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New British International resumes offshore oil ops

It was bound to happen eventually.
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Aircraft

Renovation Hardware

In medicine it goes by various names: restorative surgery, cosmetic surgery, transplant surgery.
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Rotorcraft

NYC Schedule Takes Off

US Helicopter’s (USH) scheduled service between Manhattan’s Wall Street heliport and JFK Airport carried 335 passengers during its first week of operation.
Rotorcraft

Taylor Adds EC 145 to Fleet

A Eurocopter EC 145 will be introduced to Gulf of Mexico operations by Taylor Energy, a New Orleans-based independent oil and gas production company.
Rotorcraft

Keystone Takes on Sikorsky Production

Keystone Helicopter is seeking an FAA production certificate to manufacture the S-76 and S-92 at its Coatesville, Pa.
Rotorcraft

African Nation Goes Rotary

The southern African state of Botswana wants to acquire four helicopters for a new law-enforcement unit.
Rotorcraft

GNSS helo approaches under study in Europe

No GPS-based IFR approach has been designed yet for commercial or parapublic helicopter operations in Europe.
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MidAtlantic Closes for Good

US Airways plans to transfer the last of the assets of MidAtlantic Airways to Republic Airways on May 28, marking an inauspicious end to what once formed t

Compass Plan Hinges on May 3 Vote

Northwest Airlines’ plans for a new regional subsidiary all hinge upon a May 3 tally of votes cast by its pilots on a new tentative contract that would all

Go! To Launch June 9

Jonathan Ornstein’s mission to sink at least one of Hawaii’s two major airlines officially begins June 9, when Mesa Air Group’s new Go! subsidiary starts f
Aircraft

Chautauqua To Fly RJs for Continental

Continental Airlines last month accepted a bid from Indianapolis-based Chautauqua Airlines to fly at least 69 regional jets slated for withdrawal from its

RAA Convention 2006: CRJ fires traced to change in terminal insulation material

A subtle change in the material used in an electrical component caused seven fires in Bombardier CRJs, according to an NTSB recommendation released on Marc
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RAA Convention 2006: RAA hurries to wait for word on FAA’s funding proposal

Like most segments of the aviation industry, regional airlines have cast their collective eyes on topic number one of late–how to finance the FAA.

RAA Convention 2006: Embraer 195 approval will mark end of one era and beginning of another

Although it will mark the formal market introduction of the last and largest E-Jet, the scheduled July certification of the 108-seat Embraer 195 by no mean
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RAA Convention 2006: Regionals fine-tune cost strategies in wake of European recovery

The time has come to forget industry recovery and talk instead of progress, said European Regions Airline Association (ERA) president Antonis Simigdalas in
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RAA Convention 2006: Eastern programs find their stride as Western firms ponder next move

Antonov An-148–With certification by Russian civil aviation authorities imminent, the first airpl

After C Series setback, Bombardier turns to CRJ family for inspiratioin

There’s no denying that Bombardier’s commercial aircraft business has reached a crossroads, and that a still ailing airline industry will dictate the direc
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RAA Convention 2006: Island Air ducks under the radar while heavyweights fight fare war

As Aloha and Hawaiian Airlines drew the battle lines in preparation for Mesa Air Group’s planned June 9 incursion on their jealously guarded pieces of isla
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RAA Convention 2006: SMS, ATOS, drug testing, water purity fill RAA rules ledger

RAA vice president of technical affairs Dave Lotterer has been around long enough to know that government bureaucracy can turn any well intentioned idea in

RAA Convention 2006: Regional-mainline partnerships lose some of that loving feeling

While at first it seemed hard to reconcile the rather dark and anxious mood of last year’s RAA Convention in Cincinnati with double-digit profit margins an
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Regulations and Government

Cooperation is essential to SES implementation

The single European sky legislation, with its provision for the creation by groups of states of cross-border functional airspace blocks within which multip

Voice-recognition technology for the cockpit maturing fast

After being dismissed as impractical for cockpit use, voice-recognition technology appears to be getting a closer look from business jet makers thanks to r
Regulations and Government

FAA planners begin the task of identifying solutions to gridlock

With rare unanimity, aviation experts have agreed over the past few years on one thing: traffic will at least double, and perhaps even triple, by 2025.
Safety

Torqued: Montrose report provides more questions than answers

Many of you may remember that there was an accident involving a Challenger 600 in Montrose, Colo., in November 2004.
Safety

Operators raise concerns about Learjets 40 and 60

The Bombardier Learjet 40 and 60 have been attracting attention after one Learjet 60 operator recently raised word of a potential fire hazard that exists w
Maintenance and Modifications

Boeing to acquire Aviall

Aviall has agreed to be purchased by The Boeing Company for a reported $48 per share ($1.7 billion).
Maintenance and Modifications

Raytheon and Dassault receive MX awards from Netjets

Fractional provider NetJets recently awarded a trophy to Raytheon Aircraft’s Little Rock facility for outstanding performance.
Aircraft

Lufthansa Bombardier doubles Berlin Learjet capacity

Berlin-Schoenefeld Airport will experience a major facility expansion as Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services opens a new hangar dedicated to Learjet mai
Aircraft

In The Works: Eclipse 500

Eclipse Aviation, of Albuquer-que, New Mexico, said it has overcome the supplier problem, revealed in December, that was blamed for delaying FAA certificat
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Aircraft

In The Works: Cessna Citation Mustang

As of early last month, the Citation Mustang prototype and two production examples (S/Ns 0001 and 0002) had logged more than 850 flight hours.