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Maintenance and Modifications

West Star Aviation Receives ODA/STC OK from FAA

The company recently STC'd a Tcas 7.1 upgrade.
Aircraft

Mitsubishi Resumes MRJ Testing

Reinforcement plates installed on first flight test aircraft
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Regulations and Government

ATC Reorg, New User Fees Left Out of White House Budget

While the White House does not seek new aviation user fees, it does renew call for lengthened depreciation schedules for business aircraft.
Regulations and Government

Class A Airspace ACAS Reporting Revised

New rule will require reporting ACAS Resolution Advisories when they are "necessary to avert a substantial risk of collision between two or more aircraft.”
Aircraft

Quest Aircraft Gears Up for More Growth

Quest Aircraft delivered 32 Kodiak 100 turboprop singles last year, two more than in 2014.
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Aircraft

Airbus A321neo Flies for the First Time

Largest of Airbus’s new narrowbody family starts flight tests
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Sustainability and Environment

Bizav Groups Back ICAO-recommended CO2 Standard

The standard applies to all but the smallest business jets.
Avionics

New Garmin Transponders Add ADS-B Solutions for G1000s

The new GTX 345/335 transponders offer 1090-MHz ADS-B OUT and an optional Waas/GPS position source for ADS-B OUT.
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Aircraft

ICAO Group Sets New CO2 Standard for Aviation

Proposal commended by range of industry stakeholders
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Regulations and Government

Lawmakers To Debate ATC Plan While GA Opposition Grows

The House T&I Committee will hold a hearing on the ATC plan on February 10 with consideration possibly following the next day.
Charter & Fractional

Ethiopian Airlines Prepares To Launch Private Jet Service

Ethiopian Airlines is preparing a business plan for operating a fleet of business aircraft in Africa.
FBOs

ExecuJet To Make India Entry

The aviation services provider has formed a joint venture with a local Indian company to build an FBO at New Delhi's major airport.
Airports

São Paulo Business Airports Look Ahead To Better Times

Traffic has slowed in recent months, but airport operators are getting ready for the next traffic spike.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

AIN Blog: Would You Fly In This Drone?

What standards will passenger-carrying drones have to meet?
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FBOs

Signature Flight Support Finalizes Landmark FBO Deal

The move signals the end of one of the major aviation service provider chains
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FBOs

India Bizav Group Decries Delhi Airport FBO Decision

Bird Worldwide Flight Services-ExecuJet and Indamer-MJets named concessionaires at Delhi Airport as 20 operators and agencies and companies are evicted.
Aircraft

After Loss of Pino, XTI Taps Johnson as Interim CEO

Johnson, who formerly was the president and COO at Cessna, will thus oversee the continued development of XTI’s TriFan 600.
Airports

Airport Tenants File New Santa Monica Part 16 Complaint

The latest complaint targets the city of Santa Monica's efforts to make airport tenants want to leave the airport.
Regulations and Government

NBAA, Friends of East Hampton Urge Curfew Repeal

NBAA and the Friends of the East Hampton Airport file a brief with the U.S. Appeals Court, arguing lower court erred in upholding curfews.
Airlines

India To Get New Aviation Policy After 20 Years of Talks

Promised changes include new investment in regional connectivity
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Jetpack Is Real, and It Flies

Jetpack Aviation has accomplished the dream of real jetpack flight, powered by two tiny turbine engines.
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Pre-owned Update: February 2016

This year looks to be a challenging one for pre-owned sales.
Rotorcraft

Ex-Sikorsky President Jeff Pino Killed in P-51 Crash

Pino owned the P-51D Mustang, “Big Beautiful Doll,” since early 2014, and that October made a successful gear-up landing in the airplane.
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FBOs

Flight Support Group ASM Expands in India and Beyond

Dubai-based ASM has moved into new headquarters and has rebranded its operations in India.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

EcoDomo Brings Leather Beyond Soft Goods

Countertops and floors could be the next cabin frontiers for cowhide.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Navy, Northrop Grumman Develop 'Sense and Avoid' for Triton

Under a contract awarded last summer, Northrop Grumman will build a sense-and-avoid system engineering development model by December.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

AAC Completes First Head-of-state Boeing 787-8

Undisclosed customer to take possession next month.
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Aircraft

Flying the Icon A5 Amphibious Light Sport Aircraft

Flying the Icon A5 Amphibious Light Sport Aircraft
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Avionics

Garmin On-site Training Helps Pilots Learn Avionics Details

The two-day training class for the G500/G600 MFDs and GTN navigators is a valuable experience.
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Bizav Flying in Europe Gets Off To Bad Start in 2016

Flights of business jets and pistons were each down 5 percent from a year ago, while turboprops declined 1.5 percent.