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Regulations and Government

Switzerland joins EASA

Switzerland officially joined the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on December 1.
Aircraft

Mustang approved for full-scale production

Cessna received the FAA production certificate for its new Citation Mustang very light jet on November 22, two-and-a-half months after type certification o
Charter & Fractional

Eco-friendly charter offered

Private jet passengers whose consciences are troubled by their jet’s contribution to global warming can now rest easier with the new CarbonNeutral option f
Airports

Tenuous peace between TEB users, neighbors

A November 27 town meeting about the effect of voluntary operational restrictions at Teterboro Airport raised questions about how long the cooperative spir
Safety

Big-iron pilots flood corporate market

Pilots of large-cabin jets who work as independent contractors complain that former airline pilots and young pilots willing to work for much less are under
Charter & Fractional

EJM Boasts Record Charter Revenues

NetJets subsidiary Executive Jet Management (EJM) told AIN last month it logged record revenues last year but declined to reveal a dollar number.
Airports

Small Airports Said To Be Ideal for WiFi

Sky-Nets, which offers free wireless Internet (WiFi) systems to FBOs, released the results of a survey of FBOs, assessing their level of WiFi adoption.
Regulations and Government

Helo Repair Firms and Owner Indicted

Garlick Helicopters and Double R Flying Service in Montana and their owner, Ronald Garlick, have been indicted on federal fraud charges in connection with
Regulations and Government

Advisory Is Not Child’s Play

New Advisory Circular AC 120-87A updates guidance on the use of child restraint seats (CRS) on aircraft.
Engines

P&WC Parts Center Opens in Amsterdam

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) opened a distribution center in Amsterdam, eliminating the need for many customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa to g
Airports

EMAS at Teterboro Gets Reflectors

After a second taxiing incident damaged the EMAS arrestor bed at the end of New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport Runway 6, the airport installed delineators to m
Aircraft

Airbus A380 Certified; can a BEHEMOTH bizliner be far behind?

Amid ceremonies December 12 in Toulouse, France, the Airbus A380 received joint type certification approvals from the FAA and the European Aviation Safety
Regulations and Government

FAA mum on age 60 rule changes

The aviation rulemaking committee (ARC) advising the FAA about whether airline pilots should be able to fly after reaching the agency’s mandatory retiremen

Embraer’s Phenomenal Forecast

Brazilian business jet and regional airline manufacturer Embraer estimates 11,115 business jets will be delivered over the next 10 years and that 2,500 to
Avionics

Beware False TCAS Alarms from…Ships

FAA Information for Operators 06005 (www.faa.gov/other_visit/
Avionics

TCAS Users Advised of Incorrect Response

Safety information about TCAS equipment and its use is now available in the form of a new FAA Safety Bulletin (www.faa.gov/and/and500/500/docs/TCAS_SAFETY_
Airports

Terminal Recovering from Conquest Hit

Menominee, Mich., Twin County Airport manager Tony Krysiak told AIN that on December 5 he saw Cessna 425 Conquest N425JP taxi in, turn left and crash into
Maintenance and Modifications

Tronair Tows the Line

Ground-support equipment maker Tronair acquired aircraft-towing company Jetporter and introduced a line of ground-support products designed specifically fo
Accidents

Citation Crash Lawsuit Settled

A wrongful-death lawsuit in connection with the Feb.
Maintenance and Modifications

Camp To Acquire Pre-owned Marketplace

Aircraft maintenance tracking service provider Camp Systems of Ronkonkoma, N.Y., entered a “definitive agreement” to acquire Aircraft Shopper Online, a Cor
FBOs

According to Tradition

The Palm Springs market has a new full-service FBO at Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport.
Aircraft

ACJ will fly shuttle service to Antarctica]

An Airbus Corporate Jetliner is about to get the chance to prove the value of its certification for flights into known icing conditions as it begins shuttl

RAA names McElroy’s successor

Former AOPA and Air Transport Association official Roger Cohen replaced Debby McElroy last month as the president of the Regional Airline Association (RAA)
Avionics

Barco views role on Apex as a ‘stepping stone’ into bizav

Add Belgium’s Barco to the list of companies interested in entering the market for business aircraft avionics.
Charter & Fractional

Flight crews get new offer from NetJets Europe

NetJets Europe (NJE) has offered its flight crew new onshore contracts and improved pay.
Accidents

Structural failure eyed in Grob crash

Structural failure appears to have caused the fatal crash of the second Grob SPn prototype near the company airfield in Tussenhausen-Mattsies, Germany, on
Accidents

ExcelAire pilots return home; Brazil bizav still feels the heat

Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino, the pilot and copilot of the ExcelAire Legacy 600 involved in a midair with a Boeing 737 operated by Brazil’s Gol on Septem
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Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier extends global network

Bombardier is boosting aircraft-on-ground (AOG) support in Europe with new operations in Germany and Austria.

Conklin & de Decker: Don’t be First To Buy New Design

According to David Wyndham, an owning partner of Orleans, Mass.-based aircraft cost data analyst Conklin & de Decker, there are five reasons why a buyer sh