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Former NTSB member Goglia joins PAMA

John Goglia, a former member of the NTSB and an outspoken critic of the effects of poor maintenance on safety, has joined the Professional Aviation Mainten

MedAire joins preferred pricing group

MedAire, the Phoenix-based company that provides medical training and emergency medical assistance, is the newest supplier to join Jet Fleet International
Maintenance and Modifications

Cessna opens new Orlando Citation facility

Cessna’s new and expanded Citation service center in Orlando, Fla., opened for business on June 21.
Regulations and Government

Emergency flight network expanding

Angel Flight Northeast, one of six regional divisions of the national volunteer-pilot program, recently signed an agreement with the Homeland Security Depa
Regulations and Government

New DRVSM documents on FAA web site

The FAA has posted two new documents on its Web site to help business aircraft operators deal with the upcoming January 20 deadline for domestic reduced ve
Regulations and Government

Washington notam called innappropriate

A notam for aircraft flying in the Washington ADIZ that was instigated by an incident last month involving a Kentucky State Police King Air is inappropriat
Aircraft

Learjet 40 receives Canada type approval

Bombardier last month received Transport Canada certification for the Learjet 40, a truncated version of the Learjet 45.
FBOs

Jet Center to replace signature at LGA

Jet Center La Guardia will take over the FBO leasehold at New York La Guardia Airport (LGA) on August 1.
Regulations and Government

Corporate jet deductions in Congress’s crosshairs

Personal use of corporate aircraft is coming under increasing attack by Congress.A bill has been submitted in the House of Representatives that seeks

AIA Seeks More R&D Funding

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) is calling on the Bush Administration to develop a vision for aeronautics similar to the one proposed recently b
Regulations and Government

FAA Backs Far East Bizav

After a journey to the Far East that took them to Singapore, China and Japan, FAA brass returned home carrying amended bilateral aviation safety agreements
Maintenance and Modifications

Strike slows work at Dassault Wilmington

An impasse in negotiations by unionized workers and the Dassault Falcon Jet Wilmington, Del.
FBOs

Read All About It at Jet Aviation

Jet Aviation is now offering clients at its Geneva and Zurich FBOs in Switzerland free, same-day, locally printed issues of more than 180 newspapers from a

Air Chef Changes Rewards Recipe

Air Chef, with its network of caterers now serving more than 80 airports nationwide, has dropped its in-house rewards program in favor of an agreement with

Read All About It at Jet Aviation

Jet Aviation is now offering clients at its Geneva and Zurich FBOs in Switzerland free, same-day, locally printed issues of more than 180 newspapers from a

All Roads Lead to Savoya

Looking for a limo service? Savoya, a Dallas-based “single-point contact for chauffeured services worldwide,” doubled its revenues last year.

Snowbird Alert

East Coast schedulers and dispatchers should be aware that the FAA is anticipating record volumes of air traffic between Florida and the Northeast as sprin

Dispatcher or Scheduler: What’s the Difference?

Kristi Ivey is the flight operations supervisor at the Home Depot Aviation Department at Fulton County Airport in Atlanta.
ATC

FAA expecting more summer gridlock

by Paul LoweHoping to stave off aviation gridlock this summer, the FAA last month summoned 60 participants from major and regional airlines, pilot an
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Gore Design breaks ground for $12.5M completion center

Gore Design Completions, armed with a new contract in hand for a Boeing 767-300ER head-of-state interior and an abiding faith in God, has broken ground for
Aircraft

In the Works: Avocet ProJet

Israel Aircraft Industries of Tel Aviv and Avocet Aircraft of Westport, Conn., are within weeks of finalizing their definitive partnership agreement on the
Aircraft

In the Works: Maverick Jets Leader

Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing (TAM) of Tbilisi, Georgia, in the CIS, in early January terminated its agreement with Maverick Jets of Melbourne, Fla., to c
Aircraft

In the Works: Eviation Vantage

Buying the assets of a bankrupt aviation company is one way to lower the cost of entry into the industry, but it’s still a risky business.
FBOs

Jet Aviation Singapore feels effect of economic recovery

The warm breeze drifting across Singapore Seletar Airport brings a welcome respite from the midday heat in this island nation near the earth’s equator.
Safety

Don’t deflate the value of an onboard life raft

For Michael Smith, the trip from Japan back to the states in a Pilatus PC-12 was intended as simply a little moonlighting, a job he took to make a few extr
Regulations and Government

White House wants to cut NASA’s aerospace funds

While the Aerospace Industries Association calls for more money for aeronautics research and development, the Bush White House wants a NASA budget that wou
ATC

Flexjet joins FAA CDM process

Bombardier Flexjet has become the first nonscheduled operator to successfully transmit real-time flight-intent data to the FAA’s Air Traffic Control System
Regulations and Government

Investigation Uncovers Pilot Medical Frauds

Some 43 pilots in Northern California charged with making false statements on their applications for medical certifications entered plea agreements.
ATC

Public Input Due on Loran’s Future

Comments are due tomorrow on a request for public input to help federal agencies decide if there is a need to continue to operate or invest in the loran-C
Safety

Runway Safety Forum Offers No ’Silver Bullet’

Thirty years after the worst runway collision in aviation history, an NTSB forum on runway incursions spotlighted some promising technology but offered no