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PHI Settles With S-76 Crash Families

Last month Louisiana-based helicopter operator PHI settled lawsuits with four crash victims’ families in the wake of the
Regulations and Government

ICAO wrangles ATM, NextGen, emissions issues

ICAO’s two-week Assembly in Montreal in late September/early October covered much new ground as senior representatives from the world’s nations got to grip
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Opens Indian Subsidiary

Eurocopter has officially opened an Indian subsidiary in a move to tackle the local market.
Rotorcraft

AW Deal Prompts MPs To Cry Foul

Britain’s Labour Party Members are pushing for a full Parliamentary inquiry into a government deal to pump more than £32 million into Italian-owned helic
Rotorcraft

Emteq Tapped for Blade Tip Lights

The Pentagon has selected Emteq to study the feasibility of a rotor blade tip lighting system that can be modulated to provide navigation lights at the a
Rotorcraft

Euro Safety Team Releases Leaflet

EThe European Helicopter Safety Implementation Team has released a 22-page training leaflet aimed at making helicopter pilots more aware of those hazards
Rotorcraft

Robinson wins FAA OK for turbine-powered R6

On October 25, Robinson Helicopter entered a new phase as a manufacturer of turbine-powered rotorcraft when the FAA handed over the new R66’s type certif
Rotorcraft

OGP helo operators find profit and peril in Nigeria

Two years ago a speedboat opened fire on a Bell 412 as it departed an oil platform.
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky eyes smoother ride with anti-vibration system

Helicopter flying could eventually be “jet smooth,” thanks to hub-mounted actuators that counter, at their source, vibratory loads stemming from blade mo
Rotorcraft

Chinese light helo makes first flight

China-based Avicopter announced on November 9 the first flight of its first indigenously developed light single-engine helicopter, the AC311, in Tianjin.
Rotorcraft

Maryland State Police orders six AgustaWestland AW139s

After a protracted and controversial procurement process, the Maryland State Police signed a deal last month to purchase six new AgustaWestland AW139s.
Rotorcraft

German group to test adaptive landing system

Researchers at the German aerospace research institute (DLR) plan to flight-test a system next year intended to aid landing in confined areas.
Regulations and Government

Gulfstream Enters Chapter 11

Gulfstream International Group, the parent company of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based ­Gulfstream International Airlines, entered Chapter 11 ­bankruptcy protec
Charter & Fractional

ExecuJet boosts its profile in Asia

ExecuJet Aviation is expanding its footprint in the Asian business aviation services market with a new joint venture with China’s Tianjin Haite Aircraft En
Regulations and Government

ATR crashes in Cuba, Killing 68

An ATR 72-212 turboprop operated by Cuba’s Aero Caribbean crashed on November 4 in the ­central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus, killing all 61 ­passen
Regulations and Government

Republic Signs for Six E190s

Republic Airways signed a firm order last month for six Embraer E190s, all of which it plans to deploy with its Denver-based Frontier ­Airlines ­subsidia
Engines

Superjet support network ready for its first test

It certainly won’t send an aviation enthusiast’s heart racing like the promise of nimble flying characteristics or technical wizardry in the cockpit, but
Regulations and Government

NTSB symposium endeavors to clear the air on code sharing

Not everyone agrees with the regional airlines’ assertion that they fly just as safely as their mainline counterparts.
Engines

Embraer sees resurgent market for E-Jets

Embraer expects to achieve a commercial aircraft book-to-bill ratio of a little more than one this year, reflecting solid demand from an airline market t
Engines

India’s SpiceJet To FlyQ400s Starting In June

Indian low-fare carrier SpiceJet plans to buy as many as 30 Q400 turboprops from Bombardier in a deal worth up to $900 million. “The [SpiceJet] boar
Charter & Fractional

Fractional Market: AIN Special Report

AIN_Dec10_Fractional Market.pdf Not long ago, the idea of sel
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: hartzell propeller gets stc for turbine engine composite prop

Hartzell Propeller has received an FAA type certificate for its new advanced-composite ASC-II four-blade propeller.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: F1rst Support Center Goes Live for AOG Aircraft

Using integrated satellite-based tracking to keep tabs on its worldwide AOG personnel and assets, BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul is now offering
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: Jet Aviation launches AOG East Coast Mobile Maintenance

Jet Aviation has launched the Jet Response mobile maintenance service program with mobile maintenance vehicles based at Boston/Bedford, Mass., and Teterb
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: Heritage Aviation is named authorized blr winglet dealer

BLR Aerospace has named Heritage Aviation of Burlington, Vt., an authorized dealer for its King Air winglets.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: CRS solves billback problems with flat-rate pricing plan

CRS Jet Spares reports a 25-percent decrease in customer additional billings (billbacks) over the past 18 months as a result of its Option 2 pricing prog
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: Bombardier Adds 60th Service Center

Bombardier Aerospace has added three AOG line maintenance facilities (LMF)–in Monterrey, Mexico; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Riga, Latvia.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: Millennium Concepts will supply Piperjet crew and pax seats

Piper Aircraft has selected ­Millennium Concepts to provide the passenger and crew seats for its new PiperJet Altaire.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: ATI providing mobile response to JT15D operators

O’Fallon, Mo.-based Aviation Turbines International is offering its JT15D customers a mobile response team deployed on a vehicle equipped with the toolin
Safety

Hot Section Opinion: No excuse for ‘hip-pocketing’ maintenance

Whether an aircraft is operated under Part 91, 135 or 121, the Federal ­Aviation Regulations require that maintenance discrepancies be repaired before the