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Airports

SMO To Close While Runway Shortening Is Completed

Once the the airport reopens on December 23, the runway will be 3,500 feet.
Maintenance and Modifications

C&L Adds 1,800 Dornier 328 Line Items

C&L Aviation Group also added 9,000 line items from a Beechcraft 1900D, bringing inventory to 125,000 regular line items and 800,000 individual parts.
Maintenance and Modifications

Pentastar To Install CMX-HD Cameras for Gulfstreams

Pentastar developed the STC for the camera system, which incorporates in-flight entertainment, situational awareness and gear position viewing.
Maintenance and Modifications

Swiss Mx Provider Earns Philippines Approval

Air Service Basel is now authorized to maintain Phillippines-registered Falcon 900s at its EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Frieburg facility.
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Airlines

Switzerland’s Darwin Airline Ceases Operations

Federal regulators pull airline’s certificate due to its precarious financial situation
Maintenance and Modifications

QTA Engine Obtains Fourth Nod for Engine Inlet Barrel

The carbon graphite composite barrel is designed to address engine inlet corrosion issues.
Airlines

South Africa’s Airlink, Safair to Merge

Companies hope to gain regulatory approval during next year’s first quarter
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Accidents

NTSB: Genav Accident Rate Falls To Record Low

Last year, the GA fatal accident rate was 0.989 per 100,000 flight hours versus 1.098 in 2015.
Regulations and Government

Eurocontrol Updates Plan to Prevent Runway Incursions

Number of runway incursions has remained steady, despite implementation of the recommendations contained in the two previous versions of the plan.
Rotorcraft

Bristow Sells Flight Academy

Initial type rating and recurrent training for Bristow Group pilots will continue at its flight-simulator training facilities in Scotland and the U.S.
Charter & Fractional

VistaJet Partners on Rockefeller Collection Tour

The tour, with stops in Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles and New York, will culminate in in an auction for charities.
Accidents

Newly Delivered SAR Helo Rolls Over in Norway

The Royal Norwegian Air Force AW101s will operate the new helicopters, which are replacing Sikorsky Sea Kings currently in service.
Airlines

Switzerland's Darwin Airline Files for Insolvency

Marks latest casualty of a European airline once tied to Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways
Rotorcraft

Airbus Helicopters Shuts Down H120 Production

European rotorcraft OEM will focus on H135/H130 line of light singles.
Airports

Surf Air Europe Moving Base from Luton to London City

UK-based FlairJet, which operates Phenom 300s for Surf Air Europe, is working on obtaining the required steep approach approvals to fly into LCY.
FBOs

FBO Profile: Gateway Aviation Services

Over the past two decades, the airport-owned FBO has made a name of for itself, taking care of aircraft and the companies that make them.
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Safety

Two Pilots Illustrate Airmanship Is a Matter of Survival

The symptoms of not knowing a checklist are symptoms of a larger problem, the Bombardier Safety Standdown audience was told.
FBOs

Jet Aviation Celebrates Golden Anniversary

The company which began in Switzerland, servicing a small group of jets, has grown to become a worldwide provider of private aviation support.
Airlines

IATA Urges African States to Release Blocked Airline Funds

Most countries on the continent slow to repatriate revenues
Rotorcraft

China Has High Hopes For Z-20 Helicopter

Supposedly but not entirely a clone of the US Black Hawk, the Z-20 is expected to be used on multiple missions by China’s army, air force and navy.
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Aircraft

Training Version of Mi-28 Attack Helicopter Enters Service

Improved operational versions of the ‘Night Hunter’ are also being introduced in Russia.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Jet MS Gets Nigerian Nod

The MRO sees possibilities for expanding services both at its home base in Lithuania as well as in Nigeria
Aircraft

Embraer KC-390 Now in the U.S. for More Test Flights

Despite a serious incident last month, the Brazilian company says that the flight test campaign is going well
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Avionics

Garmin Marks Delivery of One Millionth Avionics Product

The milestone was reached 28 years after the company was founded.
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Adds Full-time AOG Support for Western U.S.

The new service, based out of Utah, is headed up by a seasoned airframe mechanic, and is available 24/7.
Aircraft

GEOINT Contribution To Air Campaigns Pondered

A survey of geospatial information professionals linked to a major upcoming conference calls for improvements
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Aircraft

Quest Kodiaks To Form New Maldives Seaplane Fleet

Quest parent Setouchi Holdings has entered a partnership to launch the new seaplane operation.
Safety

FAA Cautions Pilots Against Unauthorized Procedures

Pilots have been flying special instrument procedures without FAA approval or a valid navigation chart.
Aircraft

Asian T-Prop Group Sees PBN as Answer to Infrastructure Crisis

Asia Pacific Turboprop Safety Forum promotes performance-based navigation as a major safety benefit
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Aircraft

Airbus A350-1000 Gets EASA, FAA Approval

First production airplane scheduled for delivery to Qatar Airways by year-end
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