2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Gregory Polek

The crash of <link news/single-news-page/article/colgan-q400-crashes-outside-buffalo-50-dead/ _blank>Colgan Air Flight 3407</link> no doubt left its mark o

Colgan Flight 3407 Crash on NTSB’s Most Wanted List 

Charles Alcock

Airlines in the Asia-Pacific region facing the prospect of a slow return to profitability during 2010 might have taken some encouragement from better-than-

Surprise SIA Results Could Signal Start of Asian Rebound

All the speculation and chatter over the prospects of <link news/single-news-page/article/talk-of-narrowbody-re-engine-prospects-intensifies/ _blank>re-eng

Boeing, Airbus Commit to Re-engining Decisions by Year-end

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) managed to fly the fourth prototype of the <link ain-air-transport-perspective/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/super

Fourth Superjet 100 Flies on Borrowed Powerjet Engines 

Boeing discovered from its field representatives in Japan that Yokohama-based Koito Industries had falsified records related to flammability testing of its

Koito Industries Seat Fraud Not News to Boeing, Airbus

Matt Thurber

The House aviation subcommittee yesterday held a hearing on aircraft icing to address issues brought to light by the NTSB’s recent “Most Wanted” list of “u

Hearing Pushes FAA To Speed Icing Safety Regulations

A third airplane–Dreamliner ZA004–joined the Boeing 787 flight-test program when it took off at 11:43 am local time yesterday from Paine Field in Everett, 

Boeing 787 Dreamliner ZA004 Joins Flight-Test Program

Indianapolis-based Republic Airways has placed a firm order for 40 C Series airliners, Bombardier Aerospace announced today.

Bombardier Lands Major C Series Order from Republic Airways

United Airlines has finalized a firm order for 25 Boeing 787-8 jetliners, the Chicago-based carrier announced today.

UAL finalizes Boeing 787 order

Chad Trautvetter

Honeywell’s 12th annual turbine-powered civil helicopter purchase outlook, which was released today, projects flat overall deliveries of new civil-use heli

Civil Helo Deliveries To Remain Flat, Honeywell Says

NBAA issued a call to action to oppose a proposed bill in the Washington state legislature that would impose a 0.5-percent excise tax on aircraft in the st

NBAA Fighting Washington State Aircraft Taxes 

Business aircraft passengers and crew will be able to clear all U.S.

Shannon Airport Gets Pre-clearance OK from U.S.

Nominations have opened for the 2010 European Business Aviation Award, which is to be presented during this year’s European Business Aviation Convention &a

EBAA Calls for Aviation Award Nominations

Flight testing of Bombardier’s new CRJ1000 resumed on February 13, when S/N 19991 took to the air from the company’s Wichita flight-test center, some five 

Bombardier CRJ1000s Back in the Air

Curt Epstein

Cessna 550 Citation II, Edinburgh, Scotland, March 14, 2008–Before takeoff from Palma de Majorca, the Citation II had several system warni

Factual Report: Citation II Experiences Control Problems

AIN Staff

Air Partner Fuel, launched last year as part of the international group’s strategy to offer a comprehensive range of aviation services and products, made i

Air Partner Fuel Makes First S&D Appearance

FuelerLinx and SeaGil Software, creator of Bart flight dispatch and aircraft quoting software, have teamed to deliver “a complete fuel management system.” 

FuelerLinx and Bart To Save Time and Money 

Online charter portal Avinode unveiled its new aircraft charter search engine at the conference.

Avinode Introduces Next-generation Search Engine

M.C.

Peabody Energy Dispatcher Wins Tanglewood Resort Trip

Signature Flight Support announced a new customer relationship program–Signature Status–at the 2010 Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference in San Antonio in J

Signature Launches Rewards Program

A dramatic drop in attendance at last year’s Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference–2,027 compared with 2,612 in 2008–led to concerns for the 2010 conference,

Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference 2010

Sabreliner NA-265-80, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Feb.

