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2011 FBO Survey – The Americas: Top 10 FBOs

Printable version of the FBO Report, FBO Ratings and Readers Comments<
Aircraft

AIN Blog: Weather Takes Sun ‘n’ Fun Fly-In by Storm, Quite Literally

If I were to experience a tornado, or a near-tornado, my guess would have been while visiting one of the aircraft manufacturers in Wichita.
Rotorcraft

Heli-Expo 2011 Breaks a Record

by Matt Thurber Feedback from exhibitors at this year’s Helicopter Association International Heli-Expo show–the 63rd annual event–was notably
Rotorcraft

Bell prepared to finance new civil helo program

by Mark Huber At this year’s Heli-Expo, Bell CEO John Garrison was adamant that the company could afford a new civil helicopter program.
Aircraft

EBACE Preview

With Europe’s economy facing another year of uncertainty, the 2011 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (Ebace) will open to a business aviat
Aircraft

Rules, Safety and Access Dominate EBACE Agenda

As usual, the Ebace conference agenda will be packed with topical deliberations on key issues facing Europe’s business aviation community.
Aircraft

Europeans To Honor Bