Content Archive: December 2014

Safety

FAA Substance Testing Rates Will Remain Constant

Agency sees no reason to adjust past random test rates.
Airports

MEBAA Spreads Its Wings with New Bizav Show in Morocco

Inaugural Middle East Business Aviation Association Show will take place in at Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport on Sep. 1-2, 2015.
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FBOs

XJet Confirms Exclusive Five-year Agreement for Dammam FBO

XJet has confirmed that it is to open a second Gulf-based FBO, at Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Aircraft

Royal Jet Doubles Fleet Expansion Plan

Abu Dhabi-based operator is to invest $700 million to take its fleet size to 20 aircraft.
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Aircraft

Comlux Extends Reach with BBJ Max Orders

Long-standing Airbus operators switches to BBJ Max as Airbus stalls on ACJ Neo.
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Aircraft

Qantas Projecting Big Turnaround for First Half of FY2015

Positive results to come six months after reporting record losses
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Textron Launches Unmanned Aerosonde at Virginia Test Site

Textron started operating the Aerosonde UAS through an FAA certificate of authorization awarded to the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership.
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Rotorcraft

Bell Announces V-22 Forward Firing Capability

Bell Helicopter demonstrated a V-22 with forward firing capability at the U.S. Army Proving Ground in Yuma, Ariz.
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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Khazanah Picks CEO for Restructured Malaysia Airlines

Recruits Aer Lingus CEO Christoph Mueller to oversee turnaround effort
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Rockwell Collins Aims to Deliver Reliable IFE

Another Airbus A340 operator has selected the Rockwell Collins Venue inflight entertain/cabin management system.