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Chad Trautvetter

Flexjet's new days-based shared-ownership program for the Gulfstream G650 is aimed at high-utilization, large-cabin business jet customers.

Flexjet Launches Days-based G650 Frax Program

Gregory Polek

Hundreds of thousands in Russia sign a petition to ground the Superjet fleet.

Discourse Turns Divisive as SSJ100 Crash Probe Nears End

Ian Goold

Premature blade deterioration cost the UK engine maker some $540 million last year.

Trent 1000 Fix Ranks as Top Priority for Rolls-Royce

SmartSky Networks has begun the final site completion phase of its air-to-ground (ATG) 4G LTE data network for business and commercial aviation.

SmartSky In Final Phase of ATG Network Deployment

Kerry Lynch

The acquisition provides Guardian Flight with nine locations in Arizona.

Guardian Flight Expands Reach in Arizona with Sunrise

Airbus Defence & Space will provide the new satellite fleet, GX7, 8, and 9, which will be optimized for real-time mobility.

Inmarsat, Airbus Plan Next Satellites for Jet ConneX

The name of the Airbus-Bombardier-Investissement Quebec partnership now reflects the European manufacturer’s controlling stake. 

CSALP Becomes Airbus Canada On June 1

Production is now three a day and set to go to three and one-half per day by early next year.

Collins Reaches 1,000 A320neo Nacelles, Eyes Ramp Up

Gordon Gilbert

Business airplanes suffered eight accidents resulting in one fatality last year, versus just one accident and no fatalities in 2017.

Canada's Owner-flown Accident Record Worse Last Year 

Curt Epstein

The new facilities span the U.S. from Massachusetts to Hawaii.

CAA Adds Nine New Locations to Network

AIN Staff

Our roots have been in business aviation since there has been business aviation.

Leading Edge Aviation Solutions Helps Clients Find the Right Business Aircraft

Three incidents of contamination highlight the threats of DEF contamination, the association said.

NATA Encourages Training To Guard Against DEF Risks

NTSB is in early stages of separate investigations into nearly back-to-back, but seemingly unrelated, fatal Cessna Citation accidents that killed three.

Back-to-back Citation Fatals Under Investigation

Despite macro factors, Citi Research is cautiously optimistic about the bizjet market, citing stabilized pricing/values and new products driving demand.

Citi Reiterates 'Cautious Optimism' for Bizjet Market

Jon Lake

'Air Superiority 2030' study leads to artists' impressions of the next generation of fighters

Sixth-gen Fighters Make Conceptual Debut

Viasat is now shipping its new Ka-band GAT-5518, which provides in-flight, high-speed connectivity for aircraft ranging from UAVs to business jets.

Viasat Shipping High-speed Ka-band Global Aero Terminal

The company, long a presence at Manassas Regional Airport, will add full FBO services to its offerings starting early next year.

Chantilly Air Breaks Ground on New D.C.-area FBO

Matt Thurber

BlackBird Air believes that electric airplanes will help lower barriers to entry for general aviation travelers.

Bye and BlackBird Agree on Electric Airplane Buy

Reuben F. Johnson

As the first line of defense against Russian aggression, Poland's military forces play a pivotal role

Poland’s Defense Procurement May End Up Only Half Complete

Foreign registered aircraft, particularly those from the U.S., are likely to face inspection on arrival.

Mexico-bound Business Aircraft See Rise in Ramp Checks

Peter Shaw-Smith

Jet Aviation is relocating to a new and larger facility at Riyadh Airport’s private aviation terminal, which is expected to be operational by year-end.

Jet Aviation Riyadh To Move to Larger Facility

Gogo today announced plans to build a 5G air-to-ground network in the contiguous U.S. and Canada that would be available for bizav users in 2021.

Gogo Plans To Have U.S./Canada 5G ATG Network in 2021

Under West Star's ODA, the newest privileges enable all four of its main locations to complete projects without submittal of a PNL letter.

West Star Expands ODA Privileges

he approval gives Clay Lacy its third FAA Part 145 repair station, joining others at Van Nuys and McClellan-Palomar Airports, both in California.

Clay Lacy's OXC Site Gets Part 145 Approval

Textron Aviation Builds First Latitude Air Ambulance for Norway

Long Island-based ExcelAire joins a select group of companies to climb the ladder of the voluntary SMS-driven program.

New York Operator Earns IS-BAO Stage III

Artex is currently offering rebates to customers who replace their aging, obsolete 121.5/243 MHz frequency emergency locator transmitters.

ELT Maker Eases 406-MHz Frequency Transition

The Amsterdam-based MRO will offer the Garmin upgrade, which is expected to enter service in early summer.

