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BCA Looks toward ‘Disciplined’ Recovery

Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) has so far shed about 40 percent of the 4,500 jo
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Aircraft

First Tianjin-built A320 Flies as China Readies for Recovery

The first A320 aircraft assembled outside Europe at the Airbus Final Assembly Line China (FALC) in
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Engines

Engines Running as First 787 Gets Set for Maiden Flight

Boeing took a crucial step toward first flight
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Charter & Fractional

JetSuite Launches Phenom 100 Operation in California

Famed aircraft and spacecraft designer Burt Rutan was the first passenger on a JetSuite-brokered Embraer Phenom 100 Part 135 flight earlier this week to hi
Safety

FAA-Industry Safety Program Needs Work, DOT Says

A recent DOT Inspector General audit of the FAA aviation safety action program (ASAP) said the agency is not realizing the full benefits of the program.

Dassault Seeks 40-percent Fuel Burn Cut by 2020

France-based Dassault is working to have ready for entry into service in 2020 technologies that would reduce Falcon business jet fuel burn by 40 percent fr
Regulations and Government

GA Groups Hail Amendment To Limit TSA

NBAA, EAA, AOPA, GAMA, NATA and the Airports Council International have come together to support an amendment penned by Rep.

UBS: Bizjet Market On Road To Stabilization

UBS Investment Research’s business jet survey released on Tuesday shows that the market index increased to 35 this month, the fourth consecutive move highe

Business jet deliveries back to pre-2007 level

As a result of the slumping global economy, first-quarter business jet deliveries for 2009 paled in comparison to the same period in 2008, according to num
Maintenance and Modifications

BBA Opens Service Centers in South Africa, India

BBA Aviation’s engine repair and overhaul (ERO) group has expanded its international service support network with the opening of field service centers in J
Maintenance and Modifications

Greenwich AeroGroup To Acquire Banner Aerospace

Greenwich AeroGroup has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Banner Aerospace Holding and its aviation subsidiaries.
Maintenance and Modifications

BizJet Begins Its First A318 Elite Completion

BizJet International, Lufthansa Technik’s Tulsa, Okla.-based U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Firms Accredited To Give 2nd Life To Scrapped Aircraft

Salvaged aircraft parts can be a good deal or a dangerous one but members of AFRA–Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association, a non-profit industry association t
Maintenance and Modifications

FSF Weighs in on Foreign Repair Station Performance

Referring to the foreign repair station oversight language in the House FAA reauthorization bill (H.R.915) that passed last Thursday, William Voss, preside
Aircraft

Phenom 100 Gets EASA Approval, New Seats

Embraer’s Phenom 100 entry-level jet received EASA certification in late April.
Aircraft

First Phoenix Exec CRJ Nears Delivery

Dubai-based Project Phoenix planned to deliver its first executive-configured CRJ conversion to owner Ritz Pacific by the end of last month.
Charter & Fractional

Elite Aviation Files Lawsuit against Broker

Van Nuys, Calif.-based Elite Aviation has filed a complaint in the Superior Court of California, Northwest District, accusing charter broker JetCardPlus an
Aircraft

Falcon Demo Aircraft Equipped with EVAS

EVASWorldwide, distributor of the Emergency Vision Assurance System (EVAS), has finalized an agreement with Dassault Falcon to equip all of the manufacture
Aircraft

Citation Mustang Logs 200 Deliveries

Cessna Aircraft last month delivered the 200th Citation Mustang, with the entry-level jet going to Honolulu-based Maritime Air Charters.
Aircraft

HondaJet Program Delayed One Year

Citing global aerospace industry challenges, Honda Aircraft last month announced that it is moving the projected first flight of a production-conforming Ho
Regulations and Government

User fees lose steam with Congress, ATA

Even though the nation’s airlines are playing nice with general aviation over the contentious question of user fees, the Obama Administration has clearly s
Aircraft

EASA, FAA approve 2000LX with winglets

Dassault received EASA certification for its Falcon 2000LX on April 23, followed by FAA certification seven days later.
Regulations and Government

Babbitt Lands Top FAA Job; Obama Names NASA Choice

The Senate on Thursday night confirmed former Air Line Pilots Association president Randy Babbitt as the next FAA Administrator for a five-year term.
Accidents

Banker’s Family Perishes in Brazil King Air Crash

The crash of a Beechcraft King Air 350 on approach to a private airfield near the beach resort of Trancoso in northeast Brazil on Friday killed the airplan
Regulations and Government

HAI Warns About ‘Costly’ Emissions Schemes

With the House Energy and Commerce Committee mulling its 900-plus-page climate change bill, the Helicopter Association International is warning operators t
Rotorcraft

Cessna, Bell Get Export Financing Help

On Thursday, the board of the U.S.
Aircraft

Eclipse Asset Auction One Month Away?

The long-awaited auction of the assets of bankrupt Eclipse Aviation could occur on June 24, according to Mike Press, owner of Eclipse 500 S/N 004 and presi
Regulations and Government

Associations contest FAA’s revocation of Air Trek AOC

The method that the FAA used to shut down air ambulance operator Air Trek of Punta Gorda, Fla., essentially turned into a de facto revocation of the compan
ATC

GAO report: GPS services could deteriorate after 2010

GPS service is in danger of severe erosion, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
Accidents

NTSB scrutinizes pilots in Colgan Q400 crash probe

The pilots of the Colgan Air Bombardier Q400 that crashed on February 12 outside Buffalo, killing 50 people, did not observe the so-called sterile cockpit