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Rotorcraft

Eurocopter in Talks for Romanian Company…

Eurocopter is still talking to the Romanian privatization agency, AVAS, about taking over 65 percent of helicopter and light aircraft manufacturer IAR Ghim
Rotorcraft

Turbomeca To Settle in Monroe, N.C.

French-based engine maker Turbomeca has chosen Monroe, N.C.
Rotorcraft

Turbomeca to address customer support woes

Turbomeca is endeavoring to improve product support after customers voiced dissatisfaction, notably about parts availability.
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter to solve EC 145’s tail-rotor control issue

Eurocopter is to issue a Service Bulletin that should solve a fleet-wide problem with the EC 145’s tail-rotor controls.
Rotorcraft

MD Helicopters ‘not for sale’

MD Helicopters (MDH) last month dismissed as ill-founded “rumors” circulating that the company is for sale.In a statement, chairman and CEO Lyn

TAP Portugal re-learns the regional game

To ensure their continued survival in the face of reduced income per passenger, regional operators sometimes seek solace in the arms of major carriers, whi
Cabin Interior and Electronics

As expectations rise, IFE in RJs now far from far-fetched

Availability of in-flight entertainment (IFE) ranks among the top factors that influence the loyalty of passengers, who have become increasingly aware of t

Turboprop vs jet: Likely productivity drives the choice, says Lufthansa

Current and future airplane use, fleet complexity and increased competition all will influence decisions about new aircraft by short-haul airlines, accordi

Reports of progress ease growing pains at ExpressJet

In the wake of a first quarter that saw his airline’s operating margins cut by more than half from a year earlier, ExpressJet CEO Jim Ream didn’t see much
Avionics

Special Report: Major Cockpit Retrofits

The scene was straight out of a science fiction movie.
Avionics

‘NextGen’ avionics could cost users up to $20 billion

While preparing for traffic to double and perhaps even triple in the coming decades, the FAA has made clear that putting up the ground-based infrastructure
Aircraft

In The Works: Evektor EV-55

Evektor has begun prototype assembly of the EV-55 Outback, a nine- to 14-passenger unpressurized turboprop.
Aircraft

In The Works: Bell/Agusta Aerospace BA609

Early in the second quarter, Bell/Agusta Aerospace reported that the BA609 civil tiltrotor program had logged 137 flights and 159 flight hours on ship 001,
Aircraft

In The Works: Eclipse Aviation Model 500

It’s been more than seven years since Vern Raburn launched the Eclipse 500, a small, low-cost very light jet that he predicted would bring “disruptive tech
Aircraft

Embraer’s Phenom program accelerating

Embraer’s May 2005 announcement that the company was launching two new business aircraft–the Phenom 100 very light jet and the Phenom 300 light jet–certain
Aircraft

2007 Paris Air Show Preview

This year poses a stiff test for the debate about whether business aircraft manufacturers need to be at both the annual European Business Aviation Conventi
Regulations and Government

Alphabets question value of screening for airport workers

House and Senate bills to require all airport employees with access to secure and sterile areas of an airport to undergo metal detection screening in the s
Airports

Changes urged for flights to DCA

District of Columbia congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) used a House aviation subcommittee hearing on the Essential Air Service program (EAS)
Safety

FAA turns up the heat on icing issue

Summer is almost upon us in the northern hemisphere, but the FAA is embroiled in two significant icing-related issues: a proposed new rule for when de-ice
Safety

Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar

As its name implies, the Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar, hosted by the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) and NBAA, focused on the common theme of improving
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

AIA Conference

This year’s Aviation Insurance Association (AIA) conference, held from April 28 to May 1 in Palm Springs, Calif., convened in the atmosphere of an aircraft
Regulations and Government

FAA denies exemptions to age-60 rule

As baseball player Yogi Berra supposedly said, “It’s déjà vu all over again.”The three US Airways pilots who filed a lawsuit in the U.S.

Forecasts predict bizjet market will thrive

The Teal Group put it best in this year’s forecast when, echoing all other major predictors, it asked rhetorically, “Is it wrong to use these unusually goo

Boeing Business Jets maintains momentum

Boeing Business Jets gathered momentum last year with sales of 23 aircraft valued at about $3 billion.
Aircraft

PC in hand, Eclipse steps up production

As of mid-May, Eclipse Aviation had begun construction of Eclipse 500 number 62, and numbers 15 and 16 had received their certificates of airworthiness, ac
Engines

HTF10000 moves toward late-’08 core run

Phoenix-based engine and avionics manufacturer Honeywell says its 10,000-pound-thrust engine contender is well under way.

Embraer Announces 1Q Results

Brazilian airframer Embraer last month announced slightly improved first-quarter revenue (Brazil’s fiscal calendar mirrors the yearly calendar) over the sa
Safety

New Civilian Hypoxia Training Available

Van Nuys, Calif.-based Corporate Air Parts is offering a new hypoxia training course to civilian pilots.
Charter & Fractional

Union: Pilots Fired for Traffic Violations

The Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 1108, which represents pilots for fractional provider Flight Options, claimed last month that some pilots were fired fo