2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Gregory Polek

If it didn’t become immediately apparent when Boeing began alluding to time frames that implied a replacement of the 737 might not materialize until 2020, 

737 Improvement Plans Erase Thoughts of Early Replacement

Russia’s United Aircraft Corp.

Superjet To Make Airshow Debut, Flight of Third Aircraft Imminent

Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) has so far shed about 40 percent of the <link news/single-news-page/article/boeing-commercial-to-lay-off-4500-1/>4,500 jo

BCA Looks toward ‘Disciplined’ Recovery

The first A320 aircraft assembled outside Europe at the Airbus Final Assembly Line China (FALC) in <link news/single-news-page/article/airbus-opens-a320-li

First Tianjin-built A320 Flies as China Readies for Recovery

Boeing took a crucial step toward <link news/single-news-page/article/two-thirds-of-787-certification-completed-first-flight-planned-for-june/>first flight

Engines Running as First 787 Gets Set for Maiden Flight

Thierry Dubois

France-based Dassault is working to have ready for entry into service in 2020 technologies that would reduce Falcon business jet fuel burn by 40 percent fr

Dassault Seeks 40-percent Fuel Burn Cut by 2020

Chad Trautvetter

UBS Investment Research’s business jet survey released on Tuesday shows that the market index increased to 35 this month, the fourth consecutive move highe

UBS: Bizjet Market On Road To Stabilization

NBAA, EAA, AOPA, GAMA, NATA and the Airports Council International have come together to support an amendment penned by Rep.

GA Groups Hail Amendment To Limit TSA

A recent DOT Inspector General audit of the FAA aviation safety action program (ASAP) said the agency is not realizing the full benefits of the program.

FAA-Industry Safety Program Needs Work, DOT Says

Matt Thurber

Famed aircraft and spacecraft designer Burt Rutan was the first passenger on a JetSuite-brokered Embraer Phenom 100 Part 135 flight earlier this week to hi

JetSuite Launches Phenom 100 Operation in California

Cessna Aircraft last month delivered the 200th Citation Mustang, with the entry-level jet going to Honolulu-based Maritime Air Charters.

Citation Mustang Logs 200 Deliveries

AIN Staff

Even though the nation’s airlines are playing nice with general aviation over the contentious question of user fees, the Obama Administration has clearly s

User fees lose steam with Congress, ATA

Citing global aerospace industry challenges, Honda Aircraft last month announced that it is moving the projected first flight of a production-conforming Ho

HondaJet Program Delayed One Year

EVASWorldwide, distributor of the Emergency Vision Assurance System (EVAS), has finalized an agreement with Dassault Falcon to equip all of the manufacture

Falcon Demo Aircraft Equipped with EVAS

Van Nuys, Calif.-based Elite Aviation has filed a complaint in the Superior Court of California, Northwest District, accusing charter broker JetCardPlus an

Elite Aviation Files Lawsuit against Broker 

Dubai-based Project Phoenix planned to deliver its first executive-configured CRJ conversion to owner Ritz Pacific by the end of last month.

First Phoenix Exec CRJ Nears Delivery

Embraer’s Phenom 100 entry-level jet received EASA certification in late April.

Phenom 100 Gets EASA Approval, New Seats

David A. Lombardo

Salvaged aircraft parts can be a good deal or a dangerous one but members of AFRA–Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association, a non-profit industry association t

Firms Accredited To Give 2nd Life To Scrapped Aircraft

BizJet International, Lufthansa Technik’s Tulsa, Okla.-based U.S.

BizJet Begins Its First A318 Elite Completion

Greenwich AeroGroup has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Banner Aerospace Holding and its aviation subsidiaries.

