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Despite reports indicating that operators were flying less in 2008, the number of business aircraft accidents increased from the previous year, according t

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Dassault Falcon Service has expanded its maintenance facility at Paris Le Bourget Airport.

Duncan Aviation has added a new satellite avionics facility at Hill Aircraft and Leasing at Atlanta Fulton County Airport.

A DOT Office of Inspector General audit found that while the FAA is investing billions of dollars in new technology, it hasn’t kept up with facilities need

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

France-based Daher Group last month confirmed that French and German antitrust authorities have approved its taking over 70 percent of Socata, with EADS re

Dassault in late December downgraded its 2008 delivery planning for Falcons, citing new FAA “constraints” and stricter enforcement of regulations.

UBS Investment Research’s January 6 business jet update indicates that flight activity, measured by takeoffs and landings, was 10 percent lower in November

The Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) is recommending the FAA mandate night vision goggles, enhanced vision systems or IFR-only operations for all

By the end of next month, JetDirect Aviation expects to close a deal with a private-equity firm “with significant private aviation experience” that will se

A wide-ranging coalition of aviation interests that includes both general aviation and the nation’s airlines has proposed a $4 billion stimulus package tha

At the fourth of five public meetings held by the Transportation Security Administration to hear comments from the public about the proposed Large Aircraft

Business jet flight activity last month fell 19 percent from the same period a year earlier, although that was better than November’s 25-percent drop-off,

French civil aviation authority DGAC, Eurocopter and the French association of EMS doctors (AFHSH) late last year tested a satnav IFR route between two hos

There is no “magic bullet” solution to the spate of fatal helicopter EMS crashes over the last two years.  Rather, investigation documents

Just as business aviation was girding for a fight over a Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) amendment that would have forced companies receiving TARP fu

British air traffic management provider NATS has urged the country’s Civil Aviation Authority to give fast-track approval to a change in the standard instr

AirCare Solutions Group, which provides emergency training, products and services to business aviation and airline operators, purchased Majestic Aerotech,

The FAA has issued a revision of Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin NM-08-27 to warn operators of transport-category aircraft that organic salt run

ExecuJet Aviation has expanded its aircraft charter and management operation in Mexico with the addition of a Bombardier Global Express and a Dassault Falc

After 35 years of ownership, Revo is again offering for sale the assets of Lake Aircraft, which owns the rights to the only FAA-certified single-engine amp

The FAA has issued a Supplemental Type Certificate to Clifford Development for modification of Cessna Citation 550s and S550s with Williams International F

Organizers of the third annual Eur-Avia Cannes show say that, despite worsening economic conditions in Europe, the private aviation event will be twice the

An ATR 42 cargo airplane operated by Empire Airlines for FedEx ran off the runway early this morning at Preston Smith International Airport in Lubbock, Tex

Flight Options vice president of flight operations Bob Tyler last month announced 63 more pilot furloughs “due to reduced demand due to the ongoing nationa

Satellite monitoring of 121.5-MHz emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) will end as of February 1.

Russian investment firm Industrial Investors late last month announced it is seeking to sell all or a portion of AAI Acquisitions, the company formed to bu

Vero Beach, Fla.-based Piper Aircraft late last month confirmed that it laid off 150 employees, company CEO Jim Bass told Indian River County commissioners

Large-cabin business jet flight activity in December took the biggest hit–26 percent–compared with activity over the year-ago period, according to the ARG/