2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Thierry Dubois

Donaldson’s Aerospace Filtration Systems (AFS) unit has received supplemental type certificate approval from the FAA for an inlet barrier filter (IBF) syst

Rotorcraft Update: IBF System Approved for AW139

David A. Lombardo

MU-2 operators and maintenance facilities now have a formal training program available through SimCom Training Centers.

Hot section: SIMCOM offers Mx trainingfor mitsubishi Mu-2

Jet Aviation has signed a service center agreement with Jet Support Services (JSSI) to provide scheduled and unscheduled maintenance services and to supply

Hot section: JSSI and Jet Aviation sign service center agreement

The southeast U.S.

Hot section: West Star expands MX service to Southeast U.S.

Munich, Germany-based 328 Support Services has received FAA repair station status for its Dornier 328 executive conversion work.

Hot section: 328 support services gets FAA repair station approval

A CFM56-7B powering a Boeing Next-Generation 737 for German holiday airline TUIfly has logged more than 40,000 hours on wing without a single removal, sett

Hot section: Good news for BBJ operators

Crownair Aviation at Montgomery Field (MYF) in San Diego is improving and expanding its maintenance and FBO facilities in preparation for the economic turn

Hot section MRO profile: Crownair Aviation

John Goglia

One year’s end always gets me thinking about the past 12 months and my hopes for the year to come.

Hot section Torqued: Lessons for 2010

Robinson Helicopter vice president Kurt Robinson last month said the market for his company’s piston-engine helicopters has improved substantially from ear

Rotorcraft Update: Robinson Sees Rebound

Russian Helicopters and Uzbekistan’s Uzrosavia last month in Moscow signed an agreement to cooperate on the maintenance of Russian-built rotorcraft.

Rotorcraft Update: Russian Helicopters Expands in Iran, Uzbekistan 

American Eurocopter recently received level-D certification and is now authorized to repair and overhaul tailbooms and stabilizers for the EC 135.

Rotorcraft Update: American Eurocopter Gains Level-D Approval

Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise, one of the companies in holding firm Russian Helicopters, has completed a phase of tests with a Turbomeca-powered 

Rotorcraft Update: Kamov Ka-226T in Flight Tests

Eurocopter and equipment and service specialist Daher last month broke ground on a logistic center that is to open in the third quarter in Marignane.

Rotorcratf Update: Eurocopter, Daher Break Ground on Logistic Center

Eurocopter is offering a low-cost and lightweight flight data monitoring system for light helicopters.

Vision 1000 added to Eurocopter’s light helos

Mark Huber

At hearings last month members of the Senate Aviation Operations subcommittee pressured FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt to speed the agency’s rewrite of re

Alertness management coming soon for HEMS

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is changing its voluntary operational evaluations to mandatory operational suitability (OS) approvals for new ai

Operational evaluations to be required in Europe

Curt Epstein

Hawker Beechcraft King Air B100, Corpus Christi, Texas, Oct.

Preliminary report: King Air downed in severe weather

Eurocopter AS 350BA, Doyle, Calif., Nov.

Preliminary report: MEDEVAC crash fatal for pilot, crew

Bell 206L-1, Gulf of Mexico, Nov.

Preliminary report: Longranger makes watery landing

Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200, Greer, S.C., Nov.

Preliminary report: King Air crashes on test flight

Hawker Beechcraft C99, Show Low, Ariz., Nov.

Preliminary report: Pilot lands after bird shatters windshield

Bombardier Learjet 55, Casper, Wyo., March.

Factual report: Aborted takeoff damages Learjet

Eurocopter AS 350B2, Loreto, Peru, Oct.

Factual reports: Helicopter loses engine on landing

Bell 206, Gumboro Township, Del., Aug.

Factual report: Jetranger slips off paltform

Twin Commander 690C, Wray, Colo., Jan.

Final report: Pilot missteps doomed twin commander

AIN Staff

Two-term Arizona governor Janet Napolitano became the third secretary of Homeland Security last January 21, replacing Michael Chertoff as head of the massi

Handoff - DHS: Michael Chertoff to Janet Napolitano

Stephen Pope

By anybody’s measure, the last year has been a big one for Aircell.

Passengers rave about Aircell’s 3G Internet

Former Air Line Pilots Association president Randy Babbitt was confirmed for a five-year term as FAA Administrator on May 21, taking the reins from acting 

Handoff - FAA: Robert Sturgell to  Lynn Osmus to Randy Babbitt

It’s official: Garmin can now add to its list of avionics specialties the coveted title of TCAS maker.

Garmin adds TCAS, TAS  to its portfolio

NTSB sitting member Deborah Hersman was sworn in as the 12th chairman of the NTSB at the end of July, taking over from acting chairman Mark Rosenker, who h

Handoff - NTSB: Mark Rosenker to Deborah Hersman

Despite his role in the impeachment of President Clinton and support for Sen.

