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Comair Fined for Holiday Snafu

The Department of Transportation has fined Comair $75,000 for misleading passengers about the cause of the rash of Christmas Day 2004 flight cancellations

Lynx To Fly September 5

Frontier Airlines expects to take delivery of its first Bombardier Q400 this month and launch service aboard the 74-seat turboprop with its new Lynx Aviati
Rotorcraft

On second try, helo pilots complete pole-to-pole flight

Pilots Jennifer Murray, 66, and Colin Bodill, 56, completed their record-setting VFR pole-to-pole round-trip flight from Fort Worth on May 23 in a Bell 407

London Heliport increases landing fees

A new scale of landing charges introduced at the beginning of April for users of London Heliport is aimed at containing demand for the riverside facility,
Rotorcraft

FBI seizes records from helo air ambulance operator

On May 23 more than 50 FBI agents and employees of the FAA raided the headquarters of Air Evac Lifeteam in West Plains, Mo.

Eurocopter begins deliveries of AS 355NP

At last month’s Paris Air Show Eurocopter delivered the first upgraded Ecureuil/TwinStar, the AS 355NP, its current light twin offering.
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Training and Workforce

CAE SimuFlite Relocates S-76 Simulator to New Jersey

CAE SimuFlite has relocated its Sikorsky S-76 simulator to its new Northeast facility, near Morristown Airport, N.J., from its headquarters at Dallas/Fort
Rotorcraft

Eagle Delivers First ‘Single’ Bell 212

Eagle Copters of Calgary, Alberta, has delivered its first three single-engine Bell 212 conversions.
Rotorcraft

BA609 Tiltrotor Flies in Public Again

In May, the second prototype of the Bell/Agusta BA609 tiltrotor flew for the first time in public.
Rotorcraft

Simulators for EC 135 Going to Dallas and Donauwörth

Eurocopter will install flight training devices, including six-axis, full-motion simulators for the EC 135 light twin, at its Donauwörth, Germany, and Dall
Maintenance and Modifications

…and Inks Mx Deal in Abu Dhabi

Eurocopter and Abu Dhabi-based Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) have jointly launched a regional maintenance center to provide maintenance and overhaul servi
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Expands in Mexico...

Eurocopter has launched a 50,000-sq-ft extension of its customization, subassembly and maintenance facility at Mexico City International Airport.
Avionics

OP Technologies develops SR22 avionics

Avionics manufacturer OP Technologies is about to enter the market for TSO’d avionics in FAA-certified airplanes.
Avionics

‘Integrated airport’ tests future ATC technologies

A consortium of academia and industry participants has launched a four-year program to evaluate the air traffic management (ATM) processes required to hand
Avionics

Aspen to debut new cockpit product line at AirVenture

Aspen Avionics, the small Albuquerque, N.M.
ATC

Expanded FAA program targets weather delays

The FAA has expanded its Airspace Flow Program, which gives airlines the option during the peak summer season to accept delays for flights scheduled to fly
Avionics

Iridium mulls high-speed data service for business jets

Iridium hardware maker International Communications Group (ICG) reports launching a study to determine the potential requirements for an aeronautical satco
Avionics

Rockwell Collins ‘Reintroduces’ eXchange Broadband Service

Boeing’s abrupt exit from the aeronautical satellite broadband market last year left Rockwell Collins without a partner for its eXchange broadband service
Avionics

UPS Submits SafeRoute Data to FAA

Shipping giant UPS and partner Aviation Communication and Surveillance Systems (ACSS) last month submitted the approval paperwork to the FAA for a suite of
Avionics

Honeywell Exploring 3-D Airport Maps

Future versions of Honeywell’s integrated primary flight display (IPFD) might include 3-D airport maps that would give pilots a clear view of the entire ai
Avionics

Iris EVS Gains STC in King Air C90

L-3 Avionics Systems has received STC approval and parts manufacturer approval aboard the King Air C90 for the Iris infrared imaging system.
Avionics

Iridium expands offerings to compete with Inmarsat

Iridium is inching closer to obtaining ICAO and FAA approvals that will allow airlines to use the satellite service for transmitting safety-of-flight messa
Aircraft

In The Works: Comp Air 12

Comp Air is firming up plans to certify the single-engine turboprop Model 12, having agreed to work with Downing Aviation Associates “to secure funding, en
Aircraft

In The Works: Utilicraft Aerospace FF1080-300ER

Design of Utilicraft’s prototype FF1080-200 twin-engine freight-hauling turboprop has been finalized, and the airplane is scheduled to fly in January, acco
Aircraft

In The Works: Gulfstream Aerospace SSBJ

Recent news reports that Gulfstream plans to build a prototype supersonic business jet (SSBJ) by 2013 are inaccurate, according to a company spokesman.
Aircraft

In The Works: Epic Aircraft Elite

Epic’s Elite VLJ made its maiden flight on June 7 from Redmond, Ore.’s Roberts Field.
Maintenance and Modifications

Coating could extend life of engine blades

UK-based Rolls-Royce has purchased the rights to a new coating process for turbine blades that could improve performance and durability.
Charter & Fractional

Air-taxi operations steal spotlight at VLJ conference

Air-taxi operators and potential operators used a recent VLJ forum, “Business Models for VLJs and Light Jets,” to outline their plans for using the new cla
Aircraft

Europeans study VLJ impact

A recent Eurocontrol-sponsored VLJ workshop gave the agency and potential operators the opportunity to discuss the impact of the coming class of very light
Avionics

NextGen Framework Starts To Take Shape

At the FAA’s Joint Planning and Development Office Day on Capitol Hill recently, Administrator Marion Blakey introd