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u Even before President Barack Obama took the oath of office on January 20 political analysts, media gurus (press, radio, TV talking heads) and a horde of

The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) has received a gift of $1 million from the estate of long-time FBO Manuel Maciel, most of which will be used to fund the

Because it has not completed guidelines for a Safety Management System (SMS) for U.S.

An FAA plan to consolidate all of the 84 National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters working in the nation’s 21 ATC en route centers into two central foreca

International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general Giovanni Bisignani characterized December’s decline in international air traffic as “shocki

Growing distrust between elements within various pilot groups and airline management over the use of confidential safety information is threatening the int

Pinnacle Airlines subsidiary Colgan Air signed a firm order last month to acquire 15 more Q400 NextGen turboprops worth some $432 million.

China’s Xi’an Aircraft Industry Company (XAC) has started preliminary work on the Modern Ark 700 (MA700), a 70-seat turboprop regional aircraft that it exp

MAC Aircraft Interior Specialists (formerly McCarthy Interiors) has won a $1.75 million contract to design and build quick-change executive interior kits f

Researchers at Sensis’s Seagull Technology Center in Campbell, Calif., have calculated what they call excess fuel burned during taxiing at 13 of the nation

EMS Technologies has signed a “definitive agreement” to acquire Moorestown, N.J.-based Formation, a provider of airborne wireless network products that ena

Cabin environment continues to become more important as a point of customer focus, particularly on long-haul private jets.

Nordam recently laid off 63 employees, primarily from its interiors and structures division, which is responsible–for the most part–for business aviation c

Pilots flying helicopters for the French hospitals’ emergency medical services–Samu, under the French acronym–were scheduled to go on strike on January 30

ExecuJet Aviation Group has opened a new aircraft interiors showroom at its Zurich Airport headquarters.

Richard Gray’s Power Company (RGPC) of New Orleans has introduced RGPC ClearSky, “the first power management system designed specifically for audio/video e

China Aviation Industry Corp (AVIC) will build a $1.2 billion commercial helicopter plant in the northern port city of Tianjin with the local government to

UK-based Bond Air Services has ordered a Eurocopter EC 135 that will be used for maintenance missions at the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm.

AgustaWestland has signed a six-year contract with the Porto-based Center of Excellence for Innovation in the Automotive Industry (CEIIA), which will thus

Cyprus’s Ministry of Justice has ordered two AW139 medium twins for law enforcement and search-and-rescue (SAR) operations.

The first of five “block one” new production presidential helicopters arrived at Lockheed Martin’s Owego, N.Y.

Shortly after its entry into service in December with Mumbai, India-based Heligo Charters, an AgustaWestland AW139 performed a medical evacuation 217 nm of

The FAA has delayed until March 12 implementation of a new low-altitude area navigation route (Rnav), T-254, in the vicinity of the Houston terminal area.

Entities that build private approaches, departures and airways for helicopters have an obligation to maintain them, cautions Steve Hickok, who is now into

In the wake of political influence that forced Citibank on Tuesday to ditch plans to take deliv

Textron, parent company of Cessna Aircraft and Bell Helicopter, released its fourth-quarter and

Bucking the current economic tide, Gulfstream Aerospace and Jet Aviation parent company Genera

An agreement for German investors to take over the trainer aircraft activities of the insolvent

Citing the state of the economy, NBAA yesterday announced the cancellation of the inaugural Lig

Russian investment firm Industrial Investors today announced it is seeking to sell all or a por