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Charter & Fractional

JetDirect expands its holdings

JetDirect has expanded its fleet to more than 130 aircraft and increased its regional operating bases to nine with the acquisition of Sunset Aviation, a No
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Midcoast enters market for narrowbody completions

Midcoast Aviation last month announced its intention to move into the “narrow-body” cabin completion business, marked by groundbreaking on a new 146,000-sq
Aircraft

2007 AIN Product Support Survey - Part One: Aircraft

Players in the business aviation arena regularly tell their customers that they are improving product support and service by investing in assets and people
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Avionics

Avidyne and WSI have struck a deal

Avidyne and WSI have struck a deal under which Avidyne will develop and produce WSI’s new AV300 and AV350 satellite weather data and audio receivers.
Avionics

Universal EFI-890R Certified in GIII

Universal Avionics has obtained supplemental type certification (STC) for its EFI-890R display retrofit in a Gulfstream III.
Avionics

Slimmer Skyline Broadband Launched

Arinc’s new slimmer Ku-band antenna for its Skylink satellite in-flight broadband service is now available.
Avionics

Inmarsat To Impose SwiftBroadband Use Caps

Hoping to avoid a repeat of the congestion delays that have plagued users of its Swift64 aero satcom data network, Inmarsat plans to limit use of its forth
Avionics

Thales satcom coming to bizjets

The new TopFlight satellite data unit (SDU) from Thales is set to be installed on a new-build business aircraft later this year by an as yet unidentified m
ATC

Europe’s Air Traffic Situation

In April 805,239 flights were recorded in Europe, an increase of 5.6 percent over the same month the previous year.
Charter & Fractional

Air taxis Form Own Lobby

Even though “ATXA” looks as if it belongs on the New York Stock Exchange ticker, add it to your lexicon of GA lobbying groups.
ATC

Eurocontrol inaugurates flow-management center

Every day in Europe, aircraft take to the skies more than 30,000 times, and this summer is predicted to be one of the busiest ever in European airspace.
Avionics

Sharp Rise in Bizjet Broadband Use Foreseen

Business jet passengers will be the biggest users of in-flight broadband data services over the next four years, according to a report released last month
Avionics

Bendix/King aims at Garmin lead

After years of losing market share to cross-town rival Garmin, Honeywell’s Bendix/King division is fighting back with two all-new products for general avia
Aircraft

In The Works: Embraer Phenom 100

Embraer is getting closer to flying its Phenom 100 VLJ, having rolled out the first prototype on June 16 from the company’s headquarters in São José dos Ca
Aircraft

In The Works: Epic Victory

Epic has notched another first flight, this time for the Victory single-engine jet, which took off on July 6 from Roberts Field in Redmond, Ore.

In The Works: Honda Aircraft HondaJet

As preparations continue for the construction of Honda Aircraft’s new world headquarters building in Greensboro, N.C., Honda engineers are refining the air

Hawker Beechcraft focuses on support

Bill Brown, Hawker Beech-craft’s new president for global customer support, has all the right credentials for his new job, which he started at the end of M
Regulations and Government

Safety Board recommends new substance-abuse rules

As a result of a number of accidents in which the pilots omitted information or lied about substance and/or alcohol dependence during medical evaluations,
Airports

Farnborough seeks to control airport noise

TAG Aviation has introduced a quiet flying program to reduce noise experienced by neighborhoods around London-area Farnborough Airport.
Aircraft

G150 Nabs EASA Certification

Gulfstream’s first metamorphosis of an IAI aircraft received EASA certification last week.
Charter & Fractional

Bexair rides high on Gulf charter boom

Bexair, the Bahrain-based executive charter firm, is set to take the size of its fleet into double digits with an order for a new Bombardier Challenger 605
Aircraft

Learjet 60XR Enters the Fleet

Los Angeles-based Cloud Nine Aviation received the first Learjet 60XR this week, following an entry-into-service delivery ceremony at the Learjet manufactu
Aircraft

Boeing prepares Dreamliner to enter flight-test program

Some 15,000 well-wishers witnessed the first public appearance last month of the Boeing 787 in Everett, Wash., an event broadcast live via satellite in nin
Accidents

TV A-Stars Collide Over Phoenix, Four Dead

While broadcasting a police chase on July 27 over Phoenix, a pair of Eurocopter AS350-B2 helicopters collided when their pilots apparently lost sight of ea
Aircraft

Pilot Error Blamed in Comair Crash

After a year of investigation, the NTSB on Thursday released its final report regarding the takeoff crash of Comair Flight 5191 at Blue Grass Airport in Le

Business Aviation Shipments Up in First Half of Year

Business jet and turboprop shipments were both up roughly 15 percent in the first half of this year, compared to the first six months of last year, accordi

NBAA Flights Attendants Conference: Annual event focuses on professional development for cabin crewmembers

The focus of the 12th annual NBAA Flight Attendants Conference, held June 29 and 30 in San Diego, was raising awareness of the need for professional, well
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Software steers clients through complex decision-making straits

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

Part 135 operators brace for FAA OpSpec review

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