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The process for deciding whether or how to buy a business aircraft is fraught with seemingly incalculable factors and subjective considerations.

Continuing its efforts to crack down on loopholes in its oversight of Part 135 charter operators, the FAA is conducting mandatory special emphasis inspecti

The fourth Latin American Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (LABACE) is scheduled for August 9 to 11, and organizers are forecasting business tra

The FAA last month made good on a longstanding promise to provide Airworthiness Directives (AD) and Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins (SAIB) only

The FAA unveiled a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking last month that addresses airworthiness standards related to cabin interiors for transport-category airpla

Embraer said last month it delivered seven Legacy 600s during the second quarter, for a total of 12 so far this year.

As Eclipse Aviation awaited FAA approval at press time of a new-design pitot/angle-of-attack probe to prevent a freezing problem that occurred during three

In the first half of this year business jet accidents decreased 31 percent from the same period last year, but fatal accidents were up from two to five, ac

In recent years the charter industry has drawn unwanted attention, as high-profile accidents have prompted the FAA to train a microscope on the industry

Dart Helicopter Services received Transport Canada approval for its Apical Industries emergency float system for Robinson R44s and R44 IIs.

A new service designed in part by former Avantair chairman Al Rapetti seeks to align charter operators under one roof to maximize revenue, fill seats and a

Clifford Development, working on a Williams FJ44-3A engine conversion for the Citation II, has appointed Chino, Calif.-based Threshold Aviation Group as a

Aviation consulting and education firm Conklin & de Decker released the most recent version of its Aircraft Performance Comparator software last month.

Private-equity company The Carlyle Group, which has been steadily assembling business aviation assets in recent years, plans to add transportation communic

Cessna’s Large Cabin Concept (LCC) mock-up completed a tour of Europe in late June.

Six years after opening its doors, two-and-a-half months after flying its first fully conforming aircraft and less than a month after losing company chairm

An FAA safety alert cautioning Embraer Legacy pilots against resting their foot on a footrest near the instrument panel because they might inadvertently pu

On June 27, Honda Aircraft president and CEO Michimasa Fujino and local officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for the company’s new world headquarters a

A preliminary NTSB report on last month’s fatal Citation crash at Conway Municipal Airport in Conway, Ark., said a witness reported seeing the aircraft lan

ARG/US is offering safety training to round out its portfolio of safety-related services.

NBAA will begin offering the certified aviation manager (CAM) test via computer beginning in January.

The European Space Agency (ESA) recently launched the early development phase of the Single European Sky Iris program, a research initiative designed to im

In May, Piper Aircraft confirmed that it was looking for suitable sites to relocate the company’s headquarters and to establish manufacturing of its single

Savannah Air Center has received the first FAA certification of dual crew-rest areas on Bombardier’s Global Express XRS.

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Fractional operator Flight Options has expanded into the realm of aircraft management.

London-based flight planning group Flight-Operations.

Six air charter brokers have formed the Air Charter Association of North America (Acana) to improve standards within the broker industry.

An EC 130 operated by New York City’s Liberty Helicopters made a forced landing into the Hudson River last month during an otherwise routine sightseeing fl

Spain has a new executive charter company in the shape of CorporateJets XXI.