2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Thierry Dubois

Eight oil companies have joined forces to conduct a $1 million helicopter safety study on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) over the next three years.

Oil Companies Team on Safety Project

Ian Goold

“Rumors of our death are greatly exaggerated,” according to European Regions Airline Association (ERA) director-general Mike Ambrose.

Challenges abound for Euro regionals

Regional operators in Europe are seeing slightly higher loads as they fly marginally longer sectors, according to the latest figures from the European Regi

ERA member airlines report increased 

AIN Staff

The 2008-09 European regional airline of the year is Aegean Airlines of Greece, which has won the award for the second time.

Greece’s Aegean Airlines Is ERA Airline of the Year

Matt Thurber

Diamond D-Jet S/N 003 made its first flight on October 5 with the upgraded Williams International FJ33-5A engine.

In The Works: Diamond Aircraft D-Jet

Gulfstream officially launched the new super-midsize G250 at the NBAA Convention.

In The Works: Gulfstream G250

Hawker Beechcraft announced the upgraded Hawker 450XP, featuring new engines, fadec-controlled Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada PW535Ds that are 10 percent more 

In The Works: Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 450XP

The 350i is a new version of the King Air 350 with Serenity System interior soundproofing, LED lighting, electrochromic window darkening and Rockwell Colli

In The Works: King Air 350i

Viking Air’s updated Series 400 Twin Otter made its first flight on October 1, and the program remains on schedule for first delivery in the middle of next

In The Works: Viking Air Twin Otter Series 400

Stephen Pope

The number of GPS-based wide-area augmentation system (WAAS) instrument approach procedures in the U.S.

WAAS Approaches Outnumber ILS

Dassault Falcon 900C and 900EX owners will soon be able to receive flight-deck facelifts, thanks to a Honeywell retrofit program announced at last month’s 

StandardAero Announces Falcon 900 Cockpit Upgrade

Dallas-based Sagem Avionics announced it has received a supplemental type certificate for installation of its ICDS avionics system in the Commander 690 tur

Sagem Gains First Retrofit STC

EMS Satcom last month introduced the latest and lightest in its line of eNfusion high-gain antennas for airborne satellite communications, the AMT-700, wei

EMS Introduces Lightweight eNfusion Satcom Antenna

Dassault Falcon last month announced the long-anticipated upgrade to the Honeywell Primus Epic-based EASy (Enhanced Avionics System) flight deck: the EASy 

EASy Phase II upgrade adds SVS to Falcon line

Andrew Wood

It’s certainly a comforting feeling, watching the avionics techs remove old black boxes from your airplane and replace them with the latest units on the ma

Better avionics, thanks to cellphones?

John Sheridan

How times change.

U.S. warms to idea of GPS competition 

International Communications Group (ICG) last month announced that its NxtMail Over Iridium global e-mail services will now be available to users of Wi-Fi-

ICG introduces Iridium BlackBerry server unit

Anand Katti

Business aviation is on the upswing in India, and the country is poised to experience an even bigger boom in the sector as a result of favorable demographi

Business Aviation in India

Curt Epstein

Since the Transportation Security Administration released its plans for a Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP), business aviation providers and pilots ha

TSA large-aircraft proposal raises hackles in the industry

Lufthansa Technik’s latest innovation in business jet cabin “infotainment” is called Niceview, an upgrade that takes the venerable moving-map display into 

Lufthansa Technik goes 3-D

Embraer has selected the Kollsman enhanced-vision system II (EVS II) from Elbit Systems of America for the Lineage 1000.

Embraer Adding Kollsman’s EVS II to Lineage 1000

A September ICAO NextGen/Sesar Forum in Montreal underscored the fact that the U.S.

U.S. and Europe take different tacks on next-generation ATM

Satcom system maker TrueNorth Avionics last month introduced a two-channel airborne telephone system for the cabin called Simphone Prelude that is designed

TrueNorth Unveils Satphone System for Light Jets

Universal Avionics last month introduced a cockpit voice and flight data recorder (CVFDR) with internal recorder independent power supply (Rips).

