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NBAA Goes On Defense over Business Jet Use

Testifying before Congress yesterday during a hearing on FAA reauthorization, NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen directly challenged those who have recently q
Regulations and Government

FAA Reauthorization Bill, Part Deux

Noting that “we are already two years behind schedule because of lack of action by the U.S.
Aircraft

Cessna: Business Aircraft Are Good for Businesses

Cessna Aircraft yesterday kicked off an initiative to debunk myths about business aircraft and outline how t

Delta To Launch Consolidated Customer Service Unit for Regional Airlines

Delta Air Lines plans to base a new subsidiary in Minneapolis that would take over all customer service duties for Delta Connection unit Comair and Northwe
Maintenance and Modifications

Precision Aviation Expands With New Vancouver Shop

Rapid growth at Precision Aviation Group’s two Canadian subsidiaries prompted the addition of a new facility in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Maintenance and Modifications

New Cessna Service Center Opens in Mesa

While Cessna Aircraft is closing its Toledo, Ohio Citation service center at the end of next month, the company celebrated the opening of its new Mesa Cita
Training and Workforce

Global Jet Online Course Approved for IA Renewal

Global Jet Services is now offering its Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET) Course 1 Basic Electronics online.
Maintenance and Modifications

Avatas Aerospace Acquires Prime Turbines

Dallas-based Avatas Aerospace, an FAA-approved repair station specializing in the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A, has acquired Hyannis, Mass.-based Prime
Maintenance and Modifications

New FAA Funding Act Addresses Foreign Repair Safety

The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009 introduced on Monday by House Transportation Committee chairman James Oberstar (D-Minn.) and House aviation subcommitte
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky Takes First S-76D Up for a Whirl

Sikorsky’s S-76D made its first flight on Saturday at the company’s West Palm Beach, Fla.
Aircraft

NIAR Partners with Bombardier on Learjet 85

Bombardier Aerospace has tapped the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University to provide material and structural testing
Security

Alphabets Petition TSA for LASP Rulemaking Group

NBAA, AOPA, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) late last week sent a joint letter to the
Safety

Brazilian Prosecutors Appeal Dismissed Pilot Charges

Prosecutors in Brazil are appealing the dropping of some accusations in the 2006 midair collision between a Gol Airlines Boeing 737-800 and an ExcelAire Em

Industry Consultant Sees Bizav Recovery Next Year

Sparta, N.J.-based Brian Foley Associates president Brian Foley foresees a recovery of the business aviation industry in the middle of next year, but not b

Boeing Reports Further Fourth Quarter Losses

Boeing had to announce a downward adjustment of its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings results yesterday to reflect a reduction in the value of aircraft

Bombardier To Boost Turboprop Production

Bombardier Aerospace plans to raise production of its commercial aircraft by about 10 percent this year, the company announced yesterday.
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Safety

NTSB Urges Closer Monitoring of Gulf Operators

On Tuesday, the NTSB issued a recommendation urging the FAA to monitor more closely the communication contingency plans of all Gulf operators following nat
ATC

Europe To Mandate ADS-B Five Years Ahead of FAA

Europe’s regulatory body, the European Commission, has issued a Eurocontrol notice of proposed rulemaking (ENPRM) mandating ADS-B after Feb.
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Europe Buys a German Airport

NetJets Europe has agreed to acquire Egelsbach Airport near Frankfurt, Germany’s financial center, for an undisclosed sum.
Regulations and Government

Burbank Night Curfew One Historical Step Closer

Yesterday the Burbank-Glendale Airport Authority delivered to the FAA the first-ever application for airport access restrictions that would apply to Stage

Bombardier Ships 239 Bizjets in ’08, Braces for ’09

Montreal-based Bombardier Aerospace last year delivered 239 business jets, seven more than the previous year, and further took net orders for 262 more, tho
Charter & Fractional

Six Charged in Platinum Jet Teterboro Crash

Five executives and a pilot associated with now-defunct Platinum Jet Management have been charged in connection with the 2005 crash of a Challenger 600 fol
Aircraft

More 787 Cancellations Announced

Dubai-based leasing company LCAL has opted to shrink the size of its order for 787 Dreamliners from 21 airplanes to five, Boeing confirmed today.

Material Found in Engines of downed US Airways A320 Identified as Bird Remains

NTSB investigators have found bird remains in both engines from the US Airways A320 that ditched into the Hudson River on January 15, according to analysis

Ryanair Plans for Big Single-Aisle Order

European low-cost carrier Ryanair has entered “early negotiations” to order 200 to 300 new Boeing 737-800s or Airbus A320-series airliners in the coming tw
Airports

Update: New NFPA Standard Doesn’t Require Foam

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) says its new revised NFPA 409 standard does not require Group II hangars to be fitted with foam fire-suppre
Accidents

NTSB Raises Maintenance Issues in Nascar Crash

The NTSB determined that a July 2007 accident in Sanford, Fla., which killed the two aboard the airplane and three people on the ground, was caused by a se
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier Adds Finland Line Maintenance Facility

For the 12th time in as many months Bombardier Aerospace has added a new line maintenance facility (LMF), most recently in Finland.
Maintenance and Modifications

Boekenkamp Moves to BBA Legacy Products Group

BBA Aviation is moving Gary Boekenkamp to its Legacy Products Group.
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Aviation Pushes Ahead with Provo Plans

By August next year, Duncan Aviation will have a new maintenance facility in Provo, Utah, in a 15,000-sq-ft hangar leased from Million Air Provo.