Content Archive: May 2011

Maintenance and Modifications

Tam AE Named GE M601 and H80 Authorized Service Center

Tam Aviação Executiva has signed an agreement with GE Aviation to become an authorized service center for M601 and H80 turboprop engines.
Maintenance and Modifications

China Awards Additional Duncan Aviation Approvals

Duncan Aviation’s Lincoln facility has been granted additional Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) repair station certificate authorizations.
Maintenance and Modifications

ExecuJet Middle East Adds EASA OK for Hawker

The EASA has given Dubai-based ExecuJet Middle East the OK to add the Hawker 400XP, 700, 800, 900 series and 4000.
Aircraft

AIN Blog: Ryanair’s Rantings Erupt Again as Scientists Say Volcano Groundings Were Right

In late April, scientists from Denmark’s University of Copenhagen and the University of Iceland in Reykjavik
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UBS Upbeat on Bizjet Market Recovery

“We believe the recent improvement in our survey and many of the other key indicators that we monitor, including increased flight activity and lower used i
Charter & Fractional

Part 135 Segment Stalls, Drags Down Bizav Flying Stats

Business aircraft flight activity last month dipped by 0.4 percent from a year ago, due primarily to a steep drop in Part 135 turboprop and light jet flyin

Bizjet, Turboprop Deliveries Off To Slow Start in 2011

In the first quarter, general aviation airplane shipments fell 4.6 percent, from 390 aircraft last year to 372 this year, according to data released today
Charter & Fractional

CitationAir Recalls All of Its Furloughed Pilots

CitationAir said yesterday that it has asked all of its remaining 32 pilots on furlough to return to work.
Airports

Memphis GA Airport Submerged in Flood

General DeWitt Spain Airport (M01) in Memphis has been closed since last Wednesday due to the flooding from the Mississippi River.

Torqued: Willful blindness poses serious safety threat

At the same time as the Southwest 737 Flight 812 debacle was unfolding–almost as rapidly as the fuselage skin tore off the aircraft shortly after departure