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Thierry Dubois

Patrick Daher is passing control of the company to Didier Kayat, who is being promoted to CEO effective April 1.

Daher Posts Record Revenues, Names New CEO

Hexcel striving to solve manufacturing lead time, cost challenges for higher narrowbody outputs

Composites Facing Production Pinch 

Bill Carey

U.S. Air Force F-22s are part of the flight program at the Fidae 2016 International Air & Space Fair outside of Santiago, Chile.

U.S., European Firms Tout Defense Products at Chilean Airshow

Chris Pocock

Lockheed Martin announced a letter of intent to purchase, while HAV is preparing to fly the Airlander 10 

Rival Hybrid Airship Programs Gain Momentum

Kerry Lynch

The number of transactions slowed by inventory crept up in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Amstat: Pre-Owned Market Stumbled at End of 2015

The move doubles the blanket altitude permitted for small unmanned aircraft that are not model aircraft.

FAA Raises Small UAS Blanket Altitude Limit to 400 Feet

Chad Trautvetter

Move allows consumers to perform due diligence on aircraft charter operators when checking availability and price online at SimpleCharters.com.

Argus Provides Operator Ratings for SimpleCharters.com 

Gregory Polek

Airline aims to cut CO2 emissions by 20 percent by 2020

KLM Launches New Biofuel Initiative with Embraer 190

Latin American customers account for nearly a quarter of the five-seat helicopter’s backlog.

Chilean LOIs Move Bell 505 Orders Closer to 400 Mark

Ian Sheppard

The British Business and General Aviation Association said at its annual conference last month that image and access are the main challenges.

BBGA Looks To Dispel Bizav’s ‘Champagne’ Image

Matt Thurber

NavWorx ADS600-B transceiver can take advantage of GPS capability of Garmin GNS/GTN navigators and save owners money during installation.

NavWorx Licenses Interface With Garmin Navigators

Airport authorities await ‘political’ approval for restart 

Brussels Airport Ready to Reopen, Possibly by Weekend

The Ministry of Defence has committed $536 million across four contracts for maintenance of the BAE Systems' training jet, supporting 700 jobs.

UK Contracts Support BAE Hawk Advanced Trainer Until 2020

Samantha Cartaino

Bombardier service centers complete 120,000 hours of training while U.S. facilities earn Diamond Awards. 

Bombardier Service Centers Reach Training Milestones

With approval by the State Department, the U.S. and UK governments can conclude the transaction, which is valued at $3.2 billion.

Sale of Nine Boeing P-8A Poseidons to Britain Clears Hurdle

The agency narrowed field of potential avgas replacements to two fuels out of the four originally selected for testing.

FAA Moves To Next Phase of Unleaded Avgas Testing

The SmartSky air-to-ground network is expected to begin service in the fourth quarter of 2016, with full U.S. coverage in mid-2017.

SmartSky Networks Unveils Product, Service Pricing

Blames pricing pressure from Airbus for latest cost-cutting push  

Boeing Commercial To Slash 4,000 Jobs by Mid-Year

AirMap allows airport operators to view unmanned aircraft system flight notices submitted by drone operators.

AirMap Unveils Drone Digital Flight Notice Network

Program can be added to existing fractional ownership contracts or acquired via stand-alone leases, with hourly rates that decrease with distance flown.

Flexjet Officially Rolls Out Global Access Program

Smartphones with the Wi-Fi calling feature can use their same number for airborne satcom calling and texting. 

AirSatOne Launches Airborne Wi-Fi Calling

New Kit Takes Bell’s 505 Jet Ranger X into Emergency Medical Service

Charles Alcock

The first of the new Sapphire Pegasus Business Aviation Awards will be presented at a ceremony in the Czech capital Prague on April 8.

Sapphire Pegasus Awards Will Honor Business Aviation Firms

The Middle East and North Africa Business Aviation Association will hold its third annual conference in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from May 1-2.

MEBAA Prepares For Saudi Conference and Dubai Show

David A. Lombardo

The company can support and certify a number of business aircraft through its Hong Kong CAD repair station approval.

Jet Aviation HKK OK'd for Canada-registered Aircraft Mx

The bag contains fires, explosions and smoke emissions from lithium-ion-powered devices.

Baker Aviation Updates Hot-Stop L Fire Containment Kit

The feature allows customers to view their logbook entries in real time.

Duncan Aviation Launches Electronic Aircraft Mx Logbook

A rule that takes effect on April 25 updates references in OSHA’s Eye and Face Protection Standards.

OSHA Updates Face-protection Standards in Final Rule

The updated design formats information for a number of devices

AEA Launches New Responsive Website 

New guide provides science-based best practices to address fatigue in business aviation.

ICAO's New Bizav Fatigue Guidelines Shaped by NBAA, FSF

The contractors will further develop their radar systems for the U.S. Air Force Joint Surveillance Attack Radar System recapitalization program.