JetSupport Tapped for First Euro G5000 Excel Upgrade

Mark Huber

Drone pilot Tracey Mapes charged with busting TFRs over NFL stadiums in 2017. 

Drone Pamphleteer Heads To Federal Court 

Jennifer Meszaros

Thailand passed its latest milestone in an effort to regain FAA Category 1 status.

Thailand’s Latest Safety Rating Meets ICAO Target

ForeFlight's new runway performance feature will encourage pilots to calcuate performance more often. 

ForeFlight Adds Takeoff/Landing Performance

Neelam Mathews

The subcontinent’s carriers benefit from the sudden opening of slots at Mumbai and Delhi. 

Indian Airlines' Fortunes Turn following Jet Airways Failure

EASA is recommending, but not mandating, that operators of Airbus AS350/EC130 helicopters install crash-resistant fuel systems.

EASA Calls for AS350/EC130 Fuel System Mods

Cathy Buyck

The Dutch airline’s 10-year commitment is part of a new SAF production plant in the Netherlands.

KLM Secures Large Uptake of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

The long-time service provider at Manassas Regional Airport has closed its location in the face of looming competition and lease disagreements.

After 49 Years, Dulles Aviation Calls It Quits

BTR Jet at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport will acquire Executive Aviation this summer, and embark on a major construction project.

Louisiana FBO Expands with Rival Purchase

Companies join forces to build first urban air mobility passenger terminal in Singapore

Skyports and Volocopter Building 'Volo-Port' in Singapore

David Donald

Fifth-generation fighters are due to replace Poland's Soviet-era survivors

Poland Seeks F-35As

William Dennis

The Indonesian flag carrier will drop unprofitable routes and cut frequencies on those registering low load factors.

Garuda Lays Plans To Scale Back Operations

He helped found the formerly-known NARA in 1991 to pursue a code of ethics in the business of acquiring, selling, and trading aircraft.

Long-time Broker and NARA Co-founder Johnny Gantt Dies

Chris Kjelgaard

C Cubed plans to induct its first A320 for freighter conversion in about a month, according to IBA Group.

C3 Aerospace Soon To Begin Its First A320 Freighter Conversion

Beth Stevenson

The program for a new-generation Gripen program is accelerating with a third aircraft shortly to fly and production ramping up.

Saab Advances with Gripen E Test Program

Yet another incident of diesel exhaust fluid contamination nearly caused two Citation 550s to crash. 

DEF Contamination Downs Two Citations

The first deployment by UK F-35s to Cyprus will not involve combat operations, says the RAF.

RAF F-35s Deploy for Lightning Dawn

The firm raised new capital and is dedicating more than $100 million to Jet Edge Partners and has brought two veteran aircraft salesman to steer the unit.

Jet Edge Delves into Dealer Business with New Division

Chen Chuanren

An acquisition of just one Orion would significantly boost maritime patrol capability in a region of growing tension.

Philippines Considering Surplus P-3C Orions

The British territory intends to start with private aircraft registration.

Gibraltar Looks To Establish Aircraft Registry 

Rob Finfrock

 Tamarack maintains that two previously issued service bulletins remedy control issues in Citations equipped with active load-alleviating winglets.

FAA Grounds Tamarack Atlas-equipped CJs

Jerry Siebenmark

Raytheon and Lockheed Martin share in more than $3 billion in U.S. contracts for hypersonic weapons development.

U.S. Defense Contractors See Hypersonic Ramp-up

Kaleyesus Bekele

The European airframer has placed a team in Nigeria in an effort to tap the Western African country’s particularly strong potential.  

Airbus Eyes New Narrowbody Opportunities in Africa

Ian Sheppard

U.S. company says its bundled, tailored connectivity package makes life easier for aircraft owners and operators.

Satcom Direct Introduces SD Xperience to Europe

ForeFlight has a new source of GPS data that can negate the need for having a separate GPS receiver and aerial on aircraft in North America.

Gogo Provides Foreflight Users with Airborne GPS Data

More than 80 mainline passenger jets underwent conversion to freighters last year, almost all of them Boeings.

Freighter Conversion Market Totaled Nearly $1B in 2018: IBA

The market is changing, with passengers traveling for leisure activities as well as business, and charter broker L'Voyage aims to fill that niche as well.

From Business to Pets: L’Voyage’s Journey

Amy Laboda

Financier Shearwater Aero Capital sees more jets in Europe's future

European Bizjet Market Set To Grow, Says Shearwater

Mark Phelps

The Geneva-based sales representative for Aerion has some hot prospects in line

Sparfell Tells the Aerion Story at EBACE

Junkers Flugzeugwerke brought a 100-year-old business airplane design with modern construction to EBACE 2019.