Factual Reports: Taxiing Sabreliner Wreaks Havoc at FXE

Gordon Gilbert

Instrument pilots looking to improve their knowledge and skills beyond those gained from formal training and checkrides may be interested in joining–or

Grassroots IMC Clubs lift off

Edelman Leather of New Milford, Conn., has introduced a touch of metal to a new line of leather goods for private jet interiors.

Edelman Offers Metallic Dream Cow and Pitch Brown

List Components and Furniture of Austria has begun deliveries of executive interior furnishings for the Pilatus PC-12 NG (Next Generation). The

List Begins Supplying Interior Furnishings for PC-12 NG

AAR, an aviation products and services provider, has joined with Cheadle-based Quest International in the UK to develop and distribute Quest’s AirManager, 

Active Air Filtration Coming from AAR and Quest

Aviation services and aircraft interiors provider Duncan Aviation of Lincoln, Neb., is offering an upgrade option to the new PreFlite Security Syste

Duncan and Securaplane Offer PreFlite Security System

For their successful collaboration on the new Falcon 7X interior option, Dassault Falcon and BMW Group’s DesignworksUSA have been awarded the prestigious “

Dassault Falcon and BMW Group’s DesignworksUSA Share Design Award

Maintenance, completion and refurbishment specialist Flying Colours delivered its first Challenger 850 green completion in December and the program is ramp

Flying Colours’ Challenger 850 Interiors Program Ramps Up

Canada’s Field Aviation has been picked to produce and install custom-designed interiors for two new Bombardier Q400s under a contract with Avitrade Belgiu

Field Aviation Wins Dash 8 Q400 Contracts

Audio International plans to begin deliveries of its new ethernet-based Platinum HD cabin-management system in the second quarter of this year.

Audio International Rocks in High Definition

Australia’s Virgin Blue has reached an agreement “in principle” with Boeing to order up to 50 new 737s, Virgin Airlines Group CEO Brett Godfrey said in a s

Virgin Blue to Order Up To 50 Boeing 737s

As government and industry plan for more environmentally friendly energy sources, companies continue to invest in and research alternative fuels for aviati

Researchers continue to study alternative fuels for aviation

David A. Lombardo

Larry Shiembob, general manager of Timken’s Aerospace Aftermarket Solutions in Mesa, Ariz., told AIN the company is enhancing its overhaul

Timken Expands Aftermarket Capability

Pratt &amp; Whitney has established a Center of Excellence at the University of Connecticut (UConn) School of Engineering for research in the field of avia

UConn Named P&W Engineering Center of Excellence

The FAA has issued a request for comments on a final rule for an <link http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-3223.htm>Airworthiness Directive</link> (AD)

FAA Issues AD for Sicli Halon 1211 Extinguishers

Duncan Aviation advises that all operators of Honeywell engines that do not run them frequently and want to keep them off the Damaged Engine List should <l

Low Engine Use May Yield High Repair Costs

<h3><link fileadmin/template/main/pdfs/AIN_Compliance_Countdown_March_2010.pdf>AIN_Compliance Countdown_March 2010.pdf</link></h3>.

Compliance Countdown: March 2010

Stephen Pope

Friends and family honored the memory of Dick Friel, 76, the flashy and well-loved marketing executive for winglet maker Aviation Partners, with a missing-

Honoring Dick Friel: Missing but Never Forgotten

Brad Hatt resigned from his position as senior v-p of sales at Hawker Beechcraft.

People in Aviation: March 2010

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

Bizav Warriors: Gary Cooke

Bell 407, Decatur, Texas, Dec.

Preliminary Report: Helicopter Damaged After Autorotation

Bell 206B, Auberry, Calif., Jan.

Preliminiary Report: Power-Line Collision Claims Four Lives

Dassault Falcon 20C, Eagle, Colo., Jan.

Preliminiary Report: Falcon Skids on Takeoff

Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Elyria, Ohio, Jan.

Preliminary Report: MU-2 Crashes on Approach

Hawker Beechcraft C99, Kearney, Neb., Jan.

Preliminary Report: C99 Damaged in ICY Landing

Bell 206L-4, Conroe, Texas, Oct.

