2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Ian J. Twombly

Embraer has selected the CAE Burgess Hill, UK training center as the European training location for the Phenom 100 VLJ and Phenom 300 light jet.

European Phenom Training Center Selected

Matt Thurber

The light-airplane segment of the general aviation industry is showing evidence of contracting, but it is too early to determine whether this is a trend th

Tough times ahead for general aviation?

Stephen Pope

The investigation into why an Embraer Legacy and Gol Airlines Boeing 737 collided over the Amazon jungle last September 29 isn’t expected to conclude for s

Brazil midair investigation continues

AIN Staff

The next time you’re crossing the Atlantic in the stratosphere with the luxury of a glass panel, precision navigation and reliable jet power (not to mentio

Eighty years since historic crossing

Cockpit voice recordings leaked late last month from the Embraer Legacy that collided with the Gol Airlines 737 over the Amazon last September indicate tha

Legacy CVR helps pilot's defense

Eclipse Aviation’s announcement of a 180-airplane order at EBACE signaled the launch of a very light jet (VLJ) air-taxi operation that will be based in Tur

Eclipse maintains VLJ lead with new order

The FAA said last month that this summer it will greatly expand the airspace flow program (AFP), an initiative it implemented last summer to better manage 

FAA expands airspace flow program

The growing Encore FBO chain on May 18 added a seventh FBO, the former Frederick Aviation at Frederick Airport in Maryland.

Encore FBO adds Frederick Aviation

Hawker Beechcraft hopes to continue to stave off competition from VLJs with two new upgrades–announced last month at EBACE–to the stalwart King Air turbopr

Two new king airs added to fleet q

Dassault revealed a new Falcon 2000 with winglets at EBACE.

Dassault updates 2000EX, adds winglets

The newly formed Hawker Beechcraft announced its first fleet sale at EBACE in Geneva last month.

Hawker Beechcraft lands major order

As baseball player Yogi Berra supposedly said, “It’s déjà vu all over again.”<br />The three US Airways pilots who filed a lawsuit in the U.S.

FAA denies exemptions to age-60 rule

Cessna expanded its relationship with Rockwell Collins last month when it announced the avionics maker will provide the digital cabin management system for

Rockwell Collins To Provide CJ4 Cabin System

Charter safety auditors CharterX and Wyvern announced a new product last month aimed at ensuring customers receive the most up-to-date safety information a

CharterX, Wyvern Develop New Safety System

Property and casualty insurance company Travelers is venturing into aviation with its Travelers Aviation division, announced last month.

Travelers Insurance Expands Av. Programs

The European general aviation industry on May 22launched a counterpart to the U.S.

European Manufacturers Group Created

Thierry Dubois

On April 27 Dassault hosted a formal ceremony at its Bordeaux facility to celebrate FAA and EASA certification of the Falcon 7X.

Dassault Falcon 7X gets FAA and EASA approval

FAA Administrator Marion Blakey said last month in a speech to an emissions colloquium at ICAO in Quebec that “aircraft greenhouse-gas emissions might beco

Aviation Emissions Likely Kill Hundreds a Year

Flight training provider CAE SimuFlite won’t hold the grand opening ceremony commemorating the start of operations at its Northeast Training Center in Morr

CAE’s Falcon 7X simulator replicates the real world

Grob Aerospace, which last month at EBACE in Geneva showcased its six-passenger fuselage mockup of the Grob SPn light business jet with a new cabin interio

Grob Optimistic on SPn, Opens U.S. Facility

Rockwell Collins’s new HGS-5860 is the first head-up display (HUD) with an LCD projector to be certified on a business jet–Dassault’s Falcon 7X.

Gulfstream Chooses Collins HUD

Cessna delivered the first Cessna Citation Encore+ last month, nearly five months after receiving FAA type certification.

