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Rotorcraft
Boeing and Eurocopter To Build a Bigger Chinook?
Boeing and Eurocopter have agreed to cooperate on a future transport helicopter (FTH) and at the ILA Berlin Air Show both companies displayed a tandem-roto
Rotorcraft
Eurocopter Challenged for New German Requirements
Eurocopter was eyeing new German military requirements at the ILA Berlin Air Show earlier this month, even as it defended its delivery performance on the G
Aircraft
Grob Says Turbo-Trainer Upgrade Will Offer Low-cost Competition
Grob Aircraft is developing a turboprop version of its G115/G120 series of primary trainers.
Sopa Targets Bizav in Middle East-Europe Border States
The Central Europe Private Aviation (Cepa) group has formed an affiliated organization called
Rotorcraft
Sikorsky S-76D Program Delayed Again
First deliveries of the Sikorsky S-76D medium twin–an upgraded derivative of the S-76C++–are n
Airbus Sees Great Promise for Bizliner Orders in China
According to Airbus Corporate Jets, as business jet use becomes more widespread in mainland Ch
Babbitt: No Operator ‘Too Small’ for SMS
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt has a message to aircraft operators that believe they should b
Aircraft
Canadian TSB, U.S. NTSB Investigating Trans States Runway Overrun
The National Transportation Safety Board has dispatched a team of investigators this morning to assist the Transportation Safety Board of Canada with its i
Aircraft
Boeing Completes First Flight of GE-Powered 787
The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner powered by General Electric GEnx-1B engines–ZA005–completed its first flight at 6:29 p.m.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier Aerospace To Acquire ExelTech Hangar
Following the bankruptcy of ExelTech Aerospace, Bombardier is purchasing the company’s Saint-L
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Dubai Receives Jordanian Approval
Jet Aviation Dubai recently received Jordanian CARC maintenance approvals for
Maintenance and Modifications
Summit Aviation Breaks Ground on Expansion Project
Middletown, Del.-based Summit Aviation has launched a 78,000-sq-ft expansion and renovation of
Maintenance and Modifications
TWG Aviation To Acquire Vitesse Maintenance Assets
TWG Aviation, parent company of Dallas-based Business Jet Access (BJA) and Business Jet Center (BJC), is to buy Vitesse Aviation Services.
Charter & Fractional
DOT Grants Brokers Charter Approval for Govt. Ops
The Air Charter Association of North America (Acana) has been working with the Department of Transportation to inform and educate the agency about the bene
Sustainability and Environment
ETS Support Facility Decision Still Not Resolved
Eurocontrol’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) support facility has still not been definitively confirmed as an option for operators to meet their obligation
Charter & Fractional
Arcadia Emerges as Buyer for Wayfarer Aviation
Arcadia Aviation this afternoon said it has signed a binding letter of intent to acquire certain assets and operations of Wayfarer Aviation, which was set
Regulations and Government
TSA To Take a Fresh Look at DCA Access
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wants to improve on the anemic number of general aviation flights into Ronald Reagan Washington National A
Bizav Flight Activity Still Trending Upward
According to TraqPak data released yesterday by aviation specialized services firm Argus, business aircraft flight activity climbed 7.9 percent last month
Aircraft
Boeing 747-8 Freighter Receives Expanded Type Inspection Authorization
Boeing announced yesterday that it received expanded type inspection authorization (TIA) from the FAA for the
Aircraft
Boeing To Raise 737 Production to 35 per Month
Boeing will raise production yet again on its 737 line, the company announced today, taking the rate from the previously announced 34 airplanes per month t
Aircraft
Boeing Starts Assembling First 747-8 Intercontinental
Boeing has begun assembling the fuselage of the first 747-8 Inte
Aircraft
Gulfstream Adds EVS Capability to the GIII, GIV and GV
Gulfstream Aerospace completed installation of a Kollsman General Aviation Vision System (GAViS) on a Gulfstream IV.
Boeing To Demo Cooperative UAV Technologies for U.S. Air Force
Boeing has been awarded a three-year $9.8 million contract from the U.S.
Charter & Fractional
XOJet To Install Airborne Broadband Fleet-wide
Aircraft charter hybrid XOJet said it will install airborne high-speed Internet to its fleet of five Bombardier Challenger 300s and 19 Cessna Citation Xs.
ARSA to Clinton: Remove Foreign Repair Station Language in FAA Bill
The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) is warning the Obama Administration that wording in the FAA reauthorization legislation pending on Capit
Engines
New Materials Give Next Generation of Engines Their Edge
Composites and other new and expensive materials play key roles in the engines that will power new single-aisle airliners, such as the Comac C919, Bombardi
Manufacturers Unhitch Delivery Wagon from Order Book Horse
Airbus COO for customers John Leahy remains optimistic, even when faced with no increase in deliveries of new aircraft in 2010; one man’s zero growth is an
