BURBANK (CBSLA.com) — Two San Fernando Valley lawmakers want to bring residents some relief from noise by limiting the number of flights into and out of local airports. Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) first introduced the Valley-Wide Noise Relief Act in 2011 to allow Bob Hope and Van Nuys Airports to adopt curfews and minimize airport noise. (losangeles.cbslocal.com) More...
Published on May 22, 2013 We revealed our new uniforms today when our crew walked the runway as part of our 25th anniversary celebration at Newark-Liberty's Terminal C. We will begin showing off our new United style starting June 25. (www.youtube.com) More...
NEWARK - United Airlines is celebrating 25 years at its hub at Newark Liberty International Airport. The airline offered a tour of one of its new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The planes are headed back into service after being grounded for four months while Boeing worked on a fix for overheating lithium ion batteries. As part of the special event, United also showed off new uniforms that its employees, as well as former Continental Airlines employees, will wear beginning next month. (newjersey.news12.com) More...
Legislation relating to drones is starting to actually get put into place, and so far I think it has all be pretty reasonable. The most recent law was signed into law by Idaho’s governor, Butch Otter. According to an article on the Capital Press website: The new law, which prevents any person, entity or public agency from using a UAV to conduct surveillance or observation of private property, requires law enforcement to obtain warrants in most cases before using drones to collect evidence. (www.aviationguy.com) More...
News reports immediately identified the aircraft that made a belly landing at Newark International Airport this past Saturday morning as a USAirways airplane. The flight was referred to as a USAirways flight. But buried somewhere in the news reports the next day, was the information that the aircraft was in fact operated by Piedmont Airlines, not USAirways. (www.forbes.com) More...
Chief Executive Officer Jim McNerney said on Wednesday that customer interest in the 777X wide-body airplane is "high and still growing," and that he expects to formally launch the aircraft program later this year. (www.reuters.com) More...
May 20, 2013, 3:45 PM Bombardier Aerospace took the wraps off the Challenger 350–an upgraded Challenger 300 with a new wing, more powerful engines, larger windows and redesigned interior–today at EBACE. NetJets was also announced as the launch customer for the new $25.8 million twinjet, which is $1 million more than its fraternal twin that Bombardier will continue to offer. First deliveries of the new Challenger are scheduled to begin in May 2014. (www.ainonline.com) More...
China Southern is counting down to the mid-year delivery of its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner, with the possibility of flights to Europe and Australia before the year is out. (www.ausbt.com.au) More...
