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Mesa countersues Hawaiian

In what promises to unfold as another controversial chapter in Jonathan Ornstein’s colorful tenure as CEO of Mesa Air Group, the Phoenix-based regional car
Aircraft

Hawker 800 Winglet price increased

The installed price of Aviation Partners blended winglets for the Hawker 800 increased on March 1 by 7.6 percent– from $395,000 to $425,000.

Pilatus and ExecuJet Aviation part ways

South Africa-based ExecuJet Aviation last month decided to end its relationship with Pilatus with respect to representing the PC-12.
Charter & Fractional

Club Airways flies show shuttle

European scheduled business aircraft service Club Airways International is providing a daily round-trip connection between the Swiss cities of Geneva and B
FBOs

Signature Expands Presence at Paris Le Bourget

Signature Flight Support has announced the purchase of Le Terminal building at Le Bourget, giving the world’s largest FBO chain and distribution network fo
FBOs

South Dakota FBO adds hangar space

Business Aviation Services has added a 28,000-sq-ft heated hangar to its FBO at Joe Foss Field in Sioux Falls, Idaho.
FBOs

Firms wrangle over Le Bourget FBO deal

European business aviation service companies Flying Group and Euralair are squaring off for a legal battle over a proposed takeover that appears to have go
Aircraft

FAA to examine aging GA aircraft fleet

An FAA meeting on March 22 and 23 in Kansas City, Mo., will address continued airworthiness of the U.S.
Airports

Noise abatement plan proposed for MDT

The FAA is reviewing a proposed noise-compatibility program for Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) in Pennsylvania.
Aircraft

Farnborough F1 gets its wings

The saga between Farnborough Aircraft and Epic Aircraft parent Aircraft Investor Resources (AIR) continues.
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Regulations and Government

Proposed FAA budget leaves little funding for small airports

The Bush Administration rolled out its FY2007 budget plan early last month, calling for $13.75 billion for the FAA–down from the $14.31 billion for this fi
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Aircraft

Learjet 40XR enters service

As the launch customer for the new Learjet 40XR, Bombardier Flexjet announced the induction of the first three of the new type into the fractional provider
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Regulations and Government

Cabotage, Then and Now

The practice of cabotage has its origins in early Portuguese history, in a time when Spanish ships sailing between northern and southern Spain would stop a
Regulations and Government

Cabotage rules in Canada require special attention

For hundreds and maybe thousands of years, countries have sought to protect the transport trade within their borders from what they perceive as unfair comp
ATC

FAA mulls user input on permanent ADIZ

The comment period on the proposal to transform the Washington, D.C., air defense identification zone (ADIZ)–which covers 3,700 sq mi that closely follow t

Euroflight closing raises union ire

Euroflight, IBM’s European corporate flight department, will shut down by mid-year, resulting in the sale of its two Dassault Falcon 2000s despite their ea
Regulations and Government

FAA gets earful from NTSB

The NTSB last month issued a scathing report highly critical of the FAA and the transport-helicopter industry for not embracing flight data recorders (FDRs
Regulations and Government

NTSB urges TAWS requirement for helos

The NTSB has recommended to the FAA that all U.S.-registered turbine helicopters certified to carry at least six passengers be required to have terrain awa
FBOs

Signature adds another facility in California

Signature Flight Support added another FBO to its U.S.
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options pilots vote for union backing

Last month the Flight Options pilots overwhelmingly voted for union representation under International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Local 1108.
ATC

Contract talks continue between FAA, controllers

With the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) overseeing contract talks between the FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (
Charter & Fractional

Scheeringa takes Flight Options helm

Several executive changes at Flight Options have followed in the wake of Raytheon’s full acquisition of the Cleveland-based fractional provider in late Dec
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Rotorcraft

MD Helicopters Puts Words into Action

In response to recommendations of the joint industry/ government International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST), MD Helicopters will include as standard equip
ATC

UK and Spain plan joint ATC system

The two companies that run ATC in Britain and Spain last month launched a joint-venture company to develop a new air traffic management system for both cou
Regulations and Government

FAA Certifies Ae270 Turboprop

The FAA recently issued the type certificate for the Ibis Aerospace Ae270 turboprop single to Aero Vodochody, the Czech partner in the joint venture with T
Charter & Fractional

EJM Charter Revenue Exceeded $32 Million

Executive Jet Management (EJM) said it generated more than $32 million in charter revenue last year for its managed aircraft owners.
Charter & Fractional

UK Operator Wants Mustangs Early

London Executive Aviation is pushing Cessna to get early delivery of the first of seven Citation Mustangs it has ordered.
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier names U.S. service firm

Bombardier Aerospace last month named Landmark Aviation its first authorized service facility in the U.S.
Regulations and Government

St. Louis Class-B Revisions Go into Effect

Modifications to the St.
Aircraft

Dassault feeling the heat

Responding to Dassault’s claim that an “unanticipated request by the FAA” had prompted a redesign of the Falcon 7X bleed-air system (see page 58), the FAA