2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Gordon Gilbert

Pilatus and Piaggio were among the first business aviation OEMs to disclose 2004 deliveries, and the numbers show an improvement over 2003.

Avanti and PC-12 Deliveries Increased 

Elizabeth Johnson

Brazilian jet manufacturer Embraer has secured a so-called provisional certification from the FAA for the Embraer 170, allowing launch customer US Airways 

FAA awards provisional approval for Embraer 170

Airbus last month unveiled its first complete A380 double-decker, making the European consortium the builder of the world’s biggest passenger airplane.

Airbus A380 unveiled at French plant

Charles Alcock

Customers wanting to fly out of Moscow and London dominate executive charter demand for larger business jets in Europe, according to the latest statistics 

London, Moscow popular departure points for large charter aircraft

Stephen Pope

The biggest question remaining about Europe’s homegrown satellite navigation project appears to be not whether the satnav network will ever be built but ra

Decision on Galileo Postponed To Review Contract Bids

OnAir, the inflight voice and data communications joint venture among Airbus, SITA and Tenzing, will not pursue business aircraft installations for the tim

OnAir leaves business aviation to rival group

Mark Phelps

Pilots flying into Colorado’s ski-country airports are already aware of the controversial special traffic-management program (STMP) for filing for slots in

Unpopular ski-country STMP now in effect

AIN Staff

While general aviation interests hailed the tax law that extended the deadline for the 50-percent accelerated bonus-depreciation allowance for business air

JOBS Act limits corporate deductions

Imperial Transport, flying a Citation 501, and US Smokeless Tobacco Brands, operating two Challenger 601s, received the “Spirit of Noise Abatement” awards 

HPN Operators Win Noise Abatement Awards

Gregory Polek

Comair pilots have agreed to forego salary increases for the next 2.5 years in return for a promise by the airline to add 20 fifty-seat and 15 seventy-seat

Comair Pilots OK Pay Freeze

Harry Weisberger

In 1987 the National Parks Overflights Act mandated substantial restoration of “natural quiet” at Grand Canyon National Park.

Working group to address Grand Canyon noise issue 

David A. Lombardo

Learjets and Challengers have a Teterboro (TEB) maintenance option as Bombardier is now offering drop-in and line service support at the repair station tha

Bombardier opens Teterboro facility to bizjet operators

Former Pentagon official Thomas Bloom has been named CFO of the FAA, overseeing the agency’s $14 billion operating budget, as well as the development and F

Washington Report: FAA Names New CFO Bloom

Jet Aviation Singapore, the only Gulfstream authorized service center and warranty repair station in Asia, recently completed the replacement of both left 

Jet Aviation Singapore performs its largest repair

SWEARINGEN MERLIN IIA, JACKSONVILLE, FLA., NOV.

Preliminary Report: Merlin hits trees on approach

The Aruba Airport Authority has awarded Universal Weather & Aviation the concession to build and operate a new general aviation FBO at the Reina Beatrix Ai

In more Universal news...

IBM Euroflight has become the first European corporate flight department to complete the new International Standards for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-B

IBM Euroflight gets IS-BAO OK

Thunder Aviation in Chesterfield, Mo., and Flight Test Associates of Mojave, Calif., are working on an RVSM solution for Falcon 20s equipped with Honeywell

Another Falcon 20 RVSM Solution Under Way 

In the runup to the planned January 20 implementation of reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) in the U.S., Canada, South America and Mexico, the FAA

FAA Releases More RVSM Guidance Materials

Mary F. Silitch

Raytheon Beech King Air 90, Rawlins, Wyo., Jan.

Preliminary Report: Air ambulance crashes on positioning flight

Lockheed 1329-23E JetStar, Houston, May 15, 2004–On final approach to William P.

Final Report: Jetstar lost flap

A May 11 trial date has been set for the start of a lawsuit in which four former Flight Options pilots allege they were fired because of their union-organi

Trial date set for pilots vs Flight Options

In the single largest training agreement in its history, Dallas-based CAE SimuFlite will soon start training all 900-plus pilots of Flight Options, the sec

Simuflite to train all Flight Options pilots

When the national threat level was raised to code orange (high) on December 21, most people in general aviation took it in stride.

CBS story on GA security slammed by av groups

Bids are invited from “qualified persons or firms” to design, develop and operate a new FBO facility at Boston Logan International Airport, which is curren

Bids Requested for New FBO at Boston

Taiwan’s government is expected to lift a long-standing prohibition of private aircraft ownership in the first quarter of next year.

Taiwan to lift ownership Ban

Vladimir Karnozov

Appointing a Sukhoi man to the top position at RSK MiG is becoming a tradition.

New appointment at RSK MiG could doom Tu-334 RJ project

Andrew Healey

EMS operator Inova AirCare is doubling its fleet of aeromed helicopters this month in an effort to increase service to residents of Northern Virginia and t

EMS expansion in Northern Virginia

The FAA has issued a series of ADs aimed at operators of airplanes equipped with the Honeywell Primus Epic avionics system.

