechecked.com) Plus d'info...

TSA outlines its plans for facial recognition on domestic flights

The Transportation Security Administration is determined to make facial recognition and other biometrics a regular part of the airport experience, and it now has a roadmap for that expansion. The effort will start by teaming with Customs and Border Protection on biometric security for international travel, followed by putting the technology into use for TSA Precheck travelers to speed up their boarding process. After that, it would both devise an "opt-in" biometric system for ordinary… (www.engadget.com) Plus d'info...