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Recent Period Safest for Airlines in Modern History

Airline accident data shows safest three-month period in modern history.

January 5, 2012

Crashed Tour Helicopter Had Fresh MX

January 2, 2012

Accidents: January 2012

January 1, 2012

FAA Issues New Rule on Pilot Duty Time

The FAA on Wednesday announced a final rule on pilot flight duty and rest requirements.

December 21, 2011

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Turboprop Single Crashes on New Jersey Highway

December 20, 2011

Vegas Helicopter Tour Crash Kills Five

A Eurocopter AS350B2 registered to Sundance Helicopters crashed late yesterday afternoon during a twilight flight near Nevada’s Hoover Dam

December 8, 2011

Accidents: December 2011

Preliminary Reports

December 2, 2011

Southwest To Deploy Wireless Ground Communications

Southwest Airlines says it will be the first major airline to widely use a wireless ground support communications system.

November 30, 2011

Hendricks Says Private Jet’s Seat Broke Loose in Accident

Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports, yesterday said he sustained four broken ribs, a broken clavicle and a concussion when his seat broke loose

November 29, 2011

Avantair Avanti Veers Off Runway

Two Avantair pilots and two passengers suffered only minor injuries when their Piaggio Avanti P.180 went off the west side of Runway 18

Charter & Fractional

November 22, 2011

GPS Group to FCC: No Upper MSS Band for LightSquared

The Coalition to Save Our GPS sent a letter today to the FCC asking the agency to “promptly rule” that LightSquared be barred from

November 8, 2011

Business aircraft accidents, fatalities jump in first nine months of 2011

Accidents, fatalities jump in first nine months

November 3, 2011

Nascar Owner Involved in Runway Overrun

Rick Hendrick, owner of Nascar team Hendrick Motorsports, his wife, and the two crewmembers suffered minor injures when their Gulfstream G150 overran

November 1, 2011

NationAir Launches iPhone App

NationAir Aviation Insurance has debuted a free iPad/iPhone app.

October 10, 2011

Bizav Accidents Climb Considerably in First Nine Months

The number of accidents and fatalities for business jet and turboprop operations worldwide increased substantially in the first nine months

October 6, 2011

Accidents: October 2011

Preliminary Report: Chartered Jetliners Suffer Fatal Crashes Yakovlev Yak-42D, Yaroslavl, Russia, Sept.

October 4, 2011

Robinson Working With FAA On R44 “Mast-Rocking”

CEO Kurt Robinson said the company has been working with the FAA for “some time” to address concerns about “mast-rocking” or “chugging”

October 4, 2011

Sikorsky Charged with Hiding Documents in S-76 Crash Suit

Attorneys for offshore oil helicopter service operator PHI and an attorney representing the family of the lone crash survivor are accusing Sikorsky of supp

October 4, 2011

Citation 550, Taildragger Nearly Collide on Runway

A Cessna Citation 550 cleared a piston single taildragger by only 15 feet while the jet was taking off last week from Caruaru Airport, a non-tower airfiel

September 8, 2011

PHI Accuses Sikorsky of Hiding Crash Suit Evidence

Offshore oil helicopter service operator PHI is accusing Sikorsky of suppressing evidence related to the cause of a <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/news/

Regulations and Government

September 1, 2011

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