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Fractional ownership provider NetJets Europe has launched a dedicated operation for the Scottish market.

A federal district court in California has indicted Jeffrey Borer and Arvel Reeves on conspiracy and other charges related to secretly recorded conversatio

Addison, Texas-based Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, which services the more than 400 MU-2s operating outside of Japan, expressed its approval and coo

Sikorsky's new S-76D twin-turbine helicopter, scheduled to enter service in 2008, will be equipped with Thales' TopDeck integrated modular avionics, accord

Jet Aviation is preparing to open a new executive terminal at Germany's Dusseldorf Airport by the end of this year.

The NTSB is asking the FAA to require Part 121 and 135 airlines to incorporate bounced landing recovery techniques in their flight manuals and to teach the

The FAA has issued clarifying bulletins, set up a team of specialists that can be contacted 24/7 and is considering amending its controversial rule upgradi

A new chapter in civil aviation history began yesterday when the FAA issued the first airworthiness certificate for a commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (U

A University of North Dakota (UND) Citation II research jet made an emergency landing near Beaver, Alaska, on September 30 after both engines flamed out at

Lockheed Martin is scheduled to take over operation of Flight Service Stations today in what the company promises to be a seamless transition.

According to transcripts just released by the NTSB, cockpit voice recordings of the Circuit City Cessna Citation 560 (N500AT) that crashed in Pueblo, Colo.

Aviation Technology Group’s Javelin very light jet (VLJ) prototype flew for the first time last Friday.

Business aviation lobbyists yesterday applauded recent action taken by Republican lawmakers to shelve new tax rules in the 2005 Highway Bill designed to di

Large transport airplanes operated under Parts 91, 121 and 125 are the subject of an extensive proposal that realigns the design, installation and maintena

TAG Aviation on Monday opened an FBO at Torrejon Airport in Madrid.

Cessna received FAA type certification of its Model 525, the CJ2+, bringing the light jet another step closer to customer deliveries scheduled to start in

The NTSB recently released its preliminary report on a Falcon 20 that crashed September 1 during takeoff after encountering numerous birds.

The number of fatalities in turbine business airplane accidents increased nearly 80 percent in the first nine months of this year compared with the same pe

A single report of a mis-wired APU fire-extinguishing bottle on a Citation X (Model 750) has prompted a proposed AD to require placing identification sleev

The NTSB recently concluded its investigations into two King Air fatal accidents, attributing the probable causes to the pilots.

After nine months of intense bargaining, NetJets’ unionized pilots (represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters) and management reached a ten

Under the Transportation Security Administration’s new regulations permitting the resumption of general aviation operations at Ronald Reagan Washington Nat

The FAA has withdrawn its decade-old proposal to rescind its requirement for Mode-S transponders and, consequently, plans to end the hundreds of Mode-S ins

According to the NTSB, the Mitsubishi MU-2 that crashed September 22 while attempting to return to its departure airport had originally departed and return

Regulations will go into effect October 17 to help ensure that replacement parts are airworthy.

Cleveland-based fractional provider Flight Options yesterday announced three new buyer-incentive programs.

Co-owner and general manager of Aspen Base Operation Cliff Runge expects to close on a deal today or tomorrow to sell the FBO at Aspen-Pitkin County Airpor

Police in Georgia yesterday arrested a 22-year-old commercial-rated pilot for allegedly stealing a Citation VII owned by Pinnacle Air of Springdale, Ark.,

Effective November 14, the FAA will implement its organization delegation authorization (ODA) program that will replace the current designee program.

Embraer recently selected BMW DesignWorksUSA to design the interior for its planned very light jet (VLJ) and light jet, in addition to disclosing more defi