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A buyout earlier this year by senior company executives has triggered Swiss aircraft instrument maker Revue Thommen’s aggressive entry into the U.S.

It was a close race, but in the end Brazilian airplane builder Embraer chose the Garmin G1000 avionics system for the company’s in-development very light j

Avidyne and Ryan International last month announced the completion of a merger that folds Ryan’s traffic-surveillance products into the Avidyne avionics li

Adam Aircraft’s A700 VLJ is “moving along swiftly,” company president Joe Walker said last month at the NBAA Convention.

First flight of Diamond Aircraft’s D-Jet has apparently slipped from this past October to sometime next year, according to the company’s Web site.

For the first time, AIN is identifying which aircraft have been added to or deleted from the “In The Works” charts because of the volume of chang

The United Nations and the governments of India and Pakistan have characterized international response to the October 8 earthquake in the Kashmiri regions

Nearly six years after the creation of a civilian-run aviation agency was first proposed, the Brazilian Senate has approved a new civil aviation authority,

Ed Stimpson retired from yet another job last December.

The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR), located on the campus of Wichita State University, is now running at full capacity following several l

How has the past year been for Raytheon Aircraft? It’s been a great year for Raytheon Aircraft.

How has this year been for Cessna? This year has continued to be a growth year for Cessna.

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has proposed a standard that will define air quality and comfort lev

Business aircraft pilots taxiing into Toronto Pearson’s de-icing area this winter will see–since they’re hard to miss–two large truck-mounted de-icing unit

With Palm- and Windows-based personal digital assistants (PDA) rivaling the capabilities of larger PCs and laptops, it’s no wonder that hundreds of aviatio

Last month, Sikorsky Aircraft announced an agreement to acquire privately owned Keystone Ranger Holdings for an unspecified sum.

Increasing demand from wealthy individuals for the Bombardier Skyjet International fixed-rate block charter program has prompted the company to experiment

XJet Club broke ground late last month for its 100,000-sq-ft facility at Centennial Airport near Denver.

The European Commission (EC) is moving quickly to extend the responsibilities of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to cover pilot licensing, aircr

When my boss told me, “We have a possible trip to India,” I was ambivalent about the prospect.

As demand for commercial air travel increases in India, business aviation entrepreneurs are clamoring for position in a classic chicken-and-egg scenario.

Deutsche Rettungsflugwacht e.V.–German Air Rescue (DRF), headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, has been specializing in airborne emergency care and medical

A call comes in to operations: a young American woman vacationing on a dive boat in the Caribbean is suffering from serious burns after a fire broke out

“We do many things for the industry throughout the year, but this is the one that makes me the most proud,” said James Hoblyn, v-p of Bombardier’s business

ellers of used turboprops, many of whom AIN contacted at last month’s NBAA Convention in Orlando, Fla., generally remain optimistic that the turnaro

Looking back on the past year, no one could have predicted just how active the pre-owned market would be.

The upgrade parade that has been a hallmark of recent NBAA Conventions continued to march along pretty much unabated at last month’s show in Orlando, Fla.,

Co-opetition–it’s the hottest new Washington buzzword, meaning that you cooperate with your competitors to ensure you’re not left out when the FAA awards t

To professional aerospace observers, there should be no such thing as culture shock, but even after several years of Airbus A380 gestation some of its vita

What should operators do when they face the prospect of ice forming on aircraft and flying controls? The most obvious course of action–applying anti-icing