2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Gregory Polek

Pilot leaders from Continental and United Airlines have proposed abolishing so-called regional jet outsourcing during contract negotiations in Denver.

ALPA Attacks ‘Outsourcing’ During UA-CAL Talks

The third Sukhoi Superjet 100 landed in Italy for the first time on August 25 at Turin’s Caselle Airport, where it continued its flight-test campaign in pr

Superjet makes first appearance in Italy

Mark Huber

The U.S.

Five contenders jockeying for armed aerial scout program 

Matt Thurber

The resurrected Twin Otter Series 400 received Transport Canada  certification in late July after three years of work by Viking Air.

In The Works: Viking Air – DHC-6 Series 400 Twin Otter

The Kestrel single-engine turboprop, whose developers had been seeking  funding, has found new life under the leadership of Alan Klapmeier,  cofounder and 

In The Works: Kestrel Aircraft – Kestrel

AIN Staff

Eurocopter late in August signed an agreement with China’s Tongji  University in Shanghai to integrate it into the helicopter  manufacturer’s “family of pa

Chinese University Joins Eurocopter Partner Network

Germany’s Ruag Aviation received EASA certification for the Do-228NG on August 18, two-and-a-half years after the company launched the program to bring the

In The Works: Ruag Aviation – Do-228NG

Bristow Group extended an existing North Sea contract with the  Integrated Aviation Consortium for six Sikorsky S-92s and inked a new  deal covering four m

Bristow Lands $1.3 Billion Deals

Delta Air Lines has directed regional subsidiary Comair to shed more than half of its Bombardier CRJs over the next two years, according to a September 1 m

Delta orders drastic cuts of 50-seaters at Comair 

Eurocopter and aviation beacon specialist Kannad are introducing a  “new-generation” emergency locator transmitter (ELT) that features  antenna redundancy.

Eurocopter, Kannad Introduce New ELT

Spectrum Aeromed announced that it is part of a team developing an  aeromedical interior for the latest iteration of the AW109 light twin.

AgustaWestland Grand New Goes EMS

Eurocopter and Thales have agreed to install a full-flight simulator for the Dauphin AS365 N3&nbsp;at Eurocopter’s Singapore facilities by mid-2012.

Eurocopter To Introduce Dauphin Sim in Singapore

Egyptian executive charter company Smart Aviation placed a firm order  for a pair of Bombardier Q400 turboprops in late August in preparation  for its expa

Q400s To Ply Egyptian Skies 

The world helicopter fleet will grow from 24,625 last year to 36,946 by 2015, according to a new study by Frost &amp; Sullivan.

Global Helicopter Fleet To Grow by One-third

Novato, Calif.-based Willis Lease Finance, a leading lessor of  commercial jet engines, last month signaled its intention to enter the  regional jet leasin

Willis Signs for Superjets

Republic Airways plans to continue operating three Bombardier Q400  turboprops from Denver this winter, reversing earlier plans to dismantle  the fleet com

Republic To Fly Q400s through Winter

Gordon Gilbert

The FAA has concluded that two Boston Air Charter pilots were in violation of the FARs when they took off in their respective Cessna Citations from Norwood

Boston Air Charter Pilots Facing Certificate Action 

The NTSB has cast broad blame for the Aug.

Pilots, controllers blamed in Hudson midair

Hillsboro Aviation executives believe the company is being punished for good behavior.

Hillsboro pledges to fight proposed civil penalty

Chad Trautvetter

An alert radar controller monitoring traffic at Shannon air traffic services helped to prevent a Gulfstream IV-SP from crashing near Killarney, Ireland, la

Controller Prevents GIV Crash

How much oxygen do you need to make sure you’re not only legal for a planned flight but can also safely provide for crew and passengers in the event of a d

ADS Introduces Electronic Oxygen-planning Service

Mona Brown

In recent months FAA Administrator Babbitt has promoted specific tailored hypoxia training, along with high-altitude handling, for commercial and private p

Hypoxia training available beyond altitude chambers

A NASA Earth science field experiment is being conducted from a temporary base at SheltAir’s FBO facility at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood (Fla.) International

SheltAir FLL Hosting NASA Hurricane Test Base

Airport upgrades and the Next Generation Air Traffic System are part of  the Obama Administration’s plans to invest more than $50 billion in the  U.S.’s tr

