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The NTSB is calling for stricter FAA en route surveillance of Grand Canyon area air-tour operators based on its findings from two fatal helicopter accident

Archrivals AgustaWestland and Eurocopter will join forces on a major environmental research program that will include integration technology demonstrators

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The Bell 429 can hover out of ground effect (OGE) at 11,000 feet at its maximum takeoff weight of 7,000 pounds.

Early next year, Helsinki, Finland-based operator Copterline will restart one of the few scheduled public helicopter routes in the world.

Sikorsky’s Keystone subsidiary will take over final assembly and completion of the S-76C++ and subsequent variants of the twin-turbine helicopter, includin

CHC Helicopter has ordered 12 Sikorsky S-92s and 13 AgustaWestland AW139s.

Last month the FAA issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SW-08-03) containing “recommendations for rotorcraft during icing conditions.” The

McAlpine Helicopters is now owned entirely by Eurocopter, which has renamed the company Eurocopter UK.

Abu Dhabi-based Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) last month gave an update on its fleet expansion.

Eclipse Aviation president and CEO Vern Raburn told customers in a letter sent Tuesday that the company has missed its high-rate production goals and as a

The seven-member Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to forward a proposal that would ban Category C and D jets, which includes Gulfstre

The FAA is reopening its investigation of an April 3 ground collision at DeKalb-Peachtree (Ga.) Airport between a Gulfstream II and Beechjet 400A.

Local officials and Honda Aero executives yesterday broke ground for the new engine maker’s Burlington, N.C.

Hawker Beechcraft opened its new sheet metal assembly facility in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Both FBOs at London Luton Airport are making plans to expand their facilities.

Customer feedback has prompted Adam Aircraft to redesign the cabin of its A700 very light jet to incorporate a combination of luxury automobile features wi

Grob Aerospace chief test pilot Tore Reimers and test pilot Peter Weger made the first flight in the number three SPn carbon-fiber light jet on October 29.

ATG’s Javelin program has entered a challenging period, a time when the company is ready to move forward with the program but does not have the resources t

New on the In The Works list this month is Bombardier’s latest midsize jet, the Learjet NXT.

In an industry faced with escalating prices and increasingly long lead times for aircraft deliveries, Project Phoenix has joined a growing number of compan

After spending the last several years struggling to make inroads into the business aviation market, particularly in North America against the likes of Hone

More than 100 airlines have selected Rockwell Collins’ multiscan airborne weather radar, billed as the first such system to offer fully automated, “hands-f

Most pilots by now have heard about the plan to end satellite monitoring of emergency locator transmitter (ELT) distress signals broadcast over 121.5- and

BlackBerry-starved executives who go into cold sweats anytime they have to shut off their devices take heart.

Garmin last month said it has gained its first STC covering installation of a retrofit version of the G1000 avionics system.

Honeywell last month announced it has joined two European technology research programs, one intended to improve air traffic flow management across the cont

Rockwell Collins last month said Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has selected the company’s Pro Line Fusion integrated avionics system for the Mitsubishi Regio

China’s Air Traffic Management Bureau has selected Sensis to deploy automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) equipment at two airports in central

Max-Viz said it has gained an STC permitting installations of the company’s EVS-1000 infrared enhanced-vision system series in the Cessna Citation 500 thro