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The fatal accident rate for business jet operations worldwide (fatal accidents per 100,000 flight hours) increased annually from 1998 to 2001 before decrea

Users of business-aircraft charter who prefer to purchase travel in advance now have another option that the service’s provider claims is different from ot

After AIN’s report last month about four Raytheon Aircraft Premier I landing overruns in the last couple of years, another operator disclo

Recommendations on how martyrs should “act, pretend and mask” themselves, as excerpted from Military Studies in the Jihad Against the Tyrants:

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Raytheon Aircraft’s fourth Hawker Horizon, which entered flight test last month, represents the final production configuration of the new super-midsize bus

“To be honest, I had a problem with Atta the first time I talked to him.

Eurocontrol
considers new
fee structure
Eurocontrol is evaluating proposals to introduce new “charging volumes for airspace” in which dif

Signature Flight Support has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Greek FBO group Athens Aviation Services (see page 125) for $1.8 million (£1 million).

Pushed by President Bush for legislation intended to stimulate the nation’s economy, Congress has taken action on two bills that may affect the purchase of

Webster Bank’s Center Capital of Waterbury, Conn., has formed a general aviation finance division headquartered in Dallas.

A cargo-configured Falcon 20 made a gear-up landing at Detroit City Airport shortly after takeoff on August 28, sliding off the end of the runway and comin

General aviation received some good news and some not-so-good news last month with regard to airport security.
The good news is that the Transportat

The Italian investigation into the October 8 collision between a Cessna CJ2 and an MD-87 on the main runway of Milan Linate Airport is now focusing on the

The journey of TWA Flight 800, which began from New York JFK International Airport on the hot evening of July 17, 1996, finally ended this spring, not at i

Too few business aircraft are based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other Arabian Gulf states to meet rising demand for executive charter flights, ac

Judging from testimony at a hearing on the FAA’s new air-tour proposals, FAR Part 136 might be a solution in search of a problem.

Alteon, Boeing’s aviation training arm, last month opened a major facility at London Gatwick Airport.

Gulfstream last month received certification approval to start installations of the long-awaited enhanced vision system (EVS) in the GV line.

The FAA, EASA and Brazil’s aviation authority have approved a new maintenance program for the Embraer ERJ 145, allowing operators to increase C-check inter

London Executive Aviation (LEA) introduced the first Cessna Citation Excel in the UK charter market last month.

Are the new Department of Labor (DOL) “Fair Pay Rules,” which became effective August 23 and changed the overtime pay rules for workers earning less than $

Pilot hiring by the four major fractional aircraft ownership operators is far ahead of last year’s, according to figures compiled by AIR.

French corporation Zodiac has purchased Scott Aviation from Tyco International, and renamed the Lancaster, Pa.-based oxygen system components supplier Avox

A special airworthiness information bulletin recommends that operators of Mitsubishi MU-2Bs comply with recently issued service bulletins (SBs) for a one-t

Some flight schools have gone out of business since September 11 though the actual number is elusive.  A National Air Transportation Association spoke

Oklahoma Gov.

Du Pont has introduced a wiping product that the diversified industrial company said is designed exclusively for aircraft windshields and passenger windows

The temporary reduction in navigation and ATC user charges in Canada will be eliminated on December 31 in one of several steps Nav Canada is taking to stem

Operators intending to enter any of the nine designated temporary flight restriction (TFR) areas in effect during the Olympic Winter Games around Salt Lake

The $2.43-per-gallon average price of jet-A in the U.S.