Raytheon, Northrop Grumman Win JStars Radar Contracts

Stability augmentation system reduces single-pilot workload while providing precise “hands off” control of the aircraft during all modes of flight.

Genesys HeliSAS STC'd for Retrofit on Robinson R66s

The recently introduced Master Aviator certification program is among a number of advanced training offerings FSI had added during its 65-year history.

FSI, 65 Years Old, Adds Master Pilot To Offerings

The Stratajet app now allows customers to book flights using Apple Pay.

Charter Booking Platform Stratajet Now Offers Apple Pay

Santiago-based Aviasur now offer the complete Beechcraft and Cessna product lines to the Chilean market.

Textron Aviation Expands Role for Aviasur in Chile

Curt Epstein

In service since 1926 Meadows Field is set to receive the biggest makeover in its history.

Bakersfield Airport Launches Major Rehab Program

Incident raises new questions about Egyptian airport security 

Authorities Probe Possible Security Lapse in Egyptair Hijacking

Gulfstream's new FANS upgrade for the GIV-SP also enables pilots to use digital departure clearances at many airports.

FAA Approves Gulfstream’s GIV-SP FANS Upgrade

The Lockheed Martin surveillance aircraft will be equipped with a next-generation L-3 modem that enables beyond line-of-sight communications.

'Dragon Web' Modem Will Enhance U-2 as Communications Relay

All of the associations 98 members are required to follow a “strict” NARA code of ethics

Aircraft Resale Association Nears 100 Members

FAA once again scaled back general aviation forecast, but sees business jets leading growth.

U.S. Bizjet Fleet To Grow 2.5% Annually, FAA Says

French aircraft manufacturer is preparing to begin deliveries of the ultra-long range trijet this summer.

Falcon 8X Nearing Certification Finish Line

The large-cabin Gulfstream worked on is based at Ministro Pistarini International Airport near Buenos Aires.

Gulfstream Brazil Services First Argentina-reg Aircraft

Aircraft pilots, ATC personnel and others reported 583 possible hazardsor encounters with UASs in U.S. airspace between August 22 and January 31.

FAA: Aircraft-UAS Encounters Continue To Rise in U.S.

Team includes dedicated general aviation underwriters, assistants and claims representatives.

Swiss Re Adds Genav Insurance Team in SoCal

The new facility, Astra’s ninth in the region, includes a 28,590-sq-ft/2,656-sq-m hangar.

Astra Aviation Opens Facility in Zimbabwe Capital

The biennial MU-2 Pilot's Review of Proficiency seminars are free and open to any pilot.

MU-2 PROP Seminars Opening in April 

The U.S. Department of Transportation should periodically review immunized joint ventures to ensure carriers keep their promises, JetBlue says.

JetBlue Protests 'Immunized' Joint Ventures of Legacy Airlines

Bombardier CSeries Airliner Nears Entry-Into-Service with Swiss

General Aviation Security guidance from government authorities is inexplicably lacking.

AIN Blog: Securing General Aviation 

The first part of a two year upgrade sees Global's entire client base receive complementary safety support services

Global Aerospace Enhances SM4 Safety Program

Pieces consistent with Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777

Australia Confirms Mozambique Debris Came from MH370

The next generation aircraft Lockheed Martin is designing to replace the U-2 would be 'survivable, not unnoticeable,' the company says.

Lockheed Martin Shares More Insight, But No Images of TR-X

Deutsche Bank downgraded Gulfstream Aerospace parent General Dynamics due to concerns about the effect of rising pre-owned G650 inventory on new sales.

Analyst Raises Alarm over Rising Used G650 Inventory

The new 9.7-inch Apple iPad Pro is better suited to the cockpit environment than the larger 12.9-inch full-size Pro.

ForeFlight Sees Bright Future for 9.7-inch iPad Pro

Richard Pedicini

The all-composite CA-9, tail number PR-ZRA, was registered as experimental, as are some 6,400 of Brazil's 18,400 general aviation aircraft.

Brazil Questions Experimental Fleet After CA-9 Crash

Gordon Gilbert

Proposed changes establish a new ditching certification methodology by which a target probability of capsize following a ditching can be determined.

EASA Proposes New Helo Ditching Rules

The agency has always interpreted the existing smoking ban to prohibit e-cigarettes, but new rule explicity codifies this.

Aircraft Smoking Ban Extended to e-Cigarettes

Previous FAA standards for tower lighting allowed white and red steady-burning lights, the latter of which was found to attracts migratory birds.

New Tower Lighting Standards Literally for the Birds

Avionica's data collection and satcom equipment is now available through Duncan Aviation.

Avionica Taps Duncan as Newest Dealer, Install Center

See How Qatar Airways’ Airbus A380 Delivers Ultra-Luxurious Air Travel

CS100 conducts flights between 30 city pairs 

C Series Completes European Route-Proving 

'Those who understand the system best' support the establishment of an independent ATC organization, said American Airlines CEO Doug Parker.

