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Safety

FAA expands runway status lights

Following successful tests at Dallas/Fort Worth and San Diego International Airports, acting FAA Administrator Robert Sturgell announced that runway status
Regulations and Government

Bizjets exempted from fuel tank rule

The FAA issued a final rule that requires all new commercial airliners to have systems that significantly reduce the risk of center fuel tank fires and tho
Maintenance and Modifications

Red River turbines awarded FAR Part 145 authorization

The FAA has awarded an FAR Part 145 repair station certificate to Red River Turbines.
Regulations and Government

FAA extends medicals for pilots under 40

The FAA issued a final rule that specifies the extended duration of first- and third-class medicals for pilots under age 40.
Charter & Fractional

FAA funding bill would ok charter-by-the-seat sales

The House bill reauthorizing FAA appropriations for the next four years contains an NBAA-sponsored provision that would allow on-demand air charter operato
Regulations and Government

Illegal charter hotline funded by FAA

The FAA has provided grant money to fund a hotline for charter operators to report “suspected illegal commercial activity,” according to the National Air T
Airports

NTSB investigates near midair

A near midair collision on July 21 at Chicago O’Hare International Airport that involved an American Eagle Embraer ERJ 145 regional jet and a Part 91-opera
Accidents

Misrigged elevator and tail-heavy condition spelled doom for 1900D

When a noticeably tail-heavy Air Midwest Beech 1900D lifted off from Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, N.C., on the morning of January 8, the twin t

GD soaring on Gulfstream sales

Gulfstream Aerospace parent General Dynamics late last month reported a 25-percent increase in profits during the second quarter, thanks in large part to c
Aircraft

Gulfstream Migrates North

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Gulfstream International Airlines will begin flying Beech 1900Ds to five EAS destinations from Cleveland Hopkins International
Maintenance and Modifications

Eurocopter Takes Over Mx Firm

Eurocopter has announced it will take over Motorflug Baden-Baden, a German helicopter MRO specialist.
Rotorcraft

Robinson’s switch to steel blades gets mixed reviews

For Robinson Helicopter, switching from aluminum to stainless-steel skin for main rotor blades has been “a mixed bag,” said company vice president Kurt Rob
Aircraft

A700 certification set for late 2009

AAI Acquisition, which bought the assets of Adam Aircraft Industries for $10 million after Adam filed for bankruptcy in February, is ramping up the certifi
FBOs

HBC completes FBO sale to BBA Aviaiton

Hawker Beechcraft late last month completed the sale of the majority of its wholly owned fuel and line operations to Signature Flight Support parent compan
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Custom cupholderes launches luxury line

Custom Cupholders of North East, Md., has introduced a new line of cupholders designed specifically for the luxury market, including business aircraft.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Jet Aviation refurbs its own DC-8-72 for charter

Jet Aviation in late December finished the interior refurbishment of its own DC-8-72 at its Basel, Switzerland facility.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Burnet Interiors: One cabin to go, please

Burnet Interiors of Geneva has a unique approach to aircraft interiors.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Marshall Aerospace shifts focus

Marshall Aerospace, in response to what it described as “the changing nature of the corporate market,” has restructured its corporate aviation activity by
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Leather care and restoration service launched

Townsend Leather and The Leather Institute of Johnstown, N.Y., have entered into a licensing agreement with aircraft detailing specialist Appearance Group
Cabin Interior and Electronics

GM Nameplate introduces new metal art process

GM Nameplate of Seattle is offering a new “ElectraGraphics Business Jet Art” line that employs 14-karat gold or chrome on a stainless-steel background to r
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Bombardier's Learjet 40 off to the races

Earlier this year Bombardier introduced an Indy 500 interior package for its new Learjet 40, at a cost of about $150,000.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Yingling Aviation shop launches Caravan cabin

Cessna’s workhorse turboprop single Caravan has appeared in just about as many guises as the X-Men, and with some of the same versatility.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Savannah Air growing in the face of recession

During the current economic climate, when many completion and refurbishment centers are struggling–some merely to survive–Savannah Air Center appears to be
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Kit cabins offered as way to reduce cost

Completion and refurbishment centers are in a constant search for more efficient ways to work.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Business jets: It's what's in the cabin that counts

“I want what I want, when I want it.” It sounds like the petulant voice of a pampered diva, or a corporate executive with delusions of grandeur.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completions & Refurbishment: Is this the 'ugly bottom'... or is there an uglier one still to come?

Last year, things were bad for the completion and refurbishment industry as companies were feeling the effects of the economic recession.

General aviation just wants to be treated fairly by TSA, FAA

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) said its efforts to reopen Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to on-demand air charter flig

United Airlines asks judge's permission to end code-sharing

United Airlines last month asked a judge overseeing its bankruptcy case for permission to end the code-sharing and marketing agreement with regional carrie
Charter & Fractional

Short on cash, Indigo ceases regular service

Indigo, the provider of “regular and frequent” business jet service between Chicago Midway Airport and Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, suspended flights e
ATC

Pilot is first to fill new ATC position

American Airlines Capt.