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FBOs

Two FBO Chains Seek To Buy Million Air Franchise at HPN

Signatures seeks to buy Westair Aviation Services. Million Air has right of first refusal.

Pre-owned Update: May 2014

Buying action heats up but low prices are holding steady.
Regulations and Government

Compliance Countdown: May 2014

Mandates coming in the next six to 12 months.

NextGen GA Fund Offers Money For Avionics Upgrades

Low-interest loans available for owners and operators of business aircraft.

EBACE Show To Open in Geneva with Busy Agenda

EBACE is Europe’s premier business aviation event, but it also draws participants from around the globe.
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Training and Workforce

Emergency Maneuver Training Comes to Europe

Aviation Performance Solutions is taking its message around the world, and AIN got a taste of its training the company’s new European training center.
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Nigeria Emerges as Hub for Africa’s Bizav Boom

Africa has emerged as one of the bright spots of growth, and the jewel in the crown is Nigeria.
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Oil and Gas Fuels Nigeria’s Helicopter Boom

Africa has emerged as one of the bright spots of growth, and the jewel in the crown is Nigeria.

New FBO Starts Houston Hobby GA Redevelopment

Four of the airport’s five FBOs have announced plans for upgrades.
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Business Jet Analysts Provide Promising Market Outlook for 2014 and Beyond

Some long awaited good news for a beleaguered industry.

ERA’s McNamara Sharpens Focus on Small Carriers

Europe’s regional airlines still struggle to get Brussels to understand their true value to Europe’s communities.
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RAA’s Foose Warns of More Pilot Supply Pain for Regionals

Looming retirements at the major airlines stand to aggravate the regional airlines’ pilot supply predicament.

MH370 Preliminary Report Recommends Flight Tracking

ICAO and the International Telecommunications Union are set to hold meetings on flight tracking next month.
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Aircraft

Boeing Flies Production-configured AH-6i Helicopter

Flight status moves the program closer to full-scale production.
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Safety

French HEMS debate heats up around second crewmember

The deadline is approaching for adding a technical crewmember in the copilot seat but a pilot union opposes the hospitals' favored option.
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Future of Air Navigation: Resilience to Vulnerability

Position, navigation and timing data has become a worldwide utility–thanks to GPS.

Saudi Arabian Private Jet Market growing at 10 Percent

With 30,000 aircraft movements last year, Saudi Arabia’s private aviation sector is considered the GCC’s largest general aviation market.

WingX Data Shows Traffic Growth in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia saw almost 30,000 business jet movements last year.

UAE GCAA Business Aviation Oversight Follows EASA Model

Small nation plans to draw on the mature system deployed in Europe.

Gray Market for Charter More Persistent in Middle East than in Other Regions

Illegal charter can represent up to 20 to 40 percent of bizjet flights, depending on time of year.
FBOs

2014 FBO Survey: International

With international business aviation traffic stalled, service providers await a long-promised rebound
Aircraft

Pivotal Period for Boeing as Civil Programs Progress On Cue

Boeing Commercial Airplanes v-p of airplane development Scott Fancher issued an upbeat assessment of all of the company's big development programs.
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ITU Plans 'Expert Dialogue' in Malaysia on Flight Tracking

Boeing, Flyht Aerospace Solutions, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Malaysia Airlines, Rolls-Royce, SES TechCom, Sita and Thales will attend.
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GAMA: 1Q Bizjet Shipments Rise, but Turboprops Stumble

First-quarter numbers are encouraging, “but we remain a long way from being out of the woods,” said GAMA president and CEO Pete Bunce.
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TAG Farnborough Tops in AIN International FBO Survey

Service facility southwest of London earned an overall score of 9.1 out of 10 from AIN readers.

Bombardier Bizjet Deliveries Up, Backlog Grows

Company delivered 43 business jets in the quarter, compared with 39 during the first quarter last year.
Rotorcraft

At Textron, Aviation Segment Rises, but Bell Slips

Textron’s aviation division delivered 35 Cessna Citations and eight King Airs during the first quarter, while Bell shipped 34 helicopters.