2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Jennifer Harrington

The Burbank-Glendale Airport Authority last month delivered to the FAA the first-ever application for airport access restrictions that would apply to Stage

Burbank Night Curfew Inches Closer

Thierry Dubois

It seems unlikely that new engine architectures such as the geared turbofan or the open rotor will make it to business aviation in the near or even mid ter

Business Aviation Turbine Technology

Matt Thurber

Work is progressing on Spectrum Aeronautical’s all-composite S.40 Freedom midsize jet, but the first-flight dates have been pushed back, from a previously 

In the Works: Spectrum Aeronautical

Stephen Pope

Bombardier last month said its Global business jets have gained European operational credit for approaches to a 100-foot decision height when pilots use in

Bombardier EVS Approved for 100-foot Landing Credit in Europe

Ronaldsway Airport on the Isle of Man expects to award by the end of this month a contract to build and operate a new FBO to cater to the growing number of

FBO planned for Isle of Man

On February 11, Lakefront Airport officials celebrated the 75th anniversary <br /> of the New Orleans airport and launched the restoration of the famed art

Lakefront Terminal set for restoration

AIN Staff

According to John Martin, v-p and general manager of the DeCrane Aerospace Pats Aircraft Completion division, the Georgetown, Del.-based center has chosen 

Pats’ Refocused Strategy Does Not Include BBJs

Mary F. Silitch

Twin Commander 690B, Rio Grande, P.R., Dec.

Preliminary Report: Twin Commander 690 hits mountains

de Havilland Canada DHC-6-100, Sullivan, Mo., July 29, 2006–Shortly after takeoff from Sullivan Regional Airport, with flames coming from the right engine,

Factual Report: Skydiving flight fatal for six

Jeff Apter

ATR took in record revenues of $1.3 billion in 2008 and says that despite the financial crisis it will top that figure this year.

ATR confident it can weather the storm

Airbus plans to install satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS) in its A350XWB to support GPS Cat 1-equivalent 200-foot LPV approaches.

Airbus To Install SBAS in A350XWB

Piedmont Aircraft last month launched as an aircraft sales company for pre-owned Beechcraft and Hawker aircraft.

Piedmont Launches as Standalone Sales Firm

Gregory Polek

A regional labor court in Brazil has forced Embraer to suspend its plan to cut 20 percent of its 21,000-strong workforce after it agreed to hear a collecti

Court Halts Embraer Layoffs

Charles Alcock

An agreement for German investors to take over the trainer aircraft business of the insolvent Grob Aerospace group might have cleared the way for a separat

Investors are considering reviving Grob SPn program&#423;

NBAA and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association revived the “No Plane, No Gain” campaign, which they introduced in 1993 to highlight the benefits o

The ‘No Plane, No Gain’ Campaign Is Back, with New Twists

Sparta, N.J.-based Brian Foley Associates president Brian Foley foresees a recovery of the business aviation industry in the middle of next year, but not b

Analyst: Recovery Will Begin Next Year

NetJets Europe has agreed to acquire Egelsbach Airport near Frankfurt, Germany’s financial center, for an undisclosed sum.

NetJets Europe buying airport near Frankfurt 

As concern for the environment gathers urgency, a number of manufacturers are studying the use of biofuels, which they consider a low-CO2 alternative to pe

Biofuels for Business Aviation

Pilots who have grown accustomed to flying with up-to-the- minute weather graphics and information broadcast to the cockpit through the XM or Sirius satell

Cockpit Datalink Weather

Andrew Wood

While GPS is currently leading the pack in terms of satnav system implementation, at a recent UN International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Sys

In-development satnav services could eclipse GPS

A new FBO under construction at Charles B.

