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Nearly two years after the FBI effectively closed down air-taxi operator Sunjet Aviation, the federal criminal investigation into the October 1999 crash of

Changes are on the way that will address pilots’ complaints about the Rnav arrival and departure procedures at Las Vegas.

The pilot and two passengers aboard a Cessna 425 Conquest I were killed March 6 after the aircraft suffered an in-flight breakup and crashed about 13 mi fr

Allowing pilots to carry guns in the cockpit will not be one of the steps taken by the DOT to upgrade airline security, Transportation Secretary Norman Min

Jet Aviation’s facilities at Biggin Hill in the UK and Dusseldorf, Germany, were named by Embraer as authorized service centers for the Legacy, the new cor

Alpha Omega Jet Services, launched in late 2000 as an aircraft management and consulting firm, went into the completion and refurb business last month with

A passive sound-reduction kit for the Pilatus PC-12 lowers cabin noise by 55 percent in the speech interference level and by 80 percent in the average “A”

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Associated British Ports of the UK is in its sixth month of negotiations with possible buyers of its American Port Services’ U.S.

A new business aviation terminal was officially opened at Switzerland’s Geneva International Airport last month.

London City Airport will hold the official opening of its new business aviation center on May 31.

The airplane was destroyed, but the pilot and five passengers escaped serious injury March 13 (no, it wasn’t a Friday) when their King Air E90 crashed into

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Rockwell Collins received certification for a retrofit of its Pro Line 21 avionics suite in the Challenger 601.

Gulfstream Aerospace received an STC for the installation of the Northstar Technologies Flight Deck Organizer in the GIV and GIV-SP.

Learjet 30-series jets operating in the Pacific Rim can have RVSM mods performed by Jet Aviation Singapore.

According to the AOL Time Warner flight department, it wasn’t a hijack code that was mistakenly squawked (AIN, December 2001, page 10<

A bankruptcy court judge in the Czech Republic last month granted bankruptcy petitions filed by several creditors against Moravan Airplanes and Libor Soska

Don Judy, a mechanic for Addison (Texas) Airport-based DFW Aero Mechanix, was killed last month when the landing gear of a King Air 200 apparently collapse

Construction of Wing Aviation, which started last September at Montgomery County Airport in Conroe, Texas, is now slated to finish in the fall instead of t

Insight into the competitive performances of FlightSafety International and Executive Jet can be found in a candid and personal letter by Berkshire Hathawa

The Citation Sovereign, Cessna’s newest aircraft, had completed 15 test flights at press time since its first flight on February 27.

In early February the Nimbus Group of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., announced it had received a “commitment” for $1.2 billion to finance its previously disclosed

The fatal crash of an Aerospatiale AS 350 at the Grand Canyon on August 10 was the fourth fatal accident of a Papillon Helicopters tour flight since Septem

Laval, Ontario-based Amphitech International received a limited STC for its Oasys helicopter obstacle avoidance radar as installed aboard the Bell 212.

Following a special ceremony planned for December 3 marking the end of production of the Gulfstream IV series at the 500th aircraft, the popular business j

The instrument-rated commercial pilot and his three passengers were killed November 8 when their 2002 Cessna 208 flying under Part 91 from Las Vegas to Mid

Less than 30 sec before a Westwind 1124A crashed while on the VOR/DME-B approach to Taos (N.M.) Municipal Airport on November 8, controllers heard “mayday”

Associated Air Center has ordered a CTT Systems Zonal Comfort System for a Boeing 767, for which the Dallas-based facility is installing a VIP interior.

On December 2, Wisconsin Aviation is expected to open its new $2.5 million general aviation terminal on the east side of Dane County Regional Airport in Ma