Cessna Delivers First Encore+

The Teal Group put it best in this year’s forecast when, echoing all other major predictors, it asked rhetorically, “Is it wrong to use these unusually goo

Forecasts predict bizjet market will thrive

Boeing Business Jets gathered momentum last year with sales of 23 aircraft valued at about $3 billion.

Boeing Business Jets maintains momentum

As of mid-May, Eclipse Aviation had begun construction of Eclipse 500 number 62, and numbers 15 and 16 had received their certificates of airworthiness, ac

PC in hand, Eclipse steps up production

Curt Epstein

Phoenix-based engine and avionics manufacturer Honeywell says its 10,000-pound-thrust engine contender is well under way.

HTF10000 moves toward late-’08 core run

Brazilian airframer Embraer last month announced slightly improved first-quarter revenue (Brazil’s fiscal calendar mirrors the yearly calendar) over the sa

Embraer Announces 1Q Results 

Van Nuys, Calif.-based Corporate Air Parts is offering a new hypoxia training course to civilian pilots.

New Civilian Hypoxia Training Available

The Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 1108, which represents pilots for fractional provider Flight Options, claimed last month that some pilots were fired fo

Union: Pilots Fired for Traffic Violations

In a rare case in aviation, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing Jeppesen Sanderson (a Boeing property) for its part in aiding so-called “ext

Jeppesen Sued by ACLU for Rendition Flight Support

Much ado about nothing is essentially what the FAA is saying about a story that broke this week regarding the validity of using GPS and FMS units after a s

FAA: GPS Concerns Not an Issue

The NTSB yesterday released the probable cause of the Dec.

NTSB Faults Maintenance, FAA in Fatal Chalk’s Crash

Bombardier released strong first-quarter numbers this week, and all indications are that growth will continue for the rest of the fiscal year.

Bombardier Had ’Substantial Level of New Orders’ in 1Q

A new advertisement sponsored by the Air Transport Association (ATA) and targeted at airline passengers on the CNN Airport Network has NBAA and the Allianc

NBAA, AAAA Protest ATA Airport Ad 

Stockholders approved the merger of White Plains, N.Y.-based K&amp;F Industries Holdings, makers of aircraft brake and fuel components, and avionics manufa

K&F Industries and Meggitt-USA To Merge

The NTSB released preliminary information last month after a Citation II hit terrain during a circling approach to Dillon Airport in southwest Montana, kil

Citation II Crash Kills Two 

Berlin Tempelhof airport operators are challenging recent decisions by both a Berlin lower court and the city authorities to close the downtown airport on 

Tempelhof operators keep fighting airport closure

The FAA last month released Airworthiness Directive 2007-10-15, which requires that operators of all 765 U.S.-registered Cessna Caravans install low-airspe

FAA Issues AD To Address Caravan Icing

Point2Point Airways, the Grand Forks, N.D.-based on-demand “airline style” charter company, ceased operations and laid off all its employees last month.

VLJ Airline Start-up Closes Doors 

Aircraft Bluebook, the long-running aircraft price digest, has launched into the 21st century and is available online.

Aircraft Bluebook Now Available Online

UK-based charter operator London Executive Aviation, which calls itself the UK’s largest charter operator, was named best general aviation operator for the

London Executive Aviation Best in Europe

Phoenix-based Honeywell announced last month it had received TSO approval for phase IV, the latest version of the Primus Epic control display system/retrof

Honeywell Wins Approval for New Primus

Despite heavy lobbying by general aviation groups, a promising effort to have the concept of user fees for ATC services stricken from the Senate’s version 

NBAA: user-fee plan losing favor among legislators

First-quarter delivery numbers released last month by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) show a healthy and continued growth trend in bo

Buyers still clamoring for turbine-powered aircraft

BBA Aviation, parent company of the Signature Flight Support FBO chain, has agreed to purchase Executive Beechcraft, which includes four FBOs, a charter/ma

Executive Beechcraft joins Signature stable

Those flying to Cancun may soon get some relief from the near-constant congestion and lengthy delays.