Universal offers CVFDR to meet upcoming rules

Belize City-based Astrum Helicopters in September received its air operator certificate (AOC).

Belize Operator Gets AOC

Mark Huber

BAE Systems is aiming a new compact and lightweight head-up display, called Q-HUD, at a wide market that includes light and midsize business jets.

BAE Systems intros Q-HUD for light jets

ExecuJet Europe last week opened its redesigned and enlarged FBO at Berlin-Schönefeld Airport ,which will serve the influx of business aviation traffic tha

ExecuJet Opens New Berlin FBO as Tempelhof Closes

With official publication of the Transportation Security Administration’s notice of proposed rulemaking on its <link http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-n

TSA’s Morgan discusses large-aircraft NPRM

The TSA today published the <link http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-23685.htm _blank>large aircraft security program</link> notice of proposed rulemaki

TSA Wants Your Comments on GA Security Proposal

AAI Acquisition, the company formed by Russian investment firm Industrial Investors to buy the assets of bankrupt VLJ developer Adam Aircraft Industries in

A700 Program in Limbo Following AAI Realignment

Two industry analysts now predict Eclipse Aviation will run out of cash and cease production of the Eclipse 500 very light jet early next year.

Analysts Predict Eclipse Aviation Will Crash

Hopeful manufacturers of supersonic business jets–Aerion, Gulfstream and Supersonic Aerospace International–are encouraged by an <link http://edocket.acces

Will FAA Allow Supersonic Overland Flights?

With the opening of a new 10,800-sq-ft avionics facility, all of Wisconsin Aviation’s maintenance operations at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison are

Wisconsin Aviation Consolidates Maintenance Complex

James Careless

Aircraft refurbisher Goderich Aircraft has broken ground on a 43,000-sq-ft hangar at its Huron Park, Ontario (Canada) facility.

Goderich Aircraft Expands in Bid For Future Growth

David A. Lombardo

Averitt Air recently celebrated its new approval as a Learjet authorized service facility (ASF) by hosting a viewing of the Learjet 45 and 60 and a fuselag

Averitt Air Awarded Bombardier Learjet ASF Status

A Spanish judge will question two Spanair maintenance technicians and their chief about the MD-82 crash that killed 154 people and wounded another 18 on Au

Spanair Techs Face Hearing on Crashed MD-82 Repairs

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently released a proposed set of rules prohibiting flight of general aviation aircraft weighing more th

TSA Repair Station Security May Become New Rule

Chad Trautvetter

Testing under way at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB in California is aiming to prove whether pilots can use high-definition video camera

Gulfstream, NASA Partner on SSBJ External Vision

Bombardier Aerospace today said it flew a Global 5000 testbed with an all-electric braking system, which the Canadian company claims is a civil aviation fi

Bombardier Testing Electronic Braking System

UBS Investment Research’s business jet report–released yesterday–shows that business jet flight activity was 13 percent lower last month compared with the 

UBS: Business Jet Activity Continues To Fall

Charles Alcock

The requirement for takeoff and landing slots has been suspended at France’s Cannes-Mandelieu Airport during the winter months, but the slot system might b

Cannes Slots Work, Though a Little Too Well

Jennifer Harrington

Petaluma, Calif.-based Sunset Aviation is now operating as a standalone subsidiary of JetDirect Aviation, which acquired the light jet and turboprop operat

JetDirect Sets Up Light Jet/Turboprop Subsidiary

Cirrus Design’s Vision single-engine jet prototype has logged about 75 hours to date, the company announced last month.

