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Four incidents of Citation VII main gear collapses during landing have prompted a proposed AD calling for operators to check for a possible wrong part.

In a dissenting opinion, NTSB member John Goglia said a Safety Board recommendation asking for an AD to prohibit using the APU during ground de-icing opera

Tyler Jet Aircraft Sales, hit hard by the downturn in the economy last year and the aftermath of September 11, is expected to emerge from reorganizing unde

The FAA is reviewing a proposed noise-compatibility program for San Antonio International Airport.

Wooden tongue depressors are implicated in the hard landing of a Gulfstream V last February 14 that drove the right main landing gear up through the wing,

In the first quarter of this year, the U.S.-registered Part 91 and 135 business jet and turboprop fleet experienced 22 total accidents, five of which kille

Boeing and Russia’s privately owned East Line signed an agreement to establish Russia Technique at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport for maintenance of non-Russi

The fourth Bombardier Continental super-midsize business jet to join the flight-test program is the first aircraft to have a complete interior, functional

Raytheon Aircraft reported an operating loss of $41 million in the first quarter, compared with a loss of $4 million in the first quarter a year ago.

So called “showstoppers” insurance, a form of business interruption coverage, will likely help NBAA recover some of the expenses and lost revenue the assoc

Pan Am International Flight Academy (PAIFA) and Saab Aircraft of America signed an agreement to jointly develop maintenance training courses for North and

More than 10,000 young people received their introductory airplane rides in the first three months of this year, the strongest three months in the history

Global Express simulator training will be launched late next year by FlightSafety International.

Surgut, Siberia-based TyumenAviaTrans (TAT) is scheduled to take delivery of a Gulfstream IV-SP in August and operate it on behalf of the owner, “one of th

Raytheon Aircraft Services in the UK has received RVSM group approval for Hawker 700s.

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A Mitsubishi MU-2 crashed into a car dealership April 15 at about 3 p.m.

Japan has opened Tokyo Haneda Airport to international general aviation flights via 16 slots per hour, available between 11 p.m.

“Targeted guidelines” and “tough enforcement” are two key elements of a comprehensive voluntary plan from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Recommendations for safely installing, inflating, inspecting, maintaining and removing aircraft tires are the subject of proposed advisory circular AC 20-9

Deliveries of Gulfstream business jets in the first quarter were down slightly compared with the same period a year ago, but the firm’s first-quarter order

Bryan Moss, 61, who planned to retire this month after six years as Gulfstream vice chairman, will be staying for a little while longer.

Raytheon Aircraft’s failure to provide wing-structure data will delay by several months Aviation Partners’ blended winglet program for the Hawker 800, a pr

NBAA has completed an online Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) submission service to allow Part 135 operators to comply with new requirements to

The number of runway incursions in the first two months of this year dropped more than 50 percent compared with the same period last year, according to the

“We’ve had some very positive response from the marketplace,” a Honeywell spokesman said, but the company and partner Garrett Aviation Services have failed

Tastefully Yours, a business aviation caterer headquartered in the Atlanta suburb of Marietta, opened a kitchen at the city’s DeKalb-Peachtree Airport.

The authority for Naples Airport in Florida implemented a ban on Stage 2 aircraft starting last month, although operators may be able to obtain temporary w

The FAA is reviewing proposed noise compatibility programs for Four Corners Regional Airport in Farmington, N.M., and Lake Charles Regional Airport in Loui

To more closely reflect its primary customer base of business aviation, the city of Dallas is changing the name of Redbird Airport to Dallas Executive Airp