Content Archive: April 2011

Aircraft Interiors Expo reflects industry recovery

There were gray clouds overhead during most of the Aircraft Interiors Expo 2011, held April 5 to 8 in Hamburg, Germany, but there were silver linings insid

Embraer Predicts Slower Bizjet Recovery

Embraer believes that business aviation is facing a slower recovery than it was last year, when it last issued its forecast for the executive aviation sect
Rotorcraft

Recent disasters make the case for heavy unmanned helos

A heavy unmanned helicopter would be invaluable for operations at highly dangerous sites, such as the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, provi
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier Expands Duncan Aviation Global Support

All three Duncan Aviation locations have been approved by Bombardier to perform airframe inspections in addition to interior, paint and avionics installati
Aircraft

King Air 250 Makes Public Debut

Hawker Beechcraft’s King Air 250 made its public debut

SJ30 supplier purchases Emivest assets from bankruptcy

After months of legal wrangling and speculation, the assets of the SJ30 light jet program were purchased on April 7 from bankrupt Emivest Aerospace by the
Maintenance and Modifications

StandardAero Adds PW300 Line Service in Springfield

StandardAero Business Aviation has added line services on the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW300-series engines to its list of maintenance capabilities.

Crystal Cabin Awards Honor Innovative Designs

The Crystal Cabin Awards are given annually in six categories and a public ceremony in the main exhibitor hall traditionally kicks off the three-day Aircra

Detained Crew, GV Released from Congo

The Gulfstream V that had been detained in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) sin
Aircraft

IWG Settles Dispute with Bombardier

International Water-Guard Industries and Bombardier settled a pending patent infringement lawsuit in Canada early last month.