Content Archive: July 2009

Cabin Interior and Electronics

Audio International launches high-def

Audio International, a DeCrane company based in Little Rock, Ark., has launched the AI Platinum Elite high-definition cabin-management system, provid
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Falcon 50 and 900 get broadband

International Water-Guard (IWG) of Burnaby, B.C., has delivered the first IWG-A6 water treatment units to Gulfstream Aerospace for installation in the OEM’
Accidents

PC-12 strikes fence after landing slide

Pilatus PC-12/47, Bridgeport, Conn., June 12, 2009– The fractionally owned single-engine turboprop was substantially damaged when it struck a blast fence o
Regulations and Government

Aviation excluded from House climate bill

Although the House removed from H.R.2454, the “American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009” (ACES), a provision that would have set carbon emissions sta
Accidents

Learjet severely damaged in engine run

On June 18, a Learjet 40XR (N988AL) suffered severe damage at Fort Worth’s Meacham International Airport after technicians reported a stuck engine throttle
FBOs

JetEx inaugurates its FBO at Le Bourget

JetEx has officially opened its new FBO at Paris Le Bourget Airport.
Regulations and Government

EC takes Britain to task on aircraft tax exemption

The UK government is considering a demand from the European Commission (EC) that it change its tax legislation to remove an exemption from value-added tax
Environment

Emissions Trading for Aviation: the Theory

Aircraft operators who will be subject to Europe’s new emissions trading scheme (ETS) beginning Jan.
Environment

Helping To Heal the ETS Headaches

Former NetJets Europe and Tag Aviation executive David Carlisle has set up his own company, ETS Aviation, to help aircraft operators comply with Europe’s n