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For the upcoming thunderstorm season, the FAA is changing the severe weather avoidance plan (Swap) to cut down on gate holds and takeoff delays associated 

N.Y. Tracon Promises To Cut WX Delays

Chad Trautvetter

A new privately funded $155 million, 900-acre regional airport will open May 11 in Branson, Mo.

New Branson Airport Nears Opening

New Jersey businessman Jared Isaacman, along with copilot Doug Demko, on April 15 shattered the world record for an eastbound global circumnavigation in a 

Light Jet Sets New RTW Speed Record

Gregory Polek

Last year’s fourth quarter saw regional airline departures decline 11.6 percent, passenger traffic drop 7.5 percent, total capacity fall 9 percent and bloc

RAA Special Section: Cohen sees opening to ‘fix’ ATC system

Thierry Dubois

New Zealand-based Spidertracks is offering a low-cost, portable satellite-tracking device that might appeal to helicopter operators.

Low-cost tracking device available

Flight management systems have never been considered simple pieces of equipment, but the technology is quickly evolving beyond basic navigation and perform

The Future of FMS

Matt Thurber

AAI Acquisition, the company formed to buy the assets of bankrupt Adam Aircraft Industries, is closing its doors at Centennial Airport in Englewood, Colo.

Remnants of Adam Aircraft See Final Shutdown

The FAA relented and on April 24 made its entire birdstrike database available to the public.

FAA Releases Birdstrike Data

Long-time AOPA member, pilot and actor Harrison Ford has teamed with AOPA to promote general aviation.

AOPA Launches GA Campaign

Anyone attempting to view information on the Web site of European Technology and Investment Research Center (Etirc) will find what looks like a television 

Eclipse Investor Bankrupt

SkyWest Airlines hasn’t found some magic elixir to help it escape the ravages of the global recession, but as long as it continues to perform to its partne

RAA Special Section: SkyWest lets its performance speak for itself

Helicopter turboshaft manufacturers are incorporating new technologies in their engines to lower fuel burn, enhance capabilities and reduce operating costs

Turboshaft Technology 

Piper Aircraft president and CEO James Bass said the effect of the U.S.

Bass: World Is Out To Ground GA

Despite an order backlog covering 5,000 aircraft, turbine business aircraft manufacturers are expected to experience the steepest decline in production of 

More Production Cuts Ahead at Bizav OEMs?

The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s draft of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (Aces) creates greenhouse gas emission standards for 

Will Aces Deal Bizav a Losing Hand?

Trans States Holdings president and COO Rick Leach has seen his company through rough patches in the past, and he has helped the RAA tackle “challenges” of

RAA special section 2009 

The UK civil aviation authority (CAA) is recommending prevention and mitigation action to reduce the number of helicopter accidents in poor visibility.

Pilot, aircraft changes needed  for safer low-visibility flying

Cessna Aircraft and Bell Helicopter parent Textron yesterday reported that first-quarter revenues dropped year-over-year by 24 percent to $2.5 billion, whi

Bell Flourishes, Cessna Stumbles at Textron

Bend, Ore.-based Epic Aircraft launched a pair of turbine twins at the Sun ’n’ Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Fla., last month.

Epic Launches Pair of Twins

UBS Investment Research’s latest business jet update suggests that the pre-owned business jet market might be at or near the bottom.

UBS: Pre-owned Bizjet Inventory Stabilizing

Fractional aircraft providers have reshaped their marketing efforts to address the difficulty of trying to get customers to buy aircraft shares during a re

Fractional Providers Offer Creative Solutions

A proposed rule that calls for a sweeping overhaul of flight crew and dispatcher training has certainly piqued the interest of RAA vice president of techni

RAA Special Section: Lotterer asks for rational training rules

<br />Stars & Stripes Air Tours, which launched sightseeing operations early last year out of Boulder City, Nev., filed for reorganization under Chapter 11

Stars & Stripes sightseeing files Chapter 11

Jeff Apter

Daher-Socata early next month at EBACE will formally announce plans to invest almost $330 million to develop a new eight- to 10-seat twin-engine aircraft t

Daher-Socata Going Forward with NTx Plans

Charles Alcock

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has <link ain-and-ainalerts/aviation-international-news/single-publication-story/article/rule-changes-under-cons

Deadlines extended for comments on proposed EASA rules

Although a number of <link ain-and-ainalerts/aviation-international-news/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/eclipse-struggles-to-stay-aloft-in-turbu

Owners search for way to keep Eclipses flying

Although the downturn in the economy has dampened the near-term prospects for the general aviation industry, demand for business aviation will expand over 

Growth ahead, FAA forecast predicts

A new legal dispute has emerged in the Eclipse Aviation saga, this time involving investor Alfred Mann; Etirc Aviation, subsidiary of recently insolvent in

Eclipse Embroiled in Legal Actions

Ian Goold

Short-haul operators in Europe have been seeing almost no growth in passenger numbers and have struggled to reduce capacity to offset lower traffic as the 

RAA Special Section: Europe’s regionals put skids on ill-timed capacity growth   

Reductions in supersonic boom intensity could allow for overland operation of future supersonic civil aircraft, according to a panel of supersonic technolo

Industry moves toward a quieter supersonic bizjet 

A House aviation subcommittee hearing held last month on helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) safety sought to address the high accident rate, which

FAA Plans Helo EMS Rulemaking

Kansas City, Mo.-based regional fractional provider Executive AirShare last month took delivery of its first Embraer Phenom 100.

Exec AirShare Accepts Its First Phenom 100

In a recent issue of “ATC Reform News,” Reason Foundation director of transportation studies Robert Poole uses the anti-business jet rhetoric to further pu

Foundation Promotes User Fees

Although Gulfstream has joined the rest of the aviation industry in announcing layoffs, the company remains on schedule with new-airplane programs.

In The Works: Gulfstream Aerospace G250 and G650

Two veteran American Airlines pilots, who in the words of the NTSB were “not having a good day,” nevertheless used “some exceptional stick-and-rudder skill

Faulty maintenance blamed in MD engine fire

When Cessna chairman, CEO and president Jack Pelton <link news/single-news-page/article/cessna-looks-at-spending-program-deferrals/?no_cache=1 _blank>said<

Cessna Shelves Citation Columbus Program

Farnborough Aircraft has been rescued from bankruptcy by an as yet undisclosed new investor, who bought the company’s assets and cleared its debts for an u

Investors revive Farnborough AC

The nomination of former Airline Pilots Association president J.

Lobby Groups Welcome FAA Chief Nominee

Curt Epstein

In the first quarter of this year, business aviation experienced fewer accidents, including those resulting in fatalities, than in the same period the prev

Bizav accidents decrease but fatalities increase

Certification of the single-engine Diamond D-Jet has been delayed again and is now scheduled for early next year.

In The Works: Diamond Aircraft D-Jet

Nigel Moll

The in-development geared turbofan (GTF) has been attracting most of the headlines at engine manufacturer Pratt &amp; Whitney lately, and it does indeed pr

P&WC engine for Columbus shares GTF core

Citing global aerospace industry challenges, Honda Aircraft today announced setbacks in its HondaJet program, moving the projected first flight of a produc

HondaJet Production, First Flight, Deliveries Delayed

Dassault on April 23 received EASA certification for its Falcon 2000LX, a winglet-equipped version of the 2000EX.

Falcon 2000LX Gets EASA OK

Embraer’s 100-seat E190 in late March formally began its campaign to gain certification for flights into and out of London City Airport (LCY).

Embraer seeks LCY approval for E190; Lineage 1000 OK will follow

Business aircraft flight activity in March increased nearly 8 percent over February, according to data from Cincinnati-based ARG/US.

Bizav Flight Activity Shows Possible Recovery

A UK-based broker is seeking to capitalize on surplus capacity among Cessna Citation Mustang operators by offering a variety of fractional ownership and pe

FlyMustang matches fliers with VLJ seats 

The number-two prototype Saras twin-turboprop crashed on March 6 in India during its 49th test flight, killing the three test pilots on board.