Cirrus Continues Jet Flight Tests

The Department of Homeland Security is creating a new visa category, M, to replace the J-1 visa, which allows foreign flight school students to train in th

DHS To Issue New Visa for Student Pilots

Merritt Island, Fla.-based Comp Air last month announced that it received $150 million in funding from MercMed, a California-based investment company heade

Comp Air Receives $150 Million Cash Infusion

AAI Acquisition, which bought the assets of bankrupt Adam Aircraft in April, now has about 200 employees and says that design, manufacture and test activit

AAI Resumes Activity on A700

Vero Beach, Fla.-based Piper Aircraft last month announced a 24-percent increase in third-quarter deliveries and an increase in year-over-year deliveries o

Piper Remains Unscathed by Economic Woes

The BA609 tiltrotor program continues to move forward, according to Bell/Agusta Aerospace.

BA609 Continues on Track

Embraer has selected Meggitt to provide wheels, brakes and a bleed-air system for its new Legacy 450 and 500.

Embraer Selects Meggitt for Legacy Wheels

For the first time in several years the unabashed exuberance that has prevailed at the annual NBAA Convention was replaced by concerns– if not outright fea

NBAA'08 Convention Report

While Textron said last month that its finance unit dragged down income in the third quarter, dropping year-over-year from $225 million to $210 million, re

Cessna earnings buoy Textron’s bottom line

In the first three quarters of this year, both the business jet and turboprop segments saw an increase in accidents and fatalities over the same period las

Business aviation safety slides

Embraer CAE Training Services, a joint venture of Brazilian OEM Embraer and Canadian simulator training services provider CAE, launched its first pilot and

Embraer, CAE Launch Phenom 100 Training

GE Honda Aero Engines said it is releasing hardware designs and receiving manufactured hardware for its first HF120 development engine, in preparation for 

GE Honda nearing HF120 certification

Actor/pilot Harrison Ford accepted the position of honorary chairman of Cessna’s 2010 Special Olympics Airlift at NBAA’08.

Harrison Ford To Chair 2010 Special Olympics

Aviation deaths decreased from 784 in 2006 to 545 last year, according to the NTSB.

GA Fatalities Lower Than Those for Boats, Rail

The FAA and Transport Canada last month granted type certification for the Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada PW617F, which powers the Embraer Phenom 100 very ligh

U.S. and Canada Certify PW617F

NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey last month said it incorporated 43 new GPS tracking sites into the continuously operating reference station (CORS) network,

NOAA Expands WAAS Network

At the end of September, the UBS Investment Research group released a business jet update that came as no surprise to U.S.

Charter's Choppy Waters

FlightSafety International plans to build a 33,000-sq-ft Hawker Beechcraft training center in Wichita.

FlightSafety Expands Hawker Beech Training

Cessna is expanding its international support network.

Cessna Bolsters International Support Network

Van Nuys Airport last month introduced a draft environmental impact report for the proposed Noisier Aircraft Phaseout Project.

Van Nuys Faces Possible Noise Restrictions

Singapore’s first Private Aviation Show, held at Seletar Airport on September 26 and 27, attracted more than 200 visitors.

Singapore Hosts Private Aviation Show

The first customer Hawker 4000, which was delivered to cigarette wholesaler Gary Hall in June, was seized along with other assets on Friday by the U.S.

Hawker 4000 Seized

After a dozen years, the litigation surrounding the fatal crash of a Gulfstream IV has finally been settled.

Last lawsuit settled after 1996 GIV crash

K.K. Chadha

China’s Okay Airways has put into service its first Modern Ark (MA) 60, also known as the Xinzhou-60.The twin-engine turboprop, made by China’s Xian Aircra

China’s MA-60 Enters Service 

The Transportation Security Administration was scheduled to publish in the Federal Register late last month a proposed set of regulations that, if enacted,

Large-aircraft NPRM raises more questions than answers

Gulfstream Aerospace at the NBAA Convention last month took the wraps off the G250, a successor to the G200 (née Galaxy), marking the second new aircraft l

With the G250, Gulfstream finds G200 successor

Despite what parent company General Dynamics chairman and CEO Nicholas Chabraja termed a “tumultuous period in the markets and dislocation in the financial

Gulfstream Rides Out Economic Storm

After nearly 30 years with the FAA, associate administrator for aviation safety Nick Sabatini will retire effective January 3, the agency announced last mo

Sabatini, Leverenz To Retire from FAA

JetDirect Aviation, the former charter arm of the now-defunct Sentient Jet Holdings, laid off approximately 20 employees late last month.

