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FBOs

Gestair’s Growth Is Taking Off

Madrid-based Gestair Private Aviation (Booth No.

CommutAir shedding aircraft, employees

Plattsburgh, N.Y.-based CommutAir has notified its employees that it will return 12 of its remaining 26 leased Beech 1900D turboprops to Raytheon Aircraft
Maintenance and Modifications

Repair stations gain ground in Part 145 battle

A last-ditch campaign to have the FAA modify its final rule revising FAR Part 145 appears to have paid off for several aviation maintenance trade associati
Airports

Judge set to decide Van Nuys noise dispute

Following a three-day trial without jury in mid-July, a federal district court judge in Southern California was set to decide a lawsuit filed by NBAA, the

Lucent flight department takes hit

Financially troubled Lucent Technologies, which has announced total workforce reductions of nearly 40,000 since January, is also planning a dramatic restru
Aircraft

Century Jet grounded

Alliance Aerospace, the manufacturing facility in Macon, Ga., that was to continue development of the entry-level Century Jet while simultaneously performi
FBOs

Edsel Ford may buy DaimlerChrysler Aviation

DaimlerChrysler Aviation, which has been on the sales block for several months, is believed to be in acquisition negotiations with Edsel Ford II, according
Regulations and Government

Commentary: Duty and flight time limitations

Now, after being somewhat dormant on the subject for a number of years, the Federal Aviation Administration has expressed concern about airline pilot duty

Business aircraft deliveries set record

Worldwide shipments of business aircraft in the first six months of the year set a record as the industry’s best first half ever.
Charter & Fractional

VistaJet Unveils New Flight Solutions Program

Switzerland’s VistaJet today launched its so-called Flight Solutions Program, on which it hopes to pin much of its planned expansion into the Asia-Pacific
Charter & Fractional

XOJet Plans Abu Dhabi Joint Venture

XOJet, the San Carlos, Calif.-based on-demand charter company with a fleet of Cessna Citation Xs, said today at EBACE that it has secured $2.46 billion in
Aircraft

Dassault Launches Leggier, Wingletted Falcon 900

Dassault today introduced the Falcon 900LX, a new version of the large business jet that features 4,800-nm NBAA IFR range thanks to the addition of winglet
Charter & Fractional

Frax regulations emerge as NPRM, comments due

After an arduous trip through the federal bureaucratic processes, the FAA published its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for FAR Part 91 Subpart K last

Rolls-Royce Forecasts Steady Bizjet Growth

In its latest business jet forecast, released today at EBACE, Rolls-Royce predicts demand for 39,000 new aircraft, ranging from very light jets to bizliner
Aircraft

Hawker Beechcraft Premieres the Premier II at EBACE

This afternoon at EBACE Hawker Beechcraft announced the $7.365 million (2010 $) Premier II, a long-awaited performance-enhanced version of the Premier IA.
Aircraft

Dassault rolls out first 2000EX, sans fanfare

Dassault’s rollout on July 19 of the first Falcon 2000EX was a relatively quiet event, with little more than the weather to provide any semblance of drama.
Engines

Honeywell mulls lawsuit after GE merger blowout

In the fallout from the failed merger of General Electric and Honeywell, Honeywell’s board of directors last month huddled to contemplate whether the compa

Raytheon's financial woes lead to executive shuffle

One of the most thorough corporate management shakeups in recent memory has left Raytheon Aircraft Co.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Double bird-strike ends in aborted takeoff

CANADAIR CL-600-2B19, DULLES AIRPORT, VA., MARCH 9, 2002–Shortly after 10 a.m.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Mid-air collision kills one

PILATUS UV-20A, MARANA, ARIZ., MARCH 15, 2002–A U.S.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Cessna 425 breaks up in flight

CESSNA 425, SAN JOSE, CALIF., MARCH 6, 2002–“Just lost my needle…give me…” was the last transmission controllers heard from the pilot of a
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Lightning strike damages Embraer

EMBRAER EMB-145LR, CHESTER, MASS., MARCH 26, 2002–FAA inspectors found a “baseball size” hole in the left elevator of a Chautauqua Airline
Accidents

Final Report: Failed ILS approach kills N.J. legislator and family

MITSUBISHI MU-2B-26A, EDGARTOWN, MASS., OCT.
Airports

DOT and local paper support PA. airports

Sometimes it’s tough to know where your friends are.
FBOs

Phillips 66 celebrates 75 years of aviation fueling

In 1927, Oklahoma oilman Frank Phillips became enamored of aviation and put his money and his energy where his heart was.
FBOs

SLJC absorbs Hudson General

Following a deal that was more than two years in the making, Salt Lake jetCenter (SLJC) has acquired the former Hudson General assets leasehold and facilit
FBOs

New spill recovery vacuum unveiled

Ascent Technologies of Parish, N.Y., has a new product for sucking up spilled fluids from aircraft, ground vehicles and de-icers.
Airports

Proposal bans Stage 2 night ops at Palwaukee

Part 150 (airport noise-compatibility planning) study recommendations for Palwaukee Municipal Airport (PWK) in Wheeling, Ill., were recently accepted by th
Airports

Touching Bases: Waukesha Airport taking greater strides

“Since the improvements, we have clearly become Milwaukee’s third airport,” said John Lotzer, owner of Waukesha (Wis.) Flying Services.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: May 2002

Congress took its own spring break, leaving March 21 to 23 and returning the second week of last month.