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Cabin Interior and Electronics
Nextant Picks Inspect Tech I-Shade for Beechjet 400Next
The I-Shade cabin light management system has been picked by Nextant Aerospace for its
Aircraft
Falcon 2000DX/EX/LX to land shorter
Dassault is about to receive certification for a “nose-up autobrake” feature to further cut Falcon 2000-series landing distances, chief test pilot Philippe
Deliveries hit five-year low, but billings rise in 1Q/10
General aviation deliveries experienced an overall drop in the first quarter from the same period last year, according to numbers released last month by th
Bizav Flight Activity Still Climbing
Business aircraft flight activity increased 4.8 percent in April compared with year-ago levels, according to TraqPak data released by aviation specialized
Accidents
FAA Denies Sanctions Against Midair Pilots
The FAA rejected a request from Brazilian politicians to revoke the pilot certificates of the two U.S.
Obama Nominates Pistole for TSA Chief
President Barack Obama nominated John Pistole as assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, a position where he would also lead the Trans
Accidents
Stabilizer Failure Caused Grob Crash
The November 2006 fatal crash of the Grob G180A SPn prototype was caused by failure of the twinjet’s horizontal stabilizer, which “suffered an in-flight br
FBOs
Northwest Florida Airport Opens
Northwest Florida Beaches Airport (KECP) near Panama City, Fla., the first new greenfield airport since Denver International in 1995, opened last month.
Charter & Fractional
Flight Ops Receives First Phenom 300
Flight Options took delivery of its first Embraer Phenom 300.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Silentium Air Intros Challenger 300 Noise-reduction Kit
Silentium Air introduced its 300 series, a customized noise-reduction kit developed expressly for the Bombardier Challenger 300.The Montreal-ba
Charter & Fractional
Darby challenges certificate revocation
Five years after the February 2005 Challenger overrun at Teterboro–one of the most notorious accidents in business aviation history–the FAA has
Sustainability and Environment
Europe likely to approve ETS Support Facility
Eurocontrol appears to be close to finally approving the funding and development of its ETS Support Facility, which would give business aircraft operators
FBOs
FBO wants to bring corporate ops back to Reagan National
It has been almost nine years since terrorists showed the world how easy it was to hijack fuel-laden airliners and use them as missiles on Sept.
Charter & Fractional
VistaJet sees surge in revenue
European charter operator VistaJet reports that revenues grew by 20 percent last year and that the company has expanded its fleet of Bombardier jets to 26
Sustainability and Environment
Phillips 66 provides rebate for compassion missions
Phillips 66 Aviation is offering a $1-per-gallon rebate to qualifying pilots flying Angel Flight Northeast and Mercy Medical Airlift missions, when fuel is
Regulations and Government
FAA gives compliance a closer look
The FAA seems to have been extraordinarily busy of late finding incidents of non-compliance with regulations.
Maintenance and Modifications
Honeywell To Tear Down TPE331s that Operated in Ash
Honeywell’s engine division scored a unique opportunity last month when two TPE331-5 engines arrived at the company’s Phoenix headquarters.
FBOs
Sporavia and Aviastec plan FBO at Spanish airport
On May 4, Sporavia and Aviastec signed a 30-year lease with CR Aeropuertos for a four-acre lot at Ciudad Real Airport south of Madrid, where the companies
FBOs
Execujet opens new Zurich hangar
In April ExecuJet Aviation Group took over a 20,000-sq-ft hangar at Zurich’s Kloten Airport.
FBOs
Lyon Bron opens green hangar
Lyon Bron Airport in France held a grand opening for a new 32,000-sq-ft hangar on April 2.
Maintenance and Modifications
Volcanic ash imposing new layer of ops, mx concerns
A bold move by British Airways in April–the launching of 26 airplanes toward the UK while British airspace was closed–finally broke the European
FBOs
Landmark joins Globalair.com Air Resource Center
Landmark Aviation has added its 33 continental U.S.
FBOs
Privatair plans Bahrain expansion
PrivatAir is targeting a July 1 opening date for its new charter/management business in Bahrain.
FBOs
JetEx opens first international FBO
JetEx Flight Support has opened its first FBO, a refurbishment of the former Flying Group facility at Le Bourget Airport in Paris, which it acquired in Feb
FBOs
Rizon FBOs to open soon
Rizon Jet’s two FBOs at London Biggin Hill and Doha, Qatar, are set to open in July.
FBOs
Universal offers integrated tankering solution
Universal Weather & Aviation has added integrated fuel tankering calculations to its UVflightplanner.com system.
FBOs
Nice Airports get Bizav upgrades
France’s Nice Cote d’Azur Airport now has a consolidated general aviation terminal (GAT) housing three FBOs: Swissport Executive Aviation (a joint venture