NextGen Included in U.S. Infrastructure Plans

“There’s a fair amount of caution out there, but we’re seeing steady  activity at our Gulfstream and Jet Aviation subsidiaries,” Jay Johnson,  chairman and

Gulfstream Encouraged by Market Activity

The FAA’s Draft Advisory Circular 20-147A released last month provides  new guidance to aircraft manufacturers on compliance with regulations  covering eng

Draft AC Offers OEMs Guidance on Icing

Prism, a subsidiary of aviation services firm Argus, is sponsoring the  first year of corporate membership in the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF)  for each 

Prism Shines with FSF Offer

Bombardier Aerospace “is starting to see signs of recovery as shown by the significant reduction in business aircraft order cancellations,” Bombardier pres

Bombardier: Bizjet Market Recovering

John and Martha King got the surprise of their lives on the evening of August 28, when they landed in a Cessna 172 (N50545) at Santa Barbara Municipal Airp

Kings arrested after mistaken aircraft ID

The requirement for pilots to be certified fit to fly by a medical doctor is a universal feature of aviation regulatory bodies.

FAA to reassess medical certification rules

Boeing has shifted its schedule for the <link news/single-news-page/article/first-boeing-747-8f-takes-flight-23770/ _blank>747-8 Freighter</link> to reflec

First Delivery Target for Boeing 747-8 Freighter Shifts to Mid-2011 

The NTSB has clarified its runway incursion reporting rule when it comes to helicopters.

HeloS Exempted From Some Runway Incursion Reporting

The deal to build an Extra EA-500 assembly plant in Montrose, Colo., has hit a significant snag.

Extra Aircraft Deal Mired in Montrose 

Curt Epstein

For the third time in the past six months, an Embraer Phenom 100 has suffered a dual tire blowout upon landing after a reported failure in the brake-by-wir

FAA, NTSB Investigating Third Phenom 100 Brake Failure 

Piper Aircraft has been promoting its new PiperJet in the form of a proof-of-concept aircraft based on the PA-46-500TP Meridian turboprop-single platform.

Piper Will Reveal ‘Next Step’ in PiperJet at NBAA

Unable to maintain radio silence of an <link news/single-news-page/article/analyst-bombardier-to-launch-new-global-at-nbaa-26017/ _blank>expected unveiling

Bombardier To Launch 'New Global Family' at NBAA 

The Mitsubishi Regional Jet project officially entered its manufacturing phase today, as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Mitsubishi Aircraft held a c

Mitsubishi Cuts First Metal for MRJ  

Qantas removed from service five of the 21 Bombardier Q400s operated by regional affiliate QantasLink in late August after the airline found a defect in wh

Qantas forced to ground five of its Q400s   

David A. Lombardo

Eastway Jet Services was established in 1985 as a maintenance facility open to the public and was located in a 1,000-sq-ft hangar at Islip’s MacArthur Airp

MRO PROFILE: Eastway Jet Services

Star Navigation Systems Group is offering its newest version of the Star  In-flight Safety Monitoring System (Star-ism).

Hot section: In-Flight Safety Monitoring System Predicts Problems

Atlantic Aero has added Falcon 900 and 2000 maintenance capability to  its roster of services.

Hot section:  Atlantic Aero Expands Falcon Service Capabilities 

Commercial aircraft operators and engine maintenance and repair shops  can quickly search Chromalloy’s new online catalog for aircraft engine  parts and re

Hot section: Chromalloy Launches Web-based Catalog

EASA 145-approved Jet Aviation Moscow Vnukovo has added a main­tenance  approval by the Cayman CAA.

Hot section: Jet Aviation Moscow Receives Cayman Approval

Owners of smartphones such as the BlackBerry and iPhone have been  frustrated by the high cost of equipment that allows them to send and  receive e-mail in

Hot section: TrueNorth Express Offers E-mail Via Smartphone

The useful life of a given helicopter’s components can vary  significantly depending upon its mission, making predictive maintenance  challenging, but that

Hot section: HAI/FAA Work on Credit for Hums-Equipped Helicopters

When it comes to part and component exchanges, the most dreaded word is  billback.

