Content Archive: November 2006

ATC

Canada, Playing Catch-up, Will Mandate TCAS

Transport Canada has proposed a regulatory amendment requiring installation of TCAS-I and TCAS-II, in line with current FAA rules.
Charter & Fractional

Now NetJets’ Mechanics Start Picketing

First it was NetJets’ pilots who picketed and finally got a new labor contract; now it’s the fractional’s mechanics and other support personnel who on Frid
Aircraft

Movers & Shakers: BBJ begins its next 'wild ride'

Sales expectations were modest when Boeing formed its business jet unit in 1996 to market an executive/VIP version of the company’s Next Generation 737-700
Avionics

MDHI adds Chelton EFIS to light helos

MD Helicopters has chosen Chelton Flight Systems to supply the EFIS cockpit for its light single helicopters.
Charter & Fractional

Wyvern Markets Audits Directly To Operators

After 15 years of auditing charter operators only at the behest of the companies or individuals who hire them, Wyvern Consulting, on Tuesday, announced tha
Aircraft

The air-taxi market: Day about to dawn on VLJ air taxis

The much-anticipated very light jet (VLJ) air-taxi market is beginning to take shape with operators gearing up for the start of service in the eastern U.S.

Common in the airline world, FOQA for bizav’s catching on

Encouraged by feedback from operators, the Flight Safety Foundation is extending its corporate flight-operations quality-assurance (C-FOQA) program, despit
Maintenance and Modifications

Engineering firm signs new partner

Representatives from Lux Aviation Engineering, the Tucson, Ariz.
Airports

FAA Weighs Future of Airport Advisory Service

The FAA is requesting public comments on the usefulness of airport advisory services now available part- or full-time at 20 airports in the continental U.S