The safety of people flying in light aircraft could increase following new proposals put forward by the UK Civil Aviation Authority to require active carbon monoxide (CO) detectors to be carried on some piston-engine aircraft. Proposals set out in a consultation yesterday by the regulator are int...

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a revised Safety Information Bulletin outlining recommendations for operators to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading.  Aircraft operators and aerodrome operators should collaborate as much as possible: With the public health a...

Despite record numbers of over 4 billion passengers globally, statistics show that flying has never been safer. The global airline industry has experienced some of its safest years ever in terms of fatal accidents in recent times, according to the new “Aviation Risk 2020: Safety And The State Of ...

The Asian Business Aviation Association (AsBAA) has organised its first safety day at TAG Aviation’s flight training resources centre in Hong Kong. The event brought together flight operations practitioners from major Hong Kong business aviation operators - including Sino Jet, Metrojet, and Ga...

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) has achieved stage III of the International Standard for Business Aviation Operations (IS-BAO), becoming the first educational facility to do so. ERAU achieved stage I of the IS-BAO, a voluntary program run by the International Business Aviation Counci...

VistaJet advances its flight operations software with the adoption of Osprey Flight Solutions data-led risk assessment technology, this week (February 6), ensuring the safety, security and wellbeing of its passengers and staff are priority. Through integrating Osprey’s leading safety system, Vi...

TAG Aviation Switzerland has officially renewed its WYVERN Wingman certification once again, after successfully passing the rigorous safety audit for its facilities in Geneva.  To achieve Wingman status, operators are expected to provide consistently up-to-date accurate safety data in the WYVERN o...

EASA has noted in an annual safety conference in Vienna that it is commiting to the future of general aviation. A statement on the website stated: "EASA’s Annual Safety Conference 2018 was closed by Executive Director Patrick Ky yesterday, setting out the Agency’s commitments as part of GA Ro...

Source: Sonoma County Tourism. Sonoma Jet Center has been awarded by NATA as an 'above and beyond FBO' presented at the Aviation Leadership conference earlier this week. The Sonoma FBO, located at Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport in California raised around $20,000 in funds to help collea...

NBAA hosted a forum on preventing aviation accidents through human error earlier this week. "This disturbing reality [of aviation accidents caused by error], and the human elements behind those trends, were in focus at the fourth annual NBAA National Safety Forum held Oct. 18 at NBAA’s Business A...

'Near-miss' incidents involving private aircraft in the skies of the UK have risen by 60% in just five years, a new report has demonstrated. BBC research showed that near-misses in the skies are becoming increasingly frequent whereas the number of accidents reported to the Air Accident Investigat...

ARGUS International, Inc. (ARGUS) is pleased to announce the launch of its Second in Command (SIC) Gateway Program, the program’s goal is to recognize valuable safety related experience beyond hours in the air, and to qualify pilots with quality experience to meet and/or exceed the ARGUS TripCHEQ ...

AVIAÂ has announced it has announced the signing of a new safety supplier, Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) specialist, Patriots Jet Team UPRT. The Bay Area, CA-based company (near San Francisco) is unique in the UPRT sector, as it is the only provider to offer real-world upset traini...

Duncan Aviation has been working closely with the FAA in the development of a Safety Management System (SMS) for all operations of its Lincoln, Nebraska, location. Currently, no FAA regulation requires repair stations to have SMS, but the FAA offers a voluntary program that Duncan Aviation has be...

The Russian United Business Aviation Association (RUBAA) is the organizer of conference program at RUBAE show, which will take place at Vnukovo-3 airport, Moscow from 12 till 14 of September 2018. The program will comprise a number of meetings with experts in different areas Flight Safety and Qual...