Factual Report: Helicopter Crashes During Police Chase

Cessna 550 Citation II, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 29, 2009–During landing roll at Salt Lake City International Airport at the end of a Part 91 fl

Factual Report: Citation II Skids After Gear Collapse

An official for the National Air Transportation Association said that of all the rules enacted in the name of air security, the Transportation Security Adm

NATA Optimistic About Repair Station NPRM

Sikorsky S-76C++, Gulf of Mexico, Dec.

Preliminary Report: S-76 Rolls on Platform Landing

Deutsche Post DHL&nbsp;announced on January 19 that it has agreed with Ohio’s Clinton County Port Authority (CCPA) to donate DHL’s former Air Hub/Wilmingto

DHL TO DONATE AIRPORT TO COUNTY

Maine’s Brunswick Naval Air Station is scheduled to close in May next year, but the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority is seeking to turn it into a 

AIR STATION CONVERSION SOUGHT

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has updated its online Teterboro Airport training tool, which covers critical safety information for pil

NATA UPDATES TETERBORO ONLINE TRAINING

Responding to new Environmental Protection Agency guidelines that could eventually become law, Octagon Process has developed a Type 1 de-icer fluid that us

OCTAGON’s ECOFLO OFFERS GREEN DE-ICER FLUID

Bombardier has become the first OEM to earn accreditation from the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) following a two-day audit of CRJ100/200 tear

Bombardier First OEM to Earn AFRA Accreditation

The first Boeing 747-8 performed its second test flight on schedule yesterday, exactly two weeks after completing its February 8 maiden journey.

747-8 Resumes Flight Testing

The NTSB laid the primary blame on the pilots of Colgan Air Flight 3407 for the <link news/single-news-page/article/colgan-q400-crashes-outside-buffalo-50-

NTSB: crew failings led to Colgan crash

Barely 10 days after Embraer’s E190 gained <link news/single-news-page/article/embraer-seeks-lcy-approval-for-e190-lineage-1000-ok-will-follow/ _blank>cert

E190 wins LCY ticket; Lineage to follow 

Ian Goold

New UK domestic regional airline Varsity Express plans single weekday flights between Oxford (60 miles northwest of London) and Edinburgh, Scotland, starti

UK start-up opens with Oxford-Edinburgh service

Atlanta-based Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) last month launched a new code-share partnership with United Airlines covering flights into and out of Chic

ASA Launches United Express Service

Ten North American airports have contracted for or are already managing field-condition reporting using Passur Aerospace’s OpsNet system.

PASSUR’S OPSNET INTEGRATES AIRPORT INFO

The FAA has approved Vaisala’s AviMet PC-based runway visual range (RVR) system for use by FAA ATC facilities in the U.S.

PC-based RVR system receives FAA approval

Glacier Jet Center at Glacier Park International Airport in Kalispell, Mont., is now a Phillips 66 fuel dealer.

PHILLIPS 66 ADDS GLACIER JET

Signature Flight Support is working with the UK Border Agency and Technology Store to test a new system allowing processing of international passengers 24/

SIGNATURE LUTON TESTS VIDEO IMMIGRATION SERVICE

US Aviation in Denton, Texas, is the first FBO in the U.S.

STAINLESS TANKS A FIRST FOR US AVIATION

Privately owned and operated Houston Executive Airport has added a second corporate hangar to its FBO facility.

HOUSTON EXECutive AIRPORT ADDS SECOND HANGAR

DB Aviation, a Chicago-area FBO and charter operator based at Waukegan Regional Airport, has renamed its FBO DB Flight Center.

