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The current standard-industry fare level (SIFL) rates (per mile) in effect through December 31 are: 0 to 500 mi–$0.2017; 501 to 1,500 mi–$0.1538; and more

A Mitsubishi MU-2 (N1VY, registered to Bankair) crashed August 1 at 7:51 a.m., about 10 min after taking off from Savannah (Ga.) International Airport on a

All three people were killed August 4 aboard a German-registered cargo-configured Falcon 20 when it hit a 700-ft mountain about 4.5 mi from Greenland’s Nar

BBA Group, parent company of Signature Flight Support FBOs and the Dallas Airmotive maintenance center, has acquired Barrett Turbine Engine Company.

A certification program to attest to the skills and knowledge of flight department personnel won approval from the NBAA board of directors, and the associa

The pilot and four passengers were injured when their King Air 200 crashed on the third attempt to land in IMC at Kaolin Field (OKZ) in Sandersville, Ga.,

A Kansas District Court judge has dismissed a complaint by a pilot against fractional ownership operator Raytheon Travel Air.

Component repair company Heico Corp.

The pilot hiring rate this year by fractional ownership operators is slightly lower than last year’s rates, according to figures compiled by AIR Inc.

Operators now have until October 12 to comment on the FAA’s proposed long-term solutions to the congestion and delay problems at New York La Guardia Airpor

Next month, Greece’s new Athens International Airport is expected to send final bid requests to five or six shortlisted candidates to build and operate an

As part of research activities under the NASA/FAA Joint Universities Program, the MIT International Center for Air Transportation is investigating factors

Sino Swearingen, developer of the SJ30-2 business jet, and Spain’s Gamesa Aeronautica are suing each other over an alleged breach of contract.

The FAA has issued a final rule that continues overflight fees but reduces the amount of them.

Rifton Aviation Services, an FBO at Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, N.Y., has received FAR Part 135 authority to conduct U.S.

Parker Hannifin announced a guaranteed cost-per-brake-landing (CPBL) program for Pilatus PC-12s equipped with new Cleveland brakes.

The maintenance division of Denmark-based ExecuJet Scandinavia has received JAR 145 approval, enabling the company to service aircraft registered to any na

With the Raytheon Hawker Horizon and Bombardier Continental making their first flights within three days of each other in Wichita last month, development i

For years, the marketers of the Emergency Vision Assurance System (EVAS) have been asking the FAA to require the product.

Aviation Partners expects to obtain an STC early this month on its blended winglets for the Hawker 800 series.

UltraJet, a membership-based charter company, has ordered 105 ProJets, the proposed very light twinjet from Westport, Conn.-based startup Avocet Aircraft,

Mercury Air Centers in conjunction with GE Capital Financial and Aviation Logistics (Avlog) introduced last month a MasterCard purchasing program specifica

Aviation Partners said 30 hr of initial flight testing of its winglets installed on a Hawker 800 (designated the 800SP) has verified a 7-percent reduction

Farnborough Aircraft’s struggling turboprop-single program has received the backing of former Rolls-Royce chairman Sir Ralph Robins and the ex-CEO of BAE S

The second of three conforming Sino-Swearingen SJ30-2 light jets joined the flight-test program on October 17.

In contrast to its primary competitors, Raytheon Aircraft posted an increase in deliveries of its turbine business airplanes.

Gulfstream reported delivering 19 jets in the third quarter, two more than the same period last year.

French manufacturer Dassault delivered 10 Falcons in the third quarter, compared with 18 in the same period last year.

Cessna Aircraft delivered 42 Citations in the third quarter, compared with 74 in the same period last year, bringing nine-month delivery totals this year t

Operators of U.S.-registered CitationJets must disengage the pitch-trim/ autopilot circuit breakers to prevent runaway pitch trim, a condition that has led