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Avion Private Jet Club (www.flyavion.com) is the latest venture to introduce per-seat business jet public charter service between designated cities “on a r

Farnborough Aircraft commercial director Richard Blain told AIN last month that his British company now has “adequate funding for current activities

Federal legislation (H.R.

Deliveries of new turbine business airplanes–particularly from Bombardier, Cessna, Gulfstream and Raytheon–in the first half of this year shot up more than

Citation modification specialist Sierra Industries of Uvalde, Texas, last month received an STC for its Stallion conversion, a Citation 500/501 powered by

Sikorsky Aircraft of Stratford, Conn., recently completed the acquisition of Keystone Ranger Holdings, which includes Keystone Helicopters in West Chester,

The Senate at press time was considering a bill that imposes a $250,000 fine and a possible prison term of up to five years for people who point lasers at

China’s Aviation Authority has taken delivery of two new Cessna Citation XLSs.

Gulfstream’s initial investigation into the November 21 incident involving a jammed gear on Nike’s GV revealed corrosion on the main landing gear (MLG) upl

Starting February 1, owners and operators of aircraft with “questionable registrations and/or no TSA-required security measures/waivers” might be denied ac

Shadin Avionics of St.

Repair stations would be required to establish a quality-rating program under a notice of proposed rulemaking the FAA expects to publish next month.

Some 40 Gulfstream IIs and IIIs have been equipped with Quiet Technology Aerospace’s Stage 3 hush kit.

Russian aviation officials are investigating the fatal crash of a 2004 Cessna Grand Caravan (Aruba registry P4-OIN) as it was trying to land at Moscow-Domo

In a recent letter to the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it has “begun the process of dev

Nine months after reaching a tentative sales agreement, Raytheon Aircraft and NetJets signed a contract for the purchase of 50 Hawker 4000s (née Horizons)

One Six Right, a documentary of Van Nuys Airport in California, is now available on DVD for $28.95 (plus shipping and handling).

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in October will remove its non-U.S.

Last month nearly 30 business aircraft operators based at Westchester County Airport (HPN) received “Spirit of Noise Abatement Awards” for achieving 100-pe

A proposed noise-compatibility program for Southwest Florida Airport in Fort Myers is under review by the FAA.

Charter operator AirNet Systems has expressed “disappointment” at failing to reach a merger agreement with an undisclosed private-equity firm.

The Guthrie, Okla.

Europe’s top court has upheld the European Commission’s July 2001 block on a $45 billion merger between Honeywell and General Electric.

Using what is becoming a popular method of escaping from French jails, three convicts broke out of prison and escaped on a hijacked helicopter on December

Construction was scheduled to begin before the end of last year on converting private Air Rice Airport on Houston’s west side into a public business aviati

Another penalty has been assessed against Darby Aviation, one of several operators involved in the crash of a Challenger 600 at New Jersey’s Teterboro Airp

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has certified BAE Systems’ Matador infrared heat-seeking missile jamming system for fixed-wing aircraft as an app

FBO Western Aircraft of Boise, Idaho, early last month celebrated delivering its 100th PC-12.

Spokane, Wash.-based Rocket Engineering is developing the Turbine P Baron in parallel with the Royal Turbine Duke program.

The FAA has reiterated its request that pilots submit information on wake turbulence encounters that occur in domestic RVSM airspace, including the U.S., o