Greenwich AeroGroup To Acquire Banner Aerospace

BBA Aviation’s engine repair and overhaul (ERO) group has expanded its international service support network with the opening of field service centers in J

BBA Opens Service Centers in South Africa, India

Curt Epstein

As a result of the slumping global economy, first-quarter business jet deliveries for 2009 paled in comparison to the same period in 2008, according to num

Business jet deliveries back to pre-2007 level

Referring to the foreign repair station oversight language in the House FAA reauthorization bill (H.R.915) that passed last Thursday, William Voss, preside

FSF Weighs in on Foreign Repair Station Performance

The long-awaited auction of the assets of bankrupt Eclipse Aviation could occur on June 24, according to Mike Press, owner of Eclipse 500 S/N 004 and presi

Eclipse Asset Auction One Month Away?

The pilots of the Colgan Air Bombardier Q400 that crashed on February 12 outside Buffalo, killing 50 people, did not observe the so-called sterile cockpit 

NTSB scrutinizes pilots in Colgan Q400 crash probe

John Sheridan

GPS service is in danger of severe erosion, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

GAO report: GPS services could deteriorate after 2010

The method that the FAA used to shut down air ambulance operator Air Trek of Punta Gorda, Fla., essentially turned into a de facto revocation of the compan

Associations contest FAA’s revocation of Air Trek AOC

On Thursday, the board of the U.S.

Cessna, Bell Get Export Financing Help

With the House Energy and Commerce Committee mulling its 900-plus-page climate change bill, the Helicopter Association International is warning operators t

HAI Warns About ‘Costly’ Emissions Schemes

The crash of a Beechcraft King Air 350 on approach to a private airfield near the beach resort of Trancoso in northeast Brazil on Friday killed the airplan

Banker’s Family Perishes in Brazil King Air Crash

The Senate on Thursday night confirmed former Air Line Pilots Association president Randy Babbitt as the next FAA Administrator for a five-year term.

Babbitt Lands Top FAA Job; Obama Names NASA Choice

Dassault received EASA certification for its Falcon 2000LX on April 23, followed by FAA certification seven days later.

EASA, FAA approve 2000LX with winglets

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner hosted Embraer executive vice president Mauro Kern yesterday at the Argentine Presidential Palace during

Embraer To Sell 20 E190s to Argentina

The FAA has proposed leveling a $1.3 million fine on Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Gulfstream International Airlines for improper scheduling of flight crew d

FAA Proposes $1.3 Million Civil Penalty for Gulfstream International Airlines 

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee voted unanimously yesterday to recommend that the full Senate confirm former Air Line Pilots Asso

Babbitt One Step Away From Top FAA Job

French startup company Price Induction is studying an engine with a two-stage contra-rotating fan as a way to reduce fuel burn on very light jets.

Price Induction Studying Contra-rotating Turbofan

The 2010 budget proposal for the FAA released earlier this month by the White House makes it obvious that President Obama wants a fundamental change in fun

Aviation User Fees Rear Ugly Head Again

A provision that would establish a general aviation working group to advise the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on GA security issues is conta

TSA Bill Creates GA Security Working Group

“The business jet industry is no longer careening off a cliff; it’s just bouncing off the rocks below,” according to Brian Foley, president of business avi

Worst Is Behind Bizjet Industry, Says Consultant

Millville Jet Center’s financial predicament is making news for the second time since last November.

Millville Jet Center Financial Woes Deepen

Section 303 of the FAA Reauthorization Act (H.R.915), which comes up for a vote this week in the House, would require inspection of all foreign Part 145 ce

House Bill Could Make EASA Certification Unaffordable

According to letters sent to the Texas Workforce Commission, Gulfstream Aerospace is laying off 219 Dallas-based employees.

Gulfstream To Lay Off Another 219 Employees

Lufthansa Technik and U.S.

Lufthansa Technik and eJet Services Offer CRJ Support

Dassault Falcon recently hosted the first Falcon e-Forum, an Internet-based seminar designed to provide Falcon operators with an exchange of information an

Dassault Launches Falcon Online Seminar Series

Clearwater, Fla.-based fractional provider Avantair reported another quarter of positive EBITA profits in a difficult economic environment, clearly putting

Avantair Logs Profit Despite Economic Turbulence

On Friday, the City of Santa Monica’s longstanding effort to ban category C and D aircraft from operating into Santa Monica Airport was again blocked, this

Santa Monica Ban Blocked; Van Nuys Phasing Out?

