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Charter & Fractional

Europeans frustrated by DOT access restrictions

European charter operators are expressing increasing frustration about what they have come to regard as anti-competitive restrictions on their ability to f
Safety

Safety Standdown celebrates 10 years

Bombardier Aerospace earlier this month kicked off its 10th annual Safety Standdown in Wichita.
Aircraft

Orders for Phenoms build

One year after Embraer announced that it was jumping into the VLJ and light jet markets with a capital commitment of more than $200 million, the company ha

Business jet accident rate trends upward in first half

Despite a rash of accidents in June involving U.S.-registered turbine business airplanes, there were fewer fatalities in the first six months of this year
Aircraft

Second Grob SPn prototype takes to skies over Germany

Less than a year from its planned service entry next September, the all-composite Grob SPn light jet is preparing to make a serious push on the North Ameri

Attendees, exhibitors flock to NBAA for record-setting show

Enormous banners that hung from the façade of the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando last month proclaimed the NBAA Convention offered “A year’s wo
Cabin Interior and Electronics

ICG’s Aerocom telephone system can do it all

International Communications Group (Booth No.
Regulations and Government

Debate continues: will small jets overburden FAA resources?

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Transportation Department Inspector General are questioning whether the FAA’s safety inspectors and air

Forecasts predict boom for bizav

Honeywell Aerospace and Rolls-Royce each expects the world’s business jet OEMs to set a new delivery record next year and establish a strong precedent for
Aircraft

Honeywell’s TFE731-50 to power Hawker 900XP

Honeywell’s turbine engine folks are poised for show and tell about something new from something old–the time-tested TFE731 turbofan family–and something a
Charter & Fractional

NetJets’ labor practices challenged in Europe

Scara, a French association of leisure and executive air charter operators, is urging CRPN, the French crew retirement fund that collects contributions fro
Regulations and Government

Europe pushescommercialE-IMC to 2010

More than 15 years after the publication of initial proposals, commercial single-engine operations under instrument meteorological conditions (SE-IMC) coul
Aircraft

Despite crash of prototype, Spectrum forges ahead on VLJ

Spectrum Aeronautical (Booth No.
Aircraft

Cessna says the CJ4 is family’s fastest yet

Cessna’s Citation CJ4 isn’t just another derivative of the CitationJet family–it is a clean-sheet design that incorporates some of the best features found
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Aircraft

The ‘Little Jet That Could’ Just Became the Jet That Did

Eclipse Aviation received FAA type certification for the Eclipse 500 on September 30, becoming the second very light jet manufacturer to achieve the milest
Maintenance and Modifications

Harrods supersizes at London Luton

Harrods Aviation at London Luton Airport is preparing to relocate to much larger premises by next summer.
ATC

Air Routing keeping tabs on gridlock

Air Routing International (ARI) of Houston has introduced a new service for U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Stop by JSSI’s booth, win a Mini

NBAA Convention visitors have until 5 p.m.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Will pilots flip for the Flipper?

It’s called the Flipper, and for good reason.
Avionics

Movers & Shakers: AirCell dreams of a broadband revolution

In the months since AirCell won an FCC frequency-spectrum auction to provide wireless broadband connectivity to airplanes flying high above the continental
Regulations and Government

Age 60 rule comes under new scrutiny

With the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) poised to raise the age limit for commercial pilots to 65 effective November 23, the FAA has conv
Regulations and Government

Sentences Handed Down for Errant Pilots

Former Flight Options pilot Franklin Rodriguez last month was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison after pleading guilty last May to smuggling into the U.S.

Wind Farm Effect on ATC Radar Studied

A Defense Department study published recently said that under the right circumstances windmill farms used to generate electricity have the potential to deg

Special Olympics Airlift wins Ueltschi award

NBAA this year is introducing the Albert Ueltschi Award, created to honor individuals and groups in business aviation who support humanitarian causes.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Start-up Has Orders for 151 VLJs

Connecticut-based Magnum Jet confirmed an order placed several months ago with Adam Aircraft for 101 A700 very light jets (VLJ) for planned management and
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Lineage 1000 Interior Providers Chosen

Embraer selected UK-based Priestman Goode to design the interior of the Lineage 1000, the ultra-large executive jet the Brazilian OEM launched in May.
Training and Workforce

Caravan Safety Course To Be Mandated

Cessna’s cessnaelearning.com Web site now offers a Caravan cold-weather operatio

Industry Perspective: Brazilian manufacture's ambitions center on full family of business jets

When Embraer decided to enter the business jet market after the successful launch of a family of regional airliners in the 1990s, the company’s chief execu

Industry Perspective: With Mustang type certificate in hand, Cessna shifts focus to swept-wing CJ4

It was always going to be a close race, but in the end Cessna became the first manufacturer to obtain full FAA certification of a very light jet (VLJ), the