Cleveland-based fractional provider Flight Options this morning launched Fractional First, which it describes as a âpurchase and use program designed to de
A recent notice sent to Honeywell GNS-XLS owners confirmed what many had suspected all along: due to hardware limitations, the flight management system wil
Raytheon Aircraft has provided operators of the Beechjet/Hawker 400XP with revised airplane flight manual (AFM) pages on the use of engine anti-icing proce
General aviation operators at New York La Guardia Airport who are waiting eagerly for the expiration next January 1 of the reservation and slot program und
Lockheed Martin is expected soon to make a surprise announcement about its bid for the FAA's forthcoming ADS-B contract, said to be valued at around $2 bil
In a letter to the Office of Management and Budget this week, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) requested the agency's intervention to ens
Remarkably, the two pilots and three passengers on a NetJets Hawker 800XP (N879QS) and the pilot of a Schleicher sailplane escaped serious injury when the
In the aftermath of four dual flameouts involving P&WC JT15D-powered Beechjets, the NTSB on Friday issued an urgent recommendation to help prevent furt
A long-awaited interim final rule will be published in the next day or two extending through at least April 2008 the FAAâs mandated flight-reduction progra
Citation modification specialist Sierra Industries last week received an STC for its Stallion conversion, a Citation 500/501 powered by Williams FJ44-2A tu
The FAA has granted, with conditions, Raytheon Aircraftâs request that the Hawker 4000 be temporarily exempted from having to meet certain Part 25 fuel tan
In what it said is âpart of our transition to full electronic distribution of ADs and Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins,â the FAA today began imp
A long-awaited interim final rule will be published in the next day or two extending through at least April 2008 the FAAâs mandated flight-reduction progra
It didnât take long for Iridium resellers to start targeting MagnaStar customers after service provider Verizon Airfone announced plans to exit the general
On Friday, Taiwanese-backed Sino Swearingen furloughed 100 production-line workers at its San Antonio final assembly plant for the SJ30 light jet, as well
Boeingâs plans to shut down its Connexion satellite Internet service after failure to turn a profit in six years of operation put a damper on what should h
The UK Department for Transport expects to publish next month the long-awaited findings of its proposal to set restrictions for foreign-registered aircraft
"Business aviation should support the shift to user fees," urged Reason Foundation director of transportation studies Robert Poole, "if it is part of a com
As recently as four years ago, some observers openly questioned whether Bombardierâs Flexjet fractional ownership operation would still be around in 2006.
Canada's private, user-fee-based ATC systemâNav Canadaâbelieves that general aviation operators are double-charged for use of Canada's aviation infrastruct