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Gulfstream G500/G550 Get New Zealand Nod

Gulfstream Aerospace has received type certificate validation from the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand for the Gulfstream G500 and G550, allowing

Small/Midsize Company Bizav Use Study To Be Released

Nexa Advisors and NBAA are working on a new study examining the value of business aviation to small and midsize companies.

Eurocopter Reveals X3 Compound Helo Demonstrator

Eurocopter yesterday unveiled the X3 (“x cube”) demonstrator, a compound helicopter with a 220-knot cruise speed.
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Charter & Fractional

Platinum Jet Pilot Pleads Guilty, Trial Set for Others

Francis Vieira, a former contract pilot of now-defunct Platinum Jet Management, pleaded guilty yesterday to “conspiring to defraud charter customers and br

Bizav Infrastructure Taking Root in Taiwan

Taiwan’s air force is giving a ­hangar at Taipei Songshan ­Airport to the Civil Aeronautics Administration for use as the Asian country’s first business

Hawker Beech Laying Off Another 350 Workers

“While there are pockets of growth in the global economy, the market for new production aircraft has stagnated at a very low level,” Hawker Beechcraft chai
ATC

Airport Congestion Likely for EU VLJs

The latest Eurocontrol traffic projections suggest that capacity constraints for the anticipated growing numbers of very light jets (VLJs) will be at air
ATC

NextGen Challenges Top RTCA Symposium Agenda

Presenters at an RTCA symposium in Washington, D.C., last week warned that the FAA’s ambitious NextGen overhaul of the ATC system in the U.S.

UBS: Bizjet Market Weakening

The business jet market index from UBS Investment Research last month fell a further 8 percent, to 37, the second consecutive decrease and below the thre

Gulfstream Names New Vice presidents

Gulfstream Aerospace promoted Greg Collett to v-p of initial phase operations and Austin Shontz to v-p of final phase operations.
Accidents

Phenom 100 Brakes Face Scrutiny

The NTSB is investigating a September 10 incident in which an Embraer Phenom 100 suffered minor damage upon landing in Brenham, Texas.

Air Nostrum does its homework, reaps rewards

Following the recent worldwide financial crisis and recession, regional airline services in Europe are set to change as operators move to introduce bigger

Regionals struggle to recover from April’s volcanic fallout

One of the primary responsibilities of the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) is to do “everything possible to ensure that things do not get worse
FBOs

FBO cuts ribbon at Westhampton Beach, N.Y.

After years of wrangling, SheltAir Aviation Services has opened its new FBO at Francis S.
FBOs

Grand opening for Million Air SBD

Million Air’s newest franchise FBO at San Bernardino International Airport in Southern California held a grand opening ceremony on August 6.
FBOs

Castle & Cooke offers Chevron

The Van Nuys, Calif., Castle & Cooke base partnered with The Hiller Group to become a dealer for Chevron aviation fuel.
FBOs

Signature SFO cuts the ribbon

Signature Flight Support's San Francisco FBO celebrated its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold certification by the U.S.
FBOs

Spain's Assistair records growth

Spanish FBO group Assistair Business Aviation Handling saw 10-percent growth in traffic levels in the first six months, compared with the same period las
Airports

London Oxford preps for olympics

London Oxford Airport has begun work to add 4.4 acres of high-strength ramp space and is resurfacing another 1.2 acres of ramp, which will double parking
Airports

Construction starts at Austin Executive

The dirt is flying as construction of the new Austin Executive Airport in ­Texas began in late July.
Airports

TSA adds DCA gateways

The Transportation Security ­Administration has added two more airports to the list of gateway airports for flights to Ronald Reagan Washington National
FBOs

Atlantic hosts pink-tie ball

Atlantic Aviation donated hangar space at its John Wayne Airport FBO in Southern California for the Susan G.
FBOs

Danbury FBO offers incentives for fuel purchases

Business Aircraft Center at Danbury Airport in Connecticut is offering fuel-purchase incentives in the form of American Express gift cards.

Cessna Lowering Citation Production

Just three days after union production-line workers at Cessna Aircraft were forced by default to accept a new contract (see article on page 10), the Wich
Regulations and Government

Bonus Depreciation Passes House, Senate

General aviation groups hailed the passage late last month of a bonus depreciation bill, H.R.5297, that will allow for accelerated depreciation of business
FBOs

Hiller adds FBOs to Phillips 66

Phillips 66 fuel distributor The Hiller Group has signed two municipal airports as Phillips 66 fuel dealers, Alexander Field South Wood County Airport in
Sustainability and Environment

NATA holding line and FBO training

On October 6 to 7, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) is holding its line service supervisor training seminar in Fort Lauderdale.
FBOs

TAC Air blue grass FBO opens

Tac Air cut the ribbon on its new 12,000-sq-ft executive terminal and 45,000-sq-ft hangar at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Ky., on July 28.
FBOs

Salinas adds new FBO

Reno-based FBO and charter operator Jet West took over the former Air Trails FBO at Salinas Municipal Airport in central California last year and remodel
FBOs

FLTPLAN.COM adds map

Online flight planning service Fltplan.com now offers interactive IFR en route and sectional charts.