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Senate Continues FAA Budget Tussle for Fifth Day
March 18, 2010
Slowed by a plethora of amendments, including many that have little or nothing to do with aviation, the Senate is continuing to plod through a fifth day of debate on an FAA reauthorization package that would accelerate modernization of the ATC system; address critical safety concerns raised by the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 more than a year ago near...
moreFSF Calls for Multinational Safety Probes
March 18, 2010
Citing ongoing criminal prosecution of Continental Airlines for the 2000 Concorde crash in Paris, the U.S.-based Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is asking governments worldwide to form multinational, independent air accident investigation boards. The foundation has called upon an upcoming International Civil Aviation Organization “high level safety...
moreDassault Reports Record Deliveries, Plummeting Sales
March 18, 2010
Dassault Aviation yesterday reported contrasting results for last year, with a negative net order tally of -163 Falcon business jets, but a record 77 Falcon deliveries. During a press conference held at the company’s headquarters near Paris yesterday morning, Dassault chairman and CEO Charles Edelstenne said the negative order number includes 65...
moreNorwood Airport Closed Due To Flooding
March 18, 2010
Norwood (Mass.) Memorial Airport is closed to all fixed-wing traffic until further notice due to runway and taxiway flooding. Heavy rain this past weekend caused the Neponset River to send floodwater onto the adjacent airport property, flooding both runways–10/28 and 17/35–and several taxiways. Norwood, a GA airfield that typically sees about 275 operations...
moreHouse Hearing Probes On-demand Charter Oversight
March 18, 2010
During a House aviation subcommittee hearing yesterday on oversight of on-demand (Part 135) aircraft operators, DOT Inspector General Calvin Scovel III testified that this operating environment carries a “number of safety risks, such as short, frequent flights with more takeoffs and landings–the most dangerous part of flight.” NTSB statistics show that...
moreThird 747-8 Freighter Enters Flight Testing
March 18, 2010
The third Boeing 747-8 Freighter, RC 521, joined the program’s flight-test program yesterday with a successful two-and-a-half-hour maiden mission. Piloted by captains Paul Stemer and Keith Otsuka, the program’s final prototype took off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., at 3:27 p.m. local time and landed at Boeing Field in Seattle at 5:58 p.m. The airplane...
moreBombardier Continues To Expand International Support
March 17, 2010
Bombardier has scheduled five regional maintenance and operations conferences for this year. The Canadian OEM has a 20-year tradition of holding large M&O conferences in North America for Learjet, Challenger and Global operators. This year it is expanding its outreach program to include two-day regional M&O conferences in Hong Kong (April 13 to 15),...
moreMxPro Training Course Certified in China
March 17, 2010
Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) and FlightSafety International have received approval from the Civil Aviation Authority of China to conduct theoretical and practical technical training to support the Hawker 4000 and Beechcraft King Air C90. The authorization from the Chinese government paves the way for HBC and FlightSafety to provide their MxPro Regulatory...
moreElliott Aviation Signs JSSI Service Center Agreement
March 17, 2010
Moline, Ill.-based Elliott Aviation has signed a service center agreement with Jet Support Services (JSSI) to provide scheduled and unscheduled maintenance services, paint and interior refurbishment services and to supply spare parts to JSSI clients enrolled in the company’s hourly-cost maintenance program. Under the terms of the agreement JSSI clients will...
moreACJ Centre Chooses Amos for Mx Management
March 17, 2010
Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC) has selected the aircraft maintenance and engineering system (Amos) to manage its maintenance services. Amos is an integrated maintenance management system developed by Swiss Aviation Software. “We have selected Amos for our airworthiness engineering VIP Pass offer because this application offers us and our customers great...
moreMidcoast Aviation Earns STC ODA Designation
March 17, 2010
The FAA has approved a supplemental type certificate organization designation authorization (STC ODA) for Midcoast Aviation. The designation enables the company to produce STCs in-house in support of its maintenance, repair, overhaul and completions activities. The new status replaces the company’s previous designated alteration station (DAS) approval. The...
moreNG Aircraft Takes Another Shot at Fokker 100 Revival
March 16, 2010
Long-standing efforts to revive the Fokker 100 regional jet could get a boost from a €20 million ($27 million) loan offered by the Dutch government toward the $120 million, Phase 1 cost of upgrading the original prototype airframe as a proof-of-concept demonstrator with new engines and avionics, additional fuel capacity and winglets. If the Dutch assistance...
moreAir Berlin Slashes Boeing 787 Order
March 16, 2010
Germany’s Air Berlin has cut the number of airplanes in its firm order for Boeing 787 Dreamliners from 25 to 15, and the number of options from 10 to five, the company said today in a statement. The adjustment reduces the value of the order, based on current list prices, by $1.7 billion.
Air Berlin also said that it has reached an agreement with Boeing to...
moreTransport Canada Reclaims Bizav Authority from CBAA
March 16, 2010
Canadian Transport Minister John Baird today announced that Transport Canada is taking back the certification and oversight functions for business aviation from the Canadian Business Aviation Association (CBAA), effective April 1 next year. In 2005, Transport Canada transferred administration and management responsibilities under CAR 604–the regulation...
moreAir Partner Shuts Down Aircraft Operating Division
March 16, 2010
UK-based charter broker Air Partner today announced that it has shut down its aircraft operating division–Private Jet Operating Company (PJOC)–in a bid to stem mounting losses. PJOC has been put into administration, which is similar to U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy laws, after the company failed in attempts to establish a joint-venture partner for the business...
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