November 2009

Harrods Luton Restores Immigration Checks

By Chad Trautvetter

Harrods Aviation has made special arrangements with the UK Border Agency (UKBA) for passengers and crew to complete immigration procedures at its London Luton Airport FBO. The move follows a UKBA decision earlier this year not to continue the previously standing practice of allowing business aircraft operators to use the pre-clearance procedure, thereby avoiding the inconvenience of requiring pass more

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SmartPath Landing System Approved by FAA

By Chad Trautvetter

Honeywell’s SmartPath precision-landing system recently became the only ground-based augmentation system (GBAS) to receive FAA approval. GBAS monitors GPS signals to detect errors and augment accuracy by transmitting correction messages to aircraft, providing precision-approach guidance to all qualifying runways at an airport. Aircraft must be specially equipped to use GBAS since current onboard more

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Rockwell Collins: Market To Bottom in 2010

By Chad Trautvetter

Deliveries of turbine-powered business airplanes will continue to fall through the end of next year before beginning a slow but steady recovery in 2011, according to a market forecast released by avionics maker Rockwell Collins. The outlook projects that around 600 turbine business airplanes will roll out of factories next year, with the market remaining relatively flat in 2011 and 2012 before reb more

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Embraer unveils Legacy 650

By Kirby J. Harrison

Looking ahead to an economic recovery, and to fulfilling its stated intention to become a major player in the business aviation industry, Embraer provided one of
the surprises at the NBAA Convention last month by introducing a new business jet–the large-cabin Legacy 650.

Embraer v-p of market intelligence Claudio Camelier told AIN that this latest addition to the Embraer Executi more

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With G3000, Garmin brings touchscreens to flight deck

By Stephen Pope

Garmin caused the biggest stir at last month’s NBAA Convention by unveiling the G3000 integrated avionics system, a follow-on to the G1000 cockpit that will change the way pilots fly by introducing touchscreen technology for accessing nearly all the functions normally controlled with myriad buttons and dials.

Intended for the upper echelon of the Part 23 business aircraft market, the more

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Special Report: Charter Meltdown

The charter segment has been hit particularly hard during this downturn, as the number of flights dropped drastically from year-ago levels. Flight activity has recently begun to show minor increases, but in many cases the downturn has shone a light on other challenges with which the industry must contend.

'Special Report: Cha more

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Study: bizjets boost firms’ performance

By Paul Lowe

At a time when some see business aviation as an unnecessary extravagance, a new study sponsored by NBAA, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association and others has concluded that over a broad range of uses, business aircraft can materially benefit shareholders.
“Evidence of the value provided by business aircraft use can be seen in remarkably consistent correlations in the aggregate pe more

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ABACE Is Back on NBAA Schedule

By Matt Thurber

NBAA will again host the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE), on January 18 and 19, 2011. The recession prompted the association to cancel the ABACE show that was to have been held earlier this year in February. At the time of the cancellation last December, NBAA said that it “remains committed to business aviation in Asia, and we intend to resume production of ABACE as s more

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San Diego project might cause taxi delays

By Matt Thurber

San Diego International Airport has begun a major reconstruction project on Taxiway Charlie, which will affect access to the airport’s sole FBO, Landmark Aviation. According to Mark Hander in the airport’s operations office, “During the construction period [September 2009 to April 2010], general aviation/corporate aircraft may experience taxi delays to the FBO ramp along with limited long-te more

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Million Air buys former Hawker Beech Indy FBO

By Matt Thurber

Million Air has purchased one of Signature Flight Support’s two FBOs at Indianapolis International Airport. After Signature bought seven FBOs from Hawker Beechcraft last year, the U.S. more

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