In The Works: National Aerospace Laboratories Saras

The aerospace division at General Dynamics, which includes Gulfstream and Jet Aviation, “held its own” in the first quarter, parent company chairman and CE

General Dynamics: Gulfstream ‘Held Its Own’ in Q1

Cessna has “slowed down the Columbus program significantly,” company chairman, CEO and president Jack Pelton said during a Q&A session after giving the key

Cessna Looks at Spending, Program Deferrals

Twelve months ago, the introduction to <b>AIN’s</b> 2008 international FBO special report remarked that there had probably never been a better time to be i

Aviation International News: FBO Reader Survey 2009

David A. Lombardo

A report issued by Global Industry Analysts predicts the worldwide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) market will reach $55.2 billion by 2015.

World MRO Market Estimated To Top $55B by 2015

John Sheridan

The removal in February of Loran-C and eLoran funding from President Obama’s proposed budget has drawn strong protest from the UK over the sudden U.S.

UK Protests U.S. Loran Termination Plan

Inevitably, the 2009 European Business Aviation Convention &amp; Exhibition (EBACE, May 12 to 14) in Geneva will be viewed by a concerned industry as a bar

EBACE Preview

Former American Airlines chief Robert Crandall’s plans to blanket the Northeast U.S.

Pogo Jet axes air-taxi plans 

Among the major business aviation industry employers–aircraft manufacturers and primary vendors–total job losses due to furloughs, layoffs and attrition ar

OEM layoffs continue as the recession deepens

Last week, Dallas television station WFAA-TV ran a two-part news story claiming hundreds of aircraft mechanics might have been improperly certified by FAA-

Report Asserts Hundreds of A&Ps Improperly Certified

Cincinnati-based specialized aviation services company ARG/US on Thursday released an on-site safety audit report focusing on commonly seen deficiencies in

ARG/US Releases First Safety Audit Report

The greatest strength of the International Operators Conference (IOC) since its inception has been that it combines a review of the basics of international

International Operations

Australia has changed its aviation regulations to simplify the process of developing Airworthiness Directives (ADs).

Australia Mandates Adoption of Overseas ADs

Embraer’s Phenom 100 entry-level jet received EASA certification on Friday.

Phenom 100 Gets EASA Approval

The Asian Business Aviation Association (AsBAA) is planning to stage a new trade show called Asian Business Aviation.

Dedicated bizav event added to Asian Aerospace

Boeing yesterday announced a series of planned improvements to its 737 line the company says will result in a 2-percent decrease in fuel burn and a marked 

Boeing Reveals Plans for Upgraded 737

The soaring enterprise that started as JetDirect Aviation and grew into a charter/ management operator of 300 aircraft by swallowing up some of the biggest

Wayfarer Aviation takes over assets of shuttered JetDirect

A recently released FAA proposal would amend FAR Part 34 fuel venting and exhaust emission requirements for turbine-powered airplanes, proposing new, tight

FAA Emissions Proposal Has Some Operators Worried

The FAA issued <link http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/airline_safety/info/all_infos/media/2009/info09005.pdf _blank>Infor

FAA Recommends Added Icing Training for Boot Fliers

Operational threat identification and risk mitigation remain a primary concern for those who operate internationally.

Brazil Midair Underscores Value of Thorough Research

JDA Aviation Technology Solutions of Bethesda, Md., has partnered with UK-based EQ2 to offer environmental measurement reporting and reduction services.

Partnership Forms Environmental Management System

Dubai-based Project Phoenix is the latest company to bring a corporate Bombardier CRJ variant to market, with its first example due to be accepted by owner

First Phoenix Exec CRJ Nears Delivery

The current status of the 259 Eclipse 500 very light jets that were delivered before the manufacturer went bankrupt in February remains tenuous.

Demise of Eclipse opens the field for mx service

First-quarter production activity essentially kept pace with last year’s rates at the major airliner manufacturers, as Boeing delivered <link http://www.ai

Q1 Deliveries Stable, Net Orders Negligible for Airliner OEMs 

Penny-pinching by airlines is raising the anxiety among their employees over a perceived erosion of safety standards, according to a new survey by UK-based

Safety First? Not Necessarily So, Say Airline Employees

Airbus COO for customers John Leahy often points to a coming wave of airplane retirements when questioned about airlines’ appetite for new equipment, even 

Could Low Fuel Prices Hurt Demand for New Jets?

