Content Archive: December 2011

Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Proposes Penalty Against Horizon Air

Etihad, Southwest, FedEx Spread Holiday Cheer to Boeing

Etihad, Southwest endow Boeing with major orders.
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Charter & Fractional

NetJets Employees Picket over Multiple Grievances

About 75 to 80 Members of the NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots (NJASAP) and other employees held an informational picketing session
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Avionics

LightSquared Cries Foul Over Leak of GPS Test Results

Draft data covering recent DOD and FAA tests of cellphones and other consumer GPS devices revealed that 75 percent “experienced harmful interference”
Avionics

Garmin GTN Approved in Europe

The FAA supplemental type certificate for Garmin’s GTN series touchscreen avionics has been validated by EASA,

CEPA Expo Highlights Central Europe Bizav

The first annual CEPA Expo held by the Central Europe Private Aviation Association December 1 and 2 in Prague “made a very encouraging start,”

Paolucci Announces Retirement from Cessna

Mark Paolucci, a 32-year employee of Cessna Aircraft, announced that he is retiring from his position as senior v-p of sales

Analyst Notes Shrinkage in Middle East Bizav Fleet

Less than a month after an active Dubai Air Show closed, market analyst Brian Foley called attention to a 6-percent shrinkage in the Middle East