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The companies have deployed new VHF air-ground stations to cover the airspace at Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne airports.

The optional interfaces let pilots overlay nav waypoint data with precipitation, lightning and traffic information.

In the aftermath of 9/11, the number-one priority quickly became answering “How did it happen?” and “How do we stop it from happening again?”

Gil Wolin, vice president of corporate communications for TAG Aviation USA, posed this question at a recent seminar in New York.

CharterAuction, the Quincy, Mass.-based online charter broker that claims to have “the industry’s largest empty-leg database,” will now assist Phoenix-base

Continuing a trend, several Part 135 operators recently announced partnership agreements with others in the travel industry.

Delta AirElite, the business aircraft charter division of Delta Air Lines, this summer introduced a revenue guarantee for aircraft owners who are accepted

NBAA last month announced the release of “The Aircraft Charter Consumer Guide,” a free eight-page publication available in printed form and downloadable as

Options, awareness, acceptance, security, time, the economy and the hassles of airline travel are contributing to a buoyant U.S.

Although the FAA is not yet advocating new taxes or user fees, the agency continues to emphasize that it needs a consistent, stable revenue stream that is

Before it adjourned for its summer recess, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to authorize an extra $1.3 billion for NASA over the next two

Despite the precariousness of the legacy airlines and their pension plans, their pilots still narrowly support the FAA’s mandatory age-60 retirement rule f

A supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking modifies previously proposed (Nov.

Macquarie Infrastructure, a New York subsidiary of Australia-based Macquarie Bank, completed its $58.2 million purchase of Las Vegas Executive Terminal.

Seven industry trade groups are asking the FAA to delay by six months the effective date–currently September 2–of new flammability requirements for aircraf

Rules that enable qualified general aviation operators to resume flights into and out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) went into effect l

Pilots will have several more months to comply with the new second-in-command (SIC) type rating rule.

The FAA said its notice sent last month to tower controllers to review the taxi into position and hold (TIPH) procedure is not intended to end the practice

Raytheon Aircraft has received an STC from the European Aviation Safety Agency approving the Hawker 400XP (crewed by suitably qualified pilots) to fly the

While many in general aviation were seeking to modify or eliminate the much-loathed Washington air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the FAA executed a 1

On Sunday, CJ Systems bought 10 Eurocopters, and yesterday it signed for 10 Bell 429s, with an option for 10 more.

Altair Avionics (Booth No.

Meeker Aviation, a manufacturer of FLIR camera and searchlight mounts, has unveiled at Heli-Expo its latest product, the multiple-payload cabin step for th

As unveilings go, it wasn’t in the quite same category as Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction.” But on the other hand, displaying a new engine cowling is

Switlik Parachute has been awarded a contract by the U.S.

GE Aircraft Engines recognized Columbia Helicopters for achieving 1.2 million flight hours on CT58 engines with a presentation in the GE booth (No.

Aviall, the aftermarket supply-chain management services company, has announced agreements with Rolls-Royce and Keystone Helicopter to support select milit

Composite Technology, Inc.

AgustaWestland (Booth No.

The Minnesota State Police took delivery of a new Bell 407 at a Heli-Expo ceremony on Sunday.