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Sustainability and Environment

Business Aviation & the Environment

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Maintenance and Modifications

Corporate Jet Support Offers 24-hour Maintenance

The newest addition to Corporate Jet Support’s maintenance capability is 24-hour on-call service at the company’s White Plains, N.Y., and Oxford, Conn.
Maintenance and Modifications

Despite Economy, 300 Trainees Join Lufthansa Technik

As Lufthansa Technik’s new training year gets under way, 307 young people have joined the company on the first step of their career.
Maintenance and Modifications

Business As Usual As Twin Commander Moves

Twin Commander Aircraft is making progress on its move from Arlington, Wash., to North Carolina.
Maintenance and Modifications

FSDO Accused Of Paying Inspector To Stay At Home

The Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (Pass) AFL-CIO union
Maintenance and Modifications

Embraer Closes Bradley Facility Temporarily

Embraer has temporarily closed its Executive Jet Services facility at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn., in response to the economic cl

French Riviera sees sharp decline in bizav traffic

Business airport traffic in the Côte d’Azur, France’s wealthy Mediterranean Riviera, suffered dramatically as a result of the global financial crisis in th
Airports

French Alpine airports draw wealthy crowds

Negative attention has prompted the business aviation industry to promote airplanes as tools of productivity rather than luxurious transportation for the w
FBOs

Spanish FBO group plans expansion into France

European business aviation has endured a steep downturn in activity for the best part of a year, and many in the industry are resigned to a slow recovery.
Regulations and Government

Congress balks on new jet purchase

Within days after it became public last month that Congress was seeking to purchase additional business jets for use by senior government officials, House
Aircraft

New Adam owner mulling production options

Moribund Adam Aircraft has a new owner.

Babbitt to pilots: read Colgan transcript

FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt urged an audience gathered for last month’s Air Line Pilots Association Air Safety Forum to read the CVR transcripts from C
Charter & Fractional

Air Royale Offers Best-price Guarantee

Los Angeles-based private aircraft charter services company Air Royale International is offering a best-price guarantee on its air charter flights.
Charter & Fractional

Greenjets Starts Shared Flight Service

Greenjets shared business jet service between New York and Florida began last month, and service to Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Washington and Atlanta wi
Airports

Oxford Airport Boasts More Traffic

The expansion of opening hours and its improved fire and rescue capability seem to have paid off at the UK’s Oxford Airport, which saw significant increase
Engines

GE To Test New Turboprop Derivative

GE Aviation will soon start certification testing of its new 800-shp H80 turboprop engine, derived from the Walter M601.
FBOs

Signature Outperforms FBO Peers

The Signature Flight Support FBO chain has outperformed a flagging market in the first six months of this year, according to parent company BBA Aviation.
Regulations and Government

Europe’s Pilots Call for Own Duty Time Overhaul

While praising the FAA’s establishment of an Aviation Rulemaking Committee in response to the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407, the European Cockpit Associa
Safety

Bill would raise pilot hiring, training standards

Acting on calls for more stringent regulatory oversight of regional airlines after the February 12
Aircraft

Blue Sky Adds Owners to Epic Air Lawsuit

Blue Sky Avgroup has followed up its initial l
Safety

FAA Soliciting Comments on FOD-detection System AC

The FAA is seeking industry comment by September 4 on draft
Maintenance and Modifications

Nextant Flight Testing Beechjet Avionics Upgrade

Richmond Heights, Ohio-based Nextant Aerospace announced today that it has completed the initial certification flight for the Beechjet 400A/Hawker 400XP Ro
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Accidents

Crew Heard Clicks Just Before Learjet Crash

The NTSB last month released a cockpit voice recorder transcript as part of its investigation into the Sept.

FAA Boss Keynote To Be Speaker at NBAA

NBAA announced that newly installed FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt will be the featured speaker at the NBAA Convention opening general session on October
Safety

Safety Standdown Registration Opens

Registration for the 13th annual Bombardier Safety Standdown opened last month.
Avionics

AEA’s Pilot Avionics Guide Released

The Aircraft Electronics Association’s 2009/2010 Pilot’s Guide to Avionics is now available at no charge at www.aea.net.
Regulations and Government

Proposed VLJ Certification Rules Released by FAA

To streamline its process for certifying very light jets (VLJs), the FAA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) last week to amend the applicable ce
Regulations and Government

Hersman takes reins from Rosenker

Deborah Hersman was sworn in as the 12th chairman of the NTSB at the end of July, taking over from acting chairman Mark Rosenker, who held the position of

ExecuJet No Longer Exclusive Bombardier Sales Agent

Bombardier Aerospace yesterday confirmed that ExecuJet Aviation no longer holds exclusive sales representation for new Bombardier Challenger, Learjet and G