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As part of an industry still struggling to recover from a recession and continuing attacks by the media and politicians alike, I was appalled by President

If start-ups are indicators of a healthy completion and refurbishment industry, there is cause for optimism in an industry that has been hard hit over the

GAL Aviation began formal operations in April, focusing on two niche markets in the executive industry with two divisions: GAL Interiors and GAL Technical.

Having Lufthansa Technik show up at an aviation trade show is a bit like having Santa Claus show up at the company party with a bag of toys, and this year’

Pats Aircraft Systems, best known for its auxiliary fuel systems, is emerging from a major restructuring phase to focus on four core competencies as a stan

There are growing signs that business aviation is entering a recovery period, and reports from the completion and refurbishment side of the house suggest t

In a resumption of his campaign against business aviation, President Obama yesterday called for an end to “tax breaks” for corporate jet owners.

Jet Aviation has signed another BBJ2 cabin completion contract with an unidentified customer, even as the Basel, Switzerland-based center gears up to meet

Vision Systems of Brignais, France, has introduced Noctis, what the aircraft cabin interior specialist describes as innovative shading that allows passenge

Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC), a Toulouse-based specialist in ACJ business jet cabin completion, claims to be the first to offer its customers the hig

Independent completion and refurbishment specialist Lufthansa Technik will be providing cabin outfitting on a new Boeing Business Jet destined for corporat

Lufthansa Technik’s VIP and Executive Jet Solutions Division is now offering what it claims is a new standard in sleep comfort in the form of its Flexidrea

BAE Systems and design consultancy Design Q have unveiled their latest interior concept for the Avro Business Jet, the ABJ Elegante. Designed with “space a

After signing a contract to complete a Boeing 747-8, Basel, Switzerland-based MRO and completion and refurbishment center Amac Aerospace has also inked a d

When Robert Barnes, president of the International Association of Flight Training Providers, read the initial BEA report on

In March, CTT Systems of Nykoping, Sweden, received an order for its CTT Cair cabin humidification system to be installed in a Boeing 777 executive aircraf

When the French BEA released a partial cockpit voice recorder (CVR) transcript of the Air France Flight 447 accident in late May, pundits wasted no time un

Aeroloft, a private rest area above the main deck of the new executive Boeing 747-8, recently passed structural strength and durability testing, according

The new Versa-Pure QC is “an important breakthrough,” claims Versa-Pure founder and president Richard Williams. Not only does it meet all EPA standards, sa

The optimism generated by the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (Ebace), coming as it did on the heels of six months of steady improvement

Within days of the Department of Transportation’s announcement that it was all but