2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Ian Goold

Delegates from Europe’s regional airlines are “delighted” to be returning to the Greek capital Athens this month for their annual general assembly because 

European Regions Airline Association General Assembly 2007

Gregory Polek

Transport Canada and Canadian government officials in Moscow have appealed to Russian authorities to issue certification for the Bombardier CRJ900, two of 

Russia puts CRJ900 on ice

Regional airlines and politicians hope a new European Commission report on passenger rights expected this month will lead to clearer rules and more effecti

EC promises to clear the air on pax rights

Mary F. Silitch

Bombardier Learjet 35, Seattle, July 13, 2007–Learjet N35WE veered off Runway 13 at Boeing Field on landing.

Preliminary Report: Learjet suffers hydraulic failure

Bell 412 EP, Eket, Nigeria, Aug.

Preliminary Report: ‘Torque Turns’ reported for Bell 412

Charles Alcock

Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) will cease operating into the city of Parkes in response to the local government’s decision to hike passenger taxes by 1

Local taxes rankle Aussie’s Rex

Technical difficulties continued to dog regional airplanes built by a financially resurgent Bombardier last month, as no fewer than 85 Q400 turboprops sat 

Landing-gear actuators focus of Q400 probe

Eurocopter AS 350B2, Juneau, Alaska, Aug.

Preliminary Report: Eurocopter door pops open

Cessna Citation 650, Benton Harbor, Mich., Aug.

Preliminary Report: Citation hits deer on takeoff

<h3>Antonov | An-148</h3>
The 80-seat Antonov An-148-100 won type approval from Russian and Ukrainian authorities in late February, marking the successful

New Regional Airplanes

Bombardier Learjet 25, St.

Preliminary Report: Learjet 25 suffers dual flameout

Bombardier Learjet 45/Bombardier Challenger 604, Teterboro, N.J., Aug.

Preliminary Report: Runway incursion at TEB

Hawker Beechcraft King Air E90B, Ruidoso, N.M., Aug.

Preliminary Report: King Air EMS crash claims five

Ian Sheppard

The European Parliament and Council of the European Union are debating the inclusion of aviation in Europe’s Emissions Trading Scheme (a so-called “cap and

Key round of voting on ETS could cement aviation’s role  

AIN Staff

Proposed Embraer Business Jets To Feature Stand-Up Cabins At the NBAA Convention last month, Brazilian manufacturer Embraer introduced concept

Completions & Refurbishment

Thierry Dubois

Air Methods’ products division has received an STC for its Eurocopter EC 135 single-pilot IFR avionics package and plans to make it available on the EC 145

EC 135 avionics package STC’d

German Air Rescue, the DRF, has received a design organization approval from the EASA according to its Part 21J rule.

DRF gets repair authorization

Italian-based manufacturer AgustaWestland early last month expressed interest in buying all or part of its Polish-based counterpart, PZL-Swidnik, should Po

OEM keen to buy PZL-Swidnik

Acrohelipro and Carson helicopters are outfitting the first two of Carson’s Sikorsky S-61 fleet with Sagem Avionics’ integrated cockpit display system retr

Glass cockpits for Sikorsky S-61 

Jennifer Harrington

Eric Mandemaker has assumed the role of CEO of the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), replacing Brian Humphries, who has b

People in Aviation: October 2007

Air-tour operator Blue Hawaiian Helicopters has ordered four more Eurocopter EC 130B4s to augment its existing fleet of eight AS 350B2 AStars and nine EcoS

Blue Hawaiian orders more EcoStars 

A Petroleum Helicopters Bell 407 ditched into the Gulf of Mexico on August 16 after an apparent catastrophic engine failure.

No injuries in PHI Bell 407 ditching

Mark Huber

MD Helicopters has requested a concessionary renegotiation of the land leases for its main plant and offices at Falcon Field in Mesa, Ariz.

MD Helicopter moves to renegotiate land leases

Honeywell last month gave the first flight demonstrations of an RNP (required navigation performance) approach being developed at Morristown Municipal Airp

Honeywell demonstrates RNP approach to MMU

John A. Pope

Lawmakers had much to think about when they returned from their summer break at the end of August.

Congressional Observer: October 2007

Four former military airports that have been converted to civilian airports have been granted funds under the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP).

Military Airports Get Civilian Makeover

Kathy Perfetti, who as an FAA staffer headed the Fractional Ownership Aviation Rulemaking Committee (which resulted in FAR Part 91, Subpart K) and led the 

Kathy Perfetti: Ex-FAA official to run IS-BAO

Frontier Airlines’ new regional subsidiary, Lynx Aviation, will not start service as scheduled on October 1 due to its failure to meet minimum FAA airworth

Lynx caught in FAA snare

Bombardier Learjet 35A, Melville Hall, Dominica, Aug.

Preliminary Report: Crew reports problems with spoilers and brakes

Bryan A. Comstock

The pre-owned aircraft market seems to be navigating through or flying above whatever turbulence has affected the U.S.

