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Airports

Weight increase approved at Scottsdale Airport

The FAA approved increasing the mtow at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona to 100,000 pounds, according to NBAA, which worked with the Arizona Business A
Airports

Bridgeport Airport to get EMAS runway safety area

The city of Bridgeport, Conn., received court approval to buy an acre of land next to Sikorsky Memorial Airport and plans to build an engineered mat
FBOs

Odyssey celebrates new lakefront FBO

Odyssey Aviation, the former Million Air FBO facility at New Orleans Lakefront Airport that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, opene
Rotorcraft

Helo hops available Farnborough Airshow

UK helicopter charter operator PremiAir is offering helicopter charters from the London Heliport to the Farnborough International Airshow (July 19 t
Charter & Fractional

Mayo Aviation buys Charterops

Mayo Aviation has expanded its charter/ management fleet to 18 aircraft with the acquisition of CharterOps of Portland, Maine.
FBOs

Passur AirportMonitor supports Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport is now using Passur’s AirportMonitor system to supplement its longstanding use of Passur’s data feeds and software for th

Point/Counterpoint

Nigel Moll says:The sticker on my car suggesting that fellow road users “Hang Up, Look Up, Wake Up & DRIVE” is evidence enough that my cur
Aircraft

Sukhoi Superjet 100 completes cold-soak trials

The third Sukhoi Superjet 100 (S/N 95004) has com
Airports

Execujet handles Davos visitors

ExecuJet Aviation again hosted arriving traffic for this year’s World Economic Forum annual meeting January 27 to 31 in Davos, Switzerland, handling more <

Airline crews could benefit from GA weather data

At a February 24 hearing on aircraft icing legislators criticized the FAA for delaying implementation of rulemaking that would address outstanding issues o
Charter & Fractional

TAC Air chooses FlightAware FBO Toolbox

FBO chain Tac Air has added Flight-Aware’s FBO ToolBox at its 13 FBOs in the U.S.
Regulations and Government

Bill proposes more flight time for copilots

A manager’s amendment to the Senate’s FAA reauthorization bill includes a provision introduced by Sen.
Charter & Fractional

Flightworks adds new sales office

Charter/management firm FlightWorks has opened a new sales office at Dekalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta, at the Signature Flight Support FBO.
Safety

Rocket responder info updated

The FAA has posted new information for airport workers on how to respond to the scene of an accident involving rocket-propelled ballistic parachute-equippe
Airports

Online car club offers local transport option

Stuck at an airport without a car? Airport Cars Club can help.
FBOs

Ambassador Jet Center opens Condo Hangars

Ambassador Jet Center, based at Dallas Executive Airport (formerly Redbird), has completed the first of three new hangar facilities.

Bombardier lands major C Series order

Bombardier secured a long-anticipated North
FBOs

New Avfuel dealer Stuart Jet

Center, about 30 miles north of Palm Beach, Fla., operates from a 53-acre facility with more than 15 acres of ramp space and 250,000 sq ft of hangar space
Sustainability and Environment

FBOs join Avfuel network

Avfuel announced that Colorado Springs FBO Colorado jetCenter has joined its dealer network.
Regulations and Government

Lawmakers urge Congress to extend bonus depreciation

Two congressmen have sent a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee asking the tax-writing body to extend the bonus depreciation incentive for noncomm

Pilots charge Lufthansa with scope violations

Lufthansa pilots continued negotiations with airline management at press time over what they claim amount to scope-clause violations by the German flag car
Aircraft

ATR 42-600 Completes First Flight

The sole ATR 42-600 prototype flew for the first time on March 4 from Toulouse, France, marking the start of an abbreviated flight-test campaign expected t
Regulations and Government

Compliance Countdown: April 2010

2010_AIN_ComplianceCountdown_April.pdf.
Aircraft

CRJ1000 prototypes proving software fix

Bombardier hopes it has seen the last of the software “glitche
Safety

How to build a safety culture in three steps

There are no petri dishes where we could grow a perfect strain of safety culture and inject it into those aviation organizations that clearly seem to need
Aircraft

Preowned Update: Latest signs point to a pre-owned market on the mend

While a year ago it seemed as if buyers were beginning to emerge from harsh winter hibernation, in fact inventory was still a few months away from reaching

Varsity Express Shuts Down

Start-up UK regional Varsity Express has closed after Linksair, the wet-lease operator that flew Varsity’s single daily round-trip service between Oxford a
Aircraft

CityFlyer Launches E190 Service

BA CityFlyer began flying its first Embraer E190 out of London City Airport last month, on a regular route to Edinburgh, Scotland.
Maintenance and Modifications

Sierra Industries Gets STC for 406-MHz ELT on Cessna Citation

The FAA has issued a supplemental type certificate (STC) to Sierra Industries for the installation of the Artex C406 (406 MHz) emergency locator transmitte