A Transportation Security Administration directive mandating badging at airports serving commercial air carriers is scheduled to go into effect June 1.

TSA Airport Security Badging 12 Days Away

“The pre-owned business jet market isn’t tanking or upside down; it just returned to normalcy,” noted Dennis Rousseau, a 25-year business aviation veteran 

Pre-owned Bizjet Market Finds a New Normal

The Teal Group’s recently released 19th annual Business Jet Overview indicates that business aircraft have been hit harder by the economic crisis than any 

Teal: Business Aircraft Deliveries To Recover in 2012

Ian Goold

EADS Airbus Military hopes that by the Paris Air Show next month launch customers Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, Turkey and the UK will compl

A400M Customers Review Program Commitment 

Chris Pocock

The Italian Army confirmed that it is buying 16 Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters in a co-production deal with AgustaWestland that is worth appr

Italy Signs for Boeing CH-47F Chinooks

Boeing is making further improvements to the F/A-18E/F, and evaluating a more powerful version of the Super Hornet’s GE F414 powerplants.

Boeing Pushes F/A-18 Developments

The stealthy, jet-powered version of the <link news/single-news-page/article/pentagons-budget-review-boosts-uavs-drops-f-22-vh-71-and-csar-x/ _blank>Predat

GA-ASI Unveils Stealthy Predator UAV

Although the Pentagon last month declared that it was increasing the early production tempo of the F-35, the decision to buy 30 aircraft next year does not

Debate Continues over Cost, Schedule of Early F-35s 

Although business aircraft flight activity in April declined 18.8 percent year-over-year, it was down just 1.86 percent compared with March, according to A

Bizav Flight Activity Stabilizing, ARG/US Data Shows 

Charles Alcock

The change in mood within the business aviation industry since the EBACE show last year truly beggars belief.

EBACE Attendance Defies Economic Gravity

Bombardier told <strong>AIN</strong> yesterday at EBACE that development of the “clean sheet” all-composite Bombardier Learjet 85 continues on track for en

No Slowdown for Learjet 85 Program

In Hawker Beechcraft’s (HBC) 10-Q quarterly report that was released last week, the Wichita-based company revealed that it is engaged in a dispute with Air

Airbus Seeking Arbitration in Hawker Beech Dispute 

NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen yesterday testified during a Senate aviation subcommittee hearing on FAA reauthorization that the general aviation communit

NBAA Steadfastly Behind NextGen, Fuel Tax Increases 

A Beechcraft Premier IA set a speed record flying from Hawker Beechcraft’s facility in Chester, UK, to Geneva in one hour, 13 minutes and 30 seconds with a

Beech Premier IA Sets Speed Record

Business aviation is currently facing numerous challenges, but Gulfstream officials speaking this week at EBACE remained upbeat.

Glass Half Full, Says Gulfstream Aerospace Chief

Elbit (Booth No.

Elbit Launches New Series of Slim Displays

Abu Dhabi-based executive charter operator Prestige Jet this week became the latest business aviation company to sign up as an exhibitor at the new Bahrain

Next Stop: Bahrain

Stephen Pope

Jet Aviation president Peter Edwards said it’s still too early “to call the market bottom,” but he pointed to positive signs emanating from nearly all corn

Jet Aviation chief: worst appears over

Snecma launched the Silvercrest core-engine demonstrator program in 2006, built the engine in 2007 and successfully completed testing of it in March 2008.

Silvercrest still seeking an airframe to hang on

Europe’s FBOs are feeling the financial pinch as business aviation traffic dips in response to the continuing economic crisis.

