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Bahrain Embraces Business Aviation

Business aviation will be an important facet of the new Bahrain Airshow, to be staged in the Arabian Gulf state from Jan.

Deals at MEBA 2008 Expected To Top $907 Million

Despite a dour world economy, organizers of the Middle East Business Aviation (MEBA) show, which runs this Sunday through Tuesday in Dubai, expect to excee

Bizjet and T-prop Deliveries Up; Future Concerns GAMA

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) released its third-quarter delivery numbers today, and while both business jets and turboprops have t

Raburn: Aviation Industry ‘Eats Its Young’

Eclipse Aviation founder and former CEO Vern Raburn stole the show at a VLJ forum held Tuesday and yesterday in West Palm Beach, Fla., with his day-one clo

Local TV Reports Eclipse Employees Unpaid

Albuquerque’s NBC affiliate TV station, KOB, reported earlier today that the employees of Eclipse Aviation learned this morning that they will not be recei
Maintenance and Modifications

AMAC Open for Business in New Hangars

AMAC Aerospace, launched in July last year, is ready for business in the first of two new hangars at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, Switzerland.

In Memoriam: William F. O’Brien

The aviation maintenance industry lost a key friend on Sunday, November 9, when retired FAA national resource specialist Bill O’Brien passed away.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault Falcon To Open Reno Service Center in March

On March 30 next year Dassault Falcon will open its newest factory-owned service center at Nevada’s Reno-Tahoe International Airport.
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA’s Ballough and Sabatini Heading for Retirement

James Ballough, the FAA’s long-time director of the Flight Standards Service, has announced that he will retire at the end of the year.
Maintenance and Modifications

Thermal/Acoustic Package Cuts Cabin Noise by a Third

Business aircraft management and charter operator Zenith Jet and noise reduction specialist Aviation International Management Services (AIMS) have teamed t
Airports

Van Nuys Noisy Phaseout Could Bolster BUR Traffic

A draft environmental impact report for Van Nuys (Calif.) Airport’s “Noisier Aircraft Phaseout” project suggests that most aircraft might divert to Bob Hop
Safety

NTSB Meeting To Address Helo EMS Safety

Due to a high number of fatal aeromedical accidents over the past year, the NTSB yesterday announced it will hold a public hearing on the safety of helicop

Embraer: Strong Demand for Bizjets over Next 10 Years

In its just-released long-term aviation market outlook, Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer forecasts global demand for 11,880 business jets worth appr
Charter & Fractional

Iacobucci: Credit Crisis To Blame for DayJet’s Demise

DayJet’s future is still uncertain and will be a “fundamentally different business” if operations resume, according to DayJet chairman Ed Iacobucci, one of

Pre-owned Bizjet Inventories Continue To Climb

Pre-owned business jet inventories rose by 10 percent last month and are now 57 percent above year-ago levels, according to a report issued yesterday by UB

Read all about it! Onboard Internet access for laptops here!

Arinc is promoting its new onboard Internet (Oi) service for laptop computers here at the MEBA show (Stand No.
Charter & Fractional

10 questions to ask before choosing a charter provider

When you buy a seat on a commercial flight, the choice of airline can matter less than the departure and arrival times.
Charter & Fractional

Awash in oil wealth, region has growing charter appetite

Over the past few years executive charter brokers complained that there were not enough suitable aircraft available in the Middle East to meet the spiralin

Embraer confident about future of air-transport industry

“World air travel should grow [at] five percent per year between 2009 to 2028,” according to forecast data released last week by Brazilian aircraft manufac

100 jets, turboprops and helicopters

Maintained properly, upgraded to comply with changing regulations, modified with more capable avionics in the cockpit, repainted outside, refurbished insid

Buying the first aircraft off the assembly line

New aircraft models generate lots of excitement and interest.

Choose: pre-owned or fresh from the factory

After carefully analyzing your travel patterns, budget and a host of other factors, you’ve concluded that you need an aircraft.

Sands of time strengthen bond between Emirates and CAE

The Emirates-CAE Flight Training center located alongside the Emirates Aviation College here in Dubai is benefiting from a strategic location, a sound loca

BAE’s RJs revived for corporate use

Airfield performance in hot climates, operational independence and customization flexibility are principal factors behind a recent upsurge of interest in c