2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Stephen Pope

While FAA Administrator Marion Blakey and GA industry leaders wrangled over aviation user fees and taxes at the Aircraft Electronics Association’s 50th ann

Aircraft Electronics Association Convention 2007

Ian J. Twombly

State-owned Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) agreed last month to purchase Carlyle Group’s Landmark Aviation and Standard Aero Holdings for $1.8 billion.

Dubai firm begins process to acquire Landmark

Jets for Vets, a new initiative sponsored by an aircraft dealers association, is arranging free flights on corporate aircraft for military personnel wounde

Group gives vets a much needed lift

Cessna continues to push forward with the certification of the CJ4, the latest model in the CJ line.

Cessna flies CJ4’s FJ44-4A

AIN Staff

The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has called for a hearing later this spring on falsified medical certificates after th

Legislator wants investigation into pilot medicals

NTSB chairman Mark Rosenker was busy stumping about issues related to GA safety last month.

NTSB chief stresses gravity of incursions

Ian Goold

Proponents awaiting European approval for commercial single-engine operations at night or under instrumental meteorological conditions (SE-IMC) should not 

Europeans continue to await OK for single-engine operations

Robert Harold Cooper, often referred to by those who knew him as “a true gentleman” and known to his friends at Gulfstream Aerospace as “Captain Bob,” died

‘Captain Bob’ Cooper

Matt Thurber

Embraer has begun construction of its second Phenom 100 airframe and is on schedule for planned first flight in the middle of this year and entry-into-serv

In the Works: Embraer Phenom 100

Twelve people, including company president Bob Bornhofen, continue to work on the Sport-Jet single-engine jet program based in Colorado Springs, Colo.

In the Works: Excel-Jet Sport-Jet

As oil prices remain above the $60 per barrel mark, operators, oil companies and government regulators are showing ever more interest in alternative jet fu

Industry group looks for jet-fuel alternative

Early adopters who plunked down $100,000 for a position on the Cirrus jet assembly line got to participate in a clever Cirrus marketing campaign that is dr

In the Works: Cirrus The-Jet

Stage III Technologies, which received an STC two years ago this month for its hush kit for Gulfstream IIs and IIIs, plans to have its long-awaited first i

Stage III To Begin Hush Kit Installations 

“Business aviation operators are becoming much more sophisticated about the ways they can use their airplanes outside the United States,” said Bill Stine, 

International Operations

Reacting to last summer’s crash of Comair Flight 5191 at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Ky.–as well as countless runway incursions and serious on-airport

FAA wants moving maps in more cockpits

Enhanced-vision system (EVS) makers Forward Vision and Max-Viz have announced a joint venture to bring lower-cost infrared products to the general aviation

Forward Vision, Max-Viz Form Alliance

A software error in Honeywell flight management systems with NZ-2000 nav computers could cause sudden, un-annunciated shifts in computed position, accordin

AD Affects Honeywell NZ-2000s 

Charles Alcock

All the leading forecasts agree that business aviation is an increasingly global phenomenon that will see growth rates for aircraft and flying activity ris

FBO survey: Covering Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa

The Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 integrated display system (IDS) has been certified in a Piaggio Avanti at Jet Works in Denton, Texas, according to the avi

Pro Line 21 IDS Certified in Avanti

JetTech of Littleton, Colo., last month announced it has received an STC for an RVSM kit for pre-275 serial number Cessna Citation 500s equipped with Bendi

Citation 500 RVSM Package STC’d

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided to keep in place the rule requiring passengers in the U.S.

FCC’s cellphone decision might not end the debate

Cessna last month was close to certifying a software update for the Citation Mustang’s G1000 avionics system after avionics maker Garmin in February uncove

Software Glitch Delays Mustang 

EMS Satcom last month unveiled the CNX-300 mobile access router as the newest member of its family of CNX airborne networking devices.

