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Cabin Interior and Electronics
Flying Colours Flying High on Challenger 850 Contracts
Flying Colours, a Canadian independent completion and refurbishment center, is knee-deep in cabin finish work on Challenger 850s and conversions of CRJ200
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Edelman Offers Leather with a Bite
Edelman Leather has launched a new line that it expects will take a “bite” out of the market.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Completion business gets back on track at Associated
When Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE)
Aircraft
Buyers dipping more toes in pre-owned waters
Despite teetering over the abyss of economic collapse and having to overcome negative public perception surrounding corporate jet ownership, the used aircr
Charter & Fractional
NetJets Predicting Profitable 2010
Berkshire Hathaway’s first-quarter financial report notes that revenues at its NetJets subsidiary grew by 18 percent year-over-year, generating positive pr
Maintenance and Modifications
Torqued: No child left unbuckled
Buckle up for safety! The long-running ad campaign that got us all to wear our seat belts when driving is just as relevant to airplanes as cars, and childr
Maintenance and Modifications
ADI offers MD902 STC for night-vision lighting system
Aero Dynamix (ADI) is offering the first EASA STC approval for a night-vision lighting system on an MD902.
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation expands international approvals
At Moscow Vnukovo airport, Jet Aviation has completed the steps to operate as an independent Russian legal entity.
Maintenance and Modifications
Altenrhein Aviation fares well thanks to Gulfstream mx
Work on Gulfstream’s midsize jets played a major role in keeping 2009 income levels up for Switzerland’s Altenrhein Aviation.
Maintenance and Modifications
Cutter Aviation consolidates Dallas operation
The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex has been host to an expanding Cutter Aviation since 2002.
Maintenance and Modifications
Cessna to open Spanish Citation Service Center
Spain’s Valencia Airport will be the site of Cessna’s new European Citation service center.
Maintenance and Modifications
ACC Columbia Jet Service expands mx capabilities
ACC Columbia Jet Service, formerly known as Aviation Center Cologne, has a new facility at Hannover Airport as a result of its recent merger with Columbia
Maintenance and Modifications
Ruag trims back in response to net loss
The Ruag Group has streamlined its business aircraft maintenance facilities in response to a net loss in that sector of approximately $103 million for 2009
Maintenance and Modifications
Boca Aircraft mx named Eclipse Gold Service Center
Eclipse Aerospace has named Boca Aircraft Maintenance located in Boca Raton, Fla., the exclusive U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier AOG Line mx OK for Jet Aviation Paris
Jet Aviation’s new Paris Le Bourget facility, which recently received EASA Part 145 line station approval, was appointed a Bombardier AOG line maintenance
Maintenance and Modifications
Turbine Fatigue Cited in Fatal California Helo Crash
Yesterday the NTSB released the finding of the cause of the May 24, 2008, Is
Maintenance and Modifications
Dallas center brings operating experience to mx ops
Business Jet Access focuses on the operational aspects of maintenance, according to general manager Brian Hoffman, who credits his stint as a mechanic and
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier Revamps Worldwide Bizjet Service
Bombardier Aerospace has embarked on an aircraft service program in which it will invest some $35 million over the next five years to structure a worldwide
Safety
Gulfstream Forms Service Is Enhancing Safety
Gulfstream says its flight-data monitoring/flight operational quality assurance program “is already making a difference in safety to operators.” Introduced
Accidents
NTSB Expands Accident Reporting Rules
The FAA is notifying operators that the NTSB amended Part 830 to include five new conditions that require immediate notification upon occurrence.
Maintenance and Modifications
Smyrna Air Center Approved for M601 and H80 Service
Smyrna Air Center has signed an agreement with GE Aviation to become an authorized service center for the M601 and H80 turboprop engines.
Maintenance and Modifications
Metrojet Hong Kong Named HBC Service Center
Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) has appointed Metrojet Hong Kong to its network of authorized service centers to support its Hawker 900/800/700 series.
Maintenance and Modifications
Piaggio Aero Service Centers Continue Expansion
Airflite and Piaggio Aero have signed an agreement to qualify and approve Singapore-based AirFlite Asia as an OEM-appointed maintenance provider for the Pi
Maintenance and Modifications
Elliott Aviation Offers EASA-approved Beechjet DFDR
Moline, Ill.-base Elliott Aviation has received supplemental type certificate (STC) approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the instal
Safety
Survey: AOPA’s Airport Watch works
Airports that adopted the voluntary security measures of AOPA’s Airport Watch program saw a steep decline in crime the year after the program’s launch, acc
Maintenance and Modifications
Hawker Beechcraft opens service facility at Phoenix
Hawker Beechcraft Services (HBS) opened the doors of its southwest U.S.
ATC
Navigating NextGen
Ask any politician or media person what NextGen is and what it will do, and the chances are that the answers will include three common themes.
Safety
Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar: Speakers shine spotlight on importance of SMS, FOQA
sMS (safety management systems) and FOQA (flight operations quality assurance) are no longer just buzzwords, said Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) president
Safety
Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar: SMS Implementation Tools
Several of the most influential corporate aviation organizations offer specific tools to assist in implementation of SMS programs, according to John Sheeha
Safety
Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar: Agency SMS
SMS is not just for airlines and corporate aviation, as John David, Nav Canada v-p for safety and quality, explained.
