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Congress To Address Repair Station Security Issue

November 18 has been set as the day the House Committee on Homeland Security will take up the issue of repair station security.
Charter & Fractional

NetJets To Furlough Nearly 500 Pilots

Fractional provider NetJets late last week announced that it will furlough up to 495 pilots from its North American fractional operations, mostly from NetJ
Aircraft

Hawker Beechcraft 3Q GA Sales Down by $98.6 Million

During an earnings conference call yesterday, Hawker Beechcraft reported a drop in business and general aviation (B&GA) sales of $98.6 million for the thir
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Europe Halfway to Carbon-Neutral Goal

NetJets Europe yesterday released its first environmental progress report, in which it claims to be on track to become completely carbon-neutral by October

Piper Reshuffles Executive Team

On Friday, Vero Beach, Fla.-based Piper Aircraft said CEO Kevin Gould will assume the company’s presidency effective December 1.
Aircraft

VH-71 Presidential Helicopter Loses Critical Support

Not unlike the way the Philadelphia Phillies’ chances of winning this year’s World Series decreased substantially on Sunday when they lost game four to the
Accidents

Turbulence Caused Mexican Learjet 45 Crash

Mexican Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC) investigators on Tuesday said that turbulence from a Boeing 767-300 caused the Nov.
Engines

Phenom 300’s PW535E Engine Obtains Canadian OK

Pratt & Whitney Canada yesterday received type certification from Transport Canada for its new PW535E engine for the Embraer Phenom 300 light business jet.
Regulations and Government

FAA Explains New DUI Policy for Pilots

FAA aerospace medical certification division manager Dr.
Regulations and Government

NBAA Speaking Up on Talk of Cockpit PC Ban

NBAA is taking a proactive approach to the “possibility of legislation that would restrict laptops, electronic flight bags (EFBs), cellphones and other ele

Bizjet Market Continues Improvement, JPMorgan Says

JPMorgan’s latest business jet monthly report, released yesterday, indicates that October was another month of modest improvement in aircraft demand and ut

GAMA 3Q Numbers Show Deliveries, Billings Down

Airplane shipment numbers released today by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) starkly demonstrate the effect the economic downturn has
Aircraft

Airbus A330-200F Takes to the Skies

Airbus’s new A330-200F freighter flew for the first time today, officially marking the start of a 180-hour flight-test and certification campaign with a fo
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier Aerospace Opens Service Center in Europe

Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands, will be the site of Bombardier Aerospace’s first wholly owned European aircraft service center.
Maintenance and Modifications

Lufthansa Technik Opens Milan Maintenance Center

Lufthansa Technik has opened a new aircraft maintenance and component services facility on the Italian airport Malpensa.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dallas Airmotive Offers SoCal AOG Service

BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul (ERO) company Dallas Airmotive is stationing an AOG mobile repair vehicle in Southern California to provide engine
Maintenance and Modifications

AD Targets Bell 407 and 427 Problem

The FAA is adopting an airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Updates Certification Rules for Aviation Products

The FAA has published for manufacturers of aircraft and aviation products new regulations
Aircraft

Lawsuits Filed Against Eclipse Aviation Leaders

Former deposit-holders for Eclipse 500 very light jets recently filed four lawsuits in New Mexico district courts alleging various wrongdoings by Eclipse A
Charter & Fractional

Charter Data Shows Mixed Picture

The latest data from Charter X and Avinode gives conflicting pictures of the fortunes of the executive charter market over the past month.
Safety

NTSB Urges Upset Training for Charter/Frax Pilots

As the result of the crash of an aeromedical Cessna Citation 550 into Lake Michigan more than two years ago, the NTSB has recommended that the FAA require
Charter & Fractional

JetSuite Launches Phenom 100 Charter DayCards

JetSuite, which plans to begin flying in the western U.S.
Airports

FAA to Burbank: Nighttime Noise Curfew a No-go

On Friday, the FAA rejected the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Auth
Aircraft

Air New Zealand orders Airbus A320s to replace Boeing 737-300s

Air New Zealand has ordered 14 Airbus A320s to replace its existing domestic fleet of 15 Boeing 737-300s.

A modest proposal to boost general aviation

Aviation has always been a tightly knit and closed society.
Safety

Class prepares pilots for cold-wx ops

Coincidental to the early taste of winter weather the Northeast received in mid-October, NBAA–in conjunction with local airport user groups and state busin
Safety

Icing- and Autopilot-related Incidents

• In January 2006, two pilots flying an American Eagle Saab 340 out of San Luis County Regional Airport in San Luis Obispo, Calif., nearly lost control aft
Safety

As winter nears, turn off autopilot in icing

Ever since the crash of American Eagle Flight 4184 (an ATR 72) in Roselawn, Ind., on Oct.