Charter firm ‘Right-sizing’

The NTSB said both main tires blew before the Learjet 60 (N999LJ) overran Runway 11 and crashed while taking off from Columbia (S.C.) Metropolitan Airport 

Tires Blew before Learjet Crashed

London, Ontario-based OurPlane–a fractional provider of “new light aircraft”–made a bid to purchase the entire fleet of 28 Eclipse 500s formerly operated b

OurPlane Bids on DayJet Eclipse 500s

NTSB Administrative Law Judge William Pope II last month reversed an FAA emergency order of revocation issued in June that grounded Punta Gorda, Fla.-based

Aeromed firm’s ticket reinstated

Gulfstream Aerospace last month announced that it successfully demonstrated aircraft control using “fly-by-wireless” technology.

‘Fly-by-wireless’ Technology a ‘Success’

Nigel Moll

Hawker Beechcraft took the wraps off the Hawker 450XP and King Air 350i last month.

Hawker Beech unveils 450XP, King Air 350i

DAO Aviation is Honeywell’s newest TPE331 major-level service center, authorized to work on the TPE331-1 through -14 turboprop engines.

Honeywell Names Newest Service Center

StandardAero in late September concluded a shakedown run of the Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada PW600 at the company’s new test cell facility in Maryville, Tenn

PW600 Test Cell Facility Opens in Tennessee

Midcoast Aviation opened its newest hangar at St.

Midcoast Aviation Opens New Hangar Doors

San Diego-based Crownair has acquired RoigWest Maintenance, a turbine aircraft maintenance and support center at Van Nuys Airport, the third busiest genera

Crownair Continues Expansion

Under a partnership agreement signed with Air Data, Innotech Aviation’s Montreal completion center will install Air Data JetAir bio-protection systems (BPS

Innotech Installs BPS on Global Expresses

FlightSafety International has opened its newly expanded Gulfstream maintenance training facility in Savannah, Ga.

FlightSafety Opens Gulfstream Mx Facility

Midway International Airport is one step closer to becoming the nation’s first privately operated major airport, following last month’s vote by the Chicago

Chicago Votes To Sell Midway Airport Lease

At the NBAA media breakfast, held last month at the NBAA Convention, Alan Klapmeier, GAMA chairman (and president and CEO of Cirrus), noted that the credit

Economy and politics dominate NBAA show

Charter broker Jet One Jets is seeking more than $60 million in compensatory and punitive damages from Halcyon Jet Holdings and brokerage firm Halcyon Jets

Lawsuit: Halcyon Jets defrauded charter firm

SwiftJet, an aspiring air taxi operator in Canada, has placed an order for five single-engine Diamond D-Jets, along with options for 10 more.

SwiftJet Orders Five D-Jets

Elmira/Corning, N.Y.-based FirstFlight assumed operational control of the Downtown Manhattan Heliport on November 1.

FirstFlight Assumes Control of NY Heliport

Starting early next year, private aircraft traveling to the U.S.

U.S. Pre-clearance Coming To Universal Aruba

Brazilian OEM Embraer has signed a contract with the Brazilian government to supply two E190 airliners for government transport.

Brazilian Government Picks E190 for Transport

Ricardo Nogueira has replaced Adalberto Febeliano as executive vice president of the Associação Brasileira de Aviação Geral (ABAG, Brazilian General Aviati

Ricardo Nogueira Takes Over at ABAG

Charter/management firm TWC Aviation has moved into its new facility at Van Nuys Airport in southern California.

TWC Relocates to Van Nuys

Synergy Aerospace, of which OceanAir Táxi Aéreo is a subsidiary, has formed a partnership with Hangar Uno of Buenos Aires to develop and increase its share

Synergy and Hangar Uno Announce Partnership

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