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Merger Foe Joins MAIR Board

Riley Investment Management principal John Ahn has won a seat on the board of Mesaba Airlines parent MAIR Holdings in exchange for abandoning his plans to

Comair, ALPA Reach Tentative Deal

Comair has given its pilots until March 4 to ratify a tentative deal forged with union representatives last month after U.S.
Aircraft

Colgan To Fly Q400s

Manassas, Va.-based Colgan Air will fly fifteen 74-seat Bombardier Q400 turboprops under a 10-year capacity purchase agreement that Colgan’s new owner, Mem
ATC

Europe’s mode-S mandate creates confusion

A European mandate calling for mode-S transponder upgrades in transport-category airplanes is causing confusion for some U.S.
Avionics

An HD future on display at CES

With more than 20,000 product launches packed into the span of just four days, January’s Consumer Electronics Show surely thrilled the throng of technophil
Avionics

Aspen Avionics Settles Eclipse Lawsuit, Names New President

Eclipse Aviation and Aspen Avionics last month settled a patent dispute over the AT300 hazard awareness display.
ATC

Landmark Completes GIII, Falcon 50 Upgrades

Landmark Aviation last month joined the ranks of installation centers that are busy turning around upgraded avionics systems for operators of Gulfstream II
Avionics

‘Iridium Next’ Targets Broadband Users

Iridium last month disclosed plans for a future satellite constellation to replace the 66 low-earth-orbit satellites that make up its current satcom networ
ATC

EVS Available in New BBJs, but not from Boeing

Boeing Business Jets said enhanced-vision system (EVS) capability is coming to the BBJ, but the technology will be offered as a retrofit both for new and i
ATC

Air Logistics adding EGPWS to its Gulf helos

Following last year’s NTSB recommendation that turbine-powered helicopters carry terrain awareness and warning systems (TAWS), Air Logistics has decided to
ATC

China commits to Compass satnav project

In a statement that surprised Western observers, China announced late last year that it will launch its own 35-satellite, GPS-like global navigation system
ATC

Aviation in Brazil is still feeling fallout from midair

The investigation into the causes of the midair between a Gol Boeing 737 and an Embraer Legacy operated by Long Island-based ExcelAire last September 29 is
Airports

Super Bowl TFR kept traffic moving at Miami-area airports

The last time the Super Bowl was held in Miami, in 1999, the concept of regular temporary flight restrictions (TFRs) was yet to be revealed to the aviation
Aircraft

In The Works: Dassault Falcon 7X

Dassault’s fly-by-wire Falcon 7X is nearing the finish line and is expected to receive EASA and FAA type certification either by the end of this month or e
Aircraft

In The Works: Aero Vodochody Ae270

Penta Holding, the private-equity firm that in January purchased Ae270 and L-39 manufacturer Aero Vodochody, expects to announce by the end of this month a
Aircraft

In The Works: Aviation Technology Group Javelin

Aviation Technology Group (ATG) is expecting to receive FAA certification and begin customer deliveries of the Javelin two-seat jet next year.
Aircraft

In The Works: PiperJet

Piper Aircraft, whose dealers are working with Honda Aircraft to sell and service the HondaJet, continues with its plans to find a suitable location to bui
Charter & Fractional

Revamped Skyjet offers new options

Bombardier has revamped its Skyjet International block charter program, unveiling the new Jet Member card at the Middle East Business Aviation show in Duba
Aircraft

Sales of new TBM 850 boost Socata’s bottom line

Introduction of the TBM 850 “very fast turboprop” single to meet the challenge of the VLJ has firmly lifted Socata’s fortunes out of the stagnation that th
Accidents

Poor pilot skills downed Zurich Citation

The Swiss Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau blamed insufficient pilot proficiency and repeated interference of a passenger occupying the cockpit right

Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference 2007

“My husband is a pilot for the company, but I’m the one who tells him where to go,” said a dispatcher for a Northeast-based charter operator with a broad s

Gulfstream Top Leadership Changing

Typically, changes at the top occur suddenly when business is down and it’s believed that new blood is needed to bring it back up.
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Regulations and Government

Industry Continues Crusade against User Fees

General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) president and CEO Pete Bunce used the association’s annual industry review and market outlook briefing to

Aero India - Industrial Aerospace and Defence Exhibition

The Aero India airshow, held last month at its traditional venue of Yelahanka Air Force Station, located just outside the IT and business capital of Bangal

ABACE - Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition

The one unmistakable message that came out of this year’s Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (ABACE) is that business aviation in Asia is no

MEBA - Middle East Business Aviation

The Middle East Business Aviation (MEBA) conference and exhibition emphatically imposed itself on the international airshow calendar with a strong debut at
Safety

Nascar crews embrace SMS

After a Hendrick Motorsports King Air 200 crashed into Bull Mountain on Oct.
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Aircraft

C Series launch target slides to 2013

Bombardier appears no closer to a decision about whether to launch or scrub the nascent C Series program after president and COO Pierre Beaudoin revealed o
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Airports

WEF traffic portends capacity woes

The World Economic Forum (WEF), held every year in January at the alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland, attracts an impressive number of high-ranking politi
Maintenance and Modifications

JetStar owners irate about ADs

Lockheed Martin has recommended to the FAA that the agency upgrade to Airworthiness Directives a series of service bulletins developed over the past 18 mon