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Another bizav airport for the London area

The UK’s Coventry Airport has opened a new executive jet center and, in a bid to boost business aviation traffic, offered free ground handling to operators
Aircraft

Dassault Delivers 2000th Falcon

Dassault Falcon on July 10 delivered the 2000th Falcon at its Bordeaux-Mérignac facility.
Accidents

Downdrafts Felled Fossett’s Airplane, NTSB Says

The NTSB’s final report on the Sept.
Aircraft

All-electric Falcon jet could be launched by ’15

Dassault Aviation could launch an all-electric Falcon business jet program in 2014 or 2015, said company engineers at a conference held by the ASTech Paris
Aircraft

Dassault rethinks super-midsize jet

Dassault Aviation CEO Charles Edelstenne in June made it clear that all design choices for the manufacturer’s next Falcon business jet, a super-midsize air
Charter & Fractional

Mercury Jet Charter Reduces Rates

Charter broker Mercury Jet Charter is offering one-way charter rates under its new Mercury Express program.
Charter & Fractional

More charter flights likely for British royals

Britain’s Royal Household and Ministry of Defence are evaluating options for providing flights for Queen Elizabeth II and her family beginning April 1 next
Aircraft

Epic Buyer Suing Over Engine Delay

Rich Lucibella, the buyer and builder of an Epic Aircraft LT single-engine turboprop under the corporate name Blue Sky Avgroup, filed a lawsuit against Epi
Aircraft

First G650 Quickly Coming Together

The first wide-cabin Gulfstream G650 is quickly taking shape at the business jet manufacturer’s Savannah, Ga.
Airports

TAG seeks higher Farnborough traffic limits

TAG Aviation has applied to raise the annual limit on aircraft movements at London-area Farnborough Airport from 28,000 to 50,000.
ATC

DOT IG: FAA data clouds ATC training failures

A report from the Department of Transportation inspector general found that the FAA’s reported rate of training failures among newly hired air traffic cont
Charter & Fractional

XOJet Expands Fixed-price Charter Service

XOJet launched a national network of “fare on-demand” rates for aircraft charter service starting at $12,000 on more than 15,000 dedicated routes.
Aircraft

EASA suspends Eclipse 500 type certificate

The European Aviation Safety Agency suspended the European type certificate (TC) held by bankrupt Eclipse Aviation.
Charter & Fractional

More FAA oversight possible for Part 135

FAA scrutiny of on-demand Part 135 charter operators may increase following a report issued July 13 by the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspect
Safety

Bizav logs an exceptionally safe first half

While business aircraft flight hours are down from this time last year, the level of industry safety has improved disproportionately, according to statisti
Aircraft

Glimmers of Hope Exist, Despite Gloomy Skies

While the industry cheers small gains, on any given day the bits and pieces of good news (+) have typically been overwhelmed by the bad (-) as the economic
Rotorcraft

Urban Aeronautics ground tests unmanned fancraft

Israel’s Urban Aeronautics is ground-testing its unmanned Mule fancraft, an unconventional rotorcraft featuring two shrouded main rotors in tandem configur
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Aircraft

Falcon Cancellations Drag Down Dassault’s 1H Results

Dassault Aviation this morning reported a negative order intake for the first half of this year due to Falcon business jet order cancellations.
Rotorcraft

Bell Helicopter Strike in Texas Ends

A bitter six-week strike at Bell Helicopter Textron’s transmission and rotor blade component plants in Fort Worth, Texas, ended after union members ratifie
Aircraft

Stratos Begins Taking Deposits for Its VLJ Single

Bend, Ore.-based Stratos Aircraft on Tuesday began taking refundable escrowed $50,000 deposits for its single-engine Stratos 714 very light jet.
Charter & Fractional

Rizon Rationalizes in the Gulf

Despite reporting a recent “pronounced upswing” in business jet charter business in the Gulf Cooperation Council territories, Middle East charter and aircr
Aircraft

UK Takes Hardest Line Over A400M Airlifter

As negotiations to secure a future for Europe’s troubled A400M a
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter To Upgrade 40-year-old British Pumas

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is proceeding with a controversial upgrade of 30 SA330 Puma helicopters that have already been operated by the Royal Air F
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Maintenance and Modifications

ODA Approval Goes To StandardAero

StandardAero has received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) at its Springfield, Ill.
Aircraft

Boeing Decides on 787 Fix, but Still Can’t Commit to Timetable

Boeing has identified a remedy to the 787 Dreamliner’s wing-to-side-of-body stress p
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA To Reconsider Air Tour Operator Maintenance

The FAA has issued a Notice of New Task Assignment for the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Commit
Maintenance and Modifications

EASA Issues ATR 42/72 Airworthiness Directive

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) for ATR cockpit windows.
Maintenance and Modifications

Potomac Management Resources To Administer PAMA

The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) has retained the services of Alexandria, Va.-based management firm Potomac Management Resources (P
Maintenance and Modifications

American Eurocopter Opens Customer Service Center

It was on the occasion of American Eurocopter’s 40th anniversary celebration at its Grand Prairie, Texas headquarters that the company cut the ribbon for i