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Vertiport An area of land, water, or a structure used or intended to be used to support the landing, takeoff, taxiing, parking, and storage of powered?lift aircraft or other aircraft that vertiport design and performance standards can accommodate.
“We’re reimagining the future. Our executive team is exploring community interest in both expanding our vision, as well as forming an Advisory Board of Directors that will both fund the air show in the future as well as provide the community with an aviation-focused organization, that connects people to careers in aviation and inspires future generations.” Source: A statement from Kenneth Hopper, chairman, founder, and air boss of the Quad City Air Show. After over three decades of summer aerobatics over Davenport Municipal Airport, organizers announced that the 35th annual Quad City Air Show is being called off as leadership…
From 2023 (YouTune Edition): Bureaucrats Endeavor to Curb Bureaucracy The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has launched upgrades to its online database system—an historically flawed tangle of abstruse redundancies that archives, ostensibly, airspace obstructions, runway data, and other data the agency considers safety-critical, as well as non-safety critical data the likes of airport layout plan mapping. Data contained in the FAA’s online database is generated by contractors, airport authorities, and other stakeholders in the businesses of airport infrastructure and operations. Subject data is salient to the aims of the FAA’s Flight Procedures Office (FPO), which is tasked with maintaining flight procedures…
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is warning airlines, maintenance providers and parts buyers to be on the lookout for 625 non-airworthy turbofan engine parts that were stolen after a shipment in Spain was fraudulently rerouted before the components could be destroyed. EASA said the parts were part of a shipment “intended for mutilation,” the process used to render time-expired or otherwise non-airworthy parts unusable. But a third party impersonated the contracted mutilation provider and diverted the shipment in late January 2026, the agency revealed in a notice published on March 26, 2026. EASA publicized the urgent notice under…
The United States has circumvented a Swiss payment freeze on the Patriot air defense system by redirecting funds Bern had set aside for its F-35 fighter jet acquisition, Swiss public broadcaster SRF reported on March 27, 2026. Switzerland halted Patriot payments in July 2025 after being notified of multi-year delivery delays, but the freeze has had limited practical effect due to the structure of the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. The FMS program pools payments for multiple defense projects into a single fund, allowing US authorities to shift resources between programs. Urs Loher, head of armaments at armasuisse, Switzerland’s federal defense procurement and technology agency, confirmed to SRF…
Three people died and two others were injured after an Airborne Aviation tour helicopter crashed on the afternoon of March 26, 2026, near Kalalau Beach on Kauai’s remote Na Pali Coast, according to county officials. The helicopter was carrying one pilot and four passengers. Kauai Police Dispatch received a text-to-911 message at about 15:45 local time reporting that a helicopter had crashed into the ocean near Kalalau Beach, the County of Kauai said. In an earlier update, county officials said all five people aboard had been injured. A later county release said three people had died and two others were…
AeroTime columnist Ann Cederhall is an instructor with IATA on Airline Distribution Strategy and with Aeroclass on Airline Retailing, Ann is a frequent speaker and panelist at industry events. She has authored numerous highly regarded articles and white papers in the travel industry press. As one of the owners of the consulting firm LeapShift, Ann brings an extensive track record of delivering business value in project and product management roles worldwide. The views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of AeroTime. Do you truly have the heartbeat of your distribution contracts at your fingertips? Or are you operating…
There are a small number of airlines that offer inflight chefs, who generally help with preparing meals in first and business class. In this post, I’d like to talk about that in a bit more detail — which airlines have inflight chefs, and is this just a marketing gimmick, or is there some substance to it? Which airlines have onboard chefs? To start, let’s talk about which airlines actually have inflight chefs. Nowadays you’ll find them on select flights of the following airlines: Austrian Airlines Garuda Indonesia Saudia Airlines Turkish Airlines Onboard chef on Saudia Back in the day, Etihad…
Lufthansa is marking the 100th anniversary of its founding with another special aircraft livery, this time designed by its own employees. The end result is an Airbus A321neo design that tells the personal stories of the people behind the airline. Under the motto ‘Made by many. Remembered by all’, the carrier invited all Lufthansa Group employees to submit their stories via the company intranet. A jury selected the 20 best submissions, which were then put to a company-wide vote. The twelve winning motifs now appear on the aircraft, which carries the baptismal name ‘Hamm’ and the registration D-AEIM. image “All…
The Part-IS Workshop 2026 will take place on 7 – 8 October 2026 at the EASA premises. The workshop will bring together aviation stakeholders to reflect on experience gained so far with the implementation of Part-IS and to discuss the next steps. It will cover lessons learned from both complex and non-complex organisations, highlight common implementation challenges and potential solutions, and present available guidelines to support aviation organisations and competent authorities. Registration will open in June 2026. More information will follow in due course. source