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Charter & Fractional

PlaneSense Adds Seven Airports

PlaneSense, Alpha Flying’s Pilatus PC-12 fractional aircraft ownership program, has added seven airports in the Bahamas to its primary operating area.

Bird Air, VistaJet Sign Marketing Agreement

Bird Air Services of India has signed an exclusive marketing agreement with Swiss company VistaJet Holding to market VistaJet in the Indian subcontinent (I
Regulations and Government

NTSB: FAA Needs To Monitor Gulf Operators

The NTSB wants the FAA to monitor the communication contingency plans of all Gulf of Mexico operators.

Bikkair Closes Its Doors

Dutch very light jet operator Bikkair shut down on February 4, saying that it was unable to secure the capital it needed to fund its development.

Industrial Investors Puts AAI on the Block

Russian investment firm Industrial Investors in late January announced its intention to sell all or a portion of AAI Acquisition, the company formed to buy

Bombardier Fails To Convert LOI for 60 C Series

Bombardier Aerospace has missed its January 31 target for converting a letter of interest (LOI) for “up to” 60 C Series airliners from Lufthansa, leaving t

Textron Seeks To Avoid Sale of Cessna, Bell

Textron has plans to boost its liquidity by at least $1 billion in the first half of this year and, if successful, the company “won’t have to think about s

Court Halts Embraer Layoffs

A regional labor court in Brazil has forced Embraer to suspend its plan to cut 20 percent of its 21,000-strong workforce after it agreed to hear a collecti
Regulations and Government

European industry praises EASA for rule implementation

Now more than five years old, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is succeeding in fulfilling its primary mission of implementing a single set of ru

Final Flights: People

William “Bill” McGrath, 60, died in late December, following a battle with cancer.

People

Textron has promoted Scott Donnelly to president, in addition to his COO role.
Regulations and Government

EASA considers duty-time changes

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) may tighten some of the provisions for flight time limitations (FTL) contained in Sub- part Q of its existing EU
Avionics

GlobalAir.com Adds New Forecast Tool

GlobalAir.com last month announced the addition of a winds-aloft forecast to the national weather section of its airport resource center.
Aircraft

ABJ Popularity Soars in the Gulf

The Gulf region continues to adopt corporate versions of the BAe 146/Avro RJ regional jetliner, generically dubbed the Avro Business Jet (ABJ).
Maintenance and Modifications

Avatas 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

Piedmont Launches as Standalone Sales Firm

Piedmont Aircraft last month launched as an aircraft sales company for pre-owned Beechcraft and Hawker aircraft.
Training and Workforce

Web Program Improves English Skills

Carnegie Speech Company and the UK’s Mayflower College have launched “Climb Level 4,” an online English training product for pilots and air traffic control

OEMs Escape Storm Damage in France

Turboméca and Dassault Falcon factories located in south- west France suffered only minor damage, if any, during a storm in January that packed winds of 93
Charter & Fractional

Flexjet Offers Round-trip Pricing Program

Bombardier Flexjet on February 3 launched a round-trip pricing program that reduces the cost of one- or two-day round trips for owners committed to at leas
Rotorcraft

PremiAir Launches Helicopter Service

PremiAir has launched a new helicopter transfer service from any of the UK’s main business aviation airports to the London Heliport at Battersea on the sou
Charter & Fractional

Rizon defies economy; places $68 million order

Middle East-based executive charter operator Rizon Jet has bucked the downturn in new business aircraft sales by placing a firm order for four Bombardier L
Airports

TAG Seeks to Almost Double Farnborough Limit

TAG Aviation is preparing the case for an application to increase the total number of annual movements at the London-area Farn- borough Airport from 28,000
Avionics

Testimony Prompts Questions about ADS-B

Questions about the future of ADS-B have cropped up following Acting FAA Administrator Lynne Osmus’s February 11 testimony on FAA appropriations to the Hou
Aircraft

Airbus To Install SBAS in A350XWB

Airbus plans to install satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS) in its A350XWB to support GPS Cat 1-equivalent 200-foot LPV approaches.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault M&O Seminars Scheduled

Dassault Falcon will be hosting seven regional maintenance and operating seminars this year.

WEF Attendance Defies Economic Times

Despite expectations that gloomy economic times would reduce attendance at the annual World Economic Forum (WEF), held January 28 to February 1 in Davos, S
Charter & Fractional

Magellan Jets Launches Voyager Program

Boston-based charter broker Magellan Jets last month launched its Voyager Program, which entitles members to guaranteed hourly rates on various aircraft; a
Charter & Fractional

FirstFlight Sells West Coast Division

Citing changes in the economy, charter management firm FirstFlight has sold its West Coast division less than a year after launching it.
Charter & Fractional

Blink Launches Frequent-flier Program

European very light jet charter service Blink has launched what it claims to be business aviation’s first frequent-flier program.