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Regulations and Government
Aviation Industry Welcomes Latest House FAA Bill
While it may seem to many like the movie “Groundhog Day,” the House of Representatives passed yet another version of FAA reauthorization on Friday, sending
Aircraft
Mitsubishi Starts Assembly of First MRJ
Assembly work on the Mitsubishi Regional Jet officially began today with a ceremonial rivet-driving celebration at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Tobishima p
Aircraft
FAA To Mandate Fuselage Fatigue Inspections for Certain 737s
The FAA plans to issue an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) tomorrow that will require operators of specific early Boeing 737 models to conduct initia
Engines
Lufthansa Picks Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G for Its Airbus A320neos
Evidence of the warm reception that Airbus A320 customers are giving the Pratt & Whitney’s Geared TurboFan engine mounted still further today, as Lufthansa
Aircraft
Hole in Southwest Jet To Prompt Boeing Service Bulletin
Boeing plans to issue a Service Bulletin to describe inspection techniques for Boeing 737s similar to the Southwest Airlines 737-300 whose fuselage skin ru
AF447's Airbus A330 wreckage found
The fourth campaign to fi
Gulfstream G650 Test Airplane Crashes in New Mexico
A Gulfstream G650 flight-test airplane crashed today at 9:30 a.m.
Aircraft
Southwest Grounds 79 Jets after Emergency Landing
Southwest Airlines has grounded 79 (not 81 as was previously reported) of its Boeing 737s as it began working with Boeing and the NTSB to determine the cau
Aircraft
AIN Blog: Weather Takes Sun ‘n’ Fun Fly-In by Storm, Quite Literally
If I were to experience a tornado, or a near-tornado, my guess would have been while visiting one of the aircraft manufacturers in Wichita.
Avionics
Announced at AEA: new avionics extend cockpit capabilities
by Matt Thurber
Among the new products introduced at the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) International Convention & Trade Show on Marc
Regulations and Government
Business groups join fight against Barr limits
by Paul Lowe
Although the words aviation and security usually conjure images of terrorists trying to do bad things to airliners, the FAA’s pr
Sustainability and Environment
Rising fuel prices squeeze charter operators, FBOs
by Matt Thurber
For a pilot worried about whether the next bump in operating costs will be one more incentive for the boss to sell the airpla
Sustainability and Environment
What are the limits of Europe’s ETS?
It is astonishing to many operators outside Europe, but under the European Union’s emissions trading scheme they are accountable for their engines’ carbon
Sustainability and Environment
Crunch time for emissions verification
by Charles Alcock
Hundreds of aircraft operators in Europe and around the world were scrambling last month to meet the March 31 deadline to c
Charter & Fractional
NetJets Places First-ever Bombardier Order
by Matt Thurber
NetJets, the Berkshire Hathaway-owned fractional-share operator, completed a purchase agreement early last month for up to 1
Regulations and Government
FAA Withdraws Advanced Notice for SMS Proposal
The FAA withdrew an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM), released in July 2
FBOs
2011 FBO Survey – The Americas: State of the FBO Industry
Printable version of the FBO Report, FBO Ratings and Readers Comments
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FBOs
2011 FBO Survey – The Americas: Top 10 FBOs
Printable version of the FBO Report, FBO Ratings and Readers Comments<
Airports
Construction at FLL To Close Runway 9L/27R
Beginning next month, Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL) will be experiencing runway closures for resurfacing.
ATC
FAA, EU Collaborate on NextGen Research
The FAA and the European Union signed an agreement to work together on NextGen research.
Embraer Eyes Global Jet Segment
In just two years, Embraer has moved from a minor player in the business jet market–garnering only 3 percent of market share by volume in 2008–to one that
Aircraft
Shanghai Bizav Show Makes Debut
The Shanghai International Business Aviation Show, hosted by the Shanghai Association for Science & Technology and Shanghai Society of Aeronautics, is maki
FBOs
AIN’s Readers Rate the World’s FBOs
Pilots, flight attendants, dispatchers and other AIN subscribers who have frequent interaction with FBOs provided a total of 23,452 evaluations of m
ATC
XM WX for iPad Gets Green Light
Pilots who use Apple’s iPad tablet computer have been lusting for one additional bit of functionality, in-flight weather data.
Aircraft
Conforming HondaJet Reaches Top Speed
Honda Aircraft announced this week that its first production-conforming HondaJet achieved the m
Aircraft
Embraer Sees Slower Bizjet Recovery
Embraer is more convinced that business aviation is facing a slow recovery than it was last year, when it last issued its forecast for the executive aviati
