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The National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) has named Washington the “Most Innovative State” this year for developing an online pilot-regi

After recent visits to three Florida airports under pressure either to close or severely restrict operations, National Air Transportation Association presi

The FAA Management Advisory Council (MAC) should have more representation from general aviation, AOPA told Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta early las

“When we look at building a hangar for a client we see someone who has made a significant investment.

It may not be the closest FBO to next year’s Super Bowl in Houston, but it might be the most fun.

Pilots and other crewmembers visiting Jet Aviation’s four U.S.

For all pilots and other crewmembers who have ever struggled across a windswept ramp loaded down with cabin supplies, Jet Systems/Avitat at Westchester Cou

Starting last month, operators clearing customs at so-called “user fee” airports began to see as much as a 10-percent increase in clearance charges.

“We’ve outgrown our current facility and need more room for our guests,” said Banyan Air Service president Don Campion.

On October 2 NBAA filed a revised Part 16 complaint with the FAA asking the agency to investigate the new landing fees at Santa Monica Municipal Airport (S

Atlantic Aviation has signed letters of intent to acquire FBOs at two New Orleans airports–Lakefront (NEW) and Louis Armstrong International (MSY), formerl

As more RVSM STCs are awarded, operators of most makes and models, even those of much older and rarer airframes, will soon have many places to get RVSM ins

Cessna has ruled out the addition of winglets to its Citation X high-speed business jet, after investigating the modification and concluding that there was

Mike Redenbaugh took over the CEO’s office at Bell Helicopter’s Fort Worth, Texas headquarters in May and now faces some formidable challenges–including ge

Bell Helicopter Textron announced the recent deliveries of three helicopters–a Bell 412, 206B-3 and 430–to customers in vastly different industries and too

Amid feverish speculation that the 2005 show might be rattling around the mighty Excel exhibition centre in London’s docklands, this year’s Helitech, held

A Bell 206L3 owned and operated by Petroleum Helicopters crashed on its way to an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico on October 10, killing the pilot and t

Tom Macdonald, the Osprey V-22 chief test pilot, received the Iven C.

Robinson Helicopter delivered its first R22 piston single in October 1979.

In separate ceremonies at last month’s NBAA Convention, Bell/Agusta announced the sale of a corporate AB139 to American International Group and Eurocopter

The fatal crash on September 20 of an American Eurocopter AStar operated by Las Vegas air-tour operator Sundance Helicopters killed all six of the rotorcra

Keystone Helicopter of West Chester, Pa., signed a five-year nonexclusive contract with Sikorsky Aircraft to provide executive completions for the new S-92

The French town of Cannes faces the closure of one of its licensed heliports next March if local authorities do not reach a decision on an alternate site.

Embraer’s 37-seat ERJ-135 regional jet last month won JAA approval to fly the steep approach into London City Airport.

Swiss authorities have implemented plans for a six-degree approach angle at Lugano Agno Airport, effectively banning the airplane most frequently used ther

It didn’t take long for Mesa Air Group’s seemingly innocuous new code-share deal with United Airlines to raise far wider implications, as Mesa chairman and

A new 11-year code-share contract between Air Wisconsin and United Airlines went into full effect last month, after a U.S.

The company at the center of a continuing probe into the January crash of an Air Midwest Beech 1900 in Charlotte, N.C., will stop performing maintenance fo