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Bombardier Aerospace on Saturday opened its newest wholly owned service center, located at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.

The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) took center stage at the second annual NATA Air Charter Safety Symposium, held last month at the NTSB Training Cen

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The first nine new pilots to complete NetJets Europe’s ab initio training program joined the company’s flight-crew roster in November and December, followi

Piedmont Aircraft last month launched as an aircraft sales company for pre-owned Beechcraft and Hawker aircraft.

Dallas-based Avatas Aerospace, an FAA-approved repair station specializing in the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A, has acquired Hyannis, Mass.-based Prime

The Burbank-Glendale Airport Authority last month delivered to the FAA the first-ever application for airport access restrictions that would apply to Stage

Russian investment firm Industrial Investors in late January announced its intention to sell all or a portion of AAI Acquisition, the company formed to buy

The NTSB wants the FAA to monitor the communication contingency plans of all Gulf of Mexico operators.

PremiAir has launched a new helicopter transfer service from any of the UK’s main business aviation airports to the London Heliport at Battersea on the sou

Boston-based charter broker Magellan Jets last month launched its Voyager Program, which entitles members to guaranteed hourly rates on various aircraft; a

Airbus plans to install satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS) in its A350XWB to support GPS Cat 1-equivalent 200-foot LPV approaches.

Dutch very light jet operator Bikkair shut down on February 4, saying that it was unable to secure the capital it needed to fund its development.

Cessna is closing its Toledo, Ohio Citation service center at the end of this month “due to reduced customer operations in the region,” according to a spok

Textron has plans to boost its liquidity by at least $1 billion in the first half of this year and, if successful, the company “won’t have to think about s

Prosecutors in Brazil are appealing the dropping of some accusations in the 2006 midair between a Gol Airlines Boeing 737-800 and an ExcelAire Embraer Lega

Despite expectations that gloomy economic times would reduce attendance at the annual World Economic Forum (WEF), held January 28 to February 1 in Davos, S

Carnegie Speech Company and the UK’s Mayflower College have launched “Climb Level 4,” an online English training product for pilots and air traffic control

The Gulf region continues to adopt corporate versions of the BAe 146/Avro RJ regional jetliner, generically dubbed the Avro Business Jet (ABJ).

Bombardier Aerospace has missed its January 31 target for converting a letter of interest (LOI) for “up to” 60 C Series airliners from Lufthansa, leaving t

GlobalAir.com last month announced the addition of a winds-aloft forecast to the national weather section of its airport resource center.

Citing changes in the economy, charter management firm FirstFlight has sold its West Coast division less than a year after launching it.

Hawker Beechcraft’s latest advertising campaign suggests that the Big Three Detroit CEOs “might have received a warmer reception from their legislative hos

PlaneSense, Alpha Flying’s Pilatus PC-12 fractional aircraft ownership program, has added seven airports in the Bahamas to its primary operating area.

Despite the recession, XOJet has reported strong year-over-year increases in revenue, flight hours and customers.

Bombardier Flexjet on February 3 launched a round-trip pricing program that reduces the cost of one- or two-day round trips for owners committed to at leas

An FAA policy memo issued last month highlights the potential safety hazards associated with the rechargeable lithium batteries in electronic flight bag (E

Bird Air Services of India has signed an exclusive marketing agreement with Swiss company VistaJet Holding to market VistaJet in the Indian subcontinent (I

Dassault Falcon will be hosting seven regional maintenance and operating seminars this year.

Sparta, N.J.-based Brian Foley Associates president Brian Foley foresees a recovery of the business aviation industry in the middle of next year, but not b