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Rotorcraft

Bell 412EP Now JAR-OPS 3 Compliant

The Bell 412EP helicopter is now JAR-OPS 3 compliant after having completed an EASA joint operation evaluation board (JOEB) catch-up process, the U.S.-bas
Avionics

Thrane & Thrane Taking Satcom System Orders

Thrane & Thrane (Booth No.
Aircraft

Leading Falcon 7X Passes 1,000 Hours

Dassault’s flagship Falcon 7X has notched another milestone with aircraft Serial Number 04, operated by Dasnair of Switzerland, having become the first to
Aircraft

ExecuJet Is European Launch Customer for Learjet 85

Zurich-based ExecuJet (Booth No.
FBOs

Le Bourget FBO intros JetEx to Europe

Dubai-based JetEx Flight Support has announced a major move into the European marketplace.
Accidents

Missionary pilot blamed in Peruvian shootdown

With the final report by a joint Peruvian-U.S.
Engines

Hindustan aeronautics to build TPE331T-props for commercial apps

Honeywell’s Swiss subsidiary, Honeywell International Sarl, and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.

Comlux Completion Makes Big Investment in Airbus Corporate Jet Centre

Airbus announced yesterday here at EBACE that Comlux Completion has become a 40-percent shareholder in the new Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC) in Toulou
Avionics

Embraer to open Florida Phenom assembly plant

Luis Carlos Affonso, executive v-p of Embraer Executive Jets added more details to the revelation last week that Embraer plans to open a facility at Florid
Charter & Fractional

Avinode Picks UVTripPlanner for Power

Universal Weather’s (Booth No.
FBOs

Gestair’s Growth Is Taking Off

Madrid-based Gestair Private Aviation (Booth No.
FBOs

Gestair’s Growth Is Taking Off

Madrid-based Gestair Private Aviation (Booth No.

CommutAir shedding aircraft, employees

Plattsburgh, N.Y.-based CommutAir has notified its employees that it will return 12 of its remaining 26 leased Beech 1900D turboprops to Raytheon Aircraft
Maintenance and Modifications

Repair stations gain ground in Part 145 battle

A last-ditch campaign to have the FAA modify its final rule revising FAR Part 145 appears to have paid off for several aviation maintenance trade associati
Airports

Judge set to decide Van Nuys noise dispute

Following a three-day trial without jury in mid-July, a federal district court judge in Southern California was set to decide a lawsuit filed by NBAA, the

Lucent flight department takes hit

Financially troubled Lucent Technologies, which has announced total workforce reductions of nearly 40,000 since January, is also planning a dramatic restru
Aircraft

Century Jet grounded

Alliance Aerospace, the manufacturing facility in Macon, Ga., that was to continue development of the entry-level Century Jet while simultaneously performi
FBOs

Edsel Ford may buy DaimlerChrysler Aviation

DaimlerChrysler Aviation, which has been on the sales block for several months, is believed to be in acquisition negotiations with Edsel Ford II, according

Business aircraft deliveries set record

Worldwide shipments of business aircraft in the first six months of the year set a record as the industry’s best first half ever.
Charter & Fractional

VistaJet Unveils New Flight Solutions Program

Switzerland’s VistaJet today launched its so-called Flight Solutions Program, on which it hopes to pin much of its planned expansion into the Asia-Pacific
Charter & Fractional

Frax regulations emerge as NPRM, comments due

After an arduous trip through the federal bureaucratic processes, the FAA published its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for FAR Part 91 Subpart K last
Aircraft

Dassault rolls out first 2000EX, sans fanfare

Dassault’s rollout on July 19 of the first Falcon 2000EX was a relatively quiet event, with little more than the weather to provide any semblance of drama.
ATC

Washington Report: Next version of Stars begins at BDL

Raytheon said it achieved initial operating capability (IOC) for a second limited-production version of its new standard terminal automation replacement sy
Safety

Washington Report: GA safety: It depends on the viewpoint

Although the number of general aviation accidents last year was the lowest total since record keeping began in 1938, the NTSB noted that the accident rate
Regulations and Government

New NTSB boss copes with crises in an edgier world

Marion Blakey took over the National Transportation Safety Board as its ninth chairman just in time to enter the maelstrom surrounding last November’s c
Regulations and Government

Time left to comment on LGA capacity proposals

Based on projections that airline flights at New York La Guardia Airport won’t return to their pre-September levels until the end of this summer, the FAA h
Cabin Interior and Electronics

CompletionAir, Premier Air merge at St. Louis

With the February cash acquisition of Premier Air Center, CompletionAir’s founders and three unidentified investors have captured a major piece of the busi
Cabin Interior and Electronics

EMTEQ Purchases Cable Technologies

New Berlin, Wisconsin-based EMTEQ (Booth No.
Rotorcraft

P&WC allies with Russian companies

Pratt & Whitney Canada and Helicopters of Russia last week signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Moscow to produce the PW127TS engine for Russia’s
Aircraft

Columbus to steer by Collins

Rockwell Collins (Booth No.