Cancun To Get Second Runway

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certified the Citation Mustang last month, approximately one month after the first customer airplane was deliver

Mustang Earns EASA Certification

If two competing companies have their way, Cessna 550 owners will soon be able to take their jet farther and higher, all while paying less per mile to do i

Mod firms give Citation II more power

The Department of Transportation Office of the Inspector General (IG) said in a report released last Thursday that runway incursions remain a persistent, s

DOT Says Serious Runway Incursions Still a Danger

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) issued a call to action last week related to maintenance issues for charter operators.

NATA Attacks Operational, Maintenance Problems

AOPA wrote a letter to the FAA last week saying that if a new policy outlined in Advisory Circular (AC) 90-100A is allowed to remain as it is currently wri

AOPA: 25,000 GPS Units Unusable With New Policy

U.S.

U.S. Lawmakers Question NE Airspace Redesign

A Brazilian public prosecutor has recommended that a federal judge indict four air traffic controllers and the two American pilots involved in the midair c

Prosecutor Requests Indictment of Pilots, Controllers

In a public debate Tuesday at the Washington Aero Club’s monthly luncheon, AOPA president Phil Boyer and ATA president and CEO James May agreed on many iss

AOPA’s Boyer, ATA’s May Square Off on User Fees

The FAA said yesterday it will greatly expand the airspace flow program (AFP) this summer, an initiative implemented last summer as a better way to manage 

Airspace Flow Program Will Expand This Summer

Phase One of a proposal by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to improve airspace capacity will require aircraft owners in the UK to upgrade to a Second

UK CAA Issues SSR Mode-S Expansion Proposals 

EBACE concluded today in Geneva with record attendance and exhibitor numbers.

EBACE News Roundup…

Arinc (Booth No.

SkyLink coming to N. Atlantic

Didier Daoust

French executive charter operator and broker Aviaxess has launched what it claims to be the first frequent-flier loyalty program in the business aviation m

First frequent flier program for Aviaxess air charter

In a ceremony yesterday that briefly took on the appearance of a celebratory conga line at the Bombardier stand (Booth No.

Bombardier scores $101.4M in orders

Phoenix, Arizona-based engine and avionics manufacturer Honeywell (Booth No.

Honeywell tests ‘green’ technology for HTF10000

Almost 70 years after contributing to the aerial security net around London during the Battle of Britain, Biggin Hill Airport is again to secure the safety

Biggin Hill to have private-jet enclave

Gunter Endres

The expanding business aircraft market in the Asia Pacific region will be one of the key issues that will be debated at the Asian Aerospace International E

New Asian Aerospace to talk business aviation

Computer-generated virtual cabin concepts for Boeing’s latest large bizliners are appearing with some regularity as the order book for the executive/VIP ve

Cabin dreams for the Dreamliner

Bernard Fitzsimons

It can take up to two years to outfit a VIP widebody jet.

VIP jet interiors take time

The twin-engine Eurocopter EC&nbsp; 135 helicopter, well established in the emergency medical services and law enforcement sectors, is gaining greater acce

EC 135 sheds EMS flight suit for business attire

Jet Aviation was acquired by European private equity firm Permira Funds in 2005 and, barely a year later, bought major independent aviation services and co

Edwards charts Jet Av’s future

The Solar Impulse has made significant progress toward its aim of being the first solar-powered aircraft able to fly at night.

Solar Impulse stores energy for use after sundown

The ultra-light Akoya, an original amphibian twin-seater, is to make its first flight by this summer.

Akoya is smallest luxury toy here

Skylliance, a charter partner program set up by Jet Aviation for smaller air-taxi companies and first announced at EBACE 2006, now has five members: Homac 

Jet Aviation’s Skylliance gains new members

Dassault Falcon Jet’s Little Rock, Arkansas completion center is ramping up its capacity to meet demand for Dassault’s newly certified Falcon 7X, while con

Falcon Jet’s U.S. completion center ramps up for Falcon 7X

Thomas Stocker

Rolls-Royce, widely known for heavy engines, such as the Trent powering the Airbus A380 and Boeing B747, is in fact a pre-eminent provider of business jet 

Bizjet engine alliances boost Rolls-Royce

The Middle East Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) has grown to 41 members since the last EBACE show, up from 30.