Centenary Celebrations for a Commercial Aviation Classic

Women in Corporate Aviation is a nonprofit with the mission of helping women advance in all areas of business aviation. 

WCA Awards Two Scholarships at EBACE

Recent accidents "underscore the importance of improving the safety of charter flights," the NTSB said.

Preliminary Accident Report Comes With NTSB Sting

Customers can achieve substantial cost and time savings by managing documents with Web Manuals.

Web Manuals Cuts Costs, Time Of Compliance

Dassault Falcon upgrade will make it compliant with various avionics/ATC mandates.

Universal Avionics Tapped for Falcon 900B Retrofit

The Swiss fuel provider has contributed directly to the support of wildlife conservation projects around the globe.

Valcora Shows Its Green Side

The European Cockpit Association calls on EASA to carry out its own thorough and independent review of the 737 Max MCAS software fix. 

Europe’s Pilots Censure 'Delegated Certification' of 737 Max

Avionics Manufacturer Universal Avionics anticipates growing European interest in new navigation equipment.

Universal Avionics Sees Growing Upgrade Activity

James Wynbrandt

Embraer's Praetor 600 gets the first STC for installation of the Global Aero Terminal 5510.

Viasat Brings Ka-band Connectivity to Super-midsize Bizjets

While the major OEMs display their current flagships at EBACE 2019, speculation abounds as to what they are cooking up next.

The Next Big Things for Top-market Bizav OEMs

OEMs aim to co-ordinate and oversee training, and some try to maintain a balance between training partners

Training Providers ‘Entitled’ to OEM Exclusivity

Swiss OEM says additional PC-24 slots selling out fast, production ramping up.

Pilatus: Half of New Tranche of 80 PC-24s Already Sold 

The Alaska operation suffered two fatal crashes in May.

Taquan Air Suspends All Operations

Falcon Aviation's steady growth should continue as it expands locations and services offered.

Falcon Aviation Sees Steady Growth in 2019

The FBO chain has unveiled its new terminal in Orlando, Fla, and added hangar space there, and at its Farmingdale, New York facilty.

Sheltair Improves East Coast U.S. FBOs

Large jets seem to have led the year-over-year trend down based on April data.

Bizav Traffic in Europe Plummets in April

Swiss company now has 35 FBO locations worldwide and a deal with Europe’s Wijet to provide handling services

Jet Aviation Touts FBO Network Growth

The author experiences a flight in an Embraer Praetor 600 equipped with ViaSat's new Ka-band Satcom.

Flying with ViaSat Ka-band Satcom

The complicated new scheme on the Bombardier Global 5000 took the highly-trained Duncan team less than a month to complete.

Duncan's New Provo Paint Shop Completes First Aircraft

Serving the Eastern and Central European regions, the company provides ground handling supervisory services at more than 200 airports.

11 Years On, Euro Jet Sees Continued Growth

It’s a disturbing trend, but Satcom Direct has solutions that can fight back.

Cyberattacks Against Bizjet Passengers Rising, Says Satcom Direct

Plans call for delivery of 50 HondaJets this year.

Honda Aircraft Ramping Up, Eyes Expansion

Up will never feel quite the same after listening to the innovations happening in electrified urban mobility at EBACE 2019.

EBACE Showcases New Frontier of Urban Aviation

Stuart “Kipp” Lau

Automated takeoff systems require a human check and double check.

AINsight: Takeoff Performance System Errors

10-year-old company now has four hangars at Basel and says it is busier than ever, so is adding a fifth hangar in partnership with Bombardier.

AMAC Unveils Hangar 5 Plan

The U.S.-based fuel provider has won fuel supply tenders at two French airports.

World Fuel Expands European Footprint

EBAA secretary general Khan, NBAA president Ed Bolen and local dignitaries, along with keynote speaker Florian Reuter all talked clean aviation.

New Technologies Propel Bizav's Future

The Gonesse facility achieved the milestone nearly 45 years after processing its first engine in 1975.

StandardAero Reaches 1,500 PT6 Milestone in Gonesse

Regulators in Europe and the People’s Republic of China eliminate legal ambiguity with a new air services agreement.

EU-China Sign Historic Bilateral Agreements 

The fuel provider supplied SAFJ to France's Caen-Carpiquet and Sweden's Stockholm-Arlanda Airports ahead of the fly-in to Geneva

Air BP Supports Alternative Aviation Fuel Initiative

With sales in its pocket and an ACJ among its offerings, Boutsen Aviation is pleased to be in Geneva.

Boutsen Touts Large Business Aircraft Expertise

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