Latest from AIN Staff

Jeppesen named a successor to retiring president and CEO Horst Bergmann and added five business units to focus more clearly on customer market niches.

Greek regional airline Aegean Airways has surfaced as one of six bidders for the country’s ailing flag carrier, Olympic Airways.

Owners and operators of all U.S.-registered Agusta A109E Power helicopters are being required to reduce their tail-rotor blade life limit, as well as reins

As anyone who cares anything about aviation no doubt already knows, this year will witness the 100th anniversary of the first flight of a manned and powere

Air traffic controllers at the FAA’s 20 contiguous en route centers are now able to see more accurate, timely weather information on the same display that

Former General Aviation Manufacturers Association president Ed Stimpson, now U.S.

Carson Helicopters of Perkasie, Pa., has been granted FAA certification for new main rotor blades for the Sikorsky S-61.

After a year-long effort with the FAA, fractional provider NetJets and avionics maker Honeywell, Gulfstream yesterday secured FAA approval for its PlaneVie

Eclipse Aviation rang in the New Year by announcing that it produced and certified 103 Eclipse 500s last year, and the manufacturer delivered all but a han

A Senate hearing on the nomination of acting FAA Administrator Robert Sturgell to become the next permanent head of the agency was canceled at the last min

The FAA’s scrutiny of Part 135 operational control has spurred an interest in operational control of Part 91 business jets.

Airwolf Aerospace, a provider of firewall-forward accessories, has been awarded an FAA STC that the company claims will permanently prevent leading-edge sk

New York investment firm Global Technology Investment and construction firm Punj Lloyd have each bought a 33-percent share in Airworks India.

Associated Air Center, a division of Landmark Aviation based in Dallas, delivered its ninth Airbus Corporate Jetliner in November and has four more in back

Hong Kong aircraft charter and management company C Jet will be looking for completion centers.

Exhibit space for Aircraft Interiors Expo 2008, held in Hamburg, Germany, “has virtually sold out,” according to event organizer Reed Exhibitions.

Innotech Aviation of Montreal has begun construction of its new twin-bay aircraft paint facility at Pierre Trudeau International Airport in Dorval.

Millennium Concepts of Wichita, a specialist at development and certification of aircraft interiors, has been selected by Gore Design Completions of San An

Buyers of an executive version of the new Airbus A350XWB will have the option of selecting the electrochromic (or “smart windows”) technology from PPG.

Lufthansa Technik has signed a contract to do its first cabin completion on an executive version of the new Boeing 747-8.

•  Congress enjoyed a recess for the Thanksgiving holiday period, but not all members of the Senate availed themselves of the break.

Following the release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study of aviation runway and ramp safety, several members of Congress called on the FAA t

UK aerospace and defense firm Cobham’s decision to buy autopilot maker S-Tec from Meggitt for $38 million could signal the emergence of a revitalized compe

With total sales expected to hit nearly $200 billion by the end of last year and a backlog of $360 billion, the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) sees

Last month Congress passed and President Bush signed legislation that raises the mandatory retirement age for U.S.

Even with a new hangar dedicated to cabin outfitting of its Falcon 7X, French aircraft manufacturer Dassault is not meeting scheduled delivery dates for th

As a new year begins, AIN’s editors reflect on the past year and the people and events that shaped the industry and filled these pages.

“If I talk to ten people, I get ten different versions of what they believe an SMS [Safety Management System] is,” FAA associate administrator of aviation

General aviation groups got in under the wire last month in commenting on proposed new rules for general aviation aircraft traversing U.S.

As the holidays approached, the likelihood of any action on the FAA budget dimmed considerably when lawmakers carved a provision to increase the mandatory