DB Aviation renames FBO, expands charter fleet

Mitsubishi Aircraft has hired the engineering division of BAE Systems Regional Aircraft to provide design integration and certification services for the de

Mitsubishi recruits BAE for MRJ engine help

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) managed to fly the fourth Superjet 100 prototype for the first time on February 4, notwithstanding continuing delays associate

Sukhoi engages in engine shuffle as Superjet limps to finish line 

Air Canada Jazz has signed an MOU with Bombardier that outlines the terms of a firm order for 15 Q400 turboprops, sending a clear signal to rival Porter Ai

Jazz Eyes Toronto Island with Q400s

Mark Huber

It remains to be seen exactly what impact Thursday’s intentional crash of a single-engine Piper Dakota into an Austin, Texas IRS building will have on any 

Groups Urge Calm in Wake of Austin Crash

ALPA-represented pilot groups from Atlantic Southeast, Comair, Compass, Mesaba and Pinnacle Airlines last month established the Delta Connection Pilots All

Delta Connection Pilots Join Forces

Before Eclipse Aviation <link news/single-news-page/article/eclipse-aviation-bankruptcy-opens-the-books-on-debts/ _blank>declared bankruptcy</link> and end

Linear Air adds Eclipse 500 FIKI/Avio NG 1.5 training

Humans beware.

The Automation End Game Special Report

The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) has developed a common safety approach for global companies operating aircraft in the mining and resources sector, and t

FSF intros standards for safety of mining ops

Thierry Dubois

Dassault has reduced the scope of the <link ain-and-ainalerts/ainalerts/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/dassault-cutbacks-to-have-limited-effect-

Dassault eases part-time work schedule 

Boeing’s new 747-8F Freighter made its first flight on February 8 before more than 5,000 employees, customers, suppliers and community leaders at the compa

Boeing 747-8 Makes Maiden Flight; seven on order in executive configuration

Aviation–and in particular general aviation–dodged a financial bullet early last month when the Obama Administration released a Fiscal Year 2011 budget req

FY11 budget contains no user fees

Dulles Jet Center–which is now closed after three of its four 40,000-sq-ft hangars collapsed on February 6, succumbing to the weight of more than 32 inches

Dulles Jet Center Vows To Rebuild

Dassault Aviation on Monday said its revenue last year decreased 9 percent from 2008, coming in at €3.4 billion ($4.7 billion).

Dassault Revenue Down Slightly

Nearly 15,000 attendees filled the exhibit hall at the George R.

Crowds Come Out for Busy Houston Heli-Expo

Cessna Aircraft yesterday completed its acquisition of business aviation flight services provider CitationAir.

Cessna Takes Full Ownership of CitationAir

With worldwide shipments and billings of general aviation airplanes down in all categories in 2009, the global economic downturn led to one of the toughest

Shipments and billings decline in ’09

Last month the FAA and the European Aviation Safety Agency approved the Gulfstream G150 for a steep-approach angle of up to six degrees versus the normal a

Gulfstream G150 OK’d for Steep Approaches

Eastham Aviation, a Houston owner of a Hawker Beechcraft Premier 1A, filed a complaint against Hawker Beechcraft on January 19, asking that the manufacture

Complaint Alleges Runaway Premier 1A Trim

The new Central Europe Private Aviation Association (Cepa) will hold its inaugural conference in the Czech capital Prague on April 22 and 23.

Central Europe Bizav Group Formed

Earl Weener, a former Boeing engineer and a fellow at the Flight Safety Foundation, was nominated by President Obama to fill the last vacancy on the NTSB.

Weener Nominated for Safety Board

Delta Air Lines subsidiary Delta AirElite Business Jets acquired Kinston, N.C.-based Segrave Aviation last month.

Delta AirElite Acquires Segrave Aviation

Rep.

GA Ally Ehlers To Retire from Congress

Eurocopter has inked a contract with the Ministry of Natural Resources &amp; Environment in Thailand for one EC135 light twin.

Eurocopter Sells in Asia

In a decision that could have wide-ranging implications, the Third U.S.

Court: Helo Pilots Not ‘Professional’ 

Russian Helicopters has begun marketing the Ka-32A11BC coaxial helicopter for more U.S.

Russian Helicopters Wants Piece of U.S. Firefighting 

The Finnish Border Guard has ordered an AgustaWestland AW119Ke for border patrol, special operations and firefighting missions.

Border Agency Chooses AW Helos  

The collapse of a Gulf Helicopters AgustaWestland AW139 tailboom while the helicopter was taxiing last year has prompted issuance of an airworthiness direc

Tailboom AD Issued for AW139

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