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Embraer this spring expects to complete certification that will increase the service ceiling of the Legacy business jet from FL370 to FL410.

Avantair, the fractional operator flying an all-Piaggio Avanti fleet, took delivery last month of its 16th copy of the Italian-built twin-turboprop pusher.

When a Mooney strayed to within eight miles of the White House in October, a flight of F-16s reportedly intercepted it and safely escorted the disoriented

Major orders for airliners and their engines once again raised the profile of the biennial Dubai Air Show, held December 7 to 11.

Concerned by its findings between 1998 and 2003 involving airline pilots, the FAA late last year proposed to amend airman medical standards so that a refus

Effective March 15, Signature Flight Support increased handling fees at its chain of more than 40 U.S.

The stereotypical business aircraft in the Middle East is a widebody airliner converted to money-no-object specifications for an omnipotent sheikh.

Construction is complete on a new terminal at Guardian Jet Center at Ontario International Airport, Calif.

When investigators inspected a King Air C90 after it collided with a weather station antenna, they found an obstruction light was embedded in the right win

What does Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan have to do with the market value of Mitsubishi MU-2s?Late last year, flying overnight check r

While the national intelligence reform law President Bush signed in December carries a provision for photo IDs for “pilots”, confusion reigns over which ai

Three months after receiving certification for its winglets on the Hawker 800, Aviation Partners has received FAA approval for installing winglets on the H

The idea of mixing legal weapons with pilots is not new.

Swissport Executive Aviation has opened a business aircraft handling operation at Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Several of FlightSafety International’s facilities in Europe, Canada and South America have received approval from the Transportation Security Administrati

As it searches for 12,500 new air traffic controllers, the FAA extended the eligibility period for college students with training in ATC to become controll

Raytheon Aircraft last month reached a “tentative agreement” for NetJets to purchase up to 50 Hawker Horizons for its fractional aircraft fleet.

An NTSB proposal to add to the list of events that must be reported as an accident or incident is getting little support from the industry.

Indigo tried it and failed.

Nearly six years after its launch at the 1999 Paris Air Show, Bell/Agusta’s AB139 medium twin-turbine helicopter has gained FAA IFR certification.

Traditionally, air traffic controller training has been a dry-as-dust classroom learning process, with piles of documents to study, rules to absorb and pro

The Corporate Airlines Jetstream 31 that crashed a mile short of the runway while on a night, reduced-visibility localizer approach to Kirksville Regional

EADS subsidiary Airbus Industrie said that “almost 30 ACJ series aircraft” have been delivered to date and are in service in Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Amer

Van Nuys Airport, Calif., the busiest general aviation airfield in the world and already subject to a noise curfew applicable to Stage 2 and “noisier” Stag

Failure to provide timely distribution of guidance material to repair stations has prompted the FAA to delay for one year–until April 6 next year–the compl

It’s probable that a bent-down microphone jack receptacle–a non-OEM installation–found near the base of the copilot’s control column prevented aft movement

Darby Aviation is the latest to feel the wrath of the FAA in the wake of the Challenger runway overrun accident at Teterboro Airport (see page 58).

“The center of gravity was found to be well forward of the allowable limit,” according to an NTSB update on the accident in which a Challenger 600 overran

Aviation Partners said last month it received Transport Canada certification of its Hawker 800 blended winglet modification.

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