Airworthiness Directives mandate Primus Epic integrity checks

Despite the fact that there are fewer bizav aircraft based in all of Asia than in the Los Angeles area, business aviation worldwide has flown to the aid of

Bizav firms aid tsunami relief efforts 

At the Dubai Air Show last month, Jet Aviation unveiled construction plans for a maintenance center and FBO at Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emi

Jet Aviation plans to open an FBO in Dubai

Chad Trautvetter

Bend, Ore.-based Air Investor Resources (AIR)–the parent company of Epic Aircraft, which is currently flight-testing its Epic LT turboprop single–is now te

VLJ race reaches epic porportions 

The apparent theft on November 1 of a Piper PA-25 Pawnee cropduster near Mexicali, Mexico, was the subject of a Transportation Security Administration advi

Stolen Agplane Raised Terrorist Concerns

It had been a somewhat quiet year since the RAA staged its annual convention in St.

High-flying regionals work hard to maintain altitude

Kim Rosenlof

Clovis, Calif.-based Heavy Lift Helicopters is currently converting the first commercially owned Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallions for firefighting operations.

Heavy Lift ‘Fire Stallions’ ready for firefighting duty

AirLog Imaging is offering a Version II of its LBCD (Logbooks on CD).

Airlog Imaging software lets users take control

AvQuotes.com, an online aviation maintenance and refurbishment quote system, has added Aircraft Composite to its list of service providers.

Avquotes.com signs aircraft composite

FAIRCHILD SWEARINGEN METRO IIIA, RAWLINS, WYO., NOV.

Preliminary Report: Metro hits snowbank

Bombardier successfully completed wing mating on the first Global Express XRS at the company’s de Havilland facility in Toronto on November 9.

Global Express XRS spreads wings  

Wilson Air Center’s new Charlotte, N.C.

Wilson up and running at Charlotte

The Naples (Fla.) Airport Authority (NAA) has rankled more than its share of business aviation devotees–most prominently with its dogfight with the FAA ove

Jet 1 Center GM takes a shot at Airport Authority

Embraer is now in the final flight-test phase of the certification process that will raise the service ceiling of the Legacy business jet from FL370 to FL4

Embraer Legacy Soon To Be Cleared to FL410

Smaller aircraft–specifically regional jets–are often blamed for delays in the National Airspace System, said Mesa Air Group chairman and CEO Jonathan Orns

Mesa Boss Ornstein: ‘Mother of All Years’

Israel Aircraft Industries 1124 Westwind, Morelia, Mexico, Feb.

Preliminary Report: Takeoff accidnet kills Mexican governor

Business jet operators knew three years ago that they would have to be equipped with approved ELTs by January 1 this year or be grounded until the installa

Hundreds of bizjets without ELTs grounded

In the fourth quarter of last year, Gulfstream Aerospace reported receiving orders for 34 aircraft, the largest number it has ever received in a three-mont

Gulfstream reports record orders

Boundary Layer Research, the Everett, Wash.

Winglets in the Air for the King Air

While most of NASA is reaching for the stars, the segment of the agency that conducts aeronautics research here on earth has taken a budget cut for the sec

Budget reduces aeronautics research spending

Delta Air Lines subsidiary Comair took delivery of the 1,000th production regional jet built by Bombardier Aerospace during a December 9 ceremony at the co

Bombardier Delivers 1,000th CRJ

Along with other industries, the aviation industry will face mounting costs if it fails to deal with the problem of obsolescent components.

Component obsolescence will cost industry

In his annual letter to shareholders published early last month, investment mogul Warren Buffett said earnings improved last year at Berkshire Hathaway’s f

NetJets and FlightSafety report profits for 2004

Malcolm Payne

The British Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has issued its report on an accident last January.

Report inconclusive about why R44 ditched in water

The Rhode Island Airport Corp.

Developer sought for Quonset State, R.I.

In the past several years, avionics manufacturers have introduced a wide range of multifunction displays (MFDs) capable of integrating moving-map informati

Call it useful, call it unique, just don’t call it an MFD

The general aviation industry continued a strong recovery through third-quarter deliveries and billings, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers As

GAMA reports strong

General Dynamics Aviation Services in West Palm Beach, Fla., has received European Aviation Safety Agency certification and JAA approval.

Florida Service Station Approved for EU Aircraft 

Embraer commercial vice president Fred Curado told AIN last month that he expected an order from China Eastern Airlines for 10 Harbin-Embraer ERJ 145s “soo

China Eastern To Take Next Harbin-Embraer Jets

The owner of London Battersea Heliport is seeking planning permission to build a hotel alongside it on the southern bank of the River Thames.

Rosier Future for London Heliport?

Frank Piasecki, president and founder of Piasecki Aircraft, has been awarded the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Lifetime Achievement Trophy.

Piasecki Honored

Adm.

