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Former Flight Options pilot Franklin Rodriguez last month was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison after pleading guilty last May to smuggling into the U.S.

A Defense Department study published recently said that under the right circumstances windmill farms used to generate electricity have the potential to deg

Connecticut-based Magnum Jet confirmed an order placed several months ago with Adam Aircraft for 101 A700 very light jets (VLJ) for planned management and

Embraer selected UK-based Priestman Goode to design the interior of the Lineage 1000, the ultra-large executive jet the Brazilian OEM launched in May.

Cessna’s cessnaelearning.com Web site now offers a Caravan cold-weather operatio

For the fourth consecutive year readers gave Gulfstream the highest marks for both newer business jets (less than 10 years old) and older business jets (10

Business jets were involved in 18 nonfatal accidents and three fatal accidents during the first nine months of this year, compared with 16 nonfatal acciden

Buyers of Embraer business jets can now use the Multi Service Affinity card for purchases at airports and FBOs around the world.

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Northwest Airlines last month split an order for 72 regional jets between Embraer and Bombardier.

Northwest Airlines won approval from the DOT in late September to launch Compass Airlines, a new wholly owned regional subsidiary to which Northwest plans

Swiss firm Aviace is suing Eclipse Aviation of Albuquerque, N.M., for alleged breach of contract over its refusal to deliver the first of 112 Eclipse 500 v

BLR Aerospace of Everett, Wash., received an STC for winglets on the King Air 300.

Gulfstream reported that its Quiet Spike sonic-boom mitigator successfully achieved supersonic flight on October 20.

Italy’s Piaggio Aero Industries, builder of the Avanti II turboprop twin, last month signed an agreement with Pratt & Whitney Canada to acquire 25 percent

CitationShares launched a program–Citelines–that it says offers “payment predictability, customized program options and cost savings never before seen in t

UK maintenance provider Jet Engineering and Technical Support (Jets) has received European Aviation Safety Agency approval to support Raytheon Aircraft’s P

Comair reached concessionary labor agreements with its mechanics and flight attendants late last month, but at press time a deal with its pilots continued

Quiet Technology Aerospace reports it recently installed its 45th Gulfstream Stage 3 hush kit.

Three twin-turboprop accidents within four days of each other last month claimed the lives of all 13 aboard.

The union representing the pilots of SkyWest Airlines regional airline subsidiary Atlantic Southeast Airlines on October 13 began picketing the long-time u

In an unusual request, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) last month filed a petition with the FAA asking permission to operate without a rotati

UK aircraft maker Britten-Norman has reached a pay settlement with members of the Amicus trade union.

Thunder Aviation in Chesterfield, Mo., recently won a group RVSM STC for Falcon 10s equipped with the Collins AP-105 autopilot.

Wichita-based LJSC has received group certification for RVSM on the Learjet 24 and 25.

An infrared de-icing system is scheduled to be operational late this winter at New York John F.

The Defense Department will remove its flight information publications, digital aeronautical flight information file and related aeronautical charts and pu

Everyone in the industry knows that new and used business aircraft sales, prices and inventories generally follow the overall economy.

Most of more than 35 respondents supported the FAA’s notice of proposed rulemaking–as is or with a few changes–to permit pilots serving as second-in-comman

Gulfstream Aerospace’s European service center at London Luton Airport has received Part 145 approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).