Content Archive: December 2010

Charter & Fractional

CitationAir Offers Limited-commitment Aircraft Access

CitationAir has launched Jet Access, a new non-membership program designed to allow private aviation customers use of its Citation XLS and Sovereign flee
Aircraft

Gulfstream Plans G650 Cabin Completions

At the same time Gulfstream Aerospace is preparing an assembly plant for its new G650, the Savannah-based OEM is readying an adjacent building for cabin
Environment

Industry’s Green Efforts Lauded

At the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change last month the international aviation industry was recognized for its efforts to address cli

Hawker Beechcraft To Stay in Wichita

Hawker Beechcraft and the state of Kansas reached an ­agreement late last month that will keep the airframer in Wichita for at least the next decade.
FBOs

More Gateways Added for DCA Flights

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has added three new gateway airports for general ­aviation flights headed for Washington’s Reagan Nation
FBOs

‘Flexible Based Operations’ can accommodate FBO spikes

Business aviation consultancy Oriens Advisors has teamed with Spanish architecture group Cesar Martinell & Associates to promote a new design for tempo
Rotorcraft

Bell Unveils Plans To Upgrade 412EP

Bell Helicopter announced an upgrade package for its 412EP that features more powerful Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-9 engines which will yield a 15 pe
Aircraft

New Take on the 328 Envoy Jet Has Roomier Interior

328 Support Services has introduced the 328DBJ, with an updated interior, as the replacement for the Envoy version of the jet.

FAAC issues aviation recommendations

The Future of Aviation Advisory Committee (FAAC), whose membership represents a cross section of the aviation industry, last month presented Transportati

New Airbus Engine Option Coming for ACJs

Airbus launched a new engine option last month for A320-series airliners, and an Airbus Corporate Jetliner spokesman confirmed to AIN that the optio