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Boeing Denies Pullout from RRJ

 Despite the standoff between Boeing and the Russian government over import tax relief for U.S.-made commercial jets, the Chicago-based manufacturer i

Mesa Examines Low-fare Option

Keenly aware that code-share partner US Airways might not survive the growing threat of another bankruptcy, Mesa Air Group has expanded its contingencies t

Shuttle America, US Air To Part

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Shuttle America will sever all ties with US Airways effective October 2, leaving four more destinations without scheduled service fr

ACA in Hot Water with FAA

The FAA has proposed fining Sterling, Va.-based Atlantic Coast Airlines $1.5 million for failure to perform mandated maintenance work on “several aircraft.

Embraer Wins Financing Reprieve

GE Capital Aviation Services last month secured $220.8 million in financing from Brazil’s BNDES development bank for 10 Embraer 170s destined for US Airway

Pilots flex newfound muscle to block AA commuter plan

A federal arbitrator’s ruling to award the Allied Pilots Association $23.2 million for American Airlines’ scope-clause violations appears to have achieved
Avionics

Arinc, Telenor announce ‘mobile in the sky’ plan

Will passengers flying on business jets and airliners really ever be able to use their personal cellphones to make and receive calls in flight? There is ev
Avionics

Avidyne picks XM Satellite Weather

Avidyne has selected XM WX Satellite Weather to provide broadcast datalink weather for the avionics maker’s FlightMax EX500 multifunction displays and Flig
Avionics

CMC’s pilot-friendly EFB features FMS-style keys

CMC Electronics has introduced the CMA-1100, a handheld electronic flight bag (EFB) computer for the cockpit that fills a gap between off-the-shelf tablet
Avionics

Much more than just charts, Jeppesen delivers the weather

Back in the early 1930s, when Capt.
Regulations and Government

Bizav shines brightly in FAA’s crystal ball

Business aviation continues to be a bright spot in the FAA’s annual aviation forecast, with top executives of two business jet manufacturers and the leadin
Avionics

Federal Express makes major commitment for HUD and EVS

In the world’s first major commitment to head-up display and enhanced vision technology by a civil operator, Federal Express announced late last year that
Avionics

Chelton cockpit upgrade gives new life to old jets

The Cessna Citation 501 has served nobly in a variety of roles over the course of the last three decades.
Avionics

Connexion is coming to super-midsize airplanes

Engineers from Rockwell Collins are immersed in the task of redesigning a satellite direct TV antenna to bring Boeing’s broadband Connexion service to supe
ATC

BBJ’s FANS flight marks a first for a business jet

A Boeing Business Jet heading to Geneva for the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in late May marked a notable milestone by becomi
Avionics

Questions Remain over Who Will Provide Standard Ae270 Cockpit

Ibis Aerospace has selected Honeywell’s Apex glass cockpit for the Ae270 turboprop single, but it is still unclear whether the avionics will be standard or
Avionics

Lufthansa Technik Taps Thrane & Thrane for Cabin Datalink

Engineers from Lufthansa Technik and Thrane & Thrane have jointly developed a new mobile access router as a key component of Lufthansa Technik’s networ
ATC

No European Mandate Foreseen for PRnav

As news about precision area navigation (more commonly referred to as PRnav) in Europe starts showing up in the aviation press, chief pilots and maintenanc
Avionics

CMC Electronics Sells Infrared Unit to L-3 Communications

Montreal-based CMC Electronics has agreed to sell its Cincinnati Electronics business unit to L-3 Communications for $172 million in cash, while simultaneo
Avionics

Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband Service Coming in 2006

Just as passengers were getting used to surfing the Web in flight over the Swift64 satellite datalink, Inmarsat spelled out plans for the next generation o
Aircraft

In the Works: Raytheon Hawker Horizon

Some requirements of certification flight testing are impossible to complete from the home airfield, no matter where that may be.
Aircraft

In the Works: Sukhoi S-21

Sukhoi is continuing its feasibility studies on the S-21, a supersonic business jet, but officials do not give consistent answers to the question of when t
Aircraft

In the Works: Jetcruzer LLC

Like the mythical phoenix, the AASI Jetcruzer 450/500 may arise from its ashes to fly again, this time as a single-turbofan, experimental airplane rather t
Security

John Goglia, a rebel with a cause, reflects on NTSB tenure

You don’t expect to see a 59-year-old, gray-haired guy who looks like a middle linebacker choking up as tears well up in his eyes, but then this is John Go
Accidents

Powerful prescription drugs found in accident pilot’s body

A cocktail of prescription drugs was found in the body of the pilot of a King Air that crashed on April 4, 2003, at 9:35 a.m.

Borge Boeskov, 1935 - 2004

Borge Boeskov, the Icelandic-born father of the Boeing Business Jet, died on June 9 after a lengthy illness, one day shy of his 69th birthday.

First EBAA regional forum will be at Biggin Hill

The first of the new regional forums organized by the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) will be staged at London Biggin Hill Airport on Septemb
Maintenance and Modifications

Cost of Raw Goods Going Up

Global events are apparently conspiring to create some increase in the cost of business aircraft interiors.
Maintenance and Modifications

Cessna Caravan Oasis Interior Makes UK Debut

As part of an alliance with interiors specialist Yingling Aviation of Wichita, Cessna began offering the Oasis executive cabin interior for its Cessna 208