EMS Satcom Introduces Cisco-based Router

Didier Daoust

New air traffic management plans are one means by which nations can reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Eurocontrol ATM plans to address emissions

British Columbia-based Viking Air, which purchased a number of de Havilland Canada type certificates from Bombardier last year, announced last month it was

Welcome back, Twotter

Thierry Dubois

Business aircraft manufacturers and operators had better tackle their environmental image sooner rather than later.

Business aviation and the environment: Business aviation ponders its impact on the environment–and the public perception of that impact

Nav Canada last month proposed a 3-percent reduction in its customer service charges, effective September 1.

Nav Canada To Revise Service Charges 

Gulfstream Aerospace broke ground on a new manufacturing site last month.

Gulfstream Expands Savannah Presence

Brazilian manufacturer Embraer released mixed first-quarter delivery numbers last month.

Embraer Releases 1Q Delivery Figures

The life of a component supplier is a difficult one in the aerospace and business aviation industries.

Pratt & Whitney feeling the thrust

Comments are due June 11 on a proposal from the FAA to increase the duration of first-class and third-class medicals for airmen under the age of 40.

FAA Proposes Longer Duration for Medicals

In an unusual policy step, the FAA sought comments last month on a draft letter of interpretation regarding the meaning of the term “known icing conditions

FAA Might Redefine Known Icing 

French engine manufacturer Snecma is making progress with plans to develop a turbofan in the 10,000-pound-thrust class.

Snecma Silvercrest core to run later this year

Europe’s primary weapon against global warming is the Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS), a program rooted in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.

Business aviation and the environment: Aviation and climate change: emissions trading plan meets resistance

The NTSB has published the final report on the Icing-related crash of a Cessna Citation 560 that stalled during approach to Runway 26R at Pueblo Memorial A

Final Report on Circuit City Crash Released

Aircraft flying over the Arctic Ocean can take more direct routes, save fuel and maintain schedules with activation of the FAA’s final Advanced Technologie

FAA Puts Final ATOP in Place

Allied Capital, the private-equity firm owner of the Mercury Air Centers FBO chain, has agreed to sell its 24 FBOs to Macquarie Infrastructure, a publicly 

Atlantic Aviation, Mercury FBOs merge 

The pace of new technology infusion in helicopter turbine engines is not slowing.<br />General Electric, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney Canada and Rolls-Royce 

Turboshaft and turboprop

LegFind.com, a wholesale air charter marketplace, released a new service last month aimed at quickly matching charter operators with clients.

LegFind.com expands operations

At the Sun ’n’ Fun show in Lakeland, Fla., Cirrus Design cofounder and CEO Alan Klapmeier said that on June 27 the company will unveil its new single-engin

Cirrus to unveil jet next month

The seventh annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) seems certain to be the largest event yet, with more than 10,000 visitors exp

EBACE 2007 Preview

Meanwhile, just steps away from the Cirrus display, Ron Lueck, president of Comp Air, proudly showed off his latest creation, the prototype Comp Air 12 sin

Comp Air 12 flies to Sun ’n’ Fun

The FAA selected a preferred alternative in late March for the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia airspace redesign project after 10 years of studies, meetin

FAA chooses plan for N’east airspace redesign 

Curt Epstein

Canadian-owned aircraft simulator and training operator CAE has unveiled the latest addition to its line of flight simulators.

Customer input key on CAE’s  new lower-cost bizjet simulator

Germany-based aerospace consultancy PMI-Media has lowered its estimated very light jet (VLJ) delivery schedule for this year based on production difficulti

Fewer VLJ deliveries forecast this year

David A. Lombardo

For the 15th consecutive year, Agustin Melgar staged his annual business aviation show in Toluca, Mexico.

Mexican event a draw for U.S. companies

The Aircraft Maintenance Technicians Association is donating a bronze bust of Charles E.

AMT Association donates Taylor bust

The Bell 429 has received its production rotor blades.