Pre-Owned Update: Buyers continue to clamor for pre-owned aircraft

The NTSB has recommended that the FAA require an aural trim-in-motion warning in the Cessna CitationJet 525 to alert pilots of a runaway trim.

NTSB recommends FAA address CitationJet trim

Nigel Moll

Air Routing International’s Domestic Flight Watch (DFW) program, now in its second year, is designed to reduce the impact of ATC delays and reroutings on c

Air Routing Program bypasses traffic glitches

Flight Options pilots are using the NBAA Convention to let the fractional provider’s customers know that the pilot group is only marginally closer to havin

Flight Options Pilots Plead Their Case at NBAA

Aviation interests on Capitol Hill don’t come to a stop just because the NBAA Convention is being held.

Despite Convention, NBAA Still Active on Hill

Solid progress in the fight against user fees has been made, but the general aviation community has to stay involved for the battle to be won, according to

User Fees a Hot Topic at Bizav Gathering

Cessna Aircraft chairman, president and CEO Jack Pelton said his company is internally moving on the Large Cabin Concept airplane as if it’s a “go program,

Cessna ’Ready To Go’ on Large Cabin Bizjet

Attendance at the 60th NBAA Convention, held this week in Atlanta, as of yesterday afternoon was 31,343 people–a close second to the previous record.

NBAA 2007 Reflects Strength of Bizav Industry

Chris Pocock

Business aviation in Asia–particularly in China–was the focus of this year’s Asian Aerospace, held in Hong Kong from September 3 through 6.

Asian Aerospace 2007

BAE Systems Regional Aircraft reports “good progress” with the conversion of the first relaunched BAe 146QT (Quiet Trader) freighter at the program’s Aeros

BAE Systems readies first relaunched 146 freighter 

Aegean Airlines, host carrier at this month’s European Regions Airline Association (ERA) general assembly in Athens, has an eye on opportunities in Eastern

Aegean set to redefine regional role

Ukraine’s Antonov has signed a memorandum of understanding with Xi’an Aircraft (XAC) to help develop a new 70-seat turboprop dubbed the MA700, the Ukrainia

Antonov, Xi’an To Collaborate on MA700

Piper Malibu Meridian PA-46-500TP, Parowan, Utah, Jan.

Final Report: Meridian design blamed in crash

ERA member airlines continue to express concern about proposals for a significant overhaul of regulations governing the region’s deregulated air-transport 

Regionals still not sold on ‘third package’

Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante PT-SDB, Curitiba, Brazil, Aug.

Preliminary Report: Bandeirante crashes in Brazil

Hawaiian Airlines claims Mesa Air Group CFO Peter Murnane destroyed evidence that supports its contention that the Phoenix-based carrier used confidential 

Hawaiian claims foul play

The sole survivor of the crash of Comair Flight 5191 in Lexington, Ky., on August 27 last year has sued the FAA, Lexington Blue Grass Airport, chart maker 

Comair crash survivor files suits

Dassault Falcon 900, Greenville, S.C., July 17, 2006–The NTSB determined that the landing overrun of the Erg Aviation II Falcon at Greenville Downto

Final Report: Falcon antiskid controller malfunctioned on landing

Airbus A300-600F, El Paso, Texas, June 10, 2002–The NTSB determined that the cause of the tail strike the FedEx Airbus suffered on takeoff from El P

Final Report: Fedex Airbus returned to airport after tail strike on takeoff

Satcom Direct (Booth No.

Satcom Direct launches FlightDeck Freedom

Premier Aircraft Sales, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based aircraft broker for Diamond Aircraft and Mooney, has partnered with AircraftLogs to distribute the la

Premier Aircraft Partners with AircraftLogs

In perhaps a first for an NBAA Convention, Dan Cathy, president of Atlanta-based Chik-fil-A, yesterday morning opened a public meeting with a prayer.

Aviation Leadership Breakfast Launched and NBAA Show

Bell 206L-3 LongRanger, Whiteriver, Ariz., July 26, 2003–The NTSB found that the crash of the LongRanger firefighting ferry flight was the result of

Final Report: Firefighting Longranger spun in

Embraer ERJ 145LR, Kansas City, Mo., May 19, 2005–The Safety Board attributed the uncontained engine failure of the American Connection flight in cr

Final Report: ERJ 145 had uncontained engine caused by mechanical malfunction

David A. Lombardo

Last year the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) filed a lawsuit challenging a new FAA rule that substantially expanded the FAA’s drug and alco

U.S. court of appeals gives hope in drug test reg

Amid growing concerns about the shrinking base of aviation technical personnel, Lufthansa Technik is taking proactive steps to ensure that there are enough

Apprentice positions address tech shortage in Germany

The first of two phases of the Gulfstream Aerospace new Savannah Service Center has officially opened.
In March last year the company announced a seven-ye

Gulfstream opens Savannah service center

Matt Thurber

Last October, an FAA certification engineer and a flight-test pilot filed a grievance against their managers at the Fort Worth, Texas FAA Aircraft Certific

FAA employees raised concerns about Eclipse certification

Flight Display Systems (Booth No.

