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Rockwell Collins Moving Fusion into Part 23 Market

Rockwell Collins is moving aggressively into the light jet and turboprop market with a new version of Pro Line Fusion targeted at smaller aircraft.
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NBAA Show Shaping Up As Another Big One

The flow of aircraft, people and exhibit booth material is accelerating toward Las Vegas in preparation for the NBAA’s 64th Annual Meeting & Convention
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Aircraft

Qantas Seals Order for 110 A320s

Qantas orders A320s.
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Look Who's Talking for Bombardier

Bombardier has appointed movie star and pilot John Travolta as one of its business aircraft brand ambassadors.
Aircraft

AIN Blog: Bizav OEMs Must Go Bold or Just Go Home

Business aircraft manufacturers' future survival could very well rest on them announcing bold plans at NBAA 2011.

Gulfstream Adds to Product Support Team

Gulfstream Aerospace has named Jace Stone as director, product support sales for the western U.S. and western Canada.
Maintenance and Modifications

AD Proposed for Challenger Air-driven Generator

The FAA is proposing an airworthiness directive for the Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (CRJ) air-driven generator (ADG). The document cites three occasions
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Offers iPad App

MRO facility Duncan Aviation has developed a free application for the Apple iPad designed to improve access to information about the company’s service
Maintenance and Modifications

Rheinland Air Services To Overhaul ATR Systems

Rheinland Air Services (RAS) has been approved by ATR to do repair and overhaul work on ATR flight control systems.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jeff Bonner R&D Delivers Nextant Nacelle Systems

Jeff Bonner Research & Development of San Antonio recently delivered the first four nacelle/cowling systems for the Nextant 400XT
Maintenance and Modifications

PAMA Sets January Date for Maintenance Symposium

Eastern Michigan University in Ann Arbor will host the 2012 Professional Aviation Maintenance Association’s National Aviation Maintenance Symposium
Maintenance and Modifications

Dynetics, WestWind Technologies Form Support Alliance

Dynetics and WestWind Technologies have entered into a joint venture creating Aviation Support Alliance. ASA, which brings together engineering, manufactur
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Maintenance and Modifications

JSFirm.com: Employee Searches Should Start in the Fall

Maintenance technicians can look forward to hiring opportunities this fall as “companies should begin recruiting in October, November and December,”
Maintenance and Modifications

Grand Jury Indicts Six Former Weco Employees

A federal grand jury returned a 36-count indictment charging Jerry Edward Kuwata (60), Michael Dennis Maupin (58), Scott Hamilton Durham (39)
Maintenance and Modifications

ARSA Launches Lift the Ban Survey

The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) has launched a survey to measure the impact of the ban on new foreign repair station certificates.

AIN Blog: What makes AIN different?

New AINonline maintains AIN's editorial principles
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Charter & Fractional

Million Air Charter OK’d for RNP-AR Approaches

Million Air Dallas completed the validation flight requirements to obtain authority to conduct RNP-AR (formally SAAAR) approaches in its Gulfstream G450.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

EMS Aviation’s Aspire Gaining in Popularity

EMS Aviation, now a Honeywell company, is continuing to find customers for its Aspire 200 LG data connectivity system.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Otonomy Offers Answers To Ground Security

As more and more business and private jets travel farther abroad, often to airports where ground security is minimal at best and nonexistent at worst, Oton
Cabin Interior and Electronics

BaySys Moves To Ku-Band Broadband

Independent completion and refurbishment center BaySys Technologies of Melfa, Va., has concluded that service over a Ku-band satellite system “provides a s
Cabin Interior and Electronics

This Chameleon Stands Out

Chameleon Products has added a new dimension–a third dimension, to be more accurate. The new product–Visionairy–was created to introduce 3-D images into th
Cabin Interior and Electronics

ViaSat Adds South America To High-speed Internet Coverage

ViaSat has completed the addition of its Yonder high-speed Internet coverage to Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and surrounding areas. V
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Field Aviation Delivers Executive Q400s

Toronto-based Field Aviation has delivered two Bombardier Q400s in a corporate shuttle reconfiguration to Avitrade Belgium, which will operate them on beha
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Aviation Fabricators Goes Hawker with Cabin Upgrades

Aviation Fabricators has received an STC approval for its arm-ledge/table design for the Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90, E90, F90 and 200. The package is d
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Cordner’s BAe 146/Avro RJ Conversion Mining for Business

Cordner Aviation Group made its first
Cabin Interior and Electronics

RDT Introduces Tempus IC Telemedicine Breakthrough

London-based RDT, a telemedicine products specialist, has introduced its new Tempus IC, a small, lightweight remote medical “assistant” that RDT claims wil
Training and Workforce

ATR Opens Training Center in Paris

ATR opened a new pilot training center in Paris last month.
Aircraft

Bombardier Breaks Into Indian Market with Q400s

Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet took delivery of its fourth Q400 NextGen on September 7 and planned to deploy it late last month along with three others i
Aircraft

Third Trans States Landing Accident in Ottawa Raises Questions About Runway Design

Authorities in Canada are investigating a September 4 runway excursion at Ottawa International Airport involving a Trans States Airlines Embraer ERJ 145–th