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If the recession has been hard on the operators of business aircraft, it has been equally brutal on the hundreds of caterers whose livelihood depends on bu

Eurocopter Training Services (ETS) will offer a training module for helideck landing officers (HLOs), the surface personnel in charge of helicopter operati

Eurocopter on October 22 launched a reorganization effort to address a slump in orders and shortcomings in areas where until recently CEO Lutz Bertling had

When a veteran EMS helicopter pilot, probably thinking he was running out of options, decided to dive under a cloud deck to look for the ground, he crashed

Ask people why they finally decided to acquire a business airplane and they inevitably mention speed as the deciding factor.

Poland-based PZL-Swidnik late in October delivered its 1,000th helicopter fuselage–an AW109 light utility helicopter–to AgustaWestland.

Canada-based offshore operator VIH Aviation Group (VIH) and New Zealand-based HNZ Group last month announced the formation of a joint venture to provide of

Despite the gloomy economy, AgustaWestland disclosed sound financial figures for the first nine months of this year.

Eurocopter has disclosed some performance numbers for the in-development EC 175 medium twin.

In 2005 the International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) was formed with the ambitious goal of reducing helicopter accidents 80 percent by 2016.

Surveyors of used aircraft entered the year with little else to do but cross fingers and hope that the market plunge brought to the doorstep of the New Yea

Amac Aerospace has delivered its first cabin completion project, a high-end executive outfitting for a Middle East head of state.

For Europe, the so-called very light jet (VLJ) revolution has turned out to be more a case of evolution in which only the most financially fit seem destine

Apple hit a big milestone last month: its App Store officially surpassed 100,000 apps.

how do you top an event that broke airshow records in 2007 when it generated $155 billion worth of business in just five days– roughly equivalent to the gr

A settlement has been reached in one lawsuit stemming from the September 2008 crash of a Learjet 60 in which Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein was injured.

Even in the era of ultra-high-technology security screening, there is still a place for traditional aircrew “wings,” name badges and other uniform insignia

On October 30 the FAA rejected the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority’s application for a nighttime noise curfew.

Embraer took the Lineage 1000 into Teterboro Airport, N.J., last month to show it’s the largest business airplane the size-restricted airport can accept.

The NTSB issued another set of recommendations regarding helicopter emergency medical service (EMS) operations, this time highlighting concerns with FAA ov

On November 19, the FAA’s computerized system for loading flight plans failed, causing widespread traffic delays of up to 90 minutes and some airline flig

Cessna Aircraft rolled out the first production Citation CJ4 last month and sent it to the paint and interior shops for completion.

NBAA is offering a 10-percent discount on the Virtual Flight Surgeons Complete Aeromedical Services Program (Casp).

Bombardier CEO Pierre Beaudoin last month indicated that the Canadian manufacturer might launch a model to compete with the Gulfstream G650, but he did not

Dassault’s third-quarter financial results indicate that the backlog for Falcon business jets is still suffering from cancellations.

In its latest business jet market prediction covering the next 10 years, Forecast International calls for worldwide production of 11,277 business jets wort

The TSA on November 17 released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to strengthen aircraft repair station security.

For the business aviation industry, the past year has been a trying one, to say the least.

With Cessna’s new Service Direct by Citation, the company’s product-support experts have devised a way to extend Cessna-brand maintenance services to custo

For the past several months, analysts and industry observers have been noting signs of a recovery, even as some statistics suggest otherwise.