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Gulfstream’s G450 Reaches the End of the Line

After 12 years and more than 360 deliveries, production stops on teh G450 line as the airframer prepares for certification of the new G500
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FBOs

AIN Blog: FBOs Are Lifeblood of Business Aviation

FBOs are a critically important part of the aviation landscape—the welcome transition between ground and sky.
Aircraft

How to Quit the Airlines and Fly on a Private Jet

How to Quit the Airlines and Fly on a Private Jet
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Aircraft

Airbus A330neo Advancing through Flight Tests

Certification is expected in the middle of this year.
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Aircraft

Emirates Throws Airbus Lifeline with A380 Commitment

MOU covering up to 36 superjumbos breathes fresh life into program
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ATC

Is New FAA Leader a Friend or Foe to Bizav?

In 2007, Elwell testified before Congress about how airline passengers are “subsidizing the corporate CEO flying in the company jet."
Aircraft

Textron Aviation Rapidly Expanding Turboprop Lines

Order activity has picked up for King Airs and Caravans, while Textron Aviation adds the SkyCourier and Denali to the lineup.
Maintenance and Modifications

Elliott Nears Citation Excel/XLS STC for Low-cost ADS-B

Intended for the Cessna Citation Excel and XLS, the STC, once approved, will be applicable to a variety of Primus radio package equipped aircraft.
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Regulations and Government

Number of FAA-registered Drones Tops One Million

This number includes 878,000 hobbyists and 122,000 commercial, public, and other drones.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

ASX Reveals 250-mph eVTOL Design at Detroit Auto Show

Designed to autonomously takeoff like a helicopter, fly like an airplane, and transport passengers or cargo between urban centers, suburbs, and airports.
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Regulations and Government

GAO Reviewing FAA Aircraft Registry System

Registry is under intense scrutiny by Congress since an expose on the alleged failure of the FAA to properly monitor and keep records current.
Security

A Decade Later, TSA Officially Drops LASP

The program had created such an outpouring of opposition that Congress got involved.
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Rotorcraft

Falcon Aviation Wins Kuwait Oil Helicopter Contract

The contract marks a “significant expansion” for Falcon Aviation, which will be adding personnel and supporting facilities in Kuwait.
Training and Workforce

CAE Acquires Minority Stake in Pelesys

Pelesys provides more than 30 special operations courses that would benefit business aircraft operators.
Aircraft

Thai Army Boosts Air Defense Missile Capability

The Chinese KS-1C system is in service, and the MBDA MICA is on its way
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Aircraft

Turkey and Indonesia Join Forces on a ‘New’ UAV

The state-owned aircraft companies in each country are teaming—presumably—to further develop TAI’s existing Anka drone.
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FBOs

California Firm Partners on Chinese Genav Development

Threshold Aviation Group, which operates FBOs, charter, and maintenance businesses is partnering to help develop those services in Northern China.
FBOs

Skyservice To Expand at Toronto Pearson

The company expects to start construction soon on a massive new hangar and terminal project on the airport's south side.
Maintenance and Modifications

Legacy 600 Avionics Upgrade Adds LCDs, FANS-1/A+

Duncan Aviation created a package with Honeywell to update an Embraer Legacy’s avionics, which prompted the service provider to create three new STCs.
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Aviation Increases Rental Turbine Engine Pool

The pool includes rental engines for Honeywell models such as the HTF7000, HTF7350, and TFE731 (-2C, -3, -5B, -20, -40, and -60).
Maintenance and Modifications

Leonardo Helicopters Opens Mx Facility at Milano Linate Prime

This facility is equipped to provide maintenance for private and commercial AgustaWestland AW109 and AW139 helicopters.
Maintenance and Modifications

Stevens Aviation Announces STC for NXT-600 Transponder

The first aircraft the Stevens Aviation Dayton avionics team STC'd with the L3 NXT-600 was a Citation 650 with a non-integrated avionics suite.
Aircraft

Boeing Inks JV Deal with Detroit Seat Supplier

Moves to tackle supply delays of airliner seats
Regulations and Government

FAA Faces Furloughs in Event of Government Shutdown

The FAA had not yet released a list of what it would shut down should lawmakers fail to adopt a CR, but 15,000 employees were furloughed in last shutdown.
Accidents

NTSB: Severe Vibration Triggered Bell 525 Breakup

The vibration initiated at 92 percent Nr excited the main rotor scissors mode—the adjacent blades were moving together and apart in a scissors motion.
Charter & Fractional

VistaJet Sees Double-digit Growth in Flight Hours

Its all-Bombardier fleet—which includes the Challenger 350, 650, and 850 and Global 5000 and 6000—now numbers 72 aircraft.
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Aircraft

Embraer Bizjet Shipments Down in ’17, but Meet Target

As of December 31, Embraer’s backlog for both executive and commercial aircraft stood at $18.3 billion, down from $19.6 billion a year earlier.
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Airports

Air BP Arrives in Iceland

The move expands the fuel provider's Nordic footprint, adding to its locations in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands.
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Aircraft

SJI Challenges Reports of Interjet Fleet Woes

Disputes claims that systemic failures led to grounded SSJ100s
Charter & Fractional

PHI Offloads Sikorsky S-76C++s to Helijet

The first three helicopters will be prepared at PHI's base in Lafayette, Louisiana, for delivery in the first and second quarter.