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Pre-owned update

As used aircraft values got pummeled over the last few quarters, it seemed that the buyers had all but disappeared.
Charter & Fractional

Qatar begins Middle East charter ops

Qatar Airways is getting into the private charter business with the launch of its Qatar Executive subsidiary.
Regulations and Government

EC threatens reprisal over proposed repair station rule

Earlier this year Rep.
Avionics

Cockpit Avionics 2009

The biggest names in the avionics business have spent the last year preparing for the introduction of major upgrades to their existing integrated cockpits
Charter & Fractional

Whole aircraft on offer from Euro frax firm

European fractional ownership provider Jet Republic is now trying to sell whole midsize business aircraft.
Avionics

Garmin GPSmap 696 is a versatile handheld navigator

Garmin’s GPSmap 696 is a capable and feature-filled portable GPS navigator that doubles as a Class 1 or 2 electronic flight bag (EFB) with the ability to d
Aircraft

Honeywell Cools Legacy Line for Embraer

Honeywell has been selected by Embraer to provide the air conditioning and temperature control system for the new Legacy 450 and Legacy 500.
Aircraft

First Project Phoenix CRJ To Enter Service

The first Project Phoenix CRJ is about to enter service, having made its first flight on June 12 from the Flying Colours facility in Canada, where the form
Charter & Fractional

Smart Aviation Readying for Citations

Egyptian charter operator Smart Aviation is preparing to take delivery of the first two Cessna Citation Sovereigns to be certified for medical evacuation w
Aircraft

GIV, GV Fleets Log 4.6 Million Flight Hours

The Gulfstream GIV and GV fleets achieved a staggering 4.6 million flight hours, Gulfstream said.
Rotorcraft

UBS: Helicopter Inventory in High Hover

Inventories of used turbine helicopters have been building since the middle of last year “but now appear to be stabilizing, albeit at record-high levels,”
Avionics

Becker unveils ADS-B transponders

Germany’s Becker Avionics last month introduced a line of mode-S transponders capable of broadcasting ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast)-in
Aircraft

Start-up Seeks Partner

GP Aerospace’s GP210 program manager Stéphane Brand was at the Paris Air Show in June looking for small French companies to become partners or suppliers on
Avionics

Satcom Direct sends Acars messages over Inmarsat I-4 network

Satellite communications services reseller Satcom Direct last month announced it has sent and received AFIS/Acars datalink messages over the Inmarsat I-4 s
Avionics

Rockwell Collins tests WAAS/LPV in Hawker 800XP

Rockwell Collins last month wrapped up flight testing of a WAAS/LPV (wide-area augmentation system/localizer performance with vertical guidance) upgrade fo
Avionics

Clay Lacy chooses Aircell Internet service for Part 135 fleet

Southern California charter operator Clay Lacy Aviation said it will equip its fleet of more than 60 owned and managed business jets with Aircell’s high-sp
Aircraft

Brazilian startup plans very light jet

GP Aerospace, a Brazilian startup company established by former Embraer technical director Guido Pessotti, has revealed to AIN plans for a
ATC

Australia unveils nationwide RNP project

When the Australians decide to go for something, they really go for it.
Avionics

Head-up synthetic vision coming to Globals next year

The Flight Dynamics division of Rockwell Collins next year plans to introduce a synthetic-vision system (SVS) with its Head-Up Guidance System (HGS, aka HU
Accidents

Airlines brace for fallout of Colgan crash

Something positive might come from the February 12 crash of a Colgan Air Bombardier Q400 after all, if a broad FAA effort to revamp rules governing airline
Airports

French authorities tackle helo noise

In a move to end the longstanding dispute between helicopter operators and residents around the exclusive sea resort of Saint-Tropez in southeast France, l
Rotorcraft

Daher to design new helo airframe

Daher has signed a contract with Eurocopter to design, develop and produce a “new generation” airframe for light helicopters.
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter taps Brazil’s resources

Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling in June said Brazil is to become his company’s “fourth domestic country,” after France, Germany and Spain.
Accidents

Police A109E hits mountain

The AgustaWestland A109E, owned by the New Mexico State Department of Public Safety and operated by the New Mexico State Police, had just rescued a lost hi
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky X2 propulsor engaged

Sikorsky’s X2 compound helicopter reached another milestone last month by completing two test flights that included full engagement of the high-speed tail
Aircraft

Pilot Report: Falcon 2000LX

The recently certified Falcon 2000LX claims a 5-percent performance advantage over its predecessor, the Falcon 2000EX.
Rotorcraft

London Police fly 5,000 hours with Skyquest

London’s Metropolitan Police Air Support Unit in June flew its 5,000th hour (in almost two years) with its fleet of three Eurocopter EC 145s equipped with
Accidents

EC 225 rescue hampered by wristwatch locators

The 27-minute search for the life-rafts occupied by the survivors of a Bond-operated Eurocopter EC 225 helicopter that ditched into the North Sea on