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Charter & Fractional

Fledgling European Air Taxi Operator Puts Industry in Perspective

European low-cost air taxi pioneer Blink has taken delivery of three more Cessna Citation Mustangs.
Charter & Fractional

Charter providers see change amid financial downturn

European business aircraft charter operators and brokers face an unpredictable summer following a 25- to 30-percent downturn in bookings as a result of the
Avionics

Rockwell Collins To Update ADS-Bs

Rockwell Collins (Booth No.

Natca/FAA Dispute To Go to Mediation

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced late last week that the Obama Administration will appoint two mediators to resolve the long-simmering contrac
Charter & Fractional

New Rules Pitched for FAR Part 135 CRM Training

The FAA is proposing to require crew resource management (CRM) training for all Part 135 certificate holders’ pilots and flight attendants.

Embraer First Quarter Figures Reflect Economic Slump

Embraer announced its first-quarter numbers last week, showing that net sales for the manufacturer’s Embraer Executive Jets division were down from $173.6

Flight Sharing Service Offers Greener Alternative

West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Greenjets last Thursday launched a shared-ride charter jet membership service, offering a “more environmentally, socially and f
Charter & Fractional

FAA Loses Appeal of Air Trek Revocation

Charter operator Air Trek’s battle to reinstate its Part 135 certificate following an FAA attempt at revocation appears to be back on track.

GAMA: Bizjet Deliveries Down, Turboprops Up in 1Q

The number of aircraft delivered in the first quarter of this year paled in com
Cabin Interior and Electronics

With R&D innovation center, Lufthansa looks to the future

With the official opening of the new Cabin Innovation Center for research and development at its Hamburg, Germany headquarters on April 1, Lufthansa Techni
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completions & Refurbishment: 328 Support Services Begins Work on Executive 328Jet

328 Support Services has started work on another Dornier 328Jet conversion from airliner to executive transport.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completion & Refurbishment: Design Q at Work on A380 Interior Proposal

London-based Design Q has teamed with Case4de engineering specialists to produce an interior proposal for the A380 Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul Al
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completion & Refurbishment: Airshow 4000 v2 Gets Major Upgrade

Rockwell Collins’s Airshow 4000 v2 moving map has gotten a major facelift, and the company brought in some of California’s top video game programmers to ma
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completions & Refurbishment: IDG Finds Work in Government Contracts

Interior Development Group is staying busy, thanks in part to some substantial government contracts.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Industry finds opportunity in downturn

At the opening session of the Aircraft Interiors Expo 2009 in Hamburg last month, a panel of industry executives acknowledged the challenges facing the int
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer

President Barack Obama charged into his presidency full of enthusiasm for plans to staff his cabinet with worthies, stimulate the economy, revise fiscal po
Regulations and Government

Washington Report

The two Republican senators from Kansas joined a growing chorus in support of business aviation when they took President Obama to task for “misguided and r
Safety

Washington Report

Although the U.S.
Aircraft

Hainan Group Cuts ERJ 145 Order in Half

Harbin Embraer Aircraft Industry Company (HEAI) has reached an agreement with HNA Group, owner of Hainan Airlines, to reduce the original firm order for 50
Aircraft

Boeing 787 Moves to Flight Line for Testing

Boeing has moved the first 787 prototype to the flight line in
ATC

Industry to Senate: shorten NextGen timetable

Congress seems to be getting fed up with the slow pace of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) rollout.
Regulations and Government

U.S. and E.U. clash over FAA reauthorization bill

The FAA reauthorization bill is at odds with the European Union-U.S.
Regulations and Government

FAA continues to operate on ‘temporary’ extensions

In late March, Congress approved legislation to extend FAA funding from March 31 until September 30, the end of Fiscal Year 2009.
ATC

Surface vehicles added to incursion-prevention program

Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport is showing the world how to safely monitor and control the movement of surface vehicles and greatly minimize the risk of runwa
Aircraft

Two-Thirds of 787 Certification Completed; First Flight Planned for June

Boeing has submitted nearly two-thirds of the type- and production-certificate “deliverables” for the 787 Dreamliner to the FAA, program vice president and
Accidents

Factual report: Pilots distracted by electrical failure

Cessna 510 Mustang, Carlsbad, Calif., April 19, 2008–According to the NTSB, the probable cause of the Mustang’s runway overshoot was the pilot’s mis
Accidents

Final Report: CRJ landed hard

Bombardier CL-600-2B19, Providence, R.I., Dec.
Accidents

Final Report: King Air iced up on ramp

Hawker Beechcraft King Air 200, Salmon, Idaho, Dec.
Accidents

Final Report: Cargo Caravan crashed

Cessna 208B Caravan, Columbus, Ohio, Dec.
Accidents

Factual Report: EMS Dauphin crashes in IMC

Eurocopter SA 365N-1D Dauphin, District Heights, Md., Sept.