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Swiss deferral highlights Embraer 170 setbacks

Embraer has suffered a major setback following the decision of 170/190 launch customer Swiss to slash its firm orders and options for the Brazilian manufac
Airports

London’s Oxford Airport seeks to lure more bizav

Oxford Airport is being redeveloped and marketed as a business aviation gateway for central England and the London area.
FBOs

CSE Aviation Is Reborn

BBA Group has separated its Oxford-based piston aircraft sales and support operation from its Signature Flight Support operations in the UK and France.
Rotorcraft

HAI Advocates New Standard of ATC for Gulf Ops

The Helicopter Association International has approached Congress advocating a significant improvement in the low-altitude air-traffic infrastructure in the
Rotorcraft

Bristow Brings Suit Over North Sea Fatal

Bristow Helicopters is suing Sikorsky and its parent company, United Technologies, for negligence over a crash in which a Sikorsky S-76A plunged into the N
FBOs

Jet Aviation parent shuffles execs

New Swiss guidelines on corporate governance have prompted top-level changes at Hirschmann Industrial Holding, parent company of Jet Aviation.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

USAIG marks milestones as underwriter and bizav operator

July 1 is the 75th anniversary of United States Aviation Insurance Group, better known as USAIG.
Charter & Fractional

Bombardier in-house charter challenges frax

Bombardier has started offering its Skyjet ad hoc executive charter service alongside its Flexjet Europe’s existing Jet Membership block-charter program.
Accidents

Weld failure downed Hughes helo in the UK

En route from Wycombe Air Park, northwest of London, to Shoreham on the south coast of England, a Hughes 269C broke into two sections, with the cockpit app
Airports

London Manston readies for British Open traffic

London Manston Airport is preparing to receive a barrage of corporate aircraft, bringing players and spectators to the British Open Golf Championship, whic
Safety

Europeans take aim at human-factors safety woes

Flight crews are the primary cause in two out of three accidents in the 41 states of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC), according to Mike Ambro
Training and Workforce

Matriculation looms for first CAM candidates

After four years of studying, the time has come for the test.
Charter & Fractional

Sentient Finalizes TAG USA Buy, Forms New Division

Sentient Flight Group today completed the acquisition of TAG Aviation USA from Switzerland-based TAG Aviation Holding, a deal announced in late October not
Regulations and Government

Senate Might Delay FAA Budget Action

With FAA reauthorization still bogged down in the Senate over user fees, staff members are drafting a bill to extend the current aviation excise taxes unti
Safety

NTSB Warns of CFIT Danger During Night VMC

The NTSB is stressing the importance of altitude awareness and preflight planning after identifying “a noticeable number” of controlled flight into terrain
Safety

International Operations: Bizav copes with a world in turmoil

If international flight operations were complicated after 9/11, they are certain to become even more difficult now in view of the U.S.-led war against Iraq
Maintenance and Modifications

Latin American RVSM Bottleneck?

Argentina and Colombia are lobbying to delay the planned January 2005 implementation of reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) airspace throughout Lati
ATC

Chinese Airspace More Open

Foreign business aircraft operators are enjoying somewhat easier access to Chinese airspace, at least between the country’s major cities.
ATC

High-altitude redesign heralds Free Flight era

When the high-altitude redesign (HAR) portion of the FAA’s national airspace redesign program begins initial implementation this year, it will signal the b
Aircraft

EADS Proposes Faster, Longer-range Aircraft

EADS Socata chairman and CEO Jean-Michel Léonard told AIN that the France-based manufacturer is evaluating production of a new turboprop o
Training and Workforce

Sabena Offering Third-Party Eclipse 500 Training

Mesa (Ariz.) Falcon Field-based Sabena Airline Training Center (SATC) yesterday received Eclipse 500 type-rating training approval from the FAA, making it
Regulations and Government

FAA Finalizes Mandatory MU-2 Training SFAR

Yesterday, the FAA issued the final version of MU
Avionics

Gulfstream Gets Double Vision

Gulfstream Aerospace announced yesterday that its synthetic-vision system and second-generation enhanced-vision system (known as EVS II) are now FAA certif
Rotorcraft

Bell Cutting Four Helos from Product Line

Bell Helicopter is “optimizing” its product line to accelerate deliveries of its high-demand aircraft, namely the Bell 407, 412 and 429.
FBOs

A dome home for the corporate jet

Would you feel more comfortable about your hangar knowing that buildings from which it was derived are used as community disaster shelters? Monolithic Cons
FBOs

Service People proves its name isn’t just a gimmick

This is an FBO? In the office Mozart plays softly on the radio, and the warm smell of fresh coffee drifts across the room from the corner kitchen.
Regulations and Government

R&D Funding, Coordination Urged

General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) president Ed Bolen added his voice to a growing chorus that is pushing for more government coordination a
Regulations and Government

Blakey Boosts FSDO Consistency

FAA Administrator Marion Blakey chose a speech before the Washington Aero Club to announce a new project designed to bring more consistency among the vario
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: April 2003

There was good news and bad news concerning appropriations for those 11 of 13 government agencies that have been impatiently waiting and enduring the agony