The FAA in the US has released the new BasicMed rules for private pilots, which come into force on 1 May.

Cirrus Aircraft announced the new G6 range of SR20 and SR22/T single-engined piston aeroplanes in Duluth yesterday.

Textron Aviation has introduced the next generation Garmin G1000 NXi integrated flight deck to its piston product line.

AvSoft, the company behind the AvPlan Electronic Flight Bag (EFB), has bought the Command Software suite of products.

Chinese company Wanfeng Auto Holding Group has taken a 60% share in Diamond Aircraft Canada.

CASA has published a discussion paper on the future of medical certification standards with a call for submissions by 30 March 2017.

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The Department of Infrastructure and Transport yesterday launched a discussion paper on national airspace protection.

Nextant Pacific and Utility Air have opened new offices in Pymble, NSW,

AOPA has asked CASA to issue Airservices Australia with a Show Cause Notice over the issue of defective ERSAs.

TAAAF has written to Minister Darren Chester calling for the government to engage with the industry to develop a National Aviation Policy.

Piper's top M-class turbo-prop is ready for the Australian market.

The last surviving Project Mercury astronaut, John Glenn, died last night at the age of 95.

Dick Smith will today a raft of donations stemming from the sale of his Cessna Citation.

Allianz announces it will withdraw from the Australian aviation insurance market at the some time as Agile Underwriters gets in.

Dick Smith has posted a $160,000 cheque to Airservices Australia CEO Jason Harfield to fund a network of weather cams around Australia.