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Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault hosts regional M&Os

For the second year in a row, Dassault Falcon is hosting a series of regional maintenance and operations (M&O) seminars around the world.
Charter & Fractional

CitationAir Recalls 16 Furloughed Pilots

Business jet solutions provider CitationAir by Cessna early last month recalled 16 pilots from furlough, representing approximately 20 percent of those fur

Bombardier Bizjet Deliveries Drop

Bombardier reported $4.6 billion in revenues for its fiscal third quarter (ending October 31), which is on par with the previous year.

Huerta Nominated as Deputy FAA Admin

The Obama Administration last month nominated Michael Huerta as FAA deputy administrator.

Layoffs at Jet Aviation Basel

Jet Aviation laid off 94 full-time employees at its completions and maintenance facility in Basel, Switzerland.
Airports

Tag Aviation continues fight for movement increase at Farnborough

Tag Aviation has appealed a local government ruling in November that blocked its application
Regulations and Government

FAA Proposes $4M Fine Against Spitfire Aviation

The FAA has proposed levying a $4 million penalty on Spitfire Aviation Services of Fayetteville, Ark., for allegedly conducting at least 798 illegal charte

GD Chief Optimistic about 2010/11

At a Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Global Industrial Conference last month, General Dynamics chief Jay Johnson said that his company’s aerospace division–n

Boeing flies 787 Dreamliner

On December 15 at 10:27 a.m., under a gray 2,500-foot broken cloud layer, Boeing’s big bet on the company’s future–the mostly composite 787 Dreamliner–fina
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Bizliner business sees slight dip in demand

In March last year, it appeared the bizliner completion centers were sailing through the recession with barely a ripple, working at capacity with slots fil

Industry mourns death of leader Ed Stimpson

Ed Stimpson, a driving force behind the law that resurrected the moribund general aviation industry in the mid-1990s, died November 25 at age 75 after a fi

Singapore Airshow Preview

The 2010 Singapore Airshow is set to be a sell-out by the time it opens its doors for this year’s February 2 to 7 event.
Aircraft

Texas Turbine upgrades Caravan

After Bobby Bishop’s Texas Turbine Conversions converted the single-engine de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter from a PT6 to a TPE331 engine, the company neede
Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault’s ‘digital factory’ streamlines production

After pioneering digital design in the aerospace industry 25 years ago, Dassault Aviation has implemented what it calls “the digital factory.” The Falcon 7

Newsmakers 2009: Alphabets and OEMs tackle negative portrayal of bizjets

The coordinated response by NBAA, GAMA and business jet manufacturers to critics who chose to make business aircraft a high-profile symbol of all that’s wr
Charter & Fractional

Newsmakers 2009: Frax founder Santulli ejects from NetJets

Individually last year there was no taller toppling in business aviation than that of NetJets founder and chairman Richard Santulli, who on August 4
Rotorcraft

EC 175 begins flight-test program

The prototype of the Eurocopter EC 175 made its “official maiden flight” on December 17, almost two weeks after its

Roel Pieper Ordered To Produce Property Documents

Etirc Aviation chairman and former Eclipse Aviation chairman Roel Pieper will have to produce records of properties that he owns, according to an order iss

Newsmakers 2009: The recession takes its toll

By November 2008, it was obvious that despite the best efforts of the drivers and most ardent wishes of the passengers, the economic bus was headed over th
Safety

NTSB criticizes FAA action on runway safety

While NTSB chairman Deborah Hersman lauded controllers and pilots for an improving runway incursion rate in the U.S., she took the FAA to task for its dith
FBOs

Comlux To Open Paris FBO

Business aviation group Comlux plans to expand its services into the FBO sector by establishing a
Aircraft

Gulfstream, IAI Mark First Flight of Super-Midsize G250

Gulfstream Aerospace and Israel Aerospace Industries flew the super-midsize jet on Dec. 11, 2009
Gulfstream, IAI G250
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Comlux ends partnership with Airbus Corporate Jet Centre

The Comlux Group, which became a 40-percent shareholder in the Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC) in May 2008, has withdrawn by mutual agreement from that
Environment

EU extends deadline for ETS compliance plans

The European Union (EU) plans to issue a new list of operators who are subject to its emissions trading scheme (ETS) in a bid to dispel the confusion cause

The fog lifts on a new year as industry recovers slowly

A shell-shocked business aviation industry is peeking out from behind the bulwarks and wondering if the lull in gunfire signals the beginning of an end to

India’s Mahindra Acquires Gippsland and Aerostaff

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) of India acquired a 75.1-percent stake each in Australia’s Aerostaff Australia (AA) and Gippsland Aeronautics (GA) last w

Dayton University Gets $50M Syn Fuel Research Grant

The University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) has been awarded a nearly $50 million six-year research grant from the Air Force to develop advanced fue