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Airports

NATS Urges Change to LCY SIDs

British air traffic management provider NATS has urged the country’s Civil Aviation Authority to give fast-track approval to a change in the standard instr
Maintenance and Modifications

AirCare Acquires Majestic Aerotech

AirCare Solutions Group, which provides emergency training, products and services to business aviation and airline operators, purchased Majestic Aerotech,
Safety

FAA Issues De-icer Fluid Warning

The FAA has issued a revision of Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin NM-08-27 to warn operators of transport-category aircraft that organic salt run
Charter & Fractional

ExecuJet Expands Fleet

ExecuJet Aviation has expanded its aircraft charter and management operation in Mexico with the addition of a Bombardier Global Express and a Dassault Falc

Revo Offers Lake Aircraft For Sale

After 35 years of ownership, Revo is again offering for sale the assets of Lake Aircraft, which owns the rights to the only FAA-certified single-engine amp
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Certifies S550 Modifications

The FAA has issued a Supplemental Type Certificate to Clifford Development for modification of Cessna Citation 550s and S550s with Williams International F

Organizers Expect Large Crowds at Eur-Avia

Organizers of the third annual Eur-Avia Cannes show say that, despite worsening economic conditions in Europe, the private aviation event will be twice the
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options Furloughs Pilots

Flight Options vice president of flight operations Bob Tyler last month announced 63 more pilot furloughs “due to reduced demand due to the ongoing nationa
Regulations and Government

New ELT Requirement Takes effect

Satellite monitoring of 121.5-MHz emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) will end as of February 1.

AAI Up for Sale by Russian Investors

Russian investment firm Industrial Investors late last month announced it is seeking to sell all or a portion of AAI Acquisitions, the company formed to bu

Piper Delays taking Incentive Money

Vero Beach, Fla.-based Piper Aircraft late last month confirmed that it laid off 150 employees, company CEO Jim Bass told Indian River County commissioners

Bizav Flight Activity Declined in 2008

Large-cabin business jet flight activity in December took the biggest hit–26 percent–compared with activity over the year-ago period, according to the ARG/

Eclipse Assets sold to eclipsejet

Judge Mary Walrath of the U.S.

Business Aviation: the Recession Buster

The following is the full text of a January 12 letter written by EBAA president Brian Humphries to explain the case for business aviation to European newsp
Regulations and Government

Aviation lobby groups urge: include NextGen in stimulus

In a rare show of unanimity, the Air Transport Association has joined with general aviation and others in lobbying Congress for a $4 billion stimulus packa

As demand declines, OEMs scale back production plans

Among other measures, manufacturers are increasingly looking to layoffs for cost-cutting as demand dwindles and aircraft production rates drop.
Regulations and Government

Senate Panel Confirms Ray LaHood as DOT Secretary

Retired Illinois Rep.

Ziegler Leaving COO Job at Jet Aviation

After 14 months as COO of U.S.

First P-8s for Export Going to India

India became the first export customer for the Boeing P-8 P
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Aircraft

Backlogs shrinking at the major OEMs

Six months ago, business aircraft manufacturers were publicly confident that their backlog of new aircraft orders stretching well into the next decade woul
Regulations and Government

FAA Seeks More Time On Safety Management Plan

Because it has not completed guidelines for a Safety Management System (SMS) for U.S.
Regulations and Government

White House Names New Acting FAA Administrator

Current acting FAA Administrator Bobby Sturgell announced on Tuesday that Lynne Osmus will become acting FAA Administrator when he departs the agency on Fr
Regulations and Government

Weather Forecasters Oppose FAA Consolidation Plan

An FAA plan to consolidate all of the 84 National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters now co-loca
Avionics

Flying with XM Weather-equipped AV8OR

Bendix/King’s new AV8OR handheld GPS receiver can display XM Weather’s Aviator LT and Aviator products, making it a handy cockpit tool.

People in Aviation: January 2009

San Antonio-based aerospace maintenance, repair and manufacturing company M7 Aerospace has named J.R.

Aerospace Industries toot their horn

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) is launching an outreach campaign aimed at the incoming Obama Administration and the new 111th Congress to under
ATC

FAA constructing new ‘nerve center’

Federal and local officials broke ground early last month for a new Air Traffic Control System Command Center colocated with the FAA’s Potomac Tracon south
Regulations and Government

DHS nominee departs Arizona stage to mixed reviews

Janet Napolitano, the two-term Democrat governor of Arizona who has been nominated to become the third Secretary of Homeland Security, heads to Washington
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Goderich gets Royal Jet BBJ contracts

Genesis Custom Jetliners, an executive completion and refurbishment broker/agent, has been selected to redesign and upgrade “a number” of Boeing Business J
Cabin Interior and Electronics

First Design Q Avro RJ70 rolls out

BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has completed the first Avro RJ70 executive aircraft with the Design Q interior.