Hot section: CRS Jet Spares Takes the Bite Out of Billbacks

Students enrolled in the airframe and powerplant mechanic program at  Colorado Northwestern Community College in Rangely, Colo., are getting a  first-class

Hot section: West Star Aviation Donates Bizjet To Local College

Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services installed a Lufthansa Technik  Niceview moving map on a Learjet 60XR.

Hot section: LBAS Installs Lufthansa Technik Niceview on Learjet 60XR

Thierry Dubois

Eurocopter is proposing CO2 and noise ratings to make the environmental performance of its helicopters–and those of its competitors–visible at a glance.

Eurocopter advocates green ratings

Sikorsky will start certification testing on the S-434 light turbine single in January, thus postponing the target certification date to December next year

Sikorsky to start S-434 certification tests in January

Last year AgustaWestland (AW) acquired a majority interest in Polish airframer PZL-Swidnik.

AgustaWestland adds SW-4 to its line-up

Phoenix Heliparts said it will appeal the FAA’s <link news/single-news-page/article/faa-revokes-phoenix-heliparts-145-certificate-25998/ _blank>emergency r

Phoenix Heliparts to appeal Part 145 certificate revocation 

On the eve of a Canadian Government report on the fatal March 2009 crash off Newfoundland that killed 17 of 18 aboard a Sikorsky S-92A, operator Cougar Hel

Cougar Sues Sikorsky Over Fatal S-92 Crash  

Seattle-based Horizon Air will end all its so-called “branded” flying under a plan to move to a 100-percent capacity purchase agreement (CPA) model startin

Horizon to shed brand flying in favor of an all-CPA model

Starting next month, Canada’s government will take delivery of six interim CH-148 Cyclone multi-mission, ship-based helicopters ahead of 2012 deliveries of

Sikorsky’s ship-based Cyclone faces new delays

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bell Helicopter announced last month that its new 429 light twin has been approved for precise wide area augmentation system (Waas) glid

Bell 429 certified for Waas 

Stephen Pope

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is said to be close to responding to an FAA request that it withdraw a June notice that seeks to impose a total

FCC likely to modify its proposed 121.5-MHz ELT ban

Honeywell has unveiled JetMap III, the latest upgrade of its cabin moving map featuring worldwide 3-D perspective views of terrain, ocean topography, enhan

Honeywell introduces JetMap III

A study released recently by Boeing predicts a need for 466,650 pilots and 596,500 maintenance personnel worldwide over the next 20 years, with the Asia-Pa

Hot section: Boeing: More than Half a Million Mechanics NeEDED BY 2029

Friedrichshafen International Airport, in far southern Germany near the  Austrian and Swiss borders, is the site of the newest Twin Commander  factory-auth

Hot section: Airplus Named service center for Twin Commander

I’ve been waiting quite some time to fly the Eclipse, a dozen years in fact, since the then revolutionary very light jet (VLJ) was first announced in 1998.

Eclipse outgrowing its teething troubles

Yet another Bombardier CRJ landed with one side of its main landing gear retracted yesterday.

Another CRJ in Gear-Up Landing

According to Jay Johnson, chairman and CEO of Gulfstream parent company  General Dynamics, the Gulfstream G650 and G250 test programs are  proceeding on tr

Gulfstream G250, G650 Programs ‘On Track’

Heavy-lift helicopters from private contractors and the military are  continuing to play a critical role in restoring the Gulf of Mexico’s  ecosystem in th

Heavy-lift Helos Helping in Gulf Restoration

“Elevated used inventory, attractive used pricing and macro uncertainty continue to hold down demand for new business jets,” JPMorgan Equity Research said 

Second Half ‘Crucial’ for Bizjet OEMs

Hubbard Aviation Technologies has made a major commitment to its Stage III-certified <link news/single-news-page/article/hush-kits-for-giiiii-resurrected-a

Hubbard invests in hush kits

Nigel Moll

Among turbofan manufacturers, Williams In­ternational remains tops with AIN readers for the support it provides to operators.

