Content Archive: August 2014

German Pilots' Union Strikes, Threatens Further Action

Cologne-based Germanwings cancelled 116 flights.
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Aeromed GIII Flies American Ebola Patients Back to U.S.

Registered as N173PA, the former Royal Danish Air Force aircraft is only one of two GIIIs fitted with a large forward cargo door.
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Malaysian Airlines to Cut Jobs and Routes in Restructuring

Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Kazanah is trying to rescue MAS with a $1.9 billion capital injection and comprehensive restructuring.

LABACE Attendance Down at 2014 Edition

Attendance down about 2,000 from last year’s show and more than 4,000 shy of initial estimates.
Regulations and Government

FAA Encouraging Electronic Pirep Submissions

In-flight observations assist other pilots, dispatchers and flight planners.
Charter & Fractional

Mountain Aviation Acquired by Private Investment Group

Rich Bjelkevig, who founded the turboprop and jet charter firm in 1993, will continue serving as the company’s president.

Fuelerlinx Upgrades Bizjet Fuel-tankering Calculator

Fuel represents as much as 70 percent of a business aircraft’s operating costs, and carefully planned fuel tankering can help lower these costs.
Regulations and Government

NBAA Seeks Input about IRS Applying Ticket Taxes to Aircraft Management Fees

Group fighting back against the IRS’s assertion that the 7.5-percent ticket tax applies to managed Part 91 aircraft.

NBAA Updates Light Business Airplane Buyer’s Guide

Guide enables users to make apples-to-apples comparisons of new piston singles and twins, turboprops, very light jets and light jets.