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Accidents

Preliminary Report: Citation III accident fatal for three

Cessna 650 Citation III, Caico Seco, Venezuela, Feb.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: EMS helicopter crashes in bay

Eurocopter AS 350B2, South Padre Island, Texas, Feb.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Missed GPS approach fatal for six

Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90A, Mount Airy, N.C., Feb.

Market for used jets unscathed by economic woes…so far

After gold hit $1,000 an ounce last month and oil reached $110 a barrel on the same day, financial markets continued to experience the turmoil that started
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: April 2008

• As Washington pundits predicted, the $3.1 trillion budget President Bush proposed for the federal fiscal year beginning Oct.
ATC

WAAS Milestone

The FAA recently passed a major milestone in the move toward NextGen with the implementation of the 1,000th instrument approach that uses the enhanced GPS
ATC

ADS-B Program Wins Collier Trophy

The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) has selected the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Team of public and private sector groups as the 2007
Charter & Fractional

ExecuJet Opens New Bases in Europe and Asia

In July ExecuJet Aviation will open a new base for its charter and management clients at London City Airport.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

R&D Is the Future at Lufthansa Technik

German completion and refurbishment giant Lufthansa Technik is building a research and development center for its cabin innovation business division in Ham
Cabin Interior and Electronics

International Water-Guard Coming Clean

With an established reputation in the field of on-board water treatment for aircraft, International Water-Guard of Burnaby, British Columbia, has launched
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Air Concepts International Goes Quiet

Air Concepts International of Teterboro, N.J., had two examples of its Cocoon wall panel noise-reduction system on display in two AgustaWestland AW139s at
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Texas Aviation Cites Growth, and Anticipates More of the Same

Past returns may not be proof of future growth, but Texas Aviation Services of Fort Worth, coming off record revenues in 2007, is betting on continued dema
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Aero Toy Store Chases Helo Market

Aero Toy Store of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

SEI Lands in Philadelphia

Servizi Elicotteristici Italini (SEI) has been a primary source of helicopter cabin completion and refurbishment for European manufacturer AgustaWestland,
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Aerolite Delivers First EC 135 VIP Interior

Aerolite Max Bucher recently delivered its first Eurocopter EC 135 interior for a corporate customer.
FBOs

FBO Profile: Ocean Sky

The growing success of UK FBO Ocean Sky is another sign of the improving picture for business aviation in Europe.
Airports

LAX installing safety lights

The FAA and City of Los Angeles have partnered to install runway status lights at Los Angeles International Airport.
Airports

LA studying LAX pollution

The Los Angeles board of airport commissioners awarded a $2.15 million contract to Jacobs Consultancy for a three-year study to evaluate air pollution emis
FBOs

ExecuJet adds Singapore hangar

ExecuJet Aviation Group bought a 30,000-sq-ft hangar at Singapore’s Seletar Airport and is offering maintenance and hangar storage at the facility, its fir
FBOs

Blue City now FBO at Coventry

Blue City Aviation has been appointed to handle all FBO operations at Coventry Airport, in recognition of growing business aviation traffic at the UK airpo
FBOs

Burbank may set night curfew

The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena (Calif.) airport authority met on March 17 to deliver a presentation on its application for a mandatory nighttime curfew at B
FBOs

China Olympics flying guide

Ac-U-Kwik has published the guide for flight plan application and approval for China Olympic Games flights from July 1 through September 30 at
FBOs

Colt signs up with Passur

Contract fuel and flight planning/handling company Colt International has signed up to use Megadata’s Passur flight tracking and software services suite.
FBOs

Encore now Landmark

Encore FBO and its financial backers, GTCR Golder Rauner and Platform Partners, finalized the purchase of Landmark Aviation’s Airport Services Division fro
FBOs

Hawker Beechcraft FBOs added to BBA’s holdings

Signature Flight Support owner BBA Aviation announced that it is buying seven FBOs from Hawker Beechcraft, including a facility at busy and highly competit
FBOs

Atlantic buys three FBOs

Early last month Atlantic Aviation bought three FBOs from SevenBar Enterprises, in Albuquerque and Farmington, N.M., and Hailey, Idaho.
FBOs

Improvements continue at alternate Austin Airport

Pilots seeking an alternative to busy and expensive Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas might want to try Bird’s Nest Airport, 12 miles northea
FBOs

Arcadia Aviation adds Second FBO to its stable

Arcadia Aviation, which is developing corporate aviation hangar facilities at Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport (MRB) in Martinsburg, W.Va., has acqui
FBOs

Rapid Air opens renovated FBO

Grand Rapids, Mich.
Airports

Destination Airports: Tucson, Arizona

Tucson has a strong aviation tradition.