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Airports

Oxford Airport's virtual runway extension OK'd

The UK’s Oxford Airport has been approved to increase its licensed runway length by 10 percent to 4,327 feet.

NBAA Flight Attendant Conference

If the drop in the number of attendees at last year’s annual NBAA Flight Attendant Conference was a result of economic uncertainty, then perhaps the increa

2003 Product Support Survey

If you are looking to buy a business jet whose manufacturer provides the highest level of after-sales product support, then you would purchase one of Gulfs
Aircraft

Don't tangle with this E-6B

In aviation’s early days, long-distance HF communications used wire antennas trailing behind the aircraft.
Aircraft

Pilot Report: Embraer Legacy: Building upon a rich history

Embraer’s Legacy is an impressive corporate version of the company’s venerable ERJ-135/145
Charter & Fractional

Euro programs shape-shift to meet real-time market needs

What is fractional ownership in Europe? Judging by the way the concept has morphed since it started to appear in the continent during the second half of th
Charter & Fractional

Sao Paulo helicopter frax capital of the world

The only really successful helicopter fractional operator is not in the U.S.
Charter & Fractional

Union issues at the fractionals

Increasing size provides economies of scale for any business, but for fractional operators attaining “critical mass” in terms of fleet size and flight crew
Charter & Fractional

Helicopter share programs reinvent the fractional model

“What’s the difference between fractional helicopter operations and fractional business jet operations?” asked one fractional sales professional rhetorical
Charter & Fractional

Understanding the new Subpart K frax rules

As fractional ownership programs grew in size, complexity and number, considerable controversy within the aviation community arose as to their appropriate
Charter & Fractional

Hybrids fill fractional-charter gap

At first glance, the fractional industry, like the alien menace in a sci-fi thriller, appears to be morphing into a menagerie of hybrids.
Charter & Fractional

Fractional Ownership: 17 years on

The concept of fractional ownership in the transportation industry is nearly half a millennium old.
Charter & Fractional

Major providers mature as local frax firms hatch

Executive Jet Aviation owner and CEO Richard Santulli brought the fractional-ownership concept to the business aviation community in the mid-1980s.
Aircraft

G550 will require evac crewmember

Gulfstream, which has been engaged in a dispute with the FAA over whether its new Gulfstream 550 could be certified with the traditional four elliptical wi

A Century in Review: The 1970s

The decades that preceded the 1970s were propelled by a lust for technological progress measured in speed, altitude and range.
Accidents

Fatal bizav accidents increase in first half of year

The number of people killed in turbine business airplane accidents across all segments increased in the first half of this year compared with the first six

Piper Aircrat under new ownership

Piper announced on July 21 that American Capital Strategies, a minority (about 2 percent) shareholder in the company since 1998, has acquired 94 percent of
Aircraft

Dassault admits to quiet work on Mach+ bizjet

Dassault is working quietly on the design for what could become a supersonic business jet (SSBJ).
Regulations and Government

Essential Air Service subsidies face dramatic cut

The Republican-led House appropriations subcommittee on transportation, treasury and independent agencies last month approved a new transportation spending
FBOs

Signature Flight Support opens St. Louis FBO

Signature Flight Support’s new St.
Aircraft

SJ30-2 returns to flight following April crash

The number-two SJ30-2 flight-test aircraft (S/N 003) took off on July 21 from Sino Swearingen’s headquarters at San Antonio Airport.
Aircraft

Piaggio gets confirmation of Avanti speed records

The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale and National Aeronautic Association have certified five speed records set by a Piaggio Avanti.
Charter & Fractional

ARG/US has good news for fractional providers

According to Aviation Research Group/US (ARG/US) of Cincinnati, the great majority of fractional aircraft share owners are satisfied with their program and
Charter & Fractional

News Note: LEA opens new base at Farnborough

UK charter operator London Executive Aviation (LEA) has opened a new base at Farnborough Airport, locating one of its two Cessna Citation Bravos there.
Accidents

Cure sought for ramp-rash incidents

If you’re the kind of pilot who relishes the moment when you flee the FBO in the crew car for a round of golf or a night on the town, there is a phalanx of
Regulations and Government

NATA questions maintenance rule compliance date

Failure of the FAA to publish an advisory circular may prompt the National Air Transportation Association to request an extension of the October 6 implemen

Food (publication) for thought

UK-based business aviation caterer Castle Kitchens introduced an online publication on “global food, water safety and health issues.” The publication servi

Delta AirElite offers Platinum Medallion status

Delta AirElite Business Jets will extend the benefits of Delta Air Lines SkyMiles Platinum Medallion frequent-flier status to “founding members” enrolling
ATC

Potomac Tracon now in full operation

Consolidation of five terminal radar approach control facilities into the new Potomac Tracon, located in Vint Hill, Va., is now complete.
Regulations and Government

State security background checks go nowhere

The New Jersey State Assembly deferred action on proposed legislation that would require security background checks of flight students.