 Handoff - DOT: Mary Peters to Ray LaHood

Handoff - Boeing Business Jets: Steven Hill to Stephen Taylor

Rarely does the chief pilot of an OEM become the president, but it happened at Boeing Business Jets last year when Steve Taylor took over from Steve Hill, 

Matt Thurber

Under new president Michael Scheeringa, who took over from Bruce Van Allen early this year, Signature Flight Support has <link news/single-news-page/articl

Handoff - Signature: Bruce Van Allen to Michael Scheeringa

Certain head-up guidance systems produced by Rockwell Collins can now be used to fly to lower Category I ILS approach minimums after the company last month

Collins HGS Approved for Lower Cat I Minimums

CRS Jet Spares has increased its overall line item inventory level by 33 percent this year, despite the economy, according to founder and CEO Armando Leigh

Hot section: CRS Jet spares increases inventory

The FAA last month issued an STC applicable to the King Air series for Universal Avionics’ new cockpit voice recorder, which is part of a lineup of five mo

Universal CVFDR Gains TSO, STC Approvals

Arinc last month completed the first integration and testing of an eXchange/SkyLink broadband Internet system aboard a Boeing Business Jet.

Arinc Adds SkyLink/eXchange Connection to BBJ

New rules governing flight- and duty-time limitations and rest requirements for Part 121 pilots are still a work in progress, according to FAA associate ad

FAA falls short on promise to expedite duty-time rules

Honeywell’s Bendix/King division released its newest <link news/single-news-page/article/honeywell-adds-ace-efb-to-av8or-handheld-line/ _blank>AV8OR Ace po

Newest AV8OR gives users a bigger screen and more data

In September, Tim Mahoney succeeded Rob Gillette as president and CEO of Honeywell’s aerospace division.

Handoff - Honeywell: Rob Gillette to Tim Mahoney

As expected, the recession has taken a toll on aircraft manufacturers and would-be manufacturers.

In the works: Looking to the future, OEMs continue aircraft development

Nigel Moll

When Capt.

Newsmakers 2009: Sully’s Splashdown: A story of redemption for pilots

Andrew Wood

For years the world’s aviation authorities have been preparing for the transition to a re-imagined operating environment where an array of new technologies

The Future of Global Navigation

Savannah Air Center will change its name to Midcoast Aviation effective January 1.

Hot section: Savannah Air Center renamed Midcoast Aviation

Bombardier Aerospace has enhanced its customer support for business aircraft operators in the Middle East with the expansion of its Mobile Response

Hot section: Bombardier boosts support in the Midddle East

Air Works, which claims to be India’s largest independent maintenance provider, has become the first in the country to complete certification by the Europe

Hot section: Air Works first to recieve EASA approval in India

Distributor agreements have been signed in the U.S., Europe and Australia by Blackhawk Modifications.

Hot section: Blackhawk modifications expands distributor network

GE Aviation has named Laura Schreibeis customer support director for business and general aviation.

Hot section: Schreibeis appiionted GE bizav customer support director

Business aircraft operators have a new choice in the Baltimore/Washington area now that Skytech has opened its 10,000-sq-ft service facility.

Hot section: Skytech opens facility at Baltimore/Washington

While the setbacks suffered by the business aviation industry over the past year or so have been substantial, the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) ex

AIA says bizjets to recover in 2010, grow in 2011

FBO Rapid Air at Gerald R.

New name for Grand Rapids FBO

Piper Aircraft has announced several leadership changes.

People

Gregory Polek

The union that represents the pilots of US Airways has asked the Justice Department’s antitrust division to investigate the potential for anti-competitive 

Regional Update: USAPA: Piedmont Jobs in Jeopardy

For the fourth year in a row, Arrindell Aviation Services, an FBO at St.

Arrindell Aviation continues customer service training

Textron late last month said that subsidiary Cessna was expected to see about $1.1 billion in cancellations in the fourth quarter from a “large customer,” 

Textron: $1.1B in cancellations from 'large customer'

Jim Ream, the CEO of Houston-based ExpressJet Airlines, has accepted a position with American Airlines as senior vice president of maintenance and engineer

Regional Update: ExpressJet’s Ream Defects to AA

Volo Aviation’s newest FBO at Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Bridgeport, Conn., is on target to open in April.

Volo Aviation preparig for April opening

The VH-71 presidential helicopter program, which was terminated in May by the Secretary of Defense, received life support on December 19 when the President

President signs Defense Bill; VH-71 gets funds

Idaho Falls-based Aero Mark has opened a new FBO and hangar facility called Aero Mark XL (for “extra large”).

Aero mark opens new Idaho FBO

The European Commission published a new provisional list of operators who are required to submit plans for monitoring, reporting and verifying carbon emiss

EU releases new aviation ETS list

Bombardier’s CRJ1000 program now appears unlikely to receive Canadian and EASA certification before the second half of this year–a delay of at least anothe

More delays for CRJ1000

After more than a year operating as a civilian airport, Newquay Cornwall Airport in the UK welcomed a new FBO facility built by Midwest Executive Aviation.

FBO opens at Newquay Cornwall

Bell 206B, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada, May 13, 2008–Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) was unable to determine the cause of the power loss

Final report: Cause of fatal Bell crash eludes Canada's TSB

PHILLIPS 66 ADDS FBOs Central Flying Service of Little Rock, Ark., has switched to the Phillips 66 fuel brand.

