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Air Travel Disruptions from Chilean Volcano Spread to South Pacific

Disruption to air traffic in South America caused by the eruption of the Puyehue-Cordon-Caulle range of volcanoes in Chile spread to Australia and New Zeal
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Aircraft

Paris Set to Hail Recovery, Boeing Set To Dominate Show

Industry pundits expect the mood at this year’s Paris Air Show (June 20-26) will be markedly more positive than what prevailed during the last show in mid-
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AIN Blog: Mica Continues Fight against TSA

Congressman John Mica keeps ratcheting up his war against the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which he shoulders the blame for creating in th
Regulations and Government

Budget Wrangle Could Force FAA Belt Tightening

If proposed reductions in its budget are passed, the FAA will be forced to “refocus priorities and resources,” including “more robust use of designees,” FA

AirAsia X Prepares to Float Shares To Fund Expansion

Budget long-haul airline AirAsia X is eyeing a stock market listing and fleet expansion to spread its wings across the globe.
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Safety

Brazil finds U.S. pilots guilty in fatal midair

American pilots Joseph Lepore and Jan Paul Paladino, whose Legacy 600 was involved in a collision with a Gol Airlines Boeing 737-800 over the Amazon jungle
Aircraft

Phenom 100 Damaged in Runway Departure

For at least the sixth time in more than a year, an Embraer Phenom 100 has experienced possible brake issues on landing.
Aircraft

Pilot report: Cessna Citation CJ4

Cessna demo pilot John Reimer wanted to wow me as I put the new CJ4 I was flying through its paces.
Regulations and Government

Revolving door continues at TSA

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) general aviation manager Brian Delauter, a former airline pilot with impeccable general aviation credentials,

Pro Barr support grows

Groups as diverse as the three largest general aviation organizations and the U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Talco, DRB Form Strategic Partnership

Talco Aviation and DRB Aviation have formed a “strategic partnership” that will provide a broad range of completions and refurbishment project supervisory
Maintenance and Modifications

Innotech, Esoteric Unveil Next-Gen IFE

Innotech Aviation has awarded California-based wireless technology specialist Esoteric of Irvine, Calif.
Maintenance and Modifications

Starling Aerospace Providing Stateroom Kit

Business aviation cabin components specialist Starling Aerospace (SAI) has undertaken a project to design, build and certify a stateroom/lavatory in kit fo
Maintenance and Modifications

SR Technics Opens Completion Center in Zurich

SR Technics, best known for its maintenance, repair and overhaul business of 80 years, is expanding into the private aviation cabin completion and refurbis
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Ramps Up to Meet Growing Demand

Like many others in the completion and refurbishment business, Duncan Aviation is ramping up as the sense of an industry recovery grows. In the past two mo
Aircraft

Pre-owned Update: Inventory continues to decrease slightly

The current pre-owned aircraft market can be defined as consistent as inventory continues to inch down, month-after-month.
Regulations and Government

Lawmakers wrestle over FAA reauthorization

                          
Airports

Mumbai Airport Opens International GA Terminal

Mumbai is the first airport in India to start international operations from a dedicated general aviation (GA) terminal, which until last month catered only
Regulations and Government

With ‘Day on the Hill’ NATA members reach out to Congress

Armed with talking points ranging from FAA reauthorization to long-term leases at airports, members of the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) l
Regulations and Government

Chamber of Commerce makes the case for NextGen

While most of the presentations at the U.S.
Charter & Fractional

Industry recover appears to be stumbling progress

If the business aviation industry is experiencing a recovery, it is by most indications a stumbling affair, with new markets leading the way. In early May,
Aircraft

Bombardier Forecasts 20-Year Market for 24,000 Deliveries

Looking forward to a continued recovery, Bombardier Aerospace released its annual Aircraft Market Forecasts on May 18, predicting 24,000 business aircraft

Rotorcraft Update: Operators Inaer, Bond to Become Sister Companies

Bond Aviation Group has been acquired by World Helicopters, a holding firm owned by Investindustrial and KKR.
Aircraft

Airbus Military Reveals A400M Schedule

Flight testing of the A400M airlifter is on track, and Airb
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Aircraft

Italy’s 767 Tankers Finally Enter Service; Australia’s A330 Tankers Yet To Be Accepted

There was news last week of two long-delayed air-refueling tanker contracts.
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AIN Blog: Aviation's balsa roots

I spent most of my childhood summers on my grandfather’s farm, in the misty hollows that nestle in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. In an age
Engines

GE Aviation Rebrands ‘TechX’ Turbofan Engine as ‘Passport’

GE Aviation announced this week at EBACE that its TechX engine, which Bombardier selected for its Global

EBACE 2011: TAG Aviation Focusing on Growth in Europe and Asia

Mansour Ojjeh, head of the privately owned TAG Group, said he had stepped off an airplane less than a half an hour before he sat down in the conference roo
Maintenance and Modifications

EBACE 2011: Keitas Systems Offer Smart Maintenance Software

Keitas Systems (Stand 1026), a start-up company based in Gex, France, not far from Geneva, is here introducing its Tempeus software program, designed to gi