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Euro transonic, cryogenic wind tunnel in full swing

In Cologne, Germany, the $412 million European Transonic Wind Tunnel (ETW)– a multinational joint venture among France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK

U.S. regs slow growth of Eurofly Milan-NY service

Italian carrier Eurofly has been operating its all-business-class Airbus A319 service between Milan and New York since May, but the start-up has been marre
Aircraft

Upstarts favor electric while establishment sits on fence

Business jet manufacturers do not agree on the virtues of electric power for onboard systems.
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Europe Reports Growth

Ten years since it first offered fractional ownership outside the U.S., NetJets Europe (NJE) has reported the passing of two milestones in recent months.

Civil aircraft slot allocation at Northolt questioned

UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) Police are making inquiries into the terms under which slots at London’s Northolt Airport are allocated to civil aircraft oper

FAA takes new tack on runway incursions

Two takeoff near-collisions in July at Chicago O’Hare and Los Angeles International Airports underscored the fact that runway incursion accidents–one of th

NBAA Convention: Industry revs up for the big show

Unlike last year’s NBAA Convention, which was hastily transplanted from New Orleans to Orlando in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, next month’s 59th annual N

EAA AirVenture 2006: Business aviation news takes center stage at this year's event

At this year’s EAA AirVenture show, plans and promises from the past finally yielded fruit.
Aircraft

Gulfstream Begins Fly-by-wire Flights

Flight testing is scheduled to begin this month of a Gulfstream V modified with a fly-by-wire system for controlling the spoilers.

Gulfstreams On Course For Record Year

Gulfstream delivered 54 business jets in the first half of this year compared with 41 in the first half of last year.
Aircraft

OceanAir gains turboprop market share

OceanAir Táxi Aéreo has grown, is still growing and expects better things to come. OceanAir was launched by Grupo Maritime oil’s controlling
Accidents

Data Shows Fewer Fatalities in First Half

Despite a rash of accidents in June involving U.S.-registered turbine business airplanes, there were fewer fatalities in the first six months of this year
Aircraft

LABACE 2006 cancelled, but ‘07’s in the works

LABACE 2006 would have been the fourth Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition.

TAM has big plans for little jets

Brazilian charter operator Taxi Aereo Marila (TAM) believes the future of business aviation in Brazil includes very light jets (VLJs), and lots of them.
Avionics

Gulfstream plans SVS for business aviation

Gulfstream secured bragging rights as the first airplane manufacturer to offer synthetic vision, formally launching an SVS certification program at last mo
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Pierre Gabriel Côté: Outsider Named President of Bombardier Business Aircraft

Bombardier Aerospace reached outside the company last month to appoint Pierre Gabriel Côté president of Bombardier Business Aircraft, a position that had b

Robust growth continues for business aviation in EU

Eurocontrol, the European international body that coordinates upper-airspace IFR traffic, recently published a study about business aviation in its 31-nati

HeliSolutions sets up shop in upscale mall

On any given day at the ultra-exclusive Daslu shopping center in São Paulo, Brazil, the parking lot is filled with Mercedes-Benzes, Jaguars and BMWs.

Mesaba Permitted To Void Worker Contracts

A bankruptcy judge on July 14 allowed regional carrier Mesaba Airlines to void the contracts for 1,300 pilots, flight attendants and mechanics.

Airlines’ Loss Not Necessarily Bizav’s Gain

Into an environment in which airlines perceive business aviation as competition for high-end travelers comes a study suggesting that business aviation is n

Patent Lawsuit Takes Aim at Bombardier

International Water-Guard (IWG) Industries, a Canadian firm specializing in water treatment products for aircraft, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit
Aircraft

Challenger APU Retrofit Available

Bombardier has published a Service Bulletin for a Honeywell GTCP36-150 APU retrofit for Challenger 601s and 604s.
ATC

NTSB: ‘Serious Concern’ with ATC Alerts

Based on a study of 11 accidents that occurred between December 2002 and February this year, the NTSB expressed “serious concern” about the effectiveness o
Rotorcraft

Helicopters carry the day in Latin America

There is “lots of demand” for civil helicopters in Latin America, according to Danny Maldonado, v-p of Latin American sales for Bell Helicopter. He
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CHC Helicopter ups ante in São Paulo

With an eye to expanding markets, CHC Helicopter is extending its presence in Brazil, where demand for offshore helicopter support of the oil industry is g
Aircraft

Embraer’s bizav no longer a one-trick pony

Two years ago Embraer had one product for the business aviation market, with the Legacy, an executive/VIP or corporate shuttle version of its ERJ 135 regio
Aircraft

New Turboprops

Turboprop-powered aircraft will continue to be effective business tools, though their role is likely to be eclipsed to an as yet unknown degree wi
FBOs

Former Trajen FBOs Now Atlantic Aviation

Macquarie Infrastructure, a New York subsidiary of Australian-based Macquarie Bank, late last month closed on an agreement to purchase the Trajen network o
Safety

Look closely at FMS-provided runway data

About six months ago, someone–either a customer or an aircraft manufacturer–queried Rockwell Collins about a runway with a displaced threshold in a Pro Lin