Content Archive: August 2010
Hawker’s 2Q earnings and its backlog shrink
The possibility of Hawker Beechcraft moving some of its Wichita-based manufacturing elsewhere came up again early last month with the release of the compan
Environment
Honeywell Launches New Emissions and Monitoring
Honeywell is offering a new emissions monitoring service for business jets operating in European airspace to assist in compliance with European Union emi
Accidents
Stevens crash investigation under way
The investigation continues into the cause of last month’s crash of a de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Otter turboprop-conversion floatplane in Alaska that kille
Environment
Next-gen ATC promises environmental rewards
The benefits of implementing NextGen and its European counterpart, the Single European Sky ATM Research (Sesar), are threefold: not only will the new proce
LAN-TAM Merger Reflects Growing Latin American Solidarity
In what might prove the biggest cross-border airline merger ever between two
Labace 2010 rides wave of Latin American growth
In the three years since the Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (Labace) was relaunched, it has benefited from an increasingly he
Environment
OEMs embrace more-electric aircraft systems
Business jet manufacturers are quietly progressing toward more-electric architectures, where electricity replaces hydraulic and pneumatic power in systems
Environment
Boeing Headquarters Earns EPA Energy Star
Boeing’s Chicago downtown headquarters has earned the U.S.
Environment
FAA Awards $125M in Green Contracts
Five aerospace companies have been awarded a total of $125 million in contracts as part of an environmental initiative to spur development of new aircraft
Environment
Committee studies eco-friendly production, dismantling
Operating an aircraft accounts for 80 percent of the machine’s lifetime environmental footprint, according to a newly released Dassault study.
