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New rules will require transport aircraft manufactured after Oct.

Traditionally, the FAA has implemented a Special Traffic Management Program (STMP) for operations at NBAA Convention airports.

Part 135 operators and management entities will be affected by a proposed policy guidance involving wet leases, an arrangement in which an air carrier can

There is no question that ATC radar is expensive.

The FAA’s top-level Joint Resources Council (JRC) has called for the estimated cost of a nationwide, GPS-based, automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast

Piper’s new CEO, James Bass, said his company is still considering introducing a very light jet, telling AIN that it is an “important comp

As Sino Swearingen prepares to shift from flight-testing to full-scale production of the SJ30-2, it has also shifted the CEO title from company president C

Olivier de l’Estoile has resigned after serving as president of the French chapter of the European Business Aviation Association for four years.

Albuquerque, N.M.-based start-up manufacturer Eclipse Aviation said its six-month-old JetMatch program has “more than exceeded our expectations.” JetMatch

The mockup Embraer used to design the interiors for its very light jet (VLJ) and light jet (LJ) revealed a lack of room for the passengers’ feet.

Embraer reported it delivered eight Legacys in the first nine months of this year compared with five in the same period last year.

Spirit Wing Aviation of Edmund, Okla., said it now expects to receive STC approval for its $2.2 million SpiritLear–a re-engined Learjet 25–in the first qua

The FAA’s William J.

A University of North Dakota (UND) Cessna Citation II icing research aircraft made a successful deadstick landing near Beaver, Alaska, about 70 miles north

As the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) mounted a “national pilot alert” against the proposed permanent air defense identification zone (ADIZ)

Piaggio received EASA certification for the Avanti II, an upgraded version of the turboprop twin.

Bombardier once again has postponed a decision on its proposed C Series after failing to land an order for the 110- to 130-seat airliner before the company

Business aviation groups welcomed a letter from the FAA to the commissioner of internal revenue asking him to suspend implementation of new fuel tax rules

With input from NBAA, the FAA has taken steps it hopes will reduce air traffic congestion between the Northeast and Florida.

Three of the five Flight Options pilots who have been trying to organize the fractional pilot group under IBT Local 1108 (the same union that represents Ne

Gulfstream’s results for the first nine months of this year show double-digit improvements in net sales and operating earnings, as well as an increase in b

Few if any Mustang orders are for very light (VLJ) jet air-limo operators, and Cessna seems neither surprised nor alarmed.

A spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) told AIN its chairman, Anthony Coscia, would use “whatever means necessary,”

Embraer, which unveiled a new very light jet (VLJ) and a new light jet in May, sees a market for 2,515 VLJs between next year and 2015 and projects slightl

Look for a new single-engine jet to be unveiled at the NBAA Convention this month.

“We use the standard slot system like everyone else,” said a NetJets official in response to an AIN inquiry about how the frax operator gets slots u

Four years after their contract became “amendable,” the unionized NetJets pilots may finally have a new work agreement.

Former insurance competitors Aero Insurance and AirSure have merged to form what officials say is now the “largest general aviation insurance broker in the

How accurate are the NTSB’s published general aviation accident rate statistics and related data? Not accurate enough, according to the Safety Board.

Geoff Goodyear, president and CEO of Universal Helicopters Newfoundland, has received the 2005 Transport Canada Aviation Safety Award for his