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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Aero Seating offers new options

San Gabriel, Calif.-based seating specialist Aero Seating Technology is now offering an aircraft seat option that provides three inches of vertical travel.
Regulations and Government

Compliance Countdown: September 2009

Compiance Countdown: September 2009.
Avionics

FlightAware introduces free online flight planner

The flight planner available on Flight-Aware’s Web site is still in pre-release beta form, and FlightAware is asking users to submit feedback.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Comlux Completion To Invest $3.4 Million In Indy Upgrades

With its first A320 completion job due to arrive in February, Comlux Completion USA of Indianapolis has begun investing $3.4 million in phase two of a majo
Cabin Interior and Electronics

AMAC Begins Second Phase Expansion

On the shoulders of what it describes as a healthy order book with multiple new completion contracts and signed letters of intent, AMAC Aerospace of Basel,
Cabin Interior and Electronics

At B/E Aerospace, Waste Makes Money

Three major aircraft manufacturers have selected the new B/E Aerospace lavatory vacuum waste system.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

StandardAero’s Springfield Facility Gets ODA

StandardAero’s Springfield, Ill.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Odyssey Makes Bizliner Cabinetry Bids

Odyssey Aerospace Components is making multiple bids on a series of Boeing Business Jets and executive Boeing 747-8s.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Flying Colours Moves into Green Completions

On the strength of contracts with Bombardier to provide executive cabins for three Challenger 850s, Canadian interiors specialist Flying Colours is moving
Aircraft

Boeing Sets New 787 Test, Production Schedule

As Boeing’s Randy Tinseth related in his August 24 blog, the company’s employees “continued to keep [thei
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Sustainability and Environment

Europe’s ETS List Complete, New Deadline Set

The implementation of Europe’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) has begun amid widespread confusion on the part of the aircraft operators who stand subject t
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Aircraft

Boeing To Shave 3,500 Pounds from 747-8

Boeing has identified, approved and started the process of implementing a weight-reduction effort that will shave some 3,500 pounds from the 747-8, program
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Regulations and Government

Airbus Keeping Close Eye on Coming Subsidy Ruling

The World Trade Organization (WTO) any day now plans to issue an interim ruling on U.S.
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Avionics

AIN 2009 Product Support Survey: Avionics

For the first time since AIN has been conducting its annual product support survey, a company that doesn’t start with Gar- and end in -min has claim
Avionics

Passengers get first taste of Aircell Internet service

Business aircraft passengers are finally getting the chance to sample Aircell’s in-flight high-speed Internet service as customer airplanes receive t
Avionics

L-3’s Trilogy Standby Gains TSO Approval

L-3 Avionics Systems said last month that its new Trilogy ESI-1000 electronic standby instrument has received TSO approval and an approved model list STC a
Avionics

Garmin Introduces G500 Avionics SystemD

Garmin has rolled out a sub-$16,000 avionics system that’s certified for installation in nearly 600 Class I and II Part 23 airplanes (defined as singles an
Avionics

Avidyne Introduces FMS400, R9 Pricing Levels

Using the stage at Oshkosh to make several product announcements, Avidyne introduced a lower-priced version of its next-gen flight management system called
Avionics

Aspen Avionics Unveils Helo PFD2

Aspen Avionics in Albuquerque, N.M., introduced a helicopter version of its Evolution flight display system called the EFD1000H Pro Helicopter PFD.
Avionics

Fusion flight trials start in Global Express XRS

The Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics system took to the air aboard a customer airplane for the first time last month, completing a five-hour initi
Avionics

In a first, FAA approves voice-recognition system

Speech-recognition technology has come a long way in the last few years, especially as cellphone makers seek to add voice search capability to their latest
Regulations and Government

Senate FAA Bill Calls for Major Changes for Helo EMS

Comprehensive changes for the helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) industry are contained in the U.S.
Regulations and Government

FAA Extends HEMS Part 135 Wx Reporting Exemption

An exemption that allows helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) operators to conduct Part 135 EMS departures under IFR rules in VFR conditions and in
Rotorcraft

Ex-Im Bank Backing $200 Million in U.S. Helo Exports

Four new AW139s destined for Trinidad and Tobago are the latest in a series of U.S.-manufactured helicopters whose export loans are being backed by the U.S
Airports

Bizav Services at Ireland West

Ireland West Airport Knock on the country’s west coast is aiming to provide low-cost services to business aviation traffic transiting between Europe and th
ATC

Midair raises concerns about VFR corridor over Hudson

New York’s airspace could be changing.
Rotorcraft

Air-tour operator Maverick focuses on high-end service

The greater Las Vegas area has the highest and most competitive concentration of helicopter tour operators in the U.S.
Rotorcraft

RotorWay unveils production Eagle 300T turbine trainer

RotorWay in late July unveiled a new production turbine trainer helicopter that it claims will be the world’s most efficient.
Rotorcraft

Ixair reduces training ops and staffing

France-based helicopter operator Ixair is stopping its private pilot training business and laying off about 10 employees.