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Airports
Paris Toussus business airport under threat
Users of Paris Toussus-le-Noble Airport should accept severe restrictions if they do not want to see local elected officials close their airport, according
Maintenance and Modifications
Cessna Expands European Customer Service
Textron sister companies Bell Helicopter and Cessna Aircraft have broken ground on a new facility dedicated to customers in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Charter & Fractional
Arcadia Shuts Its Doors
The storied history of a series of well known aviation companies entered its final chapter last month when aircraft charter/management provider and FBO ope
FBOs
Landmark Revamps GSO FBO
Landmark Aviation’s FBO at Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) in Greensboro, N.C., has seen an increase in business since its opening in May follow
Maintenance and Modifications
MRO Profile: Jet Works Air Center
Jet Works Air Center is the product of the merger of Jet Works Aviation and Denton Business Air Center, combining the former’s avionics repair capabilities
Aircraft
E190s Land in Kazakhstan
In late May Embraer celebrated the entry into service of the first of two E190s with Air Astana, the national flag carrier of Kazakhstan, in a ceremony at
Aircraft
In The Works July 2011: Honda Aircaft HondaJet
Honda Aircraft has achieved new milestones during flight testing of the first FAA-conforming HondaJet (F1), including reaching a maximum speed of 425 knots
BAE Spreads Its Wings In Latin America
BAE Systems has announced a plan to implement a new “regionalized” strategy to support the Latin American market, where some 90 of its aircraft are now in
Jet Aviation Hong Kong Named Falcon Service Center
Airbus has appointed Comlux America of Indianapolis an approved cabin outfitter.
FBOs
Landmark Takes Over MIA FBO
A Florida court has upheld Miami-Dade County’s decision to award Landmark Aviation a 10-year operating lease for its FBO at Miami International Airport (MI
Maintenance and Modifications
Chromalloy Nevada Reduces Workforce
West Star Aviation recently installed the first Rockwell Collins Pro Line 4 to Pro Line 21 upgrade on the Falcon 2000.
Airports
NATA Concerned with Proposed Airport SMS Plan
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has formally responded to the FAA’s notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would create a requirement
Rotorcraft
AS350 Plucks Alaska Climber at nearly 20,000 feet
A Eurocopter AS350 B3 performed one of the highest-altitude rescues on record in May when it rescued an injured climber off Alaska’s Mount McKinley just be
Charter & Fractional
Meeting outlines ACSF audit standard goals
Fourteen charter operators and four auditing companies met early last month to discuss whether there should be a single audit standard for the charter and
Rotorcraft
Eurocopter Sells Four EC135 Hermès in Four Years
Launched at a time when luxury helicopters were a promising market segment, the EC135 “
AIN Blog: En Route to Paris on Honeywell’s Biofuel Proving Flight
Here we are, 41,000 feet in the air, sailing along at a little more than 476 knots and a little more than halfway from Morristown, N.J., to the Paris Air S
Rotorcraft
Sikorsky Terminates S-76C++, Firms Up S-76D Delivery Plans
Sikorsky has announced the end of S-76C++ production, thus firming up S-76D delivery plans for next year.
Airbus Logs Record Number of Orders at Paris Show
The 2011 Paris Air Show currently under way has smiled on many manufacturers but on none so benevolently as Airbus, which set a record for the number of n
Sustainability and Environment
Jet Biofuels Come of Age at 2011 Paris Air Show
Two years ago at the last Paris Air Show, jet biofuels were just talked about, but at the airshow this week they appear to have come of age.
Aircraft
Sukhoi and Alenia Launch Bizjet Version of Superjet 100
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft and Alenia Aeronautica announced the launch of an executive version of the
Engines
Price Induction To Certify DGen 380 Mini-turbofan
Price Induction is about to embark on European certification of its DGen 380 general aviation turbofan, the Tarnos, the France-based turbine-engine manufac
Sikorsky Chief Talks Eclipse at Paris Show
Sikorsky Aircraft president Jeff Pino shed more light on the company’s investment in Albuquerque, N.M.-based Eclipse Aerospace, including the possibility o
AIN Blog: The care and feeding of the press
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Paris 2011: Sapphire Energy Plans To Turn Algae Oil into Jet A
What does it take to make a million barrels of “green” oil a day? According to San Diego, California-based Sapphire Energy (Hall 3 E118), the answer lies i
Paris 2011: Novabase Highlights Portuguese Pavallion
The Portuguese Pavilion at the Paris Air Show is the stage for Novabase, an Internet technology specialist, to demonstrate its expertise in the aerospace s
Paris 2011: New Portuguese Consortium Launches Eco-Friendly Cabin
L.I.F.E., a new Portuguese multi-discipline consortium, has been formed to explore “the design, development and industrialization of functional technical
Engines
Paris 2011: Price Induction To Certify Its DGEN 380 Mini-turbofan
French turbine-engine manufacturer Price Induction is about to embark on European certification of its DGEN 380 general aviation turbofan. An example
