Content Archive: March 2010
Maintenance and Modifications
China’s CAAC Selects P&W for Executive Training
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has selected Pratt & Whitney to form a partnership that will offer executive leadership training prog
Bombardier To Open New Regional Support Office in Mumbai
Bombardier Aerospace plans to open a new regional-support office (RSO) in Mumbai, India, during this fiscal year’s second quarter, the Canadian manufacture
IATA Figures Show Big Jump in January Traffic
In perhaps another sign of an impending recovery for the world’s air transport industry, international scheduled air traffic for January rose 6.4 percent c
ATC
CFM Opens New CFM56 Training Center in Hyderabad
CFM International today formally opened a new CFM56 training center in Hyderabad, India, satisfying a commitment made to its customers in 2007.
Charter & Fractional
NetJets Suffers Loss in 2009, Sees Profitable 2010
NetJets lost $711 million last year and is so debt-laden that without parent-company Berkshire Hathaway’s guarantee of this debt, “NetJets would have been
Regulations and Government
D.C. Federal District Court Removes the BARR
A federal judge for the District of Columbia has ruled that aircraft tail numbers submitted for blockage under NBAA’s Block Aircraft Registration Request (
Foley: India a Growing but Low-volume Bizav Market
On the eve of the India Aviation Conference on Civil Aviation, business aviation market advisor Brian Foley said business jet deliveries in India are healt
Aircraft
Second Gulfstream G650 Enters Flight-test Program
The second Gulfstream G650–known as test article two,
