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FBOs
Indian firm seeks partner on Indira Gandhi FBO
Delhi International Airport Private Ltd (Dial) is seeking a partner to bid on building a new FBO, general aviation maintenance facility and hotel at Indi
FBOs
World Fuel buying Western Petroleum
World Fuel Services has agreed to acquire Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Western Petroleum, including its branded aviation fuel distribution business, for $95
FBOs
Desert Jet now offers social-medial charter quoting
Palm Springs, Calif.-based Desert Jet is promoting charter quotes via its Facebook page, and the company claims that this is the first air charter quotin
Regulations and Government
FAA takes down OPs specs website
Looking for information on the FAA’s OpSpecs Web site? As of August 31, the FAA shut down www.opspecs.com and moved all of that material to other Web sit
FBOs
JetFlite renames Long Beach FBO
JetFlite International’s Long Beach Air Center has been rebranded under the JetFlite name.
FBOs
Sonoma Jet Center gets new owners
South River Aviation recently purchased assets of the former Sonoma Jet Center at Charles M.
FBOs
FBO competition coming to Chattanooga Airport
The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority is embarking on a plan to build at Lovell Field Airport a new FBO that will be managed by an independent t
FBOs
Aero Centex opens new Texas FBO
The new Aero Centex FBO officially opened on August 31 at Georgetown Municipal Airport north of Austin, Texas.
Regulations and Government
Europe’s Regional Airlines Demand Legal Action over Volcano Losses
Despite evident post-recession traffic recovery, last month’s European Regions Airline Association general assembly in Barcelona was accompanied by the sou
Aerospace Firms Prime Targets for Cyber Crime
Aerospace and defense firms are especially vulnerable to breaches of cyber security, according to a
Maintenance and Modifications
Boeing Looks To Add Value and Grow Revenue throughout Aircraft Lifecycle
Boeing’s Commercial Aviation Services (CAS) division is gaining ground in its strategy to deliver services for the entire lifetime of the aircraft that it
Aircraft
Mitsubishi Cuts Metal for MRJ as Sales Sag
Mitsubishi has tried not to let lackluster sales tarnish an efficiently run development campaign for the MRJ regional jet, the first metal for which worker
Aircraft
Boeing Takes Flak over 747-8 Freighter Delays
It didn’t take special insight to guess that Boeing wouldn’t meet its year-end target to certify and deliver the first 747-8 Freighter.
FAA Proposes Mandatory HTaws for Helicopter EMS
This morning the FAA announced its long-awaited
ATC
ADS-B Gets Green Light, GPS Backup Less Clear
Following successful ADS-B deployment at key sites in Alaska, the
Eurocopter Hopes To Launch X4 Medium Twin Helo Soon
Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling is hoping the Dauphin replacement program, codenamed X4, will be given the go-ahead within the next few months.
Hawker and Union To Reopen Contract Negotiations
Wichita-based Hawker Beechcraft and the machinists union that represents its production workers agreed to reopen contract negotiations tomorrow, with a mem
Standing Room Only at Bombardier Safety Standdown
Bombardier’s four-day Safety Standdown seminar, which concluded today in Wichita, was fully booked.
Embraer Claims It Hasn’t Given Up on China Talks
Brazil’s Embraer remains in negotiations with Chinese authorities over the prospect of building E-Jets at the Harbin-Embraer plant in Harbin, China, a comp
Engines
Boeing Delivery Totals Reflect Strong Single-aisle Market
More evidence of an increasingly robust single-aisle commercial airplane market surfaced today in Boeing’s third-quarter delivery report, which shows that
What got us into this fine mess, anyway?
Here’s a short story that relates, I think, to the plight of the business jet.
Good friends of ours who run a small medical practice were lamentin
Maintenance and Modifications
Constant Offers Beechjet 400XP Pro Line 21 Upgrade
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport-based Constant Aviation has delivered its first retail Pro Line 21 upgraded Beechjet 400XP.
Maintenance and Modifications
StandardAero Reopens Springfield TFE731 MPI Shop
StandardAero is now offering TFE731 heavy maintenance, repair and overhaul out of its 265,000-sq-ft production and support facility in Springfield.
Maintenance and Modifications
Tailwind Buys Kelly Aerospace Energy Systems’ Assets
Hartzell Propeller’s parent company, Tailwind Technologies, has purchased the assets of Kelly Aerospace Energy Systems of Montgomery, Ala., for an undiscl
Maintenance and Modifications
Precision Aviation Expands Facility
Precision Aviation Group (PAG) has begun a project expanding its Atlanta headquarters.
Maintenance and Modifications
Mid-Continent STCs Lithium Emergency Power
Mid-Continent Instruments has received an approved model list (AML) supplemental type certificate (STC) from the FAA for its MD835 lithium emergency power
Maintenance and Modifications
Enterprise Jet Center Expands Maintenance Capacity
For the second time in five years Enterprise Jet Center is expanding its Houston Hobby Airport complex.
Air Mekong Launching Service in Vietnam with SkyWest CRJ 900s
Vietnam’s Air Mekong, 30-percent owned by U.S.
