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Maintenance and Modifications
ExecuJet Expands Asia Pacific Presence
ExecuJet Aviation is stepping up the expansion of its business aviation support business in the Asia Pacific region with new maintenance and handling facil
FAA Administrator Selects Safety Personnel
Acting FAA administrator Lynne Osmus has appointed new personnel following last year’s departure of associate administrator for aviation safety Nicolas Sab
Maintenance and Modifications
Interjet Acquired, Plans Growth in Southern Africa
Interjet Group, based at Lanseria International Airport in South Africa, has been purchased by Paul Ludick and TEIM Ventures.
Maintenance and Modifications
Maintenance Techs Discuss 7X in Dassault E-forums
Dassault Falcon has launched its new “E-forum” series of Internet-based communication seminars.
Maintenance and Modifications
Duncan Aviation Layoffs First in Company History
After trying to cut costs by reducing wages and work hours, Duncan Aviation has “had to implement a reduction in its nationwide work force.” It is the firs
Accidents
Platinum Jet Principals, Employees Plead Not Guilty
Two of the six people arrested and charged in connection with the 2005 Platinum Jet Management Challenger 600 crash at Teterboro (N.J.) Airport entered not
Regulations and Government
FAA Reauthorization Bill Still Faces an Uphill Battle
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee late last week approved H.R.915
Regulations and Government
NBAA Lauds Sen. Brownback’s Support of Bizav
NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen last week commended Sen.
Aircraft
UT Finance Asks To Repossess DayJet Eclipses
UT Finance has asked the bankruptcy court overseeing the liquidation of the assets of Eclipse Aviation to allow it to take possession of the 28 Eclipse 500
Warren Buffett Defends Bizav in CNBC Interview
When Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett bought a Bombardier Challenger 600 twenty years ago, he named the large-cabin business jet The Indefensible beca
Boeing Capital, Grupo Mexicana Seal 717 Lease Deal
Boeing Capital and Grupo Mexicana today announced they have entered a lease agreement covering 25 Boeing 717-200s for use by the airline group’s MexicanaCl
Blended Winglet-equipped 767-300ER Flies First Scheduled Service
The first revenue flight of an American Airlines Boeing 767-300ER equipped with Aviation Partners Boeing Blended Winglets left Dallas/Fort Worth Internatio
North Korean Threat Diverts Commercial Flights
Air Canada and Singapore Airlines have joined Korean Air and Asiana in diverting flights away from North Korean airspace after the communist government sai
Regulations and Government
Cessna: Aircraft Upgrades Could Yield Tax Benefits
Cessna Aircraft is reminding Citation owners that enhancements made to their business aircraft this year might qualify for the new bonus depreciation tucke
Aircraft
ViaSat, Satcom Direct Team on Yonder Broadband
ViaSat today named Satcom Direct a reseller of its new Yonder Ku-band satellite broadband service for business jets.
Aircraft
Multiple Groups Vying To Buy Eclipse Assets
Yesterday a judge verbally approved the motion to convert Eclipse Aviation’s bankruptcy from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7, which means the company’s assets will
Gulfstream To Cut Bizjet Production, 1,200 Workers
Less than 40 days ago, General Dynamics chairman and CEO Nicholas Chabraja said subsidiary Gulfstream was seeing demand for large-cabin jets hold strong, t
Maintenance and Modifications
Spares Cost Less with Cost-containment Program
The cost of maintaining older Bombardier Challengers and Globals can be reduced by as much as 50 percent under Challenger Spares & Support’s cost-conta
M7 Offers Wet Processing for Parts Producers
San Antonio-based M7 Aerospace launched a quick-turn wet processing program available to aerospace parts manufacturers that need to outsource chemical proc
Maintenance and Modifications
MX Jet Service Receives Honeywell Line Designation
Last month Honeywell designated MX Jet Service an authorized line service provider for TFE731-series turbofans and 36-100 and -150 APUs.
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA Clarifies Meaning of ‘Current’ for Mx Programs
FAR 91.409(f)(3) requires aircraft owners and operators to maintain their aircraft in accordance with a “current inspection program recommended by the manu
Aircraft
FAA Not Planning To Ground Eclipse Fleet
Addressing the question of what happens when a manufacturer goes bankrupt, the FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (CE-09-14) that
Dutch Investigators Cite Faulty Altimeter in Crash of Turkish Airlines 737-800
Dutch investigators have found that a faulty altimeter likely played a role in last week’s crash of a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 on approach to Amster
Lyon’s Bizav Airport Still Bullish
Lyon Bron Airport, the business aviation field in France’s second largest city, is still betting on mid-term growth and is preparing to break ground on thr
Charter & Fractional
Berkshire Hathaway: FlightSafety Up, NetJets Down
Revenues at Berkshire Hathaway’s services group–which includes fractional provider NetJets and flight-training provider FlightSafety International–were $8.
Aircraft
Simulated Gulfstream G650 Makes First Flight
Gulfstream Aerospace yesterday said it reached a milestone in development work on the large-cabin G650 and announced that it achieved first flight of a sim
Regulations and Government
Obama Runs User Fees Up FY10 Budget Flagpole
A line in President Obama’s 134-page budget for Fiscal Year 2010 has put general aviation lobbyists on high alert.
Security
LASP Nets Record Number of Comments to TSA
In what is a record number of comments on a TSA rulemaking, aviation industry proponents flooded the Transportation Security Administration docket for the
