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A400M Negotiations Continue; German Cuts Discussed

Germany is negotiating to reduce the number of A400M airlifters that it will receive from Airbus Military.
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Security

ASA Group Inundated During Thailand Protests

The ASA Group, an executive-aviation security services provider with a base in Bangkok, said it has been inundated with requests for assistance from travel
Charter & Fractional

Avantair Finds Smooth Air in Turbulent Frax Market

Piaggio Avanti fractional provider Avantair’s revenue increased 4 percent, to $36 million, in its fiscal third quarter (which ended March 31) compared with
Aircraft

Grob Prototype Crash Caused by Stabilizer Failure

The November 2006 fatal crash of the Grob G180A SPn prototype was caused by failure of the twinjet’s horizontal stabilizer, according to the final report r
FBOs

New Northwest Florida Airport Set To Open on Sunday

Northwest Florida Beaches Airport (KECP) near Panama City, Fla., the first new greenfield airport since Denver International in 1995, is on schedule to ope
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options Gets Its First Phenom 300

Cleveland-based fractional aircraft provider Flight Options took delivery of its first Embraer Phenom 300 on Tuesday.
Maintenance and Modifications

Flabob High School Students Build Jet Engine

Anthony Mosallam and Jonathon Deming, students at the Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy in Riverside, Calif., designed and built a turbine engine for thei
Maintenance and Modifications

U.S. Civil Aviation Mx Has $39 Billion Impact

According to a study conducted by research firm AeroStrategy, the aviation maintenance industry in the U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Engine Damage Not Caused by Volcanic Ash

Dramatic photos circulating on the Internet purporting to show a Williams International FJ44-3A-24 installed on a Cessna Citation CJ2+ destroyed by exposur
Maintenance and Modifications

Iceland Eruption Has Different Effect on Windows

While pilots need to be careful not to fly through heavy concentrations of volcanic ash from the Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in Iceland, the glass particle-la
Maintenance and Modifications

Honeywell To See Volcano Effects First-hand

Engineers at Honeywell’s Phoenix engine division have received two TPE331-5 turboprops removed from a Dornier Do-228 operated by the UK’s National Environm

Stabilizer failure caused crash of Grob prototype

The 2006 fatal crash of the Grob G180A SPn midsize jet prototype was caused by failure of the twinjet’s horizontal stabilizer, according to the final repor

No child left unbuckled

Aircraft passengers tend not to worry about the in-flight safety of their children, says Lucille Fisher, whose job is writing and rewriting safety requirem
Aircraft

ExpressJet Confident in Its Position

Houston-based Continental Express regional affiliate ExpressJet congratulated Continental Airlines and United Airlines on their agreement to merge, pending

Regionals Brace for UAL-CAL Merger

The regional airline partners of United and Continental Airlines will no doubt face a period of some uncertainty as the major airlines prepare to merge the
Aircraft

Airbus Delivers Lufthansa’s First A380

Lufthansa took delivery today of its first Airbus A380 during a handover ceremony in Hamburg, Germany, making it the fifth customer to have taken possessio
Aircraft

Dornier Seaplane Picks Montreal for Seastar Production

Dornier Seaplane yesterday selected the Montreal suburb of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu as the final assembly site for the company’s all-composite, Pratt & Whi
Regulations and Government

FAA Now Processing Trust Registrations Again

The FAA has backed away from placing restrictions on non-citizen owner trust registrations of aircraft, according to NBAA and NATA.

UBS Bizjet Survey Says Market Holding Steady

UBS Investment Research’s May business jet index came in at 50, indicative of a stable market and in line with its previous two surveys in January and Marc
Regulations and Government

Obama Nominates Pistole for TSA Chief

President Barack Obama yesterday nominated John Pistole as assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, a position where he would also lead

Boeing To Increase 737 Production Rate

Boeing will move ahead with
Engines

PW1000G Core Surpasses 100 Hours of Testing

More than 100 hours of testing on a full-scale PW1000G PurePower engine core has so far validated Pratt & Whitney's performance goals for its new generatio
Charter & Fractional

Flexjet, Korean Airlines Form Alliance

Bombardier Flexjet and Korean Airlines formed a marketing alliance that allows fractional owners from the former company who use the international airline

GAMA Honors Retiring Congressmen for Their General Aviation Support

The board of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) recognized Sen.
Aircraft

Alternative F-35 JSF Engine Program Lives To See Another Day

The U.S. House armed services seapower and air-land forces subcommittees this week included $485 million in continued funding for the GE/Rolls-Royce F136.
Aircraft

‘Last Time’ DC-3 Mass Flight Planned for AirVenture’10

The world’s largest reunion organization of Douglas DC-3s since World War II, dubbed “The Last Time,” is one step closer with the appointment of eight indu
Charter & Fractional

ProJet Plans Grand Opening for Jet Center on June 2

Aircraft management and charter company ProJet Aviation is planning a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Jet Center at Leesburg (Va.) Ex

Actor-pilot Harrison Ford Addresses GA Caucus

The general and business aviation alphabet groups participated in a General Aviation Caucus event at the U.S.
Safety

Gulfstream Flight-data Monitoring Is Enhancing Safety

Gulfstream today said its flight-data monitoring/flight operational quality assurance program “is already making a difference in safety to operators.” Intr