Van Nuys, California-based Clay Lacy Aviation has introduced aircraft cleaning and disinfection service as part of its offerings. Performed at the company’s maintenance centers and by its mobile response teams, its detailing technicians wear full-body Tyvek protective suits, goggles, gloves, and face masks, and use bipolar ionization equipment and EPA-registered sanitizing products to disinfect the aircraft cabin.
The Coronavirus impact on the aviation Industry
Apr 29, 2020 - 12:02 PM
First-quarter deliveries at Gulfstream Aerospace were 33 percent lower than expected as Covid-19 travel restrictions hamstrung customer handovers, while pandemic-related supply chain issues will curtail production by about 15 percent this year, parent company General Dynamics said today. However, business jet demand remained strong in the quarter and the backlog “has held up nicely,” according to General Dynamics chairman and CEO Phebe Novakovic.
Apr 29, 2020 - 8:48 AM
Aviation Institute of Maintenance (AIM), which operates 12 airframe and powerplant (A&P) mechanic schools in the U.S., is expanding access to online training to its entire student body. Fulcrum Labs developed the online training system using its artificial intelligence-based Adaptive 3.0 learning platform.
Apr 29, 2020 - 5:23 AM
Airbus does not expect to have clear visibility of the full short- to medium-term impact of the Covid-19 crisis until June. In a briefing for financial analysts this morning to announce diminished first-quarter results for 2020, the European aerospace group indicated that it will likely defer decisions on steps to right-size the business for another two or three months to allow more time to reassess the situation of its airline customers and also to get more complete guidance from governments on steps to ease lockdown restrictions.
Apr 28, 2020 - 8:54 PM
Flying in masks and gloves, as well as distancing from cabin crew, is the new normal for emergency medical helicopter pilots. In a virtual town hall organized by the Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) on April 28, a trio of air ambulance executives explained how their organizations are handling pilot safety in the wake of the Covid-19 emergency.
Apr 28, 2020 - 8:42 PM
While the New York City region remains one of the areas in the U.S. most heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, personal protective equipment there continues to be in short supply, causing legislators to reach out for assistance.
Apr 28, 2020 - 4:21 PM
Air traffic control towers at a number of typically busy general aviation airports, including Van Nuys in California, Westchester County in New York, and Meacham International in Texas, are among 93 where the FAA plans to curb operating hours in response to the declines in traffic caused by the Covid-19 pandem
Apr 28, 2020 - 2:49 PM
Bombardier is beginning to recall nearly 11,000 workers in Canada who were furloughed following government mandates aimed at slowing the spread of Covid-19, the airframer announced today. Its manufacturing and service activities that were suspended in Canada will slowly resume by May 11.
Apr 28, 2020 - 2:43 PM
Industry digital operations manual provider AviationManuals has released a white paper suggesting that FBOs update their operating manuals in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Apr 28, 2020 - 2:42 PM
British Airways (BA) today launched a consultation process likely to result in 12,000 layoffs among its 42,000 staff. The move was confirmed in a statement issued by the UK carrier’s parent group, IAG, which also owns Spain’s Iberia and Ireland’s Aer Lingus.
