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The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) issued a call to action last week related to maintenance issues for charter operators.

AOPA wrote a letter to the FAA last week saying that if a new policy outlined in Advisory Circular (AC) 90-100A is allowed to remain as it is currently wri

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A Brazilian public prosecutor has recommended that a federal judge indict four air traffic controllers and the two American pilots involved in the midair c

EBACE concluded today in Geneva with record attendance and exhibitor numbers.

Phase One of a proposal by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to improve airspace capacity will require aircraft owners in the UK to upgrade to a Second

The FAA said yesterday it will greatly expand the airspace flow program (AFP) this summer, an initiative implemented last summer as a better way to manage

In a public debate Tuesday at the Washington Aero Club’s monthly luncheon, AOPA president Phil Boyer and ATA president and CEO James May agreed on many iss

Making a final show appearance here is Boeing Business Jets chief pilot Capt.

Paris-based operator Trans Helicopter Service (THS) has its twin-engine Eurocopter AS 355 Ecureuil II available here at EBACE 2007 for demo flights of Safe

The European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition, which hosted its inaugural event here just six years ago with relatively modest ambitions, has bl

JetAlliance CEO Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer signed a contract here yesterday for 25 Cessna Citations valued at $280 million.

Eclipse Aviation’s announcement of a 180-airplane order yesterday signaled the launch of a very light jet (VLJ) air-taxi operation that will be based in Tu

In six years as host city, Geneva remains a favorite on the trade show circuit.

First-time exhibitor Fargo Jet Center (Booth No.

For the past six years at EBACE, Gulfstream has given groups of aviation journalists the opportunity to experience the cabin amenities of one of its busine

Can you think of a product on sale here that has even more passenger space than a VVIP Airbus A380? Hint: A helipad can be accommodated on its rear deck.

The market for executive/VIP helicopters is growing, according to Eurocopter representatives here at EBACE, but the biggest challenge to sales is still cul

Feras, the American-founded executive flight support company active since 1992 in Eastern Europe, Russia and CIS countries, has inaugurated new facilities

Lufthansa Private Jet is here at EBACE 2007 at Booth No.

Spain-based Gestair Private Aviation is planning on buying up to $60 million worth of new business jets in the 2007 to 2010 time period, general manager Fe

Everybody knows that China is a fast-growing economy of staggering size.

L-3 Avionics Systems has received STC approval aboard the King Air C90 for its new Iris infrared imaging system for general aviation aircraft, along with F

Spanish aircraft charter and management firm Executive Airlines has seen its sales rocket from $12 million in 2005 to more than $26 million last year, and

Eclipse Aviation announced at EBACE that it has won an order for 180 Eclipse 500s from a single customer.

Gulfstream kicked off EBACE with an order for three G450s (and options on another 17) from National Air Services (NAS) of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Embraer, which is having a good sales week at EBACE with orders for 11 aircraft announced thus far, has selected the CAE Burgess Hill, UK training center a

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified the Citation Mustang, not only for registration in Europe but for flying steep approaches as well.

Hawker Beechcraft hopes to continue to stave off competition from VLJs with two new upgrades to the stalwart King Air turboprop line, announced this week a

The boom in demand for business jets is inevitably pushing prices skyward, and Citi Private Bank is here (Booth No.