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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Manufacturers promote equipment interoperability

One of the recurrent themes at the Toulouse workshop was the inability of ATC services to provide operators opportunities to use the navigation performance
Training and Workforce

King Schools Introducing Garmin G1000 Online Training Course

John and Martha King this month plan to take the wraps off a new online training course developed for pilots transitioning from traditional instruments to
Avionics

Newcomer Starling set to unveil unusual Ku antenna

Starling Advanced Communications, a relatively new name among satcom antenna manufacturers, has officially kicked off a development program for a line of K
Avionics

NASA partners show EVS, SVS concepts

Throw BAE Systems and Nav3D into the mix of companies indicating strong interest in sensor and software technology for emerging cockpit advanced-vision sys
Avionics

Thales To Provide Avionics for Sikorsky S-76D

Sikorsky’s new S-76D twin-turbine helicopter, scheduled to enter service in 2008, will be equipped with Thales’ TopDeck integrated modular avionics, accord
Avionics

FAA Approves Chelton Installations in Some Part 23 Airplanes

Chelton Flight Systems of Boise, Idaho, has received FAA certification for installations of its FlightLogic EFIS avionics in a number of Part 23 airplanes,

Regional airline officials fear a regulatory void as EASA takes over

European regional airlines are concerned that a regulatory void could develop as oversight responsibilities pass to a new authority, and they have joined w

Northwest Plans New Regional Unit

Northwest Airlines has presented its pilot union leaders with a plan to start a new subsidiary specifically to replace the airline’s aged Douglas DC-9s wit

MidAtlantic Pilots Sue Airlines, ALPA

Noted New York attorney Michael Haber has filed a $400 million class-action lawsuit on behalf of 230 MidAtlantic Airways pilots against ALPA, US Airways, A
Aircraft

SkyWest To Fly 22 More CRJ700s

SkyWest Airlines and Bombardier have agreed to convert a firm order for 18 CRJ200s held by SkyWest’s new Atlantic Southeast Airlines division to positions
Aircraft

Chautauqua Transfers Last 170

Indianapolis-based Chautauqua Airlines has transferred the last of its once 23-strong fleet of Embraer 170 jets to its sister carrier, Shuttle America.
Maintenance and Modifications

Air Wisky To Close Appleton Base

Air Wisconsin Airlines plans to close its Appleton maintenance facility and move its 105 jobs to other facilities by next May.

Other shoe drops as Comair slashes fleet, workforce

Comair will dispose of as many as 30 regional jets and slash between 600 and 1,000 jobs as part of a plan to cut costs by $70 million a year, the company a

Swiss moves to establish new regional subsidiary

Swiss International Air Lines will once again segregate its regional operations under the auspices of a new subsidiary, the company announced last month.

Mesaba follows partner into bankruptcy court

Mesaba Airlines became the latest casualty of Northwest Airlines’ financial meltdown last month, when it followed its sole mainline code-share partner into

European Regions Airline Association General Assembly: High-load European region face many challenges at quarter-century mark

The first 25 years of the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) has been a story of “bold creativity, progressive thinking and community service,” acc

ERA announces 2005 Airline of the Year

A complete change of approach to its business and, not least, punctual performance have helped Binter Canarias become the European Regions Airline Associat

Fuel cost is an easy scapegoat

European regional airlines don’t need to be told that fuel prices could stunt their growth.
FBOs

Bizjet builders eye growing Middle East market

A decade ago, any discussion of the private aircraft market in the Middle East was generally limited to members of the royal families as customers, and the
Charter & Fractional

Spanish charter firm expands its bizjet fleet

Executive Airlines, Spain’s second largest executive charter operator, in the last few months has added three business jets
to its fleet, bringing it
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Aviation Finance: Low rates and competition create a borrowers' market but the economy may hold some suprises

A vibrant level of new aircraft deliveries, strong sales of used aircraft, low interest rates and competition among lenders have provided banks and other c
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Compressing the Spread

Interest rates for aircraft loans and leases are typically negotiated individually for each case, so lenders rarely publish their rates.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Very Light Jets on the Horizon

For aircraft financers, insurance and the stability of the OEM are the main concerns when they consider the very light jets (VLJs), three of which are work
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

So What’s Happening to the Economy?

Unlike physics, economic forecasting is not an exact science, and significant natural disasters have a way of scattering the tea leaves.
Aircraft

Ibis Ae270 likely needs wing redesign

While Ibis Aerospace officials have been cheering publicly for months that the Ae270 Spirit turboprop single is nearing FAA and EASA approval, their mood b
Safety

Icing strategies for the coming winter

Apparently, it’s just a time-honored myth that the Inuit language of native Alaskans has as many as 400 different words covering all forms of frozen precip
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Crews need specific training for flying in the mountains

Pulling into position for takeoff or passing the final approach fix for landing, especially at a mountain airport, presents many challenges.

Western OEMs eye Russian market at MAKS

The growing Russian market for business aircraft prompted western manufacturers to expand their presence at the MAKS airshow, held recently at Ramenskoye A

Future murky for Asian Aerospace show

The Asian Aerospace show at Singapore’s Changi Airport in February will be the last event in the current format, following a sudden split between the Singa