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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.

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) said in a letter to the FAA last month that its Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) should not be mandator

General Dynamics’ aerospace division, which includes Gulfstream and its support cousin, General Dynamics Aviation Services, had $1.2 billion in sales in th

As this issue went to press, Cessna was single-handedly attempting to prove that economies of scale are alive and well in aviation.

Signature Flight Support parent BBA Aviation sold Oxford Airport in the UK to private investment group OA Acquisitions for £40 million ($80 million) late l

Pratt & Whitney Canada said last month its PW600 engine has been selected to power the new Epic Victory single-engine VLJ.

A “verification prototype” of Cirrus’s recently unveiled “personal jet” could fly within two or three years, according to company officials.C

Despite recent news reports suggesting that Sino Swearingen’s Taiwan-government-backed investors are considering exiting the program, “Taiwan continues to

Cessna parent Textron said last month that revenue for the Wichita- based manufacturer was up by 15 percent in the second quarter of the year, representing

Hawker Beechcraft late last month opened its new international sales headquarters at the Hawarden Airport, Broughton, UK.

The Phenom 100, Embraer’s four-place, $2.98 million entry into the very light jet market, flew for the first time on July 26 from São Jos dos Campos, Brazi