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AIN Blog: Back to the Basics

Richard Bach, the well-known pilot and author of numerous books, articles and short stories about aviation (he’s probably most widely known for his book
Aircraft

Labace Starts Thursday, Looks To Be Biggest Yet

The eighth edition of the Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (Labace)

AIN Blog: The FAA Shutdown Wasn’t over EAS

So it took a torrent of battling press releases, multiple sound bites and numerous press briefings before we finally learned the real hang-up over the FAA
ATC

Temporary Deal Is Brokered on FAA Funding

Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced this afternoon that Congress has reached a bipartisan compromise that will allow temporary funding of
Regulations and Government

NBAA Lauds Industry for Debt-Ceiling Efforts

While negotiations over the nation’s debt ceiling waxed and waned, aviation associations were busily warning members that aviation user fees were re-emergi
Aircraft

Oshkosh 2011: New Money Helps Quest Aircraft Plot New Course to Same Destination for Kodiak Turboprop

Quest Aircraft Co. of Sandpoint, Idaho, introduced an executive interior for its rugged Kodiak turboprop single at E
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Aircraft

Embraer Second Quarter Deliveries and Orders Up  

Embraer released its second-quarter 2011 results in late July, and while the Brazilian OEM recognized an executive jet market that is “showing early stages
Regulations and Government

U.S. House to EU: A pox on your emissions law

by Paul Lowe Congress threw the gauntlet at the European Union last month when a bipartisan group of House Transportation Committee leaders f
Regulations and Government

Offshore Doesn’t Mean Off the Books

The word “offshore” can conjure images of money laundering, tax dodgers and oil spills, but in today’s business aviation world, as privacy and security bec
Aircraft

Labace Show Is A Sellout

The Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (Labace) was relaunched four years ago and this year’s eighth show in São Paulo, Brazil, to be
Security

Lawmakers decry Barr restrictions

Lawmakers from both houses of Congress have joined the battle over the Department of Transportation’s decision to dismantle the Block Aircraft Registration
Accidents

NTSB solves PC-12 crash puzzle

The NTSB coupled old-fashioned “kicking tin” with highly technical investigative assistance from safety agencies in Germany and Switzerland to solve a perp

Industry mourns loss of Bombardier’s James Hoblyn

The news of James Hoblyn’s sudden and unexpected death at age 46–on July 3, while training for a marathon–reverberated like a shockwave throughout the avia

Where’s Rupert?

AIN_2011_WheresRupert.pdf.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Cabin Electronics 2011

AIN_2011_Cabin Electronics_Report.pdf.
Aircraft

Cirrus SF50 Jet Prototype Held in “Commodity Jurisdiction”

Cirrus president and CEO Brent Wouters revealed during the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh show this week that the company’s prototype

Dassault 1H Orders Encouraging, Deliveries Down

Activity in the business aviation industry continues to grow, Dassault Aviation chairman Charles Edelstenne said today during the release of Dassault Falco

State of the Industry: Business aviation is prepared to duck

Just when the business aviation industry appears to be weathering the economic storm comes another series of blows. At the
Security

GAMA to Congress: review security fiats

Jeppesen president and CEO Mark Van Tine in July questioned the Transportation Security Administration’s use of security directives to vastly expand existi
ATC

FAA looks to rein in controller costs

A report by the Transportation Department’s inspector general determined that the
ATC

Congressional Impasse Forces FAA Shutdown

The failure of Congress to agree on an extension of the FAA’s operating authorization by Saturday forced the agency to furlough nearly 4,000 employees and
Regulations and Government

House, Senate locked on FAA bill; GA user fees loom

When three Republican members of the House of Representatives introduced a 21st extension of FAA programs and funding containing a policy provision that cu
Regulations and Government

Could Debt Talks Foster New GA User Fees?

General aviation groups sent a joint letter to all members of Congress on Tuesday urging them to drop a proposal to charge a $25 “departure fee” on airline
Regulations and Government

House Transportation Leaders Launch Attack on EU-ETS

Legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives yesterday that would ban U.S.

AIN Blog: Solar Impulse Impresses, Even When Not Flying

The electrically powered Solar Impulse (HB-SIA) is an amazing airplane and I was anxious to see it fly d
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options Secures $167M in Financing for Phenoms

Flight Options announced yesterday that it entered into a three-year, $167 million financing agreement with Brazil’s Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econ

AIN Blog: President’s Bizav Blast Affects Entire Industry

Just days after commending President Obama for his June 28 visit to an Alcoa plant in Davenport, Iowa, Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) president and

China Minsheng Leasing Inks MoU for Gulfstreams

Gulfstream Aerospace confirmed yesterday that a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) for midsize and large-cabin Gulfstreams was inked late last week with