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More Operators Pass ACSF Charter Audit Muster

The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) announced that three more aircraft charter operators passed its “industry audit standard” and achieved “registered

Cessna To Close Columbus, Ga. Facilities

Cessna Aircraft will close its three component-production plants in Columbus, Ga., over the next 24 months and will move the work to its facilities in Inde

Newsmakers 2009: Eclipse Aerospace rises from the ashes of Eclipse Aviation

The prognosticators may claim that the very light jet era is over, but the investors who paid $40 m
Airports

UK royal air base welcomes business jets

It’s quite literally fit for a queen and no more than a 40-minute drive to the heart of London, and these days the Royal Air Force’s Northolt base has capa
Regulations and Government

Newsmakers 2009: TSA revises LASP proposal

While the business aviation community may have been hoping that the Transportation Security Administration’s controversial Large Aircraft Security Program
Charter & Fractional

Newsmakers 2009: New companies emerge from the collapse of JetDirect

The fallout from the failure of JetDirect Aviation earlier this year rev
Regulations and Government

Newsmakers 2009: Europe’s ETS proves to be a fiasco for operators

Twelve months ago many of the business aircraft operators who had any intention of flying in European airspace were probably still blissfully unaware of th
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Greenpoint Develops 747-8 ‘Aerolift’ Elevator

Greenpoint Technologies’ design team has released its concept for a ground-to-main deck elevator for executive versions of the Boeing 747-8. The ele
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Happy Design Puts an End to the Plain Plane

Happy Design Studio, an eight-year-old firm based in Strasbourg, France, has launched a new venture in aircraft exterior livery design. Despite the
Cabin Interior and Electronics

ACJC Creates Multi-mission VIP Kit

Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC), a Toulouse, France-based completion and refurbishment specialist, has introduced for the Airbus A320 a kit that allows
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Iacobucci Offers a Solution To Waste

Iacobucci HF Electronics has introduced its first WastePak trash compactor, a device developed specifically to resolve the problem of waste disposal during
Aircraft

Ruag Do228NG approval planned for first quarter

Ruag Aerospace says it is on track to complete certification and first delivery of its Do228NG in March.

RMD Brings Luxury Yacht Experience to Business Jet Cabins

Rainsford Mann Design (RMD) opened its doors as an aircraft cabin concept designer in January last year, teaming with independent completion and refurbishm
Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault hosts regional M&Os

For the second year in a row, Dassault Falcon is hosting a series of regional maintenance and operations (M&O) seminars around the world.
Charter & Fractional

CitationAir Recalls 16 Furloughed Pilots

Business jet solutions provider CitationAir by Cessna early last month recalled 16 pilots from furlough, representing approximately 20 percent of those fur

Bombardier Bizjet Deliveries Drop

Bombardier reported $4.6 billion in revenues for its fiscal third quarter (ending October 31), which is on par with the previous year.

Huerta Nominated as Deputy FAA Admin

The Obama Administration last month nominated Michael Huerta as FAA deputy administrator.

Layoffs at Jet Aviation Basel

Jet Aviation laid off 94 full-time employees at its completions and maintenance facility in Basel, Switzerland.
Airports

Tag Aviation continues fight for movement increase at Farnborough

Tag Aviation has appealed a local government ruling in November that blocked its application
Regulations and Government

FAA Proposes $4M Fine Against Spitfire Aviation

The FAA has proposed levying a $4 million penalty on Spitfire Aviation Services of Fayetteville, Ark., for allegedly conducting at least 798 illegal charte

GD Chief Optimistic about 2010/11

At a Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Global Industrial Conference last month, General Dynamics chief Jay Johnson said that his company’s aerospace division–n

Boeing flies 787 Dreamliner

On December 15 at 10:27 a.m., under a gray 2,500-foot broken cloud layer, Boeing’s big bet on the company’s future–the mostly composite 787 Dreamliner–fina
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Bizliner business sees slight dip in demand

In March last year, it appeared the bizliner completion centers were sailing through the recession with barely a ripple, working at capacity with slots fil

Industry mourns death of leader Ed Stimpson

Ed Stimpson, a driving force behind the law that resurrected the moribund general aviation industry in the mid-1990s, died November 25 at age 75 after a fi

Singapore Airshow Preview

The 2010 Singapore Airshow is set to be a sell-out by the time it opens its doors for this year’s February 2 to 7 event.
Aircraft

Texas Turbine upgrades Caravan

After Bobby Bishop’s Texas Turbine Conversions converted the single-engine de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter from a PT6 to a TPE331 engine, the company neede
Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault’s ‘digital factory’ streamlines production

After pioneering digital design in the aerospace industry 25 years ago, Dassault Aviation has implemented what it calls “the digital factory.” The Falcon 7

Newsmakers 2009: Alphabets and OEMs tackle negative portrayal of bizjets

The coordinated response by NBAA, GAMA and business jet manufacturers to critics who chose to make business aircraft a high-profile symbol of all that’s wr
Charter & Fractional

Newsmakers 2009: Frax founder Santulli ejects from NetJets

Individually last year there was no taller toppling in business aviation than that of NetJets founder and chairman Richard Santulli, who on August 4