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“We are dedicated to expanding our worldwide Citation product network and doubling the capacity of our Cessna-owned service facilities during the next five

PIPER PA-46-310P, OSTEEN, FLA., JUNE 14, 2002–The JetProp DLX-conversion Malibu (N9143B) disappeared from radar at 8:39 p.m.

The FAA will be looking for “very intensive” industry participation in a planned comprehensive review of the rules governing aircraft that operate under se

In the midst of all the major funding and other legislation, a number of aviation matters were addressed:• On June 4 President Bush amended Exe

When Nick Leontidis, CAE’s executive vice president of civil training and equipment, tossed down the gauntlet, saying, “We’re going after FlightSafety…we b

As part of its ongoing Operational Evolution Plan (OEP), the FAA has begun installing new equipment that will simultaneously provide weather and aircraft p

The FAA has decided that automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) will use a combination of the 1090-MHz extended squitter surveillance link for

The FAA could face a shortage of air traffic controllers in the next decade unless it makes more adequate plans to replace as many as 11,000 current contro

Piper is working on boosting the max takeoff weight for its Meridian turboprop single to create a 15-percent increase in useful load.

Corporate flight departments around the world have started adopting the new international standards for business aircraft operations (IS-BAO).

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Cessna Aircraft chairman and CEO Russ Meyer (right) and Avfuel Corp.

Bird-X’s GooseBuster uses alert and alarm calls recorded by actual Canada geese, which the company says the geese recognize and respond to instinctively.

Currently, 30 dedicated Russian business aviation companies operate about 50 business jets, mostly converted Tupolev Tu-134s, Yakovlev Yak-40s and Yak-42s

Schaumburg (Ill.) Airport (06C) is sandwiched beneath the Class B airspace just west of Chicago O’Hare and sports a single 3,800-foot runway with 100-foot

Competition in the fractional-ownership market is intense, and the players are constantly changing.

“It was definitely our second choice, but it turned out to be a good one.” That’s how corporate air transport manager Rich Sismour characterized GE’s move

Hong Kong helicopter operator Heliservices is getting mixed signals from local authorities, ones it claims affect its ability to stay in business.

Independent cabin completion and refurbishment specialist Duncan Aviation recently signed a long-term contract with Dassault Aviation to complete green Fal

The long-delayed NTSB factual report on the Oct.

Mercury Air Group announced today that it has started flight operations at the Royal Terminal in Kuwait, the largest private aviation terminal in the Middl

Million Air Cleveland has installed a new security system at its Burke Lakefront Airport (BKL) facility that it hopes will become the prototype for other F

On behalf of the approximately 575 Flight Options pilots, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1108 last week filed for mediation with the Nati

Aircraft maintenance does not exactly move forward technologically at the speed of light.

The Cessna Citation CJ4 prototype successfully achieved a two-hour 22-minute maiden flight yesterday morning, taking off from McConnell AFB in Wichita and

Winners of this year’s Sikorsky Award for Humanitarian Service talk to Curt Epstein about the past, present and future of helicopter use in firefighting.

Eclipse 500 air-taxi operator DayJet has “reduced its employee base across most areas of its business,” according to president and CEO Ed Iacobucci in a st

PlaneSense, the Manchester, N.H.-based fractional ownership provider launched in 1996 by parent company Alpha Flying, continues to expand.

PC-12 flight planning seems to work out best at 260 kt, which means a 1,200-nm trip with IFR reserves will keep you in the cabin for 4.5 hr.

A big mission for a big company usually means a big airplane with a cavernous interior and enough fuel to carry a large load over thousands of miles.