Hangar 10 building new MKC FBO

Flying Colours, an Ontario-based independent completion and refurbishment center, has been awarded a contract to manage the aircraft paint scheme refurbish

Flying Colours Wins Flight Options Paint Contract

Two former officials of the National Aeronautics & Space Administration along with former President Clinton’s national science advisor have issued a report

NASA To Look To More Earthbound Endeavors

Eurocopter EC 135-T2, Molesmes, France, Jan.

Preliminary Report: EC 135 hits hills in IMC

The NTSB is continuing its investigation into the fatal January 4 crash of a PHI-operated 2006 Sikorsky S-76C++ near Morgan City, La.

‘Loud Noise’ Preceded crash of PHI S-76 

European very light jet charter service Blink has launched what it claims to be business aviation’s first frequent-flier program.

Blink Launches Frequent-flier Program

Middle East-based executive charter operator Rizon Jet has bucked the downturn in new business aircraft sales by placing a firm order for four Bombardier L

Rizon defies economy; places $68 million order

GlobalAir.com last month announced the addition of a winds-aloft forecast to the national weather section of its airport resource center.

GlobalAir.com Adds New Forecast Tool

Russian investment firm Industrial Investors in late January announced its intention to sell all or a portion of AAI Acquisition, the company formed to buy

Industrial Investors Puts AAI on the Block

Ocean Sky is to open a new FBO at London Luton Airport on March 30.

Ocean Sky adds Luton FBO facility

Despite the recession, XOJet has reported strong year-over-year increases in revenue, flight hours and customers.

XOJet Reports Year-over-year Revenue Increase

Turbofan engine makers active in business aviation– such as General Electric, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Rolls-Royce and Snecma– all have their han

The EASA’s flat fee for a type certificate for a fixed-wing aircraft with an mtow of between 5.7 and 22 metric tons (encompassing the Cessna Citation CJ3 t

How Much for an Aircraft Type Certificate?

FlightSafety International has commissioned the first Gulfstream G450/550 simulator equipped with the synthetic vision-primary flight display (SV-PFD).

FlightSafety Adds SV-PFD to G450/550 Simulator 

FBO Cleveland Jet Center at Ohio’s Cuyahoga County Airport has added jet-A and avgas supplied by Avfuel to its list of services.

Jet-A and avgas now available at Cleveland Jet Center

The Houston City Council voted in January to change the name of Houston’s oldest airport from Ellington Field to Ellington Airport in an effort to “broaden

Ellington now an airport

Supplemental type certificates (STCs) have been issued for installation of International Water-Guard’s IWG-A4 water treatment unit on the Dassault Falcon 2

International Water-Guard Gets Treatment System OK for Falcons

Aerospatiale Alenia ATR 42-320, Lubbock, Texas, Jan.

Preliminary Reports: Fedex ATR lands short

Piper PA-46-500TP Meridian, Marshfield, Wis., Nov.

Preliminary Report: Meridian crashes at Marshfield

Bombardier Learjet 35A, Goodland, Kan., Oct.

Final Report: Pilot pushed spoileron circuit breaker

Despite expectations that gloomy economic times would reduce attendance at the annual World Economic Forum (WEF), held January 28 to February 1 in Davos, S

WEF Attendance Defies Economic Times

Turboméca and Dassault Falcon factories located in south- west France suffered only minor damage, if any, during a storm in January that packed winds of 93

OEMs Escape Storm Damage in France

<b>William “Bill” McGrath</b>, 60, died in late December, following a battle with cancer.

Final Flights: People

Bird Air Services of India has signed an exclusive marketing agreement with Swiss company VistaJet Holding to market VistaJet in the Indian subcontinent (I

Bird Air, VistaJet Sign Marketing Agreement

Sitting behind a long table in front of Congress in November, the CEOs of Detroit’s Big Three automakers had barely begun pleading for a taxpayer bailout w

Defending Your Jet

Prosecutors in Brazil are appealing the dropping of some accusations in the 2006 midair between a Gol Airlines Boeing 737-800 and an ExcelAire Embraer Lega

Brazilian Prosecutors Appeal Judicial Ruling

The crash of a Colgan Air Bombardier Q400 that killed 50 people outside Buffalo on February 12 once again has the industry group that represents U.S.

