Content Archive: September 2009

Map outlines value of general aviation

Alliance for Aviation Across America, a Washington, D.C.-based general aviation advocacy organization, has released an economic impact study detailing gene
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Regulations and Government

FAA working toward a new level of safety, says Babbitt

In the wake of the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407
Aircraft

First Flight 40 Years Ago Gave Lift to Citation Series

Cessna Aircraft last month celebrated the 40th anniversary of the maiden flight of the Citation 500, the first model in its now broad series of business je
Regulations and Government

European ETS fiasco riles bizav

The bureaucratic torpor and confusion that has mired the initial registration process for the introduction of Europe’s new emissions-trading scheme (ETS) h

Rockwell Collins Forecasts Market Bottom in 2010

Deliveries of turbine-powered business airplanes will continue to fall through the end of next year before beginning a slow but steady recovery in 2011, ac
Charter & Fractional

UK denies flight permits for U.S. charter firms

The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has been denying flight-permit applications by U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Winglets available for Citation X

Cessna Aircraft in late August delivered the first Citation X retrofitted with elliptical winglets made by Wichita-based Winglet Technology.
Aircraft

Emivest delivers its First SJ30

Emivest Aerospace, formerly Sino Swearingen Aircraft, on September 23 delivered its first SJ30 light jet and continues to ramp up production at its San Ant
Charter & Fractional

NetJets trims workforce by 5 percent

Fractional provider NetJets on September 11 announced the first major workforce reduction since David Sokol took over in early August as chairman and actin
Environment

Look Beyond ETS Headaches to Benefits

Aviation is not alone in its suffering at the hands of the emissions-trading scheme, and it should try to see its way through the frustration to some posit