Bell 429 Gets Production Rotor Blades

In late March Eurocopter inaugurated the new Eurocopter España plant in Albacete, in east central Spain.

Eurocopter Inaugurates Spanish Plant

AgustaWestland has announced orders for six AW139s in Australia.

AgustaWestland Gets Pac-Rim Orders

Sikorsky on April 10 announced that the FAA has certified the Sikorsky S-76C++ for operation in falling and blowing snow.

FAA Certifies S-76 for Snow Ops

Sikorsky last month opened a 25,000-sq-ft Design Engineering Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

Sikorsky Opens Design Center

Helicopter Support has received certification from American Eurocopter to support the AS 350, AS 355, EC 120 and BO 105.

HSI To Support Eurocopters

The Office and Professional Employee International Union says that the pilot strike it led at PHI had a significant effect on the company’s 2006 financial 

Pilot Strike Hurt PHI

Houston-based Bristow has exercised options to acquire four more Sikorsky S-92s.

Bristow Group Buys Four S-92s

The obstacle clearance panel (OCP), a group of experts in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), is designing more suitable IFR procedures f

New ICAO procedures should widen IFR ops

Recognizing the managerial potential of the maintenance technician was among the issues under discussion at the 16th annual NBAA Maintenance Management Con

Maintenance conference focuses on ‘soft’ skills

Dallas Airmotive has expanded the services of its Regional Turbine Center (RTC) in Portsmouth, England, with the addition of repair, hot-section inspection

Dallas Airmotive adds PW500 repairs to Portsmouth facility

Meredith Saini

Implementing safety management systems (SMS) and developing operator decision-making skills are imperative to improving the accident record for helicopters

Operators need to change systems to improve safety

For the second year in a row the Gulfstream Service Center in Dallas has received an Outstanding Achievement Award for its excellence in base maintenance o

NetJets honors Gulfstream with MX award

The Michigan Institute of Aviation and Technology (MIAT) will incorporate FlightSafety’s Principles of Troubleshooting course into its curriculum.

Michigan Institure of Aviation adds FlightSafety course

Brazilian airframer Embraer has selected Menlo’s Singapore Logistics Centre as regional hub for service parts warehousing and fulfillment in Asia.

Embraer chooses Menlo for Asian parts support

Falcon 2000 and 2000EX/EASy owners now have the option of replacing their damaged OEM APU firewalls with a significantly strengthened APU firewall repairab

Falcon 2000/EX/EASy APU Firewall option offered

Perkins Aircraft Windows signed an agreement with CRS Jet Spares for that company to stock and distribute Perkins-manufactured windows and windshields.

CRS Jet Spares to carry Perkins windshields

The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA), which represents nearly 700 members of the international aviation maintenance and alteration community,

MX industry survey highlights growth

Dale Meiler, lead maintenance inspector for Banyan Air Service at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, is the recipient of the ATP/NATA General Aviation Serv

Banyan's Dale Meiler gets award

Aviall has reached an agreement to acquire certain assets of Sisu Services, a supplier of aircraft brake and wheel services, parts and technical informatio

Aviall to acquire Sisu services

Blackhawk Modification recently announced the addition of Banyan Air Service of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to its global distributor network of authorized engi

Banyan announced as Blackhawk mod center

California company plans to expand mX Operation As FBOs go, 10-year-old Jet Source, of Carlsbad, Calif., is fairly young.

California company plans to expand MX operation

Everest Rescue Trust, a New Zealand-based charity organization, is planning to operate an unmanned helicopter to rescue stranded climbers on Mount Everest,

Unmanned helo might save stranded Everest climbers 

It’s not exactly a call from the governor, but it still qualifies as a reprieve of sorts.

