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Seven adults and seven children aboard a Pilatus PC-12 (N128CM) were killed when the turboprop single crashed at approximately 3 p.m.

In an effort to cut down on the more than 2,000 false distress signals it receives each year from emergency locator transmitters (ELT) and emergency positi

House aviation subcommittee chairman Jerry Costello (D-Ill.) has joined Rep.

“You can bet the insurance market is going to change.

Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) tapped industry veteran Bill Boisture Jr.

The plan by JDA Acquisition Company (JDAAC) to buy the assets of charter/management firm JetDirect Aviation is expected to reach fruition by April 7.

Air Transport Association president and CEO James May suggested last month that if the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) is fast-tracked

Is the bizliner immune to the current economic and financial crisis, or have slumping demand and order cancellations simply not yet caught up with that seg

As the liquidation process for the assets of bankrupt Eclipse Aviation drags on, four groups have announced proposals to buy those assets and restart produ

In the ongoing effort to morph the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) into a “NowGen,” equipage by users keeps cropping up as one of the m

Air Transport Association president and CEO James May suggested yesterday that if the Next Generation Air Transportation System is fast-tracked like the In

At its annual financial analysts meeting today, Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO Charles Edelstenne announced a substantial increase in projected Falcon

After issuing a letter of interpretat

Cessna Aircraft, which announced layoffs totaling roughly 13 percent of its workforce late last year, on Friday sent an e-mail to employees outlining a del

Representatives of the U.S.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) warned this week that the excise taxes that feed the Air

Two of the six people arrested and charged in connection with the 2005 Platinum Jet Management Challenger 600 crash at Teterboro (N.J.) Airport entered not

San Antonio-based M7 Aerospace launched a quick-turn wet processing program available to aerospace parts manufacturers that need to outsource chemical proc

A line in President Obama’s 134-page budget for Fiscal Year 2010 has put general aviation lobbyists on high alert.

The FAA yesterday reached a settlement with Southwest Airlines that reduces the civil penalty it proposed to levy against the carrier on March 6 last year

New European legislation has opened the door for third-party organizations to be approved as continuing airworthiness management organizations (CAMO

Lord and Sikorsky are developing a lightweight, self-contained hub-mounted vibration system (HMVS) for the Connecticut manufacturer’s future medium and hea

Unlimited (ASU) has completed a cockpit modification for night-vision-goggle compatibility in a Eurocopter AS 365N3 Dauphin, the first helicopter to get su

Eurocopter will break ground next month on a new helicopter service and simulator facility in Kirkhill Commercial Park near Aberdeen Airport, Scotland, a m

A trio of helicopter trade associations–the Association of Air Medical Services, the Helicopter Association International and the Air Medical Operators Ass

Russia’s Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant delivered two civil Mi-171 heavy helicopters to Iran last month.

Embraer delivered the first of 30 E-Jets ordered by Lufthansa–a 116-seat E195–to its Italian subsidiary Air Dolomiti on January 27, marking the start

Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) has established a fund worth A$200,000 ($135,000) in the form of air fares and other means to aid victims of the wildfir

NBAA and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association revived the “No Plane, No Gain” campaign, which they introduced in 1993 to highlight the benefits o

Sitting behind a long table in front of Congress in November, the CEOs of Detroit’s Big Three automakers had barely begun pleading for a taxpayer bailout w