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Rotorcraft

AB139 Production Shifts Up

Following the first Bell/Agusta AB139 delivery to Helilario, production is now ramping up to meet deliveries to international customers later this year.
Rotorcraft

Russian Firm Fights Fires in S. Africa

Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia-based UTair is supporting South Africa’s summer aerial firefighting campaign, under a new contract awarded by the national forest f
Charter & Fractional

Charter firm ABC Táxi Aéreo considers fleet expansion

While last year was a positive turning point for many of Brazil’s business aviation firms, some companies have been mostly unaffected by the rolling econom
Regulations and Government

Brazilian government may approve Civil Aviation Authority this year

Nearly six years after the creation of a civilian-run aviation agency was first proposed, Brazil’s civil aviation authority, Agência Nacional de Aviação Ci
Rotorcraft

New Rotorcraft 2004

The past 12 months have not been the most thrilling, it has to be said, for anyone on the lookout for new Western helicopters.

São Paulo hosts third annual LABACE show

The Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (LABACE) returns to São Paulo, Brazil, for the third annual staging of this groundbreaking eve
Aircraft

Embraer considers developing new aircraft for bizav

Embraer’s corporate aviation division is preparing to present the business case for one or more new aircraft programs, with the hope of getting a developme
Charter & Fractional

Business Aviation in Latin America

Latin America’s vast, varied geography cries out for business aviation, with key areas of economic activity separated by jungle, mountains and prairies.

Few certainties attached to Air Canada regional jet plans

In a scenario all too familiar since the advent of the regional jet age, the pilots of Air Canada and its regional airline subsidiary, Air Canada Jazz, cou
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In three years, RJs dominate scene

New airline industry statistics released last month by the office of DOT inspector general Kenneth Mead revealed that regional jets now account for one-qua

Latin American bizav market continues slow, steady growth

Latin America’s business jet fleet has seen modest growth over the past 12 months, but it has still not achieved any substantial increase over the past dec

SkyEurope looks to put fresh face on low fares

In November, when SkyEurope began serving London and Paris from Budapest, Hungarian media mocked the carrier as fapados, meaning wooden bench–the painfully
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Charter & Fractional

Bombardier’s Skyjet program goes global

Bombardier has launched Skyjet International as a global network of fixed-rate executive charter services spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East a
Regulations and Government

TSA mute on who wanted $20.8M for D.C. ADS-Bs

Ten days before the January 20 Presidential inauguration, the FAA issued a six-page national security flight advisory describing airspace restrictions surr

Ambiguity at US Air begs for answers about Embraer 170s

Hopes for a first-quarter launch of US Airways’ MidAtlantic division dimmed to a flicker last month as pilots continued their dispute over payscales for ne
Aircraft

Saab 2000 Returns to Lugano

Swiss International Air Lines may again fly its Saab 2000 turboprops into Switzerland’s Lugano Airport under a new indirect IFR approach procedure proposed

Mesaba Narrowly Averts Strike

Mesaba Airlines and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) reached a tentative agreement on a new contract last month for the airline’s 844 pilots, avertin

US Air Threatens Allegheny Closure

US Airways last month demanded a “forthcoming” agreement on merger terms between employee groups of wholly owned subsidiaries Piedmont and Allegheny Airlin

United Shifts Gears To Replace ACA

United Airlines wasted no time implementing contingency plans to replace services provided by soon-to-be estranged partner Atlantic Coast Airlines after a

Stillborn REGCO Sues Toronto

Would-be Toronto City Center Airport tenant Regional Airlines Holding Co.
Regulations and Government

FAA bites $600 million bullet, orders more WAAS satellites

While the FAA’s current WAAS network offers equipped users with improved GPS performance across the continental U.S.
Airports

Future of Berlin Tempelhof Still Highly Uncertain

Operators at Berlin Tempelhof airport last month challenged a local court recommendation that offered only to postpone closure of the downtown airport by a
ATC

Controllers Claim Losses Exceeding New Hires

Although the FAA needs to hire 11,800 new controllers through Fiscal Year 2015 to replace retirees and other vacancies, the National Air Traffic Controller
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completion Center Closes after Two-year Struggle

When founder Dale Dunn announced the formation of DunnAir Business Jet Completion Center in Tucson, Ariz., in 2004, the expectation was that it would emplo
Engines

STC Awarded for Falcon 50 Engine Upgrade

Premier Aircraft of East Alton, Ill., received an STC for its engine upgrade program for the Falcon 50, expected to result in improved performance and bett
Accidents

NTSB Debunks Ice-bridging Hypothesis

The NTSB’s debunking of the ice-bridging hypothesis in the conclusions of its investigation of the Feb.
Avionics

Piper picks Avidyne’s Entegra for its Saratoga and 6X singles

After taking a close look at all of the glass flight decks available on the market, Piper has selected Avidyne’s FlightMax Entegra integrated cockpit for i
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Avionics

Thales taps business aircraft market with Top Deck cockpit

Thales Avionics is in the final development phase of a new avionics suite, dubbed Top Deck, for regional and large business jets.
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ATC

Iridium may serve as ADS-B backup in Alaska

The FAA’s Alaska Region this year will assess the suitability of a communications satellite system with an unusual history to supplement its Capstone autom
ATC

Will ADS-B be the next big FAA equipment mandate?

When the idea was initially being explored a number of years ago, FAA planners saw a use for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) only in Ala