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TAG seeks higher Farnborough traffic limits

TAG Aviation has applied to raise the annual limit on aircraft movements at London-area Farnborough Airport from 28,000 to 50,000.

BUR Curfew To Be Decided by November 1

The application by the Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport Authority (BGPAA) to establish a nighttime noise curfew for Stage 3 aircraft at Bob Hope Airport (
Aircraft

First G650 Quickly Coming Together

The first wide-cabin Gulfstream G650 is quickly taking shape at the business jet manufacturer’s Savannah, Ga.

Republic reaches outward for growth opportunities

Republic Airways stands to become the 11th largest airline in the U.S.
Aircraft

Epic Buyer Suing Over Engine Delay

Rich Lucibella, the buyer and builder of an Epic Aircraft LT single-engine turboprop under the corporate name Blue Sky Avgroup, filed a lawsuit against Epi
Charter & Fractional

More charter flights likely for British royals

Britain’s Royal Household and Ministry of Defence are evaluating options for providing flights for Queen Elizabeth II and her family beginning April 1 next

NBAA introduces ‘lighter’ fare at annual convention

While economic considerations forced NBAA to cancel its first annual Light Business Aircraft (LBA) show originally scheduled for March this year, the organ
Charter & Fractional

Mercury Jet Charter Reduces Rates

Charter broker Mercury Jet Charter is offering one-way charter rates under its new Mercury Express program.
Aircraft

Dassault rethinks super-midsize jet

Dassault Aviation CEO Charles Edelstenne in June made it clear that all design choices for the manufacturer’s next Falcon business jet, a super-midsize air

OEMs’ layoff strategies suggest plan for upturn

In hard times past, when an economic crisis resulted in reduced demand for business aircraft and business aviation services, layoffs were common, often wit
Aircraft

All-electric Falcon jet could be launched by ’15

Dassault Aviation could launch an all-electric Falcon business jet program in 2014 or 2015, said company engineers at a conference held by the ASTech Paris

GAMA Opens European Office

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) last month opened a European branch office in Brussels and hired Brian Davey as director of European

Paris Area To Get More Public Helipads

The French government launched a study to add several helipads in the Paris area before the summer of 2011.

Meyer joins aerospace pantheon

The National Aviation Hall of Fame honored one of general aviation’s most influential figures when it inducted Russell Meyer Jr., former chairman and CEO o

Klapmeier team vying to buy Cirrus program

Alan Klapmeier, chairman of Cirrus Aircraft, has formed a team to raise funds to try to buy the Vision SF50 single-engine personal-very-light-jet program f
Accidents

Downdrafts Felled Fossett’s Airplane, NTSB Says

The NTSB’s final report on the Sept.
Aircraft

Dassault Delivers 2000th Falcon

Dassault Falcon on July 10 delivered the 2000th Falcon at its Bordeaux-Mérignac facility.
Airports

Another bizav airport for the London area

The UK’s Coventry Airport has opened a new executive jet center and, in a bid to boost business aviation traffic, offered free ground handling to operators
Charter & Fractional

Platinum Jet charter director pleads guilty

Joseph Singh, former director of charters for the now-defunct charter operator Platinum Jet, pleaded guilty on July 7 to “a conspiracy to defraud charter c
Training and Workforce

Controller Error Reporting changed

The FAA moved the reporting of operational errors by air traffic controllers away from a punitive system to “one in which understanding why operational err

Stratos Taking Deposits for Its VLJ

Bend, Ore.-based Stratos Aircraft last month began taking refundable $50,000 deposits, which will be placed in escrow, for its four-seat, single-engine Str
Accidents

NTSB: Learjet needs design changes

The NTSB issued six recommendations stemming from the Sept.

Embraer: Growth To Return in 2012

“Only in 2012 will [business jet] deliveries start growing again,” Embraer executive vice president Luis Carlos Affonso said in a pre-LABACE press briefing
Aircraft

Learjet 85 Program achievES MILESTONES

Bombardier Aerospace said its Learjet 85 program has reached several milestones, including fabrication of the second proof-of-concept, all-composite fusela

Sales, Deliveries down at Dassault

Dassault Aviation reported ?900 million ($1.28 billion) in Falcon sales in the first half, down slightly from the ?1.1 billion ($1.56 billion) recorded in

Vick Named Exec V-P at Hawker Beech

Hawker Beechcraft appointed Shawn Vick as its executive vice president, where he will lead the integration of marketing and sales, as well as further devel
Rotorcraft

Bell, union agree on new contract

A six-week strike at Bell Helicopter Textron’s transmission and rotor-blade component plants in Texas ended after union members ratified a revised four-yea
Sustainability and Environment

UK extends deadline for ETS

The UK government is pushing back the August 31 deadline for aircraft operators to register for the European Union’s new emissions trading scheme (ETS) and
Regulations and Government

Senate’s FAA bill offers reprieve from user fees

A bipartisan group of senators introduced an FAA reauthorization act last month that carries provisions to speed up implementation of the Next Generation A
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