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Piaggio sells one-third share to Indian firm

Tata Ltd., a UK-based subsidiary of India’s Tata Sons, has agreed to take a one-third share of Italy’s Piaggio Aero Industries, manufacturer of the Avanti
Regulations and Government

Decision on FAA funding delayed until next year

When President Bush signed a bill extending FAA taxes and programs for six months, the whole FAA reauthorization imbroglio landed in the laps of the new Pr
Charter & Fractional

Lawsuit: Halcyon Jets defrauded charter firm

Charter broker Jet One Jets is seeking more than $60 million in compensatory and punitive damages from Halcyon Jet Holdings and brokerage firm Halcyon Jets
Aircraft

Eclipse sells DayJet 500s as owner lawsuits mount against Eclipse

On October 21, Eclipse Aviation formally placed defunct charter operator DayJet’s 28 Eclipse 500s on the used airplane market.
Accidents

Brazil Midair Marks Second Anniversary with Open Questions

Two years after the collision between an Embraer Legacy 600 and a Gol Boeing 737 sent the Brazilian airliner crashing into the Amazon forest with the loss
Airports

Maine Courts Bizav To Redevelop NASB

Maine officials and business aviation groups are looking to redevelop Naval Air Station Brunswick (NASB) for civilian use, following the departure of the U
FBOs

Synergy and Hangar Uno Announce Partnership

Synergy Aerospace, of which OceanAir Táxi Aéreo is a subsidiary, has formed a partnership with Hangar Uno of Buenos Aires to develop and increase its share
Charter & Fractional

TWC Relocates to Van Nuys

Charter/management firm TWC Aviation has moved into its new facility at Van Nuys Airport in southern California.

Ricardo Nogueira Takes Over at ABAG

Ricardo Nogueira has replaced Adalberto Febeliano as executive vice president of the Associação Brasileira de Aviação Geral (ABAG, Brazilian General Aviati

Brazilian Government Picks E190 for Transport

Brazilian OEM Embraer has signed a contract with the Brazilian government to supply two E190 airliners for government transport.
FBOs

U.S. Pre-clearance Coming To Universal Aruba

Starting early next year, private aircraft traveling to the U.S.

FirstFlight Assumes Control of NY Heliport

Elmira/Corning, N.Y.-based FirstFlight assumed operational control of the Downtown Manhattan Heliport on November 1.
Aircraft

SwiftJet Orders Five D-Jets

SwiftJet, an aspiring air taxi operator in Canada, has placed an order for five single-engine Diamond D-Jets, along with options for 10 more.
FBOs

Lider Aviation Puts Up New Hangar in Rio

Lider Aviação, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, is investing $7 million in a new hangar at the Jacarepaguá Airport in Rio de Janeiro.
Charter & Fractional

TAA/VLJ Operators Remain Optimistic

Air-taxi operators employing technically advanced aircraft (TAA) and very light jets (VLJs) are upbeat about their futures, even in the face of DayJet’s de

Mauricio Botelho Recognized at LABACE

Former Embraer president and CEO Mauricio Botelho was honored at the opening general session of the Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhib
FBOs

Texas Aviation Expands In Latin America

Helicopter modification and interior completion specialist Texas Aviation Services has been providing services to the Latin American helicopter community f
FBOs

Premier Aéreo Finds a Way Down

If your FBO has a runway on one side and a major highway on the other, and you can’t buy or lease the space on either side, what do you do to expand your h

Brazilian Airspace Control Picks Jeppesen

Brazil’s Departmento de Controle do Escaço Aéreo (DECEA, Department of Airspace Control) has decided to deploy Jeppesen’s total airspace and airport modele
Rotorcraft

São Paulo, the World’s Helicopter Capital

High above the miles-long ribbons of daily traffic jams in Brazil’s largest city, São Paulo, there is luxurious freedom in the more than 420 helicopters th

Business Aviation in Latin America

There is an old joke in Brazil that this largest of Latin American nations “is a country of the future, and always will be.” But things have a way of chang
Charter & Fractional

EAS Acquires FSJet

Fractional provider Executive AirShare (EAS) has acquired Fort Worth, Texas-based FSJet, which has an order for 14 Embraer Phenom 100s.
Sustainability and Environment

Flexjet Launches Carbon Offset Program

Flexjet, Bombardier’s fractional ownership subsidiary, has launched a carbon-offset program for its fractional owners.

A Dissenting Opinion

Not everyone in the business aviation forecast industry sees only moderate turbulence ahead.
Rotorcraft

More delays possible for Bell 429?

Despite a recent executive shake-up at Bell Helicopter, company executives insist that the new $4.865 million (2007) Model 429 light twin will receive cert
Charter & Fractional

Revenues up at Air Partner

Charter broker Air Partner has reported strong growth in both sales and profits for its financial year that ended on July 31.
Charter & Fractional

European start-ups launch VLJ air taxis

Blink is stepping up its low-cost European air-taxi network with the introduction of three more Cessna Citation Mustangs due to have entered the fleet arou
Accidents

Last lawsuit settled after 1996 GIV crash

After a dozen years, the litigation surrounding the fatal crash of a Gulfstream IV has finally been settled.
Charter & Fractional

Market Shifting, Say Top Brokers

Leading executive charter brokers arguably offer the best overview of current market conditions because they deal with such a broad spread of operators fro

MEBA event poised to hit its stride as Mideast bizav thrives

The prolific growth of the Middle East market for business aviation should be clearly apparent at the second Middle East Business Aviation (MEBA) show this
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