Content Archive: January 2009

John Winant, 85, president of NBAA from 1971 to 1986 and a “critical player in the evolution of business aviation,” died on January 13.

Dassault early last month confirmed to AIN that the Falcon 2000LX, a winglet-equipped 2000EX, is slated for certification next month, foll

Executive charter firm Empire Aviation has started operating a pair of Cessna 208 Grand Caravans on scheduled flights connecting Abu Dhabi International Ai

A nearly four-month-old strike at Vought Aircraft’s plant in Nashville ended last month with the ratification of a new contract by members of the Internati

To adapt to current economic conditions, Dallas-based fractional provider Bombardier Flexjet last month unveiled two new jet-card products.

JetDirect Aviation will sell its wholly owned aircraft charter subsidiaries Sunset Aviation and Presidential Jets to their original ownership groups and ha

Women in Corporate Aviation (WCA) will be awarding a $2,000 career scholarship at the Women in Aviation International (WAI) conference in Atlanta, February

Aviation jobs listing service JSFirm reported record postings for aviation professionals last year, with more than 4,000 company members, 60,000 individual

Microturbo’s new auxiliary power unit, dubbed the e-APU, made its first run on a test bench in Toulouse, France, late in December.

Pilots should “activate boots as soon as the airplane enters icing conditions,” according to a safety alert released in December by the NTSB.