Phillips 66 adds FBOs

The former Mac Dan Aviation FBO at Essex County Airport in Caldwell, N.J., which closed on September 30, has been reopened under the new name Air Bound Avi

Air Bound Aviation opens in former Mac Dan Digs

The Royal Air Force’s Northolt base in west London will accept civilian helicopter flights starting January 1.

Helicopters welcome at UK's Northholt

Chad Trautvetter

The wide-cabin Gulfstream G650 resumed flight testing on December 4, following the <link news/single-news-page/article/gulfstream-g650-makes-an-abbreviated

Gulfstream G650 flight testing in full swing

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) missed its December target for delivery of the first Superjet 100 regional jets to launch operator Aeroflot after delays invol

Delays to engine certification stall Superjet’s entry into service 

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to establish requirements for FAA-certified repair stati

NPRM targets safety plans for repair stations

Embraer last month received type certification for its Phenom 300 from both Brazil’s civil aviation authority, Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC), an

Phenom 300 certified in U.S. and Brazil

Austrian low-fare airline Niki in late November converted purchase rights into <link airshow-convention-news/farnborough-air-show/single-publication-story/

Niki adds pair of E190s to order book

An eight-member jury in Lexington, Ky., has awarded $7.1 million to the family of one of the victims of the <link ain-and-ainalerts/ainalerts/single-public

Comair Jury awards victim’s family $7.1 million 

Conversion of a letter of intent into a firm order for 22 CRJ700s by American Airlines this month failed to save the jobs of more than 600 employees at Bom

Big order fails to halt CRJ rate cut

The proposed Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP), the target of <link ain-and-ainalerts/aviation-international-news/single-publication-story/browse/0/ar

More changes in store for LASP proposal

China’s Aviation Industry Corporation’s (Avic) Changhe subsidiary has completed its first Sikorsky S-76C++ airframe at its plant near Shanghai.

Changhe Completes First S-76C++

United Airlines has turned the proverbial tables on Mesa Air Group with an effort to block a plan by Mesa to replace some of the 50-seat CRJ200s scheduled 

Regional Update: UAL Resists Mesa Overture

Early last month, Coventry Airport in the UK was closed by its owners, West Midlands International Airport, after Britain’s Customs and Revenue department 

Coventry airport closed

After opening its newest FBO last July at Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, N.Y., Richmor Aviation is designing a new FBO terminal and the first p

Richmor planning new buildings at Stewart

Cessna Citation 680 Sovereign, Los Angeles, Nov.

Final reports: Soveriegn struck by ground equipment at LAX

Bombardier Global 5000, Fox Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada, Nov.

Final reports: CBAA oversight lacking in Global 5000 crash

FBO, charter/management and maintenance company Key Air has joined the Avfuel dealer network.

Avfuel adds Key Air

Socata TBM700, Kennesaw, Ga., July 15, 2008–The NTSB attributed the fatal crash of the single-engine turboprop to the pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed 

Final report: Pilot blamed for TBM crash

Evo Jet Services is expanding its operations eastward with new ground handling and flight support operations in India, Nepal and China, as well as across t

EVO Jet expands across the far east

Hélicoptères Guimbal, the France-based manufacturer that is offering a more modern, pricier alternative to existing piston-engine helicopters (see </em

Production ramp-up slow for two-seat Cabri

Thus far, the bizliner completions sector has remained comparatively solid despite the effects of the recession on the rest of the industry.

High-end BBJ offered by  Jet Aviation, Andrew Winch

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) warned the aviation community not to dispose of fluorescent bulbs, which contain mercury, like ordinary 

NATA warns: don't dump used fluorescent bulbs

Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services has received an FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for an integrated cockpit display system (ICDS) in the Bell 40

Vector Gets STC For Bell 407 Glass Cockpit 

Some in the business aviation community leave behind their families and jobs to serve in active war zones.

Bizav Warriors: Patrick Donaldson

FBO chain Castle &amp; Cooke Aviation has signed a 30-year lease at Van Nuys Airport in southern California with Los Angeles World Airports, which confers 

Castle & Cook reveals plans for Van Nuys site

Bell Helicopter’s XworX special projects and rapid prototyping center exists to give customers added value, according to Nick Lappos, senior vice president

Bell’s XworX studying improved rotor blades

Virginia’s Manassas Regional Airport, 30 miles from Washington, D.C., now offers U.S.

Virginia airport now open for customs clearance

German aerospace research center DLR is testing sidesticks that provide force feedback and, on a more innovative note, touch cues to reduce crew workload.

DLR tests haptic sidestick controls 

X Jet’s private jet club FBO at Centennial Airport in Englewood, Colo., has filled its hangars since opening two years ago and is preparing to launch phase

X JET plans expansion of private FBO facility

Design/build firm Tectonic Management Group has completed three new facilities at Adams Field in Little Rock, Ark., including a new FBO facility for Superm

Three new facilities added at Arkansas’ Adams Field

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