Southwest Airlines’ LUV launch of its ChatGPT plugin marks an important step in how the airline industry is adapting to AI-driven travel planning. Instead of requiring customers to move between search ...

Garmin Pilot for Apple devices updated with a new "Flights page" that integrates flight planning, weight and balance, and fuel planning into a single location. SmartCharts availability is expanding to ...

Before standardizing on the ICAO form, the FAA still used its domestic form. This led to the confusion of calling the ICAO form “International,” suggesting it was only for international flights, when ...

VFR flying is inherently less precise than IFR, requiring pilots to constantly react to real-time visual information and make critical decisions based on en-route observations rather than solely ...

Recent software and mobile app launches, including those listed below, have made flight planning, tracking, scheduling and booking easier and more accessible. Aviator Targets Piston Market Flight ...

Aircraft Performance Group (APG) caters to the jet market with, among other services, the iPreflight iPad app for iOS. The draw is the app’s ability to crunch precise runway performance data based on ...

This year’s NBAA EBACE will include a session that focuses on flight planning challenges in today’s environment, including changes in air traffic management, regulations, and other large events ...

Editor's note: This story was updated Aug. 14 with links to additional web-based and video resources pilots can use to familiarize themselves with the ICAO fight plan form. Attention pilots: Two years ...

Set down the plotter and the E6B. They are the wrong tools for the first phase of a proper cross-country flight plan. William E. Dubois is a widely published aviation writer and columnist. He is an ...