Q400 Crash Renews Scrutiny on Regional Airlines

Embraer officially became the third manufacturer to achieve entry-into-service of a very light jet, having delivered two Phenom 100s by the end of last <br

In the Works: Embraer Phemon 100

Winter weather, freezing temperatures and snow, wind or thunderstorms can add significantly to a flight crew’s stress level.

Lufthansa’s Flying Weather Stations

Travelers flying to Bush Field in Augusta, Ga., for the Masters Golf Tournament April 6 to 12 at the Augusta National Golf Club will be able to secure Avfu

Augusta Airport ready for master golfers

Thomas Stocker

AMAC Aerospace inaugurated the main hangar of its new business aviation completions and maintenance operation at Switzerland’s EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-F

Start-up AMAC opens hangar, begins completions servicen

Lufthansa Technik has ordered a Cair cabin humidification control system from CTT Systems of Nykoping, Sweden, for installation this fall as part of an exe

Down the Aisle…

Hughes 369, Honiara, Solomon Islands, Dec.

Preliminary Report: Helo and pilot lost in ocean

At the conclusion of three-and-a-half days of NTSB public hearings on the safety of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) operations early last mont

Hearings ‘just the beginning’ on helicopter EMS safety issue 

Delta Air Lines plans to base a new subsidiary in Minneapolis that would take over all customer service duties for Delta Connection unit Comair and Northwe

New Delta Unit To Run Regionals’ C/S 

Questions about the future of ADS-B have cropped up following Acting FAA Administrator Lynne Osmus’s February 11 testimony on FAA appropriations to the Hou

Testimony Prompts Questions about ADS-B

Dallas-based Avatas Aerospace, an FAA-approved repair station specializing in the Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada PT6A, has acquired Hyannis, Mass.-based Prime 

Avatas Acquires Prime Turbines

Textron has plans to boost its liquidity by at least $1 billion in the first half of this year and, if successful, the company “won’t have to think about s

Textron Seeks To Avoid Sale of Cessna, Bell

The ATR 72-500 was approved to start operations at London City Airport in early February and has entered service with Irish regional airline Aer Arann on i

ATR 72-500 Gets OK for London City

David A. Lombardo

“Last year was a great year for business aviation in Asia, especially the Greater China Region.

Business Aviation in Asia

Cessna is closing its Toledo, Ohio Citation service center at the end of this month “due to reduced customer operations in the region,” according to a spok

Cessna Closes Toledo Service Center

Four years after a Challenger 600 operated by Platinum Jet Management crashed on takeoff from Teterboro Airport, resulting in a major FAA investigation of 

Platinum Jet execs indicted in Teterboro crash

Rolls-Royce last month launched the RR500 turboshaft, a 475-shp derivative of the RR300 that powers the in-development Robinson R66.

Rolls Lauches RR500 Turboshaft

While it might be a name unfamiliar to many pilots, Baron Services is well known in meteorology circles.

Building a Better Nexrad Radar

The FAA has released details of how general aviation traffic will be severely constrained when President Obama stays at his Chicago home.

Obama TFR to choke Chicago airports

Aviation information Web site Globalair.com accomplished a major upgrade, making all of its useful tools and information sources easier to locate.

Globalair homepage revamped

Aircraft fractional shares operator NetJets Europe has recruited Foster+Partners, the firm of Pulitzer prize-winning architect Lord Norman Foster, to desig

Foster+Partners Wins NetJets Europe Interiors Contract

Building on business aviation’s International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) introduced in 2002, business aviation groups from around t

Global Bizav Groups Launch Safety Tool Kit

Hawker Beechcraft King Air 200, Punta Chivato, Mexico, Nov.

Preliminary Report: King Air crashes in Mexico

Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante, Pownal, Vt., Aug.