Middle East bizav group is ‘still there and still growing’

Operators of jets powered by Honeywell TFE731 engines with digital electronic engine controls (DEECs) will be able to participate in the fault-code reporti

TFE731 operators can enter fault-code reporting service 

Nayak Aircraft Services Group, headquartered in Cologne, Germany, has teamed with LoPresti Speed Merchants of Vero Beach, Florida, to certify, market, inst

Xenon landing lights gain STCs

Boeing Business Jets president Steven Hill couldn’t help upstaging himself in a press conference yesterday, initially ignoring the announced subject of lar

BBJ boss reveals two sales worth $203 million

Piaggio Aero Industries’ speedy Avanti II, long acknowledged as the fastest turboprop aircraft in the world, is now even faster.<br /><br />At EBACE, Piagg

Grand Prix aces boost Avanti’s increase in speed

At the Embraer booth (No.

Embraer pockets 11 more orders for its Phenom 100

Julian Moxon

Bombardier Aerospace is another manufacturer celebrating the rapid growth of European business aviation, announcing that Zug, Switzerland-based VistaJet ha

Bombardier extends its European reach 

An order for two Grob SPn jets to newly formed Abu Dhabi-based operator Prestige Jet, announced here yesterday, marks a breakthrough into the growing Middl

Grob’s SPn breaks into Mideast market

European politicians and the wider environmental lobby have made it clear that aviation is firmly in their sights in the struggle to halt what is broadly p

Business aviation faces environmental challenge

To meet surging demand for its executive jets, Airbus is appointing Stork Fokker in the Netherlands as an additional completion center and reviving the def

Airbus adds to its completion capacity to meet sales demand

Aircraft sales numbers often catch the big headlines, but it is the delivery figures that matter most to aircraft manufacturers.

Dassault boosts production to reduce order backlogs

Feras, the American-founded executive flight support company active since 1992 in Eastern Europe, Russia and CIS countries, has inaugurated new facilities 

Feras increases facilities in Eastern Europe and Russia

Ian Goold

Newly formed Gulf charter company Prestige Jet has been set up by principals previously involved in Dubai-based charter company Gulf Jet.

Prestige Jet wants to tap into Mideast charter market

Making a final show appearance here is Boeing Business Jets chief pilot Capt.

BBJ chief pilot retires after 25 years with Boeing

Paris-based operator Trans Helicopter Service (THS) has its twin-engine Eurocopter AS 355 Ecureuil II available here at EBACE 2007 for demo flights of Safe

Safe Flight powerline detector gets EASA nod

The European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition, which hosted its inaugural event here just six years ago with relatively modest ambitions, has bl

EBACE 2007 gets a 9.5 from the judges

JetAlliance CEO Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer signed a contract here yesterday for 25 Cessna Citations valued at $280 million.

JetAlliance places $280M Citation order

Eclipse Aviation’s announcement of a 180-airplane order yesterday signaled the launch of a very light jet (VLJ) air-taxi operation that will be based in Tu

Eclipse hits the big time in Euro sales

In six years as host city, Geneva remains a favorite on the trade show circuit.

Geneva Confab

First-time exhibitor Fargo Jet Center (Booth No.

North Dakota FBO promotes Fargo as a stop

For the past six years at EBACE, Gulfstream has given groups of aviation journalists the opportunity to experience the cabin amenities of one of its busine

Nothing like a brisk breakfast flight over the Swiss Alps

Can you think of a product on sale here that has even more passenger space than a VVIP Airbus A380? Hint: A helipad can be accommodated on its rear deck.

Edmiston offers the biggest toys in the store

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