European FBOs

EADS expects its Airbus unit to capture new gross orders for up to 300 aircraft this year, “even if it is becoming more challenging in the current market e

EADS Projects Orders for 300 Airbus Aircraft This Year

Charter/management company ExcelAire announced Tuesday that it has added a 13-seat Gulfstream GIV-SP to its fleet, bringing the company’s Gulfstream invent

ExcelAire adds GIV-SP to its stable

Looking back on European business aviation’s boom years of 2004 to 2008, new figures from the European General Aviation Manufacturers Association (EGAMA) s

EGAMA: planemakers unite in EU

The second half of this year will mark “significant certification testing milestones” for the GE Honda Aero Engines HF120, the turbofan that will power bot

GE Honda Readies HF120 for Certification Tests

Embraer announced this week at EBACE that its Legacy 450 and 500 midsize jet programs are proceeding on pace, having completed the joint definition phase t

Embraer Going Full Throttle on Legacy 450, 500 Programs

Honeywell Aerospace is gearing up for biofuel tests on its APUs and engines this summer in a bid to stay ahead of the alternative fuel push.

Honeywell To Test Biofuel in APUs, Engines this Summer

Jet Aviation (Booth No.

Jet Aviation Restructures MRO Sales Organization

The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) is promoting Eurocontrol’s Pagoda as the best tool for business aviation operators to meet the monitoring

EBAA Promotes Pagoda as the Best Tool

It is the perception of business aviation as a luxurious form of travel that has put a target on the industry’s back, EBAA chairman Brian Humphries said to

Bizav Must Portray Right Image, Stand Firm in Fight

ARG/US International has announced acceptance of the International Standards for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) to meet the audit requirements of it

ARG/US Accepts IS-BAO

Project Phoenix, the Dubai-based entity behind the Phoenix 200 executive VIP conversion of Bombardier CRJ200 airliners, has enlisted Spectrum Aeromed of th

Project Phoenix Takes Band-Aid Approach

Thomas Stocker

A man who has witnessed just about every step of business aviation’s development over the past four decades finally began a very well earned retirement ear

Zelouf leaves big legacy at Jet Aviation

Avolus, which bills itself as a provider of fully integrated luxury travel, announced plans to expand its reach in Europe, Russia, the CIS, Eastern Europe 

Avolus Expands Europe, ME Reach

Associated Air Center, a subsidiary of StandardAero, has completed the necessary modifications for compliance with the Federal Aviation Administration’s SF

StandardAero Gets BBJ Mod Approval

Embraer has named Nayak Aircraft Services in Cologne, Germany, an authorized service center.

Embraer Taps Nayak as Service Center

328 Support Services announced the sale of two 328Jets to a Middle Eastern customer.

328 Support Logs Middle Eastern Sale 

Forty of FlightSafety International’s full flight simulators located at 15 learning centers in North America have been qualified under the EASA flight simu

FSI gets slew of EASA sim approvals

Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) announced here this week the delivery of the first European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certified piston singles and twins to ent

EASA-approved Beech pistons hit Euro scene

The organizers of the biennial Farnborough International Air Show announced several improvements for the next edition, scheduled to take place July 19 to 2

More networking, site services to strengthen F’boro airshow

Business aviation flight services provider Arinc Direct has started offering electronic APIS (advanced passenger information system) reports for flights ar

Arinc Direct Now Offers eAPIS Filing

StandardAero has entered into an agreement with Cessna Aircraft to support the global Citation service center network.

Cessna, StandardAero Sign Service Agreement

The FAA has withdrawn a <link http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-10638.htm _blank>Notice of Proposed Rule Making</link> to revise the system of ratings 

FAA Withdraws Proposed Repair Station Rule

Dassault Falcon recently hosted its first Falcon E-Forum.

Dassault Launches “Falcon E-Forum” Online Seminar 

Gulfstream Aerospace added another European parts distribution center to its product support network.

Gulfstream Establishes Another European Parts Center

Hawker Beechcraft has added Germany-based Aerodata at Braunschweig (BWE) Airport to its network of authorized service centers.

Hawker Beechcraft Expands Despite Tight Economy

Last September 1, a Convair CV-580 (N587X) operated by Air Tahoma crashed while attempting to return to Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK) in Columbu

Crashed CV-580 Had Reversed Elevator Trim Cables

Avions de Transport Régional (ATR) has quietly launched an executive version of its ATR 42 and 72 regional airliners.

ATR puts on the style

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Bizav bites back in bogus class war  

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