Final Report: Bandeirante pilot overflew Vermont airport

Citing changes in the economy, charter management firm FirstFlight has sold its West Coast division less than a year after launching it.

FirstFlight Sells West Coast Division

PremiAir has launched a new helicopter transfer service from any of the UK’s main business aviation airports to the London Heliport at Battersea on the sou

PremiAir Launches Helicopter Service

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) may tighten some of the provisions for flight time limitations (FTL) contained in Sub- part Q of its existing EU

EASA considers duty-time changes

Dutch very light jet operator Bikkair shut down on February 4, saying that it was unable to secure the capital it needed to fund its development.

Bikkair Closes Its Doors

As happens in every significant downturn, corporate squeamishness about owning business jets climbs while used aircraft languish on brokers’ ramps.

Aviation firm launches alternative to Part 91

The first nine new pilots to complete NetJets Europe’s ab initio training program joined the company’s flight-crew roster in November and December, followi

Ab Initio Pilots Join NetJets Europe 

The first decade of the 21st century has seen Mexico’s aerospace sector quietly expand at an impressive rate, and, according to its cheerleaders, the count

Mexico Growing Beyond a Bit Player on Aerospace Stage

Decades after the last Grumman Goose rolled off the famed manufacturer’s assembly line, the G-21 Goose is nearly ready to come back to life.

In the Works: Antilles Seaplanes

Duncan Aviation has certified a Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 upgrade in the Dassault Falcon 50EX.

Duncan Adds Pro Line 21 to 50EX

In mid-January, FBO chain Tac Air added its 13th FBO with the purchase of <br /> a facility at Spirit of St.

TAC Air adds 13th FBO

According to the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), the Environmental Protection Agency has delayed the effective date of the final rule amend

EPA extends SPPC RULE 

Durrell Unger “Dee” Howard, a determined and talented pioneer in the post- World War II development of business aviation, died on February 11 at age 88 in 

Business aviation loses a  corporate aircraft pioneer

Twin Commander 690, Wray, Colo., Jan.

Preliminary Report: Commander destroyed in Colorado

Grumman G-21A Goose, Thormanby Island, British Columbia, Nov.

Preliminary Report: Amphibian runs into hillside

Avions de Transport Regional has scheduled the first flight of a prototype ATR 72-600 regional turboprop for early this summer, following completion of the

ATR 72-600 to fly early this summer

Dassault Falcon will be hosting seven regional maintenance and operating seminars this year.

Dassault M&O Seminars Scheduled

Carnegie Speech Company and the UK’s Mayflower College have launched “Climb Level 4,” an online English training product for pilots and air traffic control

Web Program Improves English Skills

Now more than five years old, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is succeeding in fulfilling its primary mission of implementing a single set of ru

European industry praises EASA for rule implementation

PlaneSense, Alpha Flying’s Pilatus PC-12 fractional aircraft ownership program, has added seven airports in the Bahamas to its primary operating area.

PlaneSense Adds Seven Airports

Wichita’s United Way of the Plains will be opening a one-stop help center for unemployed residents and area workers to provide a range of services, includi

Assistance after a Layoff

An FAA policy memo issued last month highlights the potential safety hazards associated with the rechargeable lithium batteries in electronic flight bag (E

FAA Warns of Battery Fires

A firm order announced on February 27 for six A330-200s from Korean Air helped ease the sting of an exceedingly sluggish sales year so far for Airbus, but 

2009 Order Tallies a Sign of the Times

Ian Goold

This week’s interim report by France’s Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses (BEA) on the November 27 crash of an XL Airways-operated A320 off the coast of Franc

French Accident Investigators Find Hole in EU Regs, Raise Ire of Air New Zealand

John Sheridan

Taking a major step ahead of the U.S., the European Commission (EC) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) announcing its intent to mandate carr

Europe plans for 2015 ADS-B avionics mandate

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