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ATR rides wave of turboprop popularity

The UK government has confirmed its intention to extend its existing air passenger duty (APD) to business aircraft users.

Tough cost battles in the market segment where regional airlines and low-cost carriers converge are driving demand

JetEx Flight Support has upgraded its Flight Explorer so that the product’s operations control center can link with FBOs

Mubadala Aerospace and Boeing signed two agreements at the 2011 Dubai Air Show.

clipse Aerospace has received a United Arab Emirates type certificate for its Total Eclipse twin-engine light jet.

The Middle East Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) and Gates & Partners will hold a free one-day seminar at the Dubai Air Show on Wednesday, Nov. 16.

JetEx Flight Support has upgraded its Flight Explorer so that the product’s operations control center can link with FBOs.

Air Arabia has selected the Rockwell Collins dPAVES in-flight entertainment (IFE) system for 44 Airbus A320 aircraft.

Politicians viewing air transport as a soft target are the greatest threat to the air transport industry according to AACO.

At the ERA annual conference in September, SuperJet International CEO Carlo Logli reported a dispatch reliability rate of 96 to 97 percent recorded by SSJ1

The meeting of the key ERA industry affairs advisory group at the association’s assembly in Rome in September featured a long discussion on the EU emission

The ERA assembly in Rome in September proved a high-profile event for Air Nostrum

At a media breakfast hosted by Swiss airline Skywork ahead of the annual conference of the European Regions Airline Association (ERA)

On several fronts Europe’s regional airlines face challenges to achieve parity with larger airlines–which operate larger aircraft and wield more

Despite the deluge of negative news about Europe’s mounting financial crisis,

Having started life mainly focused on the airline sector, Arinc (Booth No.

Aerostructures specialist GKN (Booth No.

Arinc has jumped into the crowded market for wireless Internet access in airline cabins with

EBAA CEO predicts growth in business aviation.

Europe’s regional airlines achieved 7.1 percent passenger growth during the first six months of 2011

The conclusion of delegates at the Business Aviation Europe event at Biggin Hill Airport near London last month (September 14-15) seemed to be that things

Victor, a new UK-based aircraft charter booking and price comparison website that officially opened last month, potentially reduces charter costs by sellin

Victor, a new UK-based aircraft charter booking and price comparison website that officially opened yesterday, claims to be the “biggest revolution in the

Falko, the company formed with the backing of New York-based Fo

After four highly successful years Brian Johnson, the man behind the Isle of Man Aircraft Registry and the island’s first Director of Civil Aviation, leave

The UK Competition Commission last week confirmed that BAA, the UK airports group purchased by Spain’s Ferrovial Group in 2006, must sell London Stansted A

Rolls-Royce has signed a $360 million long-term TotalCare agreement to provide engine support services and enhanced performance kits for the Trent 700 eng