Content Archive: February 2010

Charter & Fractional

Flight Options Pilots Finally Have a Tentative Contract

International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1108, the union for Flight Options’ 500 pilots, this week announced that it reached a tentative agreement for
Security

Shady Behavior Places Gulf Helo Operators On Alert

Suspicious activity over the last two weeks reported near critical infrastructure and helicopter bases serving the Gulf of Mexico’s oil and gas industry ha
Aircraft

Eastham Complaint Alleges Runaway Premier 1A Trim

Eastham Aviation, a Houston owner of a Hawker Beechcraft Premier 1A, filed a complaint against Hawker Beechcraft on January 19, asking for the manufacturer
Aircraft

Conforming HondaJet First Flight Moved to Mid-year

The first conforming HondaJet is now scheduled to fly in the middle of this year, according to a Honda Aircraft spokesman, “with the exact date to be deter

Central Europe Bizav Community Gets Its Own Voice

The new Central Europe Private Aviation Association (Cepa) will hold its inaugural conference in the Czech capital Prague on April 22 and 23.
Accidents

Safety Board Rules on Colgan Q400 Crash

The NTSB has ruled that last February’s crash of a Colgan Air Q400<
Aircraft

Lockheed Martin Insists F-35 Program is Just Fine

If Lockheed Martin is to be believed, there’s not much wrong with the F-35 program.

Turkish Airlines first in line for SmartTraffic

Turkish Airlines became the first customer to choose Honeywell’s SmartTraffic system.

Northrop and Raytheon battle for F-16 AESA radar business

Northrop Grumman and Raytheon are going head-to-head with active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar programs to update F-16 fighters and other fight
Aircraft

A400M rescue goes past the wire

Airbus chief executive officer Tom Enders refused all comment on the A400M airlifter here yesterday as talks to continue the troubled project reached a cri