Bombardier Aerospace, Lufthansa Flight Training (LFT) and Lufthansa Technical Training (LTT), yesterday signed the first authorized training provider (ATP)

Bombardier Inks European Training Pact for C Series

By early in the year it seemed obvious to all but the OEMs themselves that significant production rate cuts would have to happen, but it would take until t

Boeing Makes First Move To Slash Widebody Output

Indices used by airframe manufacturers to adjust the prices of airplanes on order have proved unhelpful lately to the OEMs, as the global recession suppres

Downward Pricing Pressure Adds to OEMs’ Woes

Air-taxi Plans a Nonstarter for Pogo Jet

While he believes the recession will end soon, Piper Aircraft president and CEO James Bass said the effect of the U.S.

Piper CEO: World Is Out To Ground General Aviation

Roel Pieper’s European Technology and Investment Research Center (Etirc) has filed for bankruptcy, ending Etirc Aviation’s once-lofty plans to distribute E

Etirc Insolvency Signals End of Eclipse Europe Era

Dassault Aviation has announced a negative number of net orders–minus 27–for Falcon business jets during the first quarter due to cancellations.

Dassault Faces Negative Net Order Tally

Yesterday the House subcommittee on aviation held a hearing on helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) safety.

Chromalloy, a supplier of components, PMA parts and specialized component repairs for turbine engines, is investing $16.5 million in an expansion of its Ta

Chromalloy Plans $16.5 Million Tampa Expansion

Gulfstream Aerospace has reinstituted its “Meet the Quote” spare parts price-matching program, initially launched in March 2004, and operators have until J

Gulfstream’s ‘Meet the Quote’ Program Is Back

Avatas Aerospace has signed an agreement with Precision Turbines to allow the latter to offer maintenance, repair and overhaul services for Pratt &amp; Whi

Precision Turbines Teams with Avatas Aerospace

The 24th annual NBAA maintenance management conference was held in New Orleans last week.

Advice and Info Benefits NBAA MMC Attendees

Boeing CEO Jim McNerney today revealed a further delay of the 747-8 Intercontinental, from the second quarter of 2011 to the fourth quarter of that year.

Further Delay for 747-8 Intercontinental

Eclipse Jet, one of the companies formed to try to buy the assets of bankrupt Eclipse Aviation, has entered into an agreement with logistics and management

Eclipse Jet Forms Service Center Network

Boeing has completed major assembly of the first set of wings for the 747-8 Freighter, the company announced today.

Boeing Assembles First 747-8 Wingset

Despite an order backlog covering 5,000 aircraft, turbine business aircraft manufacturers could experience the steepest decline in production of any aerosp

More Production Cuts Coming at Bizav OEMs?

Delta Air Lines will ground at least 30 Delta Connection Bombardier CRJs this year as it moves to execute “synergies” associated with its merger with North

Delta To Ground 30 CRJs

Fractional ownership provider NetJets and its pilots union have collaborated on a voluntary furlough-mitigation program in an attempt to reduce the threat 

NetJets Union Agrees to Furlough-Mitigation Program

Westchester County authorized the county executive to sign a lease with JPMorgan Chase for Hangar E-1 at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y., 

JPMorgan Lease at Westchester Delayed

On Friday, <link http://www.ainonline.com/index.php?id=6&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=20405&cHash=fd88e77c2e _blank>JetDirect Aviation</link> chairman and CEO Greg C

JetDirect Closes, Wayfarer Aviation Takes Over

Bend, Ore.-based Epic Aircraft today launched a pair of turbine twins at the Sun ’n’ Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Fla.

The UK’s Flybe has taken delivery of its 50th Bombardier Q400 airliner, equipped with the 1,000th installation of Ultra Electronics’ active noise control (

Flybe Takes 50th Q400, 1,000th Ultra Electronics ANC installation

EASA pilots have performed the first familiarization flights on Sukhoi Superjet 100 S/Ns 95001 and 95003, Superjet International announced today.

EASA Pilots Fly Superjet 100s

American Airlines expects its first Boeing 787s to arrive about a year later than originally planned due to last year’s machinists’ strike at Boeing, accor

American Reveals Extent of 787 Delays

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