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For airplanes–some airplanes at least–30 years is just another birthday to precede many more

Gulfstream Aerospace parent company General Dynamics has agreed to pay approximately $2.25 billion to buy Jet Aviation from the Permira Funds private-equit

Boeing today presented what it called its best and final contract offer to its approximately 27,000 employees represented by the International Association

The news that General Dynamics is planning to purchase Jet Aviation for $2.25 billion doesn’t affect the latter’s plans to open a new $6.9 million Midcoast

In a unique contractual situation, Jet Aviation handled ground operations for two FBOs at Beijing Capital International Airport during the just-concluded O

The volume of business aircraft arrivals for the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week has been less than predicted, Denver-area FBOs serving

In UBS Investment Research’s business jet update released on Tuesday, industry analyst David Strauss noted that U.S.

Thirty-eight months after Sikorsky’s formal announcement of the X2 “technology demonstrator,” the compound helicopter made its first flight yesterday at th

The FAA issued a new Airworthiness Directive today that warns of a failure by the flight guidance control system (FGCS) in certain Embraer E170s and E190s

The FAA has updated guidance provided to field inspectors on how to determine the recommended form of approval for aircraft alterations.

According to the FBI, federal laws against tampering with aircraft do not apply to the bizarre situation that occurred at Chicago O’Hare Airport on August

PMA manufacturers might have a harder time exporting their civilian aircraft parts due to a new International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) rule issue

Nit Subramaniam has joined BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul as director of technical process improvement.

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) has launched a counterfeit parts “integrated project team” to create standards for government and industry to re

India’s Kingfisher Airlines announced it will launch its first international service on September 3 between Bangalore and London Heathrow Airport.

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) said a survey it recently completed quantifies aircraft operators’ costs of inconsistent FAA regulatory

Gulfstream pilots flying in Europe with the Kollsman enhanced-vision system (EVS) are now permitted to descend below published instrument approach minimums

In response to the FAA’s decision last week to reduce the number of hourly slots availa

The FAA and Pratt & Whitney Canada believe they have found the cause of three high-altitude double engine flameouts on Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-5-power

Business aircraft maintenance, modification and completions firm Stevens Aviation today delivered the first Lear4Ever–an upgraded Learjet 35–to Dr.

A new “smart” bomb employing three guidance modes is entering service with the UK Royal Air Force.

The U.S.

Continuing production of the C-17 Globemaster airlifter into the next decade now seems assured.

The U.S.

Boeing faces a tough decision, now that the Pentagon has confirmed that bigger is better in the KC-X tanker competition.

Cessna Aircraft yesterday delivered the 100th Citation Mustang at the Independence, Kan.

George Antoniadis, the president and CEO of Alpha Flying’s PlaneSense fractional ownership program, is standing by the company’s order for 25 Grob SPn mids

With a strong vested interest in a revitalized Eclipse Aviation, Eclipse 500 suppliers are walking on eggshells when discussing planned production curbs of

Years after testing an unusually shaped “spiroid” winglet on a Gulfstream II, Aviation Partners remains “intensely interested” in continuing research into

Two weeks before Gulfstream Aerospace unveiled the G650 on March 13, a JP Morgan analyst report said the Savannah, Ga.-based aircraft manufacturer would la