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Maintenance and Modifications

Shanghai To Host Bombardier Safety Standdown

Bombardier Aerospace will be offering the Safety Standdown program in Asia.
Maintenance and Modifications

PAMA Calls for Symposium Presentations

The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association is soliciting
Maintenance and Modifications

Columbia Helicopters To Build T55-714 Engine Test Cell

Columbia Helicopters has broken ground at its Aurora, Ore.
Maintenance and Modifications

Corporate Spares Support Offered by A J Walter Aviation

A J Walter Aviation is partnering with Washington, D.C.-based Loudoun Aviation to provide spares support to the corporate sector.
Maintenance and Modifications

Vector Aerospace OK’d for Arriel 2 Tests

Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America has received approval from Turbomeca to add Arriel 2 full test capability to its engine repair and overh
Avionics

HUD Benefits Moving To Turboprops, Light Jets

Rockwell Collins announced the new smaller and lighter compact HGS-3500 head-up guidance system today at the FSF/NBAA Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar in
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Regulations and Government

UK Hits Aircraft Operators with Extra ETS Admin Fees

Aircraft operators assigned to the UK for compliance with the European Union emissions trading scheme (EU-ETS) are already facing additional “subsistence”
Avionics

Controller Scheduling Changed To Curb Fatigue

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt on Sunday announced changes to air traffic controller scheduling practices that wil
Regulations and Government

House Transportation Chairman Threatens To Subpoena TSA Boss

Republican congressman John Mica (Fla.) continued his quixotic war with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last week when he slammed the agen
Regulations and Government

Newly Formed GA Airport Coalition Heads To Washington

The General Aviation Airport Coalition (GAAC) was officially formed late last week to “preserve and promote,” on a national level, GA airports in the U.S.
Aircraft

Sukhoi To Deliver First Superjet Tomorrow

Sukhoi confirmed that it plans to deliver the first production Superjet SSJ100-95–S/N 95007–to launch customer Armavia tomorrow.
Engines

Pratt and Whitney Flying High On PurePower Momentum

Thanks in large part to the emergence of the PW1000G PurePower Geared TurboFan, Pratt & Whitney has staged what some might consider a stunning reversal in
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Regulations and Government

WTO Subsidy Ruling Provokes Further Feuding

Neither the U.S.
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Aircraft

Southwest Scare Prompts Tighter Inspection Intervals For Some 737 Classics

Operators of certain Boeing 737 Classics will need to perform eddy current inspections on parts of their fuselages every 500 flight cycles, forcing interru
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Accidents

AF447 Investigators Prep for A330 Wreck Recovery, Question Previous Searches

Investigators from the French BEA (Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses) are preparing to recover the wreckage of Air France Flight 447, the
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Aircraft

Boeing Will Show New Narrowbody before Re-engining 737, Says Airbus

Airbus has moved forward by six months its target to introduce the
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ATC

ATO Chief Krakowski Resigns from FAA

Hank Krakowski, head of the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO), resigned today amid the fallout of not one but two incidents in as many weeks where the s
Aircraft

GKN To Build HondaJet Fuselage

GKN Aerospace has been selected to build the entire fuselage for the HondaJet, the UK-based aerostructures specialist said today at a press conference in L
Charter & Fractional

Fractional Share Sales Take Off at Flight Options

Cleveland-based Flight Options said it saw renewed interest in fractional share and jet card (JetPass) sales during the first quarter, noting that net shar
Rotorcraft

Offshore-oil Eurocopter EC175 Pegged for 2012 Approval

Eurocopter confirmed that it plans to gain type certification for the EC175 medium twin this year while clarifying that it expects complementary certificat
Maintenance and Modifications

PAMA Names Dale Forton as President

The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) has announced Dale Forton will be the organization’s new president.
Maintenance and Modifications

Cessna Establishes Citation Service in Prague

Prague Ruzyne International Airport is the site of Cessna Aircraft’s newest Citation service center.
Maintenance and Modifications

NBAA Announces 2011 Maintenance Scholarship Recipients

NBAA and its maintenance committee released the names of the 34 recipients of the 2011 Main
Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault Offers Falcon 900, 2000 EASy Tech Training

Dassault Falcon is offering a practical training program for the Falcon 900 and 2000 EASy.
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier Boosts Its Service Network in Latin America

Bombardier Aerospace has upgraded maintenance capabilities at Aerovitro of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico and Aviacion Atlantico Sur (AASSA) of Buenos Air
Aircraft

Metalcraft Buys SJ30 Assets for Only $3.5M

Late last week, the parent company of Cedar City, Utah-based Metalcraft Technologies purchased the assets of the SJ30 light jet program from Emivest Aerosp
Charter & Fractional

Fractional Share Sales Take Off at Flight Options

Cleveland-based Flight Options today announced 467-percent and 46-percent year-over-year growth in fractional share and jet card (JetPass) sales, respectiv
Charter & Fractional

ACSF Seeks Support for Single Audit Safety Standard

ACSF Seeks Support for Single Audit Safety Standard The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) is trying to encourage charter and fractional operators
Charter & Fractional

Jet Connections Helps Business Aircraft Owners Share

Business aircraft owners struggling to cover their costs now have an alternative to traditional aircraft management through the new Non-Equity Sharers (NES
Regulations and Government

Squabble Grows over LightSquared’s Potential GPS Threat

The controversy over LightSquared’s plan to operate 40,000 hi