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Pro Line Fusion coming to Global line

Bombardier is bringing Rockwell Collins’ new Pro Line Fusion cockpit to the Global Express XRS and 5000 as long-overdue replacements for the airplanes’ Hon
FBOs

Million Air breaks ground out West

Next year a new Million Air FBO is slated to open at San Bernardino International Airport in California.
Maintenance and Modifications

Winglets improve local Hawkers

Local pilot Brian Ross is a big fan of Aviation Partners winglets after adding the efficiency-improving devices to all four of his employer’s Hawker Beechc
Regulations and Government

Gov’t outlines volcanic ash ops plan

The Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Service and Supporting Research, in conjunction with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administ
Aircraft

Australia grounds some Cessna 441s

Australia’s Civil Aviation Authority (CASA) has grounded several Cessna 441 Conquest IIs, citing the potential for in-flight structural failures on aircraf
Charter & Fractional

Local Charter Operator Plans To Raise $18.2M

Cirrus SR-22 and soon-to-be Eclipse 500 charter operator ImagineAir, based at Gwinnett County Airport/ Briscoe Field in Georgia, announced the signing of a

GAO studies future impact of VLJs

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has studied the predicted impact of very light jets and found that FAA and industry experts have few concerns.

Industry Veteran Heads Up Grob’s U.S. Ops

Industry Veteran Heads Up Grob’s U.S.
Accidents

Racing driver killed in helo crash

British racing driver Colin McRae was killed when the Eurocopter AS 355 Twin Squirrel he was flying crashed near his home in Scotland on September 15.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Gore Delivers Boeing Business Jet

Gore Design Completions (Booth No.

APPH Reorganizes in Wichita

APPH Group (Booth No.
Engines

Phenom 300 Engine at Full Power

Pratt & Whitney Canada’s new PW535E turbofan engine for the Embraer Phenom 300 has reached its full takeoff thrust of 3,360 pounds at the company’s Lon
FBOs

HPN’s Westair throws its lot in with Million Air

Roger Woolsey, president and CEO of Houston-based Million Air (Booth No.
Engines

P&WC hastens support for new engines

Pratt & Whitney Canada is seeing its engines enter service on three new business airplanes this year–the Dassault Falcon 7X, Cessna Mustang and Eclipse

California operator focuses on servicing Gulfstreams

Van Nuys-based Western Jet Aviation has made a name for itself servicing Gulfstreams, and general manager Jim Hansen attributes the success of his company
Charter & Fractional

Pogo Jet charter service would use Eclipse 500s

Pogo Jet clarified plans to launch a charter service using Eclipse 500 very light jets in a registration statement for an initial public offering (IPO) sub

A-Pro to offer Piaggio Avanti overhauls

Aero Precision Repair and Overhaul (A-Pro) of Deerfield Beach, Fla., will begin overhaul and repair services on the Piaggio Avanti landing gear and related

Naples Jet Center now Raisbeck King Air installation center

Raisbeck Engineering has named Naples Jet Center an authorized installation center.
Training and Workforce

Adam Taps SaferJett for A500/700 Training

With new management and the goal of transforming itself from a development company to a lean production aircraft company, Adam Aircraft put a key foundatio

Bombardier Foretells the Future for Bizjets

Bombardier this week released its first-ever forecast for the business aviation market segments in which it competes, and the Canadian company’s crystal ba

Tokyo gets Bombardier regional support office

Bombardier Regional Aircraft Customer Support is strengthening its presence in Japan in response to the growing fleets–and requirements–of CRJ and Q-Series
Aircraft

Where Will Piper Land?

“No, I haven’t,” said Piper Aircraft president and CEO Jim Bass, when asked if he has placed his house on the market as Piper grapples with the decision on

Hawker Beechcraft announces 2007 supplier awards

Hawker Beechcraft recognized many of its suppliers during its annual suppliers’ conference.

AINonline Audoicast: Jack Pelton, Cessna president, chairman and CEO

Cessna Aircraft is riding high on the crest of the business jet sales wave, and it just got a little higher this week at the NBAA Convention.
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Airports

Google gains access to NASA field

Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have drawn flak for a deal they struck with NASA to base an executive Boeing 767-200 and two Gulfstream Vs at th

Forum to highlight bizjet operations

A two-day conference called “The Future of Business Jets” will be staged in Paris on October 16 and 17 with a target audience of operators, brokers, manufa

Epic Poised To Become Major Bizav Player

Flush with a $200 million cash infusion from Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya and a $170 million order book, turboprop and very light jet maker Epic Aircraf

BBGA chief executive joins NetJets

Mark Wilson, chief executive of the British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA), is set to leave the organization this month to assume a new p
Aircraft

Dassault Nearing Launch of New Bird

Dassault Falcon’s upcoming super-midsize (SMS) business jet, already known to have fly-by-wire flight controls and Rolls-Royce engines, remains an otherwis