AIN Product Support Survey 2010

Since buying the assets of <link news/single-news-page/article/eclipse-aero-reopens-factory-starts-hiring-looks-to-future-22203/>bankrupt Eclipse Aviation<

Eclipse fixes windshield, engine issues

Fifty-eight percent of Cessna Aircraft’s union workers voted to reject a contract offer by the Wichita-based OEM but ended up returning to work rather than

Cessna machinists have to accept new contract

The Sikorsky X2 technology demonstrator last month unofficially set a new speed record for rotorcraft, as it reached 250 ktas at the company’s development 

Sikorsky X2 tops 250-knot goal

Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) opened a new line  maintenance station at Riga International Airport in partnership with  Latvian ­partner Ba

LBAS Opens Eastern Bloc Service Shop

The fourth annual Future of Business Jets conference will be staged in London from November 10 to 11 at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel.

London To Host Future of Bizjets Conference

The Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority board of trustees chose Million Air as  the winner of a request for ­proposals to build a new FBO at Reno-Tahoe  Internati

Million Air Wins RFP, Negotiating for Reno-Tahoe FBO

The FAA has assigned the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC)  the new task of ­reviewing and submitting recommendations in response to  the agenc

FAA Launches Review of Flammability Regs

Business aircraft flight activity returned to positive ­territory in August, increasing 1.7 percent from last year, after posting an almost 1-percent year-

Bizav Flight Activity Regains Momentum

Cirrus Vision Cirrus Aircraft has weathered the recession by embarking on a stringent efficiency improvement program that is helping the compan

New Business Jets 2010

Quiet Technology Aerospace (QTA) has the most <link news/single-news-page/article/qta-maintaining-giigiii-hush-kit-installation-pace-2553/>Gulfstream II/II

QTA Finding Customers for Gulfstream II/III Hush Kit

CitationAir by Cessna launched an alliance with UK-based charter broker  Air Partner, through which each company’s respective customers will have  access t

CitationAir, Air Partner Form Alliance

In the U.S.

Tag Aeronautics employee recalls six decades in aviation

Andrew Wood

Just when we might have thought that flight simulators are about as “leading edge” as they can get, it turns out that the engineers have been busy developi

Simulator tech just keeps evolving

The June morning was already hot at Addison Airport, Texas, when the wail of emergency sirens pierced the air.

Experts: planning is key to emergency response

Charles Alcock

Helicopter operators wanting to fly into London now have a less costly alternative to the London Heliport at Battersea.

UK club welcomes VFR helicopter operations 

Harry Weisberger

Max-Viz, the Portland, Ore.-area infrared enhanced-vision system (EVS) manufacturer, and One Sky Aviation of Anchorage, Alaska, have teamed to offer a mini

Max-Viz, One Sky  offer EVS discounts

Riding the wave of recent increased charter activity, private jet operator XOJet is continuing its expansion plans following the two strongest quarters in 

XOJet expands charter ops as market slowly rebounds

Charter broker Spectrum Air is launching scheduled nonstop business jet  flights between Van Nuys, Calif., and Teterboro, N.J., on October 10.

Spectrum Air Starting Bizjet Flights

Due to a technicality, the FAA last month dismissed the Part 16  complaint against the city of Venice, Fla., for denying permits for the  sole FBO at Venic

Venice Airport FBO May Get Hangar Permits

Goodrich has acquired the assets and unspecified liabilities of DeCrane Aerospace Cabin Management for a reported $280 million.

Goodrich Buys DeCrane Assets and PATS Goes It Alone

The November 2008 fatal crash of an Airbus A320 into the Mediterranean Sea off Perpignan, France, was the result of the pilots’ improvisation of procedures

A320 accident crew did not notice jammed AOA probes

Air Force Selects PMA Hot Section Turbine Blades

Rotorcraft Services Group (RSG) is rebranding subsidiaries Texas Aviation Services and Integrated Flight Systems as RSG Aviation and RSG Products, respecti

Rotorcraft Services Group Renames Subsidiaries

Piper Aircraft has chosen Millennium Concepts of Wichita to provide the passenger and crew seats for the PiperJet single-engine very light jet.

Millennium Concepts Inks Deal for PiperJet Seats

Raisbeck Engineering of Seattle, Wash., today named Mike McConnell president.

McConnell Named President of Raisbeck Engineering

This AIN pilot/reporter had an opportunity to fly the Eclipse on two different occasions, once on a short cross-country trip in March between Chicag

Flying the TE-500

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