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Maintenance and Modifications
Bonded Warehouse for Jet Aviation Sorocaba
Jet Aviation Sorocaba received approval to operate a bonded warehouse (a facility that holds goods awaiting duty or tax to be paid on them).
Maintenance and Modifications
Aeroinv.com Lists 150,000-part Inventory on ILS
Aftermarket aircraft parts supplier Aeroinv.com will now be listing more than 150,000 part SKUs worth $350 million on Inventory Locator Service.
AIN Blog: Behind the Scenes at Business Jet Traveler
Transformation is one of the most extraordinary themes of the human experience.
Aircraft
CIT Confirms Order for 50 A320neos
The backlog for Airbus’s A320neo family seems to grow on a daily basis of late, most recently with today’s conversion of an MOU signed in June during the <
AIN Blog: Stocks and Stones May Hurt Your Bones, But Words Will Never Hurt You
Business aviation may still be brimming with righteous indignation over recent attacks by President Barack Obama (in the row over bonus depreciation) and <
Aircraft
Labace Starts Thursday, Looks To Be Biggest Yet
The eighth edition of the Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (Labace)
Argus: Bizav Flight Activity Cools Down in July
Business aircraft flight activity in the U.S.
AIN Blog: Torqued: The Case for Criminalizing Aircraft Accidents
I get so sick of hearing pundits talk about how bad it is to
Aircraft
Airbus Nantes delivers first A350XWB center wing box to St. Nazaire
Airbus has delivered the first center wing box for the A350XWB from its
Aircraft
French Pilots’ Union Pulls Out of AF447 Accident Investigation
The French pilots’ union, SNPL, has withdrawn its participation in the ongoing investigation of Air France Flight 447 (AF447), the Airbus A330-200 that cra
Aircraft
For Airbus, Boeing, Supply Chains Limit More Rate Hikes
Plans call for narrowbody production at both Airbus and Boeing to reach 42 a month by 2014, but the extent to which either company can extend its rates muc
US Airways Files Suit Against Pilots in Ongoing Dispute
US Airways filed suit against its pilots’ union July 29, claiming an illegal work slowdown in the latest development in a lengthy and increasingly bitter l
Aircraft
ACI Report Reflects Air Transport’s Resiliency
A new report about global air traffic, released last week by Montreal-based Airports Council International (ACI), shows a strong rebound in 2010 after a tw
Aircraft
First F-16s Delivered to Morocco, as End-of-the-Line Nears
Lockheed Martin ferried to Morocco the first four of 24 F-16C/D Block 52s being supplied to the Royal Moroccan Air Force from its Fort Worth, Texas, plant
Aircraft
High-altitude Airship Destroyed after Aborted Demo Flight
The flight of the Lockheed Martin high-altitude long endurance-demonstrator (HALE-D) airship ended after less than three hours last week in a forced landin
Aircraft
First 737 AWACS Arrives in South Korea
Boeing delivered the first of four modified 737-700IGW airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft to South Korea, the second nation after Austral
Aircraft
Chengdu Flies Chinese-powered J-10 Fighter
The design institute at Chengdu flew a J-10B development aircraft fitted with the indigenous Shenyang Liming WS-10A Taihang engine at the end of July.
Aircraft
Electrical Power Problems Ground Lockheed Martin F-35s Again
All 20 Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters now flying were grounded August 3, following the failure of the integrated power pack (IPP) on an F-35A d
GD Appoints New Gulfstream President
Gulfstream parent company General Dynamics announced today that Larry Flynn will succeed Joe Lombardo as president of the Savannah-based airframer starting
AIN Blog: The FAA Shutdown Wasn’t over EAS
So it took a torrent of battling press releases, multiple sound bites and numerous press briefings before we finally learned the real hang-up over the FAA
AIN Blog: Is certification really necessary?
Spending a week at the annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh show never fails to exhilarate and inspire, but at the same time it can frustrate.
New Aircraft Deliveries Continue To Slide
The general aviation industry’s rebound continues to sputter, according to first-half shipment numbers released this afternoon by the General Aviation Manu
ATC
Temporary Deal Is Brokered on FAA Funding
Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced this afternoon that Congress has reached a bipartisan compromise that will allow temporary funding of
Aircraft
Hawker Beechcraft Sees Flat Bizav Deliveries
In its first-half earnings conference call this morning, Hawker Beechcraft announced its $487 million in new orders exceeded its cancellations of $80 milli
