Content Archive: March 2009

Aircraft

Fatal Crash Won’t Halt NAL’s Saras Project

India’s National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) still plans to go ahead with the project to develop the country’s first indigenous airplane despite the March

Warren Buffett Defends Bizav in CNBC Interview

When Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett bought a Bombardier Challenger 600 twenty years ago, he named the large-cabin business jet The Indefensible beca
Aircraft

UT Finance Asks To Repossess DayJet Eclipses

UT Finance has asked the bankruptcy court overseeing the liquidation of the assets of Eclipse Aviation to allow it to take possession of the 28 Eclipse 500
Regulations and Government

NBAA Lauds Sen. Brownback’s Support of Bizav

NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen last week commended Sen.
Regulations and Government

FAA Reauthorization Bill Still Faces an Uphill Battle

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee late last week approved H.R.915
Accidents

Platinum Jet Principals, Employees Plead Not Guilty

Two of the six people arrested and charged in connection with the 2005 Platinum Jet Management Challenger 600 crash at Teterboro (N.J.) Airport entered not

Blended Winglet-equipped 767-300ER Flies First Scheduled Service

The first revenue flight of an American Airlines Boeing 767-300ER equipped with Aviation Partners Boeing Blended Winglets left Dallas/Fort Worth Internatio

Boeing Capital, Grupo Mexicana Seal 717 Lease Deal

Boeing Capital and Grupo Mexicana today announced they have entered a lease agreement covering 25 Boeing 717-200s for use by the airline group’s MexicanaCl
Accidents

Trent-Powered 777s Subject of New AD

The FAA published a revised Airworthiness

North Korean Threat Diverts Commercial Flights

Air Canada and Singapore Airlines have joined Korean Air and Asiana in diverting flights away from North Korean airspace after the communist government sai