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Regulations and Government

Comments Due on Air-taxi Disclosure Proposal

Today is the deadline for comments on a DOT advance notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) seeking input on a 2006 NTSB recommendation calling for air taxis
Regulations and Government

Government Reports Split on User Fee Issue

A report from the U.S.
Regulations and Government

Northeast Airspace Redesign Moves Forward

In a program that started more than 10 years ago, the FAA is now in the final stages of its northeast airspace redesign project, which involves “a wholesal
Regulations and Government

FCC Unlikely To Lift In-flight Cellphone Ban

Lingering uncertainty about whether cellphone calls placed by airline passengers would cause interference with the cell system on the ground has prompted t

Raytheon Concludes Sale of its Aircraft Subsidiary

Raytheon yesterday announced it completed the sale of its wholly owned Raytheon Aircraft subsidiary to Hawker Beechcraft, a new privately held company form
Safety

Dubai company supports rebuilding effort in Iraq

Not too much has gone right in Iraq lately, but a small Dubai-based company has played an important part in what little has.
Safety

NTSB takes a close look at ice bridging

Every few years, a debate erupts about whether the phenomenon of ice bridging is real or something questionable that pilots discuss while hangar flying or
Safety

Dubai company supports rebuilding effort in Iraq

Not too much has gone right in Iraq lately, but a small Dubai-based company has played an important part in what little has.
Regulations and Government

Cape Town forum updates operators

Anyone who has purchased an aircraft or airplane engine knows the process is complicated, especially when you consider the mountain of paperwork through wh
Engines

Engine ready for PiperJet prototype

The first flight-worthy Williams FJ44-3AP engine for the prototype PiperJet has arrived at Piper Aircraft’s factory in Vero Beach, Fla.
Regulations and Government

FAA issues final regulations governing private spaceflight

For many years, companies such as Space Expeditions, Space Adventures and even some airlines have been seriously talking about lofting paying passengers in
Regulations and Government

User fees likely to meet resistance in Congress

As Congress began hearings last month on the Bush Administration’s plan to fund the FAA, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey attempted to do what one lawmaker
FBOs

Florida FBO focuses on amenities

Florida FBO focuses
on amenities
Plenty of FBOs at popular destinations offer movie rooms with giant projector screens, comfortable seating an
FBOs

Runway shortening opposed

NBAA and the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) have submitted comments to the FAA about the proposed shortening of Santa Monica, Calif.’s sing
FBOs

Second BWI FBO still pending

Although Mercury Air Centers/Corporate Wings won the bid to build an FBO at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) early last y
FBOs

Wilson Air hosts VLJ exhibit

When big crowds transit through Wilson Air Center’s Charlotte, N.C.
FBOs

New GA hours, gateway for DCA

Hanscom Field, Bedford, Mass., is now a gateway airport for companies that want to fly into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).
FBOs

Stop calling JeffCo tower

Following the name change of the former Jefferson County Airport in Broomfield, Colo., to Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport last October, the tower’s app
FBOs

Discovery cancels VIH buy

A plan for Discovery Air to buy VIH Aviation Group, which would have included VIH affiliate YYJ FBO Services at Victoria International Airport in British C
FBOs

Elliott renovating Omaha Base

The first phase of Elliott Aviation’s renovation of its Omaha, Neb.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dubai company eyes Landmark MROs

Dubai investment firm Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) at press time was in “active discussions” with Washington, D.C.-based private-equity firm  Carl
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FBOs

Asheville seeking FBO

North Carolina’s Asheville Regional Airport will be the site of a $37 million, 373,000-sq-ft terminal, office and hangar development spearheaded by Aviatio
FBOs

Dublin FBO adds fuel service

Encore FBO’s Dublin, Ireland facility made history on March 6 when a company line service technician drove an Encore fuel truck onto the airport’s general
FBOs

EMAS offers max coating

Engineered Arresting Systems (Esco) has developed a third-generation coating system for its engineered materials arresting systems (EMAS) placed at the end
FBOs

Airports closing (temporarily)

• Runway reconstruction will close Friedman Memorial Airport, Sun Valley, Idaho, from April 24 at 9 a.m.
FBOs

Reserve Pittsburgh space now

The United States Golf Association’s U.S.
Training and Workforce

Torqued: British Airways crew forfeited too much authority

A few months ago I wrote about the events surrounding a British Airways
flight from Los Angeles to London (AIN, December 2006, page 78).
Maintenance and Modifications

Massachusetts facility builds on owner’s experience

Gary Potts, president of AirFlyte, has a long history in aviation and specifically
at the airport his MRO serves.
Rotorcraft

Keystone Helicopters to provide maintenance for Seacor

Seacor’s Aviation Division has signed an agreement to have Keystone Helicopters provide maintenance and completions for the more than 160 helicopters it op
Maintenance and Modifications

Lufthansa Technik launches total landing gear support\

Lufthansa Technik is offering total landing-gear support (TLS) from aircraft purchase through resale.