Airline Executives Defend ATC Reform at U.S. Chamber Event

eABS is a lightweight, low-cost and easily-installed anti-skid braking system designed especially for turbine-powered aircraft up to 20,000 pounds mtow.

West Star Now Offering Advent eABS for King Air 300s

Over the past eight years, Ercolanese was a member of Bombardier’s business aircraft senior leadership team.

Ercolanese Tapped To Lead Bizav Services Firm ACASS

Move expands on the jet charter firm's relocation of its operations center to European country in 2013.

VistaJet Moving Global Headquarters to Malta

The bill also rejects privatizing the air traffic control system, which NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen termed as a “risky scheme."

NBAA Asks Bizav Community To Support Senate FAA Bill

IATA Files complaint with EU over supplier control of repair market 

Airlines Step Up Pressure on OEMs’ Aftermarket Model

UMS Skeldar offers a product line of fixed- and rotary-wing small unmanned aircraft for military and civilian applications.

Saab Joint Venture Opens Unmanned Aircraft Plant in Sweden

This extension will give the House and Senate time to reach agreement on a long-term FAA reauthorization bill.

U.S. Congress Passes FAA Extension

A prototype ATR 72 has completed a 15-hour test campaign in the framework of Europe's Clean Sky research project.

ATR Studies All-Electric Architecture for Turboprops

Kaleyesus Bekele

Ethiopian private charter operators say foreign rivals are enjoying an unfair advantage in their home market.

Ethiopian Charter Operators Complain of Unfair Competition

Neelam Mathews

Rule will elimination of the requirement for HEMS operators to file a flight plan and allow helicopters to fly point-to-point below 5,000 feet.

Helo EMS Set To Take Off In India with New Policy

According to the AAIB, the helicopter’s decreasing airspeed went unnoticed by the pilots until the helicopter was in a critically low-energy state.

AAIB: Poor Monitoring, CRM Led To Fatal Helo Ditching

Bombardier's WAVE high-speed Ka-band satcom is available as an option on new Global 5000s and 6000s, and retrofittable to older models.

Bombardier Awarded STC for Ka-band WAVE Satcom

MOU between A4A and China Air Transport Association designed to extend dialogue over market access

U.S. Airlines Seek More Ready Access to China  

The service said its effort to refine the RFP language under its 'Bending the Cost Curve' initiative has taken longer than expected.

U.S. Air Force Postpones RFP for T-X Trainer to December

Price of M500 cut by nearly $400,000, to $1.99 million, while entry-level Matrix was lowered to $899,000.

Piper Aircraft Lowers Prices on M-class Singles

Mark Huber

The FAA and industry partners are working on the Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing System for rotorcraft.

Rotorcraft ASIAS Spools Up

The offer covers engines that are removed for scheduled reasons.

StandardAero and P&WC Offer Fixed Rate PT6A Overhaul

The company is selling its inventory and facilities either together or separately.

Commercial Aircraft Parts Supplier Up for Sale

The MRO is authorized to provide minor repairs around the world.

StandardAero Named Major Honeywell HTF7000 Mx Provider

Local governments have offered incentives to encourage the company to expand.

Governor: Lufthansa Technik Aids Florida Job Growth

The installation makes use of the Rockwell Collins STC  issued in September 2015.

Banyan Completes Challenger 604 Fans 1A Installation

The city of Santa Monica is appealing dismissal of its 2013 lawsuit, which sought to clarify its title to the Santa Monica Airport property.

District Court Hears Santa Monica Airport Appeal

The service is taking steps to relieve the strain on its remotely piloted aircraft force, but faces difficulty maintaining operations tempo.

Unmanned Aircraft Training, Staffing Challenge U.S. Air Force

SkyVector's easy-to-interpret graphical drone notams–Drotams–will help pilots assess the impact of drone operations.

SkyVector Publishes Drone Notams in Graphical Format

The latest agreement continues EBACE at Geneva International Airport, which has hosted the event since 2001.

New Pact Secures Geneva as EBACE Home Through 2021

ArcosJet notes obstacles that have stymied the industry, but said the economy positions the market for growth.

Bizjet Broker Sees Opportunities in India

Congress is working to wrap up a short-term extension of FAA operating authority as the more comprehensive Senate bill progresses.

GA Groups Push for Quick Action on Senate FAA Bill

Efforts underway to retrieve information from badly damaged cockpit voice recorder

Investigators Probe FDR from Destroyed FlyDubai 737

 Executive Sky Flight Support believes this is just the first step of its engagement in the country.

Swiss Firm Partners with Smart Aviation on Cairo FBO

Jet handed over to Minsheng Financial Leasing, which now operates 64 Gulfstreams in China.

Gulfstream Delivers First G650ER into China

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