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A Proposed Rule by the Transportation Department on 11/23/2020 AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), DOT. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) proposes to update and codify its internal order establishing the responsibilities and procedures for complying with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), currently found in DOT … Continued

Aerion AS2 Backlog Tops $6.5B with Avion Pacific Deal by Kerry Lynch – December 9, 2020, 9:00 AM Aerion Supersonic has secured its first commitment for its new AS2 aircraft from China under a marketing and sales agreement with Avion Pacific that covers multiple aircraft and pushes the value of the order backlog of the … Continued

American Airlines retires its last Airbus A330, goes all-Boeing for wide-body jets 10/22/2020 By Edward Russell The changes to American Airlines fleet continue as the coronavirus pandemic resets flying. The Fort Worth, Texas-based carrier has retired its 15 Airbus A330-200s, officially making it an all-Boeing wide-body operator of 777s and 787s, American said Thursday. The A330s have been in long-term … Continued

Meet The Baby Boom – XB-1 Supersonic Demonstrator Rolled Out byJoanna Bailey October 7, 2020 Moments ago, Boom Supersonic rolled out its XB-1, the demonstrator airplane for its forthcoming Overture. It’s the first rollout of a civilian supersonic aircraft since the Tupolev TU-144 in 1968 and is a significant milestone in reinventing faster-than-sound travel for … Continued

The world’s largest plane engine just received certification to power the new flagship airliner Boeing hopes will be its redemption, the 777X tpallini@businessinsider.com (Thomas Pallini) Business Insider•October 1, 2020 GE Aviation’s new GE9X engine just received clearance to fly by the Federal Aviation Administration. Boeing selected General Electric to build the engines for its new … Continued

Delta Air Lines to Retire Boeing 717, 767-300 ER By Brent Foster – September 26, 2020 Miami – Delta Air Lines (DL) on Friday announced plans to retire all Boeing 717 and 767-300 ER aircraft by December 2025 along with the Bombardier CRJ-200 by December 2023.

Air attack How California uses dozens of aircraft to battle wildfires By Marco Hernandez , Simon Scarr and Manas Sharma PUBLISHED SEPT. 9, 2020 Firefighters have been battling some of the largest fires in California’s history in recent weeks. In total, about 2.2 million acres have been blackened, according to the California Department of Forestry … Continued

Amazon wins FAA approval for Prime Air drone delivery fleet Amazon said it went through rigorous training and submitted detailed evidence that its drone delivery operations are safe. Aug. 31, 2020, 8:34 AM PDT / Source: CNBC.com By Annie Palmer, CNBC Amazon received federal approval to operate its fleet of Prime Air delivery drones, the … Continued

Daily Memo: COVID-19 Slows The Progress Of FAA’s NextGen Program Bill Carey August 07, 2020 COVID-19 has slowed the FAA’s 17-year march toward airspace modernization. During an on-line meeting of the NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC) on August 6, FAA leaders affirmed what came as no surprise—the precautions taken to prevent the spread of the novel … Continued

San Jose to waive $3.2 million in fees for airlines reeling from the pandemic By MAGGIE ANGST | mangst@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: August 7, 2020 at 5:57 a.m. | UPDATED: August 7, 2020 at 2:51 p.m. In an attempt to encourage airlines hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic to continue flying out of … Continued