Flight Display dispels cabin electronics myths

Chad Trautvetter

&nbsp;Last month, Bombardier Aerospace launched a “classic aircraft support program” after seeing a “dramatic increase” in service and support requests ove

Bombardier puts meter on support for older aircraft 

The SAE Institute and Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) have been working with industry professionals to develop the SAE/PAMA aviation m

PAMA to beta testtechnician ceritification program

Flightcraft, the Portland, Ore.-based aviation services provider, announced it has received factory approval to service and support the Cessna Mustang, mak

Flightcraft will support Mustangs

Signature Flight Support has added two more FBOs to its European network.

Signature Adds FBOs in Greece, Belgium

Rosen Aviation (Booth No.

RosenView LX info system now comes on Citation XLS+

The NTSB has recommended that the FAA require the air data sensor heating system to activate automatically after engine start in new airplanes certified un

NTSB tackles air data Heating Systems

Embraer’s Lineage 1000 “ultra-large” business jet is on display at NBAA (Booth No.

Embraer’s Big Bird Mockup on Display

The Danish government is preparing to impose a 25-percent value-added tax (VAT) on imported aircraft to close a loophole that has allowed owners to bypass 

Denmark to impose VAT on aircraft

Northrop Grumman finalized its acquisition of Scaled Composites on August 24, increasing its shares from 40 percent to 100 percent.

Northrop buys all of scaled composites

Airbus Corporate Jetliner sales have surpassed the record set last year.

Airbus ACJ sales soar in 2007

The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) and NBAA will recognize aviation safety analyst Robert E.

IBAC, NBAA Honor Robert Breiling

Bombardier released here its first-ever forecast for the business aviation market segments in which it competes, and the Canadian company’s crystal ball is

Bombardier forecast predicts growth

Robert Sturgell, deputy FAA administrator since March 2003, has become acting FAA Administrator following the end of Marion Blakey’s five-year term o

Deputy Administrator Takes Acting Top Spot at FAA

Jeff Apter

Dassault is inching closer to the launch of its new super-midsize business jet, the latest in its Falcon line.

Progress continues apace on new Falcon

The Russian government has halved the import tax on large business jets from 20 to 10 percent.

Russia lowers tax on large bizjets

Hawker Beechcraft recognized many of its suppliers during its annual suppliers’ conference.

Hawker Beechcraft announces 2007 supplier awards

Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have drawn flak for a deal they struck with NASA to base an executive Boeing 767-200 and two Gulfstream Vs at th

Google gains access to NASA field

Cessna Aircraft is riding high on the crest of the business jet sales wave, and it just got a little higher this week at the NBAA Convention.

AINonline Audoicast: Jack Pelton, Cessna president, chairman and CEO

New York based W.S.

W.S. Wilson, Hypercoat create Singapore support center

A two-day conference called “The Future of Business Jets” will be staged in Paris on October 16 and 17 with a target audience of operators, brokers, manufa

Forum to highlight bizjet operations

Flush with a $200 million cash infusion from Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya and a $170 million order book, turboprop and very light jet maker Epic Aircraf

Epic Poised To Become Major Bizav Player

Mark Wilson, chief executive of the British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA), is set to leave the organization this month to assume a new p

BBGA chief executive joins NetJets

Dassault Falcon’s upcoming super-midsize (SMS) business jet, already known to have fly-by-wire flight controls and Rolls-Royce engines, remains an otherwis

Dassault Nearing Launch of New Bird

Dassault Aviation posted strong financial numbers for the first six months of this year.

Bizjets take Dassault to new heights

AMI Jet Charter CEO Charles McLaren confirmed to AIN that TAG Holdings might be interested in selling some of its stake in the charter company.

TAG might sell AMI Jet Charter shares 

Lufthansa Technik is opening a customer service base for component services and a component pool at Domodedovo Airport in Moscow.

Lufthansa Technik opens Moscow support base

Cessna’s Citation Mustang entered service in Europe earlier this month when British-based entrepreneur Jane Howell arrived at the London-area Farnborough A

First Mustang arrives in Europe

The Santa Monica, Calif.

FAA, Santa Monica go head-to-head

Dassault Falcon’s customer service organization has completed the initial phase of a comprehensive initiative to improve the quality of service customers t

Service elements works with Dassault on customer service

The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) for the Eurocopter AS 350B/BA/B1/B2/B3/D and AS 355E Squirrel light helicopters, requiring replacement o

FAA Issues AD on AS 350/AS 355 hydraulics

At press time a search-and-rescue effort was still under way for world aviation record holder Steve Fossett, who was reported missing September 3 after tak

Search for Steve Fossett continues

Dassault Aircraft Services plans to double the size of its Little Rock Service Center and is simultaneously implementing a multi-year expansion plan at Das

Dassault increases service capacity

Overall deliveries of Bombardier business jets in the six months ending July 31 declined slightly, to 99 aircraft from 101 in the same period last year, th

Bombardier deliveries dip, but backlogs strong

The NTSB has released initial factual information about the Flight Options Beechjet 400A that suffered a dual engine flameout on Nov.

No cause determined yet 

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