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The slump in annual business jet deliveries that started three years ago will bottom out this year at about 470 shipments and begin a gradual increase to m

Over the last few years China has seen a marked increase in based turbine business aircraft operations.

The Premier I has been involved in four landing overruns since the Raytheon Aircraft light jet entered service in the summer of 2001.

Cabin-safety and -services training for business aviation flight attendants was introduced late last year by Renton, Wash.-based Alteon Training (formerly

At first it might seem like an odd couple: Don Burr, People Express founder and low-fare airline pioneer, and Bob Crandall, controversial megastar of Ameri

Members of the Air Line Pilots Association will be asked their views on the Age 60 mandatory retirement rule for airline pilots.

Twenty medical conditions that are serious enough to require special issuance (SI) first- and second-class medicals can now be cleared by an aviation medic

In an unusual move, the NTSB reversed an FAA emergency certificate revocation against Michael Tarascio, owner and former chief pilot of Air East Management

Cessna president Jack Pelton said it is inevitable that his company will design and manufacture a supersonic business jet (SSBJ), although when it will hap

Facing a serious financial crisis that threatens to force the company into bankruptcy, Safire Aircraft was evicted from its offices at Opa-Locka Airport in

Runways at U.S.

On September 10, Walled Lake, Mich.-based Williams International received FAA type certification of its new 1,568-pound-thrust FJ33-4A.

It took a couple of years longer than expected, but operators of the Hawker 800 might find the wait has been worthwhile.

Gulfstream Aerospace, for the second year in a row, achieved the highest overall score for product support (pertaining to its original models), according t

There were no fatal accidents involving U.S.-registered business jets in the first half of this year, compared with three such accidents and seven fataliti

Sikorsky Aircraft yesterday disclosed at the American Helicopter Society International annual technical forum in Grapevine, Texas, plans to build and test

The UK intends to push for carbon dioxide emission trading for aviation while it holds the office of presidency of the European Union for six months, begin

Midcoast Aviation and Savannah Air Center were selected as factory authorized preferred completion centers to conduct interior completions for the Bombardi

An Eclipse spokesman told AIN that "very few, if any" Eclipse 500 buyers asked to have their deposits refunded after learning of

Lingering technical issues are forcing Garmin to delay plans for upgraded WAAS capability in the company's GNS 430/530 and GPS 400/500 panel-mount avionics

An FAA investigation of the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control (Tracon) determined that it is "more than adequately staffed for safe operations

Both sides claim a measure of victory in last Friday's U.S.

Two well known companies that operate and manage charter aircraft and jet travel cards have merged.

Private jet travelers have a new option this summer to sample jet-card membership without the typical 25-hour annual commitment.

It appears that the informational picketing by NetJets pilots, who are represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1108, is having the

Wrapping up a major four-year effort, officials from Rockwell Collins, NASA Langley Research Center, the FAA and other entities were scheduled to conduct t

A proposed AD would require the installation of deicing boots on the landing-gear struts of nearly 750 U.S.-registered Cessna 208 Caravans, as well as othe

In a bid to cut traffic at Teterboro Airport, N.J., airport operator The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is proposing a four-pronged assault that

Daytona Beach International Airport, Fla.

The National Air Transportation Association and NBAA have reacted swiftly to the FAA’s warning that the agency might withhold funding for the Avi