Content Archive: December 2008

China To Open Business Jet Hub

The first business jet hub in China is expected to open this year at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport.
Avionics

Barco CDMS-3000 gets EASA approval

The European Aviation Safety Agency has completed ETSO-C113 certification of Barco’s new CDMS-3000 control display unit.
Aircraft

SCAC Eyes First Potential Customer

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) identified its first potential customer in Southeast Asia last month when it announced an agreement with Indonesia’s Kartika A
Maintenance and Modifications

ARSA Gears Up To Fight Stimulus Bill

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is gearing up to ask lawmakers to include in an upcoming economic stimulus bill a moratorium on the use of forei
Airports

Movements limit is years away for London Stansted

Swift lobbying work by the British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA) and its members appears to have averted the threat of a new limit on th
Charter & Fractional

AvJet Opens ‘Green’ Bizjet Hangar

The first private aircraft hangar certified to the platinum level by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system
Charter & Fractional

ExecuJet Extends ‘Simply Fly’ Program

The roll-out of ExecuJet Aviation’s new Simply Fly lease-based alternative to fractional ownership, block charter and traditional aircraft management has b
Accidents

Brazil Cenipa report blames pilots, ATC in midair

Brazil’s Cenipa accident investigation bureau has issued its report on the September 2006 midair over the Amazon, along with an NTSB dissent.

Middle East companies delve into bizav market

Al Jaber Aviation’s $1.2 billion order for 21 new aircraft placed during November’s MEBA show in Dubai confirmed the business aviation industry’s hopes tha

…and Takes 50th Avanti

Avantair on December 15 took delivery of its 50th Piaggio Avanti turboprop twin–in line, it said, with Avantair’s steady fleet expansion since it was start