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ServiceElements adds survey offering

Customer service training provider ServiceElements has added a new capability: collecting and analyzing market data to help customers expand their business
FBOs

Western Petroleum adds five FBOs

Five Maine FBOs have become new Western Petroleum customers, although they will continue to sell ExxonMobil branded fuel.
Airports

Denver International powers up solar fuel farm

Denver International Airport is planning to power its fuel-storage and -distribution system with a new 1.6-megawatt solar power system.
FBOs

Enterprise Jet Center appoints new leader

Enterprise Jet Center at Houston’s Hobby Airport appointed Bobby Courtney as president and CEO.
FBOs

Signature triples Avtrip points

Through the end of the year, customers at participating Signature Flight Support and Executive Beechcraft FBOs in the U.S.
Avionics

With G3000, Garmin brings touchscreens to flight deck

Garmin caused the biggest stir at last month’s NBAA Convention by unveiling the G3000 integrated avionics system, a follow-on to the G1000 cockpit that wil
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Accidents

Pilot suspects static electricity in Citation X pitot failures

Static electricity may cause pitot static probes to fail, according to a Cessna Citation X owner-pilot who survived a simultaneous failure of all three pit
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Flight Display hits the Big Leagues

Flight Display Systems, launched in 1999 from the basement of now-president David Gray, began simply with its first product–a moving-map display. So
Cabin Interior and Electronics

International water-guard rolls out with G650

When Gulfstream’s G650 rolled out
Avionics

Gulfstreams, Falcons await cockpit upgrades

Honeywell is about to release two long-awaited avionics software upgrades, the first for Gulfstreams flying with the PlaneView cockpit and the other for Da
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Trans-Exec claims global connection first

Trans-Exec Private Jets, a charter operator based in Van Nuys, Calif., claims to be “the first private jet company to have installed advanced, global in-fl
Cabin Interior and Electronics

BAE, Quest launch air management system

The issue of “toxic cabin air” is becoming a significant concern.
ATC

Expect some hurdles for NextGen integration

One of the traditional buzz phrases in discussions about improving ATC has been the time-honored “system of systems” that envisions a National Airspace Sys
Cabin Interior and Electronics

PAC introduces Affinity Seat

PAC Seating Systems has introduced a new seat of modular design that the Palm City, Fla.
ATC

With PRM-A, DTW OK’d for close parallel approaches

The FAA has commissioned the first implementation of a new generation of precision runway monitor (PRM) equipment at Detroit/Wayne Airport (DTW), to permit
ATC

Northwest Flight 188 Pilots Report “Distraction” during MSP Overflight

The pilots of the Northwest Airlines Flight 188 that
Aircraft

Airbus A400M Makes Progress as Negotiations Continue

Airbus Military is increasingly confident about the technical progress of the
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Aircraft

Euro Hawk Is Unveiled, But Latest Global Hawks Face Problems

The first Euro Hawk UAV for the German Air Force (GAF) was unveiled last month at Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, Calif.
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Regulations and Government

BAE Systems Tells UK Fraud Office: See You in Court, if Necessary

After years of investigation, Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said it would seek to prosecute BAE Systems “for offenses related to overseas corruption
Aircraft

Lear 60 joins Lear4Ever family

Stevens Aviation (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

JSSI reflects on its 20 years

JSSI, the hourly-cost airframe and engine maintenance provider, is marking 20 years since its founding and 20 years displaying at the NBAA Conventions.
Avionics

Flight Options opts for Aircell’s high-speed Internet systems

Flight Options plans to equip most of its fleet of fractionally owned business jets with Aircell’s high-speed Internet system, a decision that will give th
Regulations and Government

FAA Releases Final Order on 51-percent Rule

The FAA just released the long-awaited final order that revises the amateur-built aircraft certification policy and guidelines for how builders should prop
Aircraft

First Hawker 4000 in MidEast Available for Charter

Dubai-based Empire Aviation Group has become the first operator in the Gulf Cooperation Council to take delivery of a new Hawker 4000.
Maintenance and Modifications

Crane System Holds Up to the Pressure

Crane Aerospace and Electronics (Booth No.
Sustainability and Environment

Colt International Opens in São Paulo

Handling company Colt International (Booth No.
Avionics

CMC goes into new FronTier

CMC Electronics is buoyed by recent selections of its new infrared enhanced-vision system (EVS), satellite communications antennas and electronic flight ba