Verizon will keep MagnaStar on air for another year

Garmin is encroaching on rival Avidyne’s turf with the announcement last month that the G1000 avionics system will be offered as optional equipment in the 

Garmin’s G1000 suite gains traction with Piper

Gregory Polek

The Regional Airline Association opens the next chapter in its 32-year history this year as new association president Roger Cohen presides over his first R

RAA 2007 special section: Cohen front and center at FAA funding debate

This year’s RAA Convention couldn’t have come at a more appropriate time and place for Memphis, Tenn.’s hometown airline.

RAA 2007 special section: Pinnacle eyes summit of regional biz 

Northwest Airlines’ newest regional subsidiary, Compass Airlines, planned to launch twice-daily service on May 2 between Minneapolis and Washington Dulles 

Compass Takes Flight 

The board of Deutsche Lufthansa, Europe’s second-largest airline, has approved a $1.5 billion expenditure for 30 Embraer E190s and 15 Bombardier CRJ900s.

Lufthansa To Split Big Jet Order

Mesa Air Group’s latest code-share partner, Kona, Hawaii-based Mokulele Airlines, flew its first scheduled flight as go!Express last month with a new nine-

Mokulele Launches go!Express

Piper president and CEO Jim Bass said that orders for the single-engine PiperJet have reached 186 and that the company “has made great headway on the Piper

Piper Continues Work on Jet

Mesaba Airlines expected to exit bankruptcy during the last week of April, following the approval of its reorganization plan by U.S.

Mesaba Reorganization Approved

An April 10 safety recommendation issued by the NTSB calls for the FAA to revise its policies related to air traffic controller work schedules to account f

Comair Probe Prompts NTSB Letter

Between Raytheon Aircraft becoming Hawker Beechcraft (HB) and delivering the Hawker 4000 and Cessna delivering the Mustang, 2007 is a big year in Wichita.

HB and Cessna Celebrate Milestones in 2007

Sporty’s Pilot Shop, holder of Cessna Mustang position number 13, has decided it will raffle its new VLJ and donate the funds to the Sporty’s Foundation.

Sporty’s Decides To Raffle New Mustang

While legislation that would direct the Transportation Security Administration to study the vulnerability of general aviation airports to terrorist acts is

FAA mulls Washington ADIZ change

RAA technical affairs vice president Dave Lotterer doesn’t object to the use of so-called electronic flight bags for navigating runways and taxiways.

RAA 2007: RAA’s message to FAA: clean up your notams

The March arrest of two Comair employees and three accomplices for smuggling drugs and guns onto a Delta Air Lines flight from Orlando to San Juan, Puerto 

RAA 2007: TSA ‘making progress’ on consistent standards

Three pilots for US Airways have filed a lawsuit in the U.S.

Airline pilots bring age-60 fight to court

Three regional airlines will fill the service void left in 12 small and medium-size communities in six states by the March 9 closure of Smyrna, Tenn.-based

RAA 2007: RegionsAir’s loss becomes others’ gain

Higher numbers of regional airline travelers in Europe have not meant greater environmental impact, according to European Regions Airline Association (ERA)

RAA 2007: Europeans call for clarity on emissions trading   

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The 80-seat Antonov An-148-100 won type approval from Russian and Ukrainian authorities in late February, marking the successful

RAA 2007: Five nations fielding new RJ entries

On April 1, the NTSB celebrated its 40th anniversary.

NTSB Marks Major Milestone

The FAA released official guidance last month regarding ATC’s ability to define and describe precipitation to pilots, including the terms controllers will 

FAA Redefines Precipitation Terms

Like two punch-drunk prizefighters locked in a clinch, general aviation and the airlines continue to rain body blows on each other over the pending FAA rea

Airlines take user-fee debate to the media

The deal to sell Raytheon Aircraft to the investment duo GS Capital Partners and Onex Partners for $3.3 billion in cash was finalized March 26 after slight

Raytheon becomes Hawker Beechcraft

Gordon Gilbert

Two well known companies that operate and manage charter aircraft and jet travel cards have merged.

Sentient Jet merges with JetDirect

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