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One of the things that most infuriates Jim Morton when he’s on his job is when he hears ATC telling nearby traffic, “Caution: FAA practice instrument appro

The NTSB’s recently released factual report of the crash on January 24 last year of a privately owned Aero Vodochody L-39 former Czech Republic military je

Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP) has introduced an international regulatory library on DVD and CD-ROM that contains nearly 13,000 pages of aviation main

Gulfstream 100s, Astra SPXs and 1125 Westwinds are the latest business jet models to be the subject of an AD as a result of the FAA’s special certification

Because the final bid for a 44,000-sq-ft paint hangar at Falcon Jet’s Wilmington, Del.

Bombardier Aerospace officially opened last month its Commercial Service Center (CSC) in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada.

In recent weeks, Sens.

The FAA announced a two-year extension of the existing lottery allocation of slot exemptions at New York La Guardia Airport (LGA) until Oct.

Last month, the FAA handed off notam waiver requests to the Transportation Security Administration.

To ensure that FAA’s final selection of technology for its next-generation communications (Nexcom) is the most cost effective, the General Accounting Offic

Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) at Berlin-Schönefeld Airport has successfully completed its first retrofit of a Bombardier Learjet 31A to mee

A developer may convert portions of the former Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock, Texas, into a full-service general aviation airport.

The pilot of the Cessna 402B recip-twin that crashed on takeoff in the Bahamas last year, killing 22-year-old singer and actress Aaliyah, himself and seven

A partial settlement has been reached in the Oct.

In the first half of this year, the U.S.

The Dee Howard Company, created in 1947 and under Chapter 11 protection since mid-February, is now San Antonio Aerospace.

A union leader has accused American Eagle of declaring war on its pilots after the company announced it was transferring 14 regional jets to another airlin

Raytheon Aircraft Co.

Delta Connection regional carriers Atlantic Southeast Airlines and Comair have exercised options for a total of two CRJ200s and one CRJ700 regional jet fro

The first Citation Sovereign production aircraft, S/N 001, completed its first flight June 27, “several weeks ahead of schedule,” according to Cessna Aircr

Gulfstream Aerospace has successfully installed a certified and fully operational Gulfstream Enhanced Vision System (EVS) on an in-service Air Force C-37A

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) will remain off-limits to all forms of general aviation for the foreseeable future.

Swiss International Airlines (formerly Crossair) on May 28 took delivery of the final Embraer ERJ-145 of a firm order for 25, thus completing the first pha

Milwaukee-based Midwest Express regional subsidiary Skyway Airlines will adopt the name Midwest Connect on January 1 as part of a company-wide identity cam

In another unexpected change at the top of an airframe company last month, Oscar Schwenk, president and CEO of Pilatus Aircraft of Stans, Switzerland, abru

The NTSB issued two recommendations to the FAA as a result of its investigation into the March 29, 2001, fatal crash of a chartered Gulfstream III at Aspen

National Air Traffic Controllers Association president John Carr reacted angrily to former DOT inspector general Mary Schiavo’s citing of controller safety

Nav Canada officially opened a new ATC tower at Kelowna International Airport in British Columbia.

Sabreliner has developed a special “slot reservation” RVSM pricing structure for the Sabreliner 65.

As he promised in March, Under Secretary of Transportation Security John Magaw is considering applications for a director of general aviation security.