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Airports

Cuyahoga County Airport To Reopen after Runway Project

The $9 million resurfacing project began in June on the airport's lone 5,100 foot runway.
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Regulations and Government

U.S. Congress Headed for FAA Authorization Extension

The House exited for August recess without taking action on the comprehensive bill and leaving just 12 days in September to get something passed.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Greenpoint Technologies Wins 787 Mod Work

Company contracted two additional 787-8s and one 787-9 earlier this year, bringing the total contracted 787 interior modifications to six.
Regulations and Government

Huerta to Genav Community: Don't Leave Money on the Table

Huerta made his appeal for ADS-B equipage and incentives in a speech focusing on FAA, industry partnership.
Aircraft

Daher Offering Garmin G1000NXi Upgrade as TBM Retrofit

The upgrade will provide faster system boot-up and software loading, in addition to the ability to manage more data and display visual charts.
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Charter & Fractional

Jet Access Aviation Growth Spurs New Hires

The company has added to its sales, owner and client services and operations teams.
Airlines

South African Airways Prepares To Launch Turnaround Plan

Key pillars include liquidity, cost containment
Aircraft

Will LABACE 2017 Herald Recovery in 2018?

Brazil and the rest of Latin America, apart from perhaps Mexico, have been in the doldrums economically but could recovery be imminent?
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Aircraft

Above and Beyond: Product Support Survey 2017

To all of you who earned this special recognition from your customers, all of us at AIN Publications offers our heartiest of congratulations!
Aircraft

Product Support Survey Part 1: Aircraft

Embraer and Mitsubishi retain the tops spots in their respective categories.
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Inflight Caterers Bring Five-Star Dining Aboard Business Jets

Inflight Caterers Bring Five-Star Dining Aboard Business Jets
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Avionics

Boeing Creates New Organization To Develop, Build Avionics

Plans call for staffing the avionics organization with 600 employees by 2019, the manufacturer said.
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Aircraft

Bombardier Bizjet Shipments Down, but Globals Rise

The company reaffirmed its full-year guidance of 135 business jet deliveries, which would put overall shipments on par with 2016.
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Charter & Fractional

FAA Recommends Committed-to-stop Point for Landings

The InFO was prompted by a Hawker 800A that crashed while attempting a go-around more than 17 seconds after touchdown on a 5,500-foot runway.
Charter & Fractional

Transport Canada Updates Crew Duty/Rest Proposal

One key area of concern was the “unrealistically short” time frame proposed for the regulation to go into effect for on-demand charter operators.
Aircraft

Increased Legacy Deliveries Provide Boost to Embraer

Emraer executives see encouraging signs and expect stronger year next year in business jet market.
Aircraft

United Says 737 Max Could Fly Transatlantic, But Not Right Away

Airline has enough 757s in fleet to serve role; no Max 8s on order
Avionics

EASA OKs Chicago Jet Universal Avionics Fans Solutions

Fans retrofits are needed by many operators flying from the U.S. and also from Europe.
Avionics

World Fuel Launches New Flight Plan App

The ambitious application aims to bring all the data a pilot could need, into the hands of World Fuel Services customers.
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FBOs

ACI Jet Holds Grand Opening at SNA FBO

The event marked the start of a more than half-million dollar refurbishment of the facility.
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Senate Funding Bill Would Ban ATC Privatization Efforts

Senate FAA funding bill would provide a $500 million boost in the FAA's budget, give it more budget flexibility and block use of funds to privatize ATC.
Rotorcraft

U.S. Army Awards Boeing Contract for Chinook Block II Upgrade

The manufacturer will build and test three upgraded CH-47F helicopters under the engineering and manufacturing development contract.
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Airlines

Series of Transactions to Consolidate Power in Airline Business

Far-reaching deals involve Air France-KLM, Delta Air Lines, Virgin Atlantic and China Eastern
ATC

Remote Tower To Be Tested at Colorado Airport

Northern Colorado Regional Airport chosen as the test facility because of its traffic volume and the wide mix of aircraft types operating at the airport.
Regulations and Government

FAA Realigns Product Certification Organization

Under the new system, there are five divisions, three of which perform essential regulatory functions.
Maintenance and Modifications

A Maximum View for A-Star Pilots

Bubble door for the Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350 offers a significant increase in lateral visibility and pilot headroom when leaning to the right.
Rotorcraft

Safran Helicopter Engines Launches New Online Service

Web IETP offers instant access to the company’s maintenance manuals, troubleshooting books, spare parts and tools catalogs and Service Bulletins.
Rotorcraft

Thales EC135 Sim Gains Chinese Approval

Simulator will be used by Haite to provide initial, recurrent and mission-specific pilot training for EMS and commercial operators.
Aircraft

Iranian Weapons and UAVs On Display at MAKS

The Russian aerospace show provided a rare opportunity for Iran to exhibit weaponry abroad.
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Avionics

Guardian Brings Low-cost MFD to Light Airplane Cockpits

Guardian's smartPlane system offers MFD-like capabilities on the iPad for less than $1,000.
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