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Maintenance and Modifications

ABC Taxi Aéreo expands into jet maintenance

ABC Taxi Aéreo, the executive jet service controlled by Brazilian industrial conglomerate Algar, recently acquired Belo Horizonte-based jet maintenance com
Maintenance and Modifications

Streamlining the Technician Hiring Process

Kevin Dawson, director of human resources for Sabreliner-Midcoast in St.
Safety

Three ‘As’ of Hiring

Some employers look for experience when interviewing a candidate; all they care about is a proven track record.
Safety

The Maintenance Picture

“According to NTSB records, the number-one cause of accidents resulting from an aircraft mechanic making a mistake is failure to follow procedures,” noted
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Safety

Performance software is ready for new technology

The UK’s Maestro Aviation has started delivering its aircraft performance and operations procedures software to corporate flight departments, including tha
Safety

Flexjet crew aids in rescue of downed Bonanza in Baja

Thanks to the efforts of a Flexjet Learjet 31 crew, a former airline pilot and his three passengers were spared spending a cold February evening outdoors a
Safety

Gulf Operators Count the Cost

Inspectors waded through flooded refineries and helicopters passed over wounded drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico early last month, as oil companies stru
Rotorcraft

Fire Stallion project suffers setback

Heavy Lift Helicopters is close to finalizing the design of the tank system for its ex-U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Brazil's Helipark Will Provide Bell Maintenance

Brazilian executive aviation company TAM (Táxi Aéreo Marília) has selected Helipark as its authorized maintenance provider for Bells.
Rotorcraft

Airlift Takes First of Six Agustas

Airlift Northwest, based in Seattle, has taken delivery of two A109 Power EMS helicopters, with four Agusta Grands to follow.

Airlift Northw
Rotorcraft

Spanish Operator Invests in Simulator

Helicopteros del Sureste (HSE) has ordered a cueSim Bell 412 flight training device (FTD).
Rotorcraft

Blind Landing in the Works

A new landing-aid sensor under development in Australia may enable helicopters to land in conditions that cannot currently be attempted.

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Rotorcraft

Bell Picks Chelton

Bell Helicopter has selected Chelton Flight Systems to provide a synthetic-vision EFIS cockpit for the 407 program.
Safety

Corporates Take Care of Their Own

Although the desperate situation in New Orleans has garnered most of the media attention, Hurricane Katrina cut a swath of destruction far to the north of
Safety

HAI urges FAA to step up Gulf safety initiative

The Helicopter Association International (HAI) has appealed to FAA Administrator Marion Blakey to further collaborate with the industry to improve communic
Rotorcraft

Civil helicopters provide support to the Gulf Coast

The TV news might have focused on the contributions of military rotary-wing aircraft– notably hoist-fitted UH-60 Black Hawks from the National Guard and Ja

ERA warns of EASA's cash crunch

Two years on from the creation of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the ERA remains worried about that new agency’s cash flow problems.
ATC

ERA Takes Direct Role in Sesame Project

The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) will help manage the two-year definition phase of the Sesame Single European Sky implementation program as p

Regional Traffic Recovery Climbs Higher

Traffic recovery continued to accelerate during the first half of the year, according o the latest statistics from the ERA.

Wrong Fuel Gauge in Doomed ATR

Accident investigators have determined that Tunisian mechanics replaced a faulty fuel gauge in the ATR 72 that crashed off the northeast coast of Sicily on

SAS Commuter gone in name, but not in effect

As the industry gathers in Gothenburg for this year’s general assembly, the ERA will certainly lament the absence of one of its stalwart airline members fr
Aircraft

New Regional Aircraft: East plays catch-up in race for RJ prominence

Antonov: An-148–The only aircraft program ever launched in the former Soviet Union without direct public funding continues its march toward C

Last turboprop at Swiss marks end of an era

The company that launched the Saab 340 into prominence in Europe will soon bow out of the turboprop flying business altogether, when Swiss International Ai

Regional upstarts lead Swiss recovery

Switzerland’s long ambulatory regional airline business finally appears headed toward recovery, having registered an increase in passenger boardings for th

UK regionals proving that less is more

Throughout the world established airlines struggle to compete against start-up operators employing bare-bones business models or serving niche business mar

Results define Gothenburg’s home-grown airline

Circumstances have certainly done few favors for the 2005 ERA General Assembly’s hometown airline.

Airlines can’t just write off ‘fairy tales’ authored by EC

With fuel prices in a steep ascent, do airlines need further inducements from regulators to burn less jet-A? No, says the European Regions Airline Associat
Avionics

Avionics Upgrade STCed for Citation 501, Falcon 200

Rockwell Collins avionics upgrades are now available for Citation 501s, including the Williams International FJ44-powered Eagle II Citation 501s.
Aircraft

Eclipse takes delivery of first flight-ready autopilot for VLJ

Marking an important milestone on the Eclipse 500’s development path, Meggitt last month delivered the first flight-ready autopilot hardware to Eclipse Avi

Eight months in, RVSM approvals slow to a trickle

More than eight months after the start of reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) in North America, about 70 percent of U.S.-registered business aircra