Upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) provider Aviation Performance Solutions (APS) today launched a line-up of free and paid online UPRT course options in response to Covid-19’s impact on pilot training and safety. These courses allow pilots to study academic portions of upset training remotely at their own pace and schedule. Costs of the paid course options can be credited toward a future on-site UPRT program.
The Coronavirus impact on the aviation Industry
Apr 28, 2020 - 12:19 PM
Digital documentation services developer Web Manuals will offer free licenses to new customers until August 31 to support the aviation industry through the Covid-19 pandemic, the Sweden-based company announced today. The “freemium” package includes free initial online training, access for five readers or reviewers, one editor, and a free choice of one compliance library with no system limitations.
Apr 28, 2020 - 12:07 PM
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association lauded the dozens of members who have stepped up in the Covid-19 relief efforts over the past month, ranging from the production and donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) to transporting medical personnel and supplies.
Apr 28, 2020 - 11:58 AM
Due to a current and projected decline in the revenues stemming from the Covid-19 crisis, a $3.6 million expansion project at Arkansas’ North Little Rock Municipal Airport (ORK) has been put on indefinite hold. According to airport manager Clay Rogers, the project, which had already been pared back from $5.5 million over the past year, is still intended to include a new 4,500-sq-ft general aviation center that will house the North Little Rock Jet Center, one of two FBOs on the field that caters to business jet traffic.
Apr 28, 2020 - 10:07 AM
New York-based JetBlue will require all customers to wear face coverings during travel starting on May 4, becoming the first U.S. major airline to institute such a mandate. The company said it has modeled its policy on Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines indicating everyone should wear a face covering in public to help slow the spread of the Covid-19 virus. The airline had already required all crewmembers to wear face coverings while working.
Apr 28, 2020 - 9:20 AM
Boeing will resume 787 operations at its plant in Charlotte, South Carolina (BSC) in early May, scheduling most employees to return to work on May 3 or May 4, the company said yesterday. The return includes all operations temporarily suspended on April 8 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Apr 28, 2020 - 6:32 AM
NetJets has confirmed reports of workforce reductions at its NetJets Europe (NJE) and Executive Jet Management (EJM) subsidiaries by 25 percent. The private aviation group also has reduced planned new aircraft deliveries for 2020, and these are expected to be down from around 60 to 25.
Apr 27, 2020 - 5:16 PM
China’s Comac has begun adding 5G infrastructure at its C919 test facilities as a part of an industry-wide effort to accelerate the development of its domestically produced narrowbody jet program, the company said Sunday. The move comes as engineering teams seek to gain confirmation of aircraft testing via a remote witness test platform to limit the movement of personnel amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Apr 27, 2020 - 4:57 PM
Airlines can’t start flying in or to Argentina until at least September 1, depending on the status of the coronavirus emergency at that time, civil aviation agency ANAC determined in a resolution published Saturday.
Apr 27, 2020 - 1:38 PM
Amid increasing quarantine violations by visitors to Hawaii during the Covid-19 crisis, the state’s Department of Health has increased its surveillance. On March 26, authorities imposed a mandatory 14-day quarantine period for anyone arriving on the island, yet there have been several arrests and “deportations” after authorities found visitors breaking quarantine, in some cases flagrantly.
