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Weather, fuel and a curfew were clearly on the minds of pilot Robert Frisbie and copilot Peter Kowalczyk when they took off in a Gulfstream III from LAX fo

Last week the FAA banned pilots and air traffic controllers from taking the anti-smoking medicine Chantix soon after the agency learned the prescription dr

L-3 Avionics late last week received TSO and STC approvals from the FAA for its SmartDeck integrated avionics system.

It was premeditated mass murder, almost flawlessly executed, and civil aircraft were the weapons of choice.

The city of Santa Monica’s latest attempt to prohibit operation of Category C and D jets at Santa Monica (Calif.) Airport (SMO) is on hold again, following

In an e-mail sent by Air Transport Association (ATA) president and CEO James May to airline customers, the ATA cites the heavy influx of business jets to t

Ohio-based Flight Options on Friday closed its maintenance facility at Cleveland Cuyahoga Airport and dismissed about 200 employees, 68 of whom were pilots

In the months since September 11, the insurance industry has taken a beating.

You roll up to an FBO in a multi-million-dollar business jet, and they roll out the red carpet.

With apologies to Mark Twain, recent rumors of the impending demise of the Be-A-Pilot program have been greatly exaggerated.Hal Shevers, founde

FAREWELL TO GUESTS UP FRONT–Jumpseat rides on non-U.S.

Bombardier Aerospace has promoted Peter Edwards to president of its business aircraft unit.

Jonas Weil, 65, moved to ski resort haven Aspen, Colo., seven years ago and has since become totally disenchanted with flying to and from home on the airli

Price Induction, a startup company based in Anglet, France, is studying a 560-lb-thrust high-bypass-ratio turbofan that would establish a new thrust class.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University of Daytona Beach, Fla., and Houston-based aircraft handling agent Air Routing International are preparing an online pr

The temporary reduction in navigation and ATC user charges in Canada came to an end on December 31 in one of several steps Nav Canada is taking to stem a p

After being purchased last year by American Airlines, TWA and its callsign ceased to exist, but not airplanes with its livery.

Beechjet 400/400A pilot training is now available on a new simulator at SimuFlite’s Dallas headquarters.

Raytheon Aircraft and Jet Support Services Inc.

A third super-midsize Continental last month entered flight testing with a 1 hr 53 min flight from Bombardier’s Wichita Flight Test Center.

Cessna has completed RVSM Service Bulletins for the Citation V, S/II and II, and an SB was pending at press time for the Citation I.

The European Commission (EC) has issued revised noise proposals that abandon its earlier demands for a blanket ban on hush-kitted aircraft with mtow of mor

Fairchild Dornier at last month’s NBAA Convention in New Orleans chalked orders for three more Envoy 3s, bringing the order book for the executive-configur

Airport and aircraft operators that are required to have security programs under Parts 107 and 108, respectively, must now include fingerprint-based crimin

Marc Fruchter, 55, who started Fruchter Aviation in 1982 and built it into one of the largest FBOs at Reading Regional (Pa.) Airport, is selling the busine

Westair Aviation, an FBO at Westchester County (N.Y.) Airport since 1950, moved into new facilities and expanded its services.

A total rewrite of Federal Communications Commission Part 87 has been proposed.

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The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) has finished a two-year project to develop International Standards for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-

Revised lower life cycles of certain rotating parts of the CFE738 engines on the Falcon 2000 prompted a proposed AD to require replacement of these parts b