Washington Report: TSA Boss Takes No. 2 DHS Job

John A. Pope

• H.R.2115, the “Flight 100-Century of Aviation Revitalization Act” introduced in May by Rep.

Congressional Observer: January 2004

SWEARINGEN MERLIN IIIB, SPOKANE VALLEY, WASH, NOV.

Preliminary Report: Merlin lands short in IMC

After discussing the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) with people involved in many different aspects of aviation, NASA has come to believe there are

NASA clarifies its aviation safety reporting system 

The FAA last month awarded type certification to the Gulfstream 350, an upgraded version of the previously manufactured G300.

Gulfstream 350 Receives FAA Approval

In honor of its 10th year, Women in Aviation International is soliciting donations.

Fund Drive Marks Decade of Women in Aviation

The survey, with a base of more than 675 flight departments, presents a set of baseline data broken down by characteristics of the flight department and th

Show me the moneeeeey! That’s what the latest NBAA Compensation & Benchmark Survey does, and more. 

Beginning in mid-February, Congress took a couple of weeks off and returned to business in early March.

Congressional Observer: April 2005

Mitsubishi MU-2B-35, Carolina, Puerto Rico, April 15, 2002–In IFR conditions with no IFR flight plan filed, the pilot of Mitsubishi N45BS experienced a los

Final Report: Loss of control caused fatal MU-2 crash

Cessna anticipates that its Model 680 Citation Sovereign super-midsize business jet will receive full type certification before the end of next month.

Citation Sovereign closes in on full type certification

The 2004 Omnibus Appropriations Bill passed by the Senate last month failed to include funding for general aviation relief authorized by Vision 100–The Cen

Appropriations bill leaves out GA relief

A jury found Parker Hannifin negligent in the Oct.

Jury Finds Vacuum Pump Manufacturer Negligent

The Corporate Angel Network (CAN) on January 24 arranged its 20,000th flight aboard a corporate aircraft for a cancer patient.

Angel Network Arranges 20,000th Flight

New York Yankees’ catcher Yogi Berra might have said “it’s déjà vu all over again,” but it was a recent Challenger 600 accident that illustrated the well k

Recent Challenger overrun resembles TEB crash

Aviation Technology Group of Englewood, Colo., said last month that the Javelin demonstrator prototype is undergoing final assembly at ATG’s research and d

In The Works: ATG Javelin

The ambitions of the UK’s Police Aviation Services (PAS) to attract external training contracts have been boosted by news of a deal for its parent company,

Mideast Seals PAS Expansion

Arinc Direct announced it is now delivering westbound oceanic clearances via datalink on North Atlantic routes.

Arinc Begins Offering Westbound Atlantic Datalink Clearances

The FAA plans to rule on the noise-compatibility program proposed for Wyoming’s Jackson Hole Airport (JAC) by May 17.

Comments due on JAC’S noise program

U.S.

Second customs facility open at TEB

Operators flying within, to, from or over the 25-nation European Union (EU) need to check their insurance policies to ensure that they meet the new minimum

New liability insurance requirements in the EU

Plano, Texas-based PFSweb has been named to manage Raytheon Aircraft Western Hemisphere parts and inventory distribution (Rapid) inventory of more than 300

Raytheon Aircraft Adds Parts Distributorsv

Bombardier has answered the call for a series of improvements to its line of 70- to 86-seat RJs, ranging from new engines on the CRJ700 to wing modificatio

CRJ700/900 to fly farther, for less

While U.S.

Helicopter tour operators thrive in South Africa

Responding to customer demand for additional capacity, Stevens Aviation has added a 3 p.m.

Stevens Aviation expands capacity in Greenville

The FAA has authorized Tulsa, Okla.-based BizJet International to become a Rolls-Royce overhaul facility for the Tay 611-8.

Bizjet International gets FAA OK on Tay engines

Pentastar Aviation has signed a five-year ground handling contract with Daimler- Chrysler Aviation for its Airbus A319 shuttle.

Pentastar Aviation to provide ACJ handling

John Goglia

Ever feel like no matter what you do you just can’t win in the eyes of some people? I’m not talking about the average aviation enthusiast.

Torqued: Combating runway overruns

NBAA continued to bolster and realign its senior staff last month, hiring aviation lobbyist Lisa Piccione as its new senior vice president of government af

More senior staff changes at NBAA

An automated weather observation system (AWOS) is now in service at Jeffco Airport, Denver.

Colorado’s Jeffco Airport Gets AWOS

William P. Lear Jr.

In the January issue of AIN (page 39), we recounted the origins of the Learjet, complete with references to the well worn tale of the Swiss fighter connect

Learjets and Swiss fighters

The NTSB’s unusually lengthy preliminary report on the February 16 crash of a Circuit City Citation 560 on an ILS approach to Pueblo Memorial Airport (PUB)

Safety Board investigates Circuit City accident

Bell 206B JetRanger, Gentry, Ark., Feb.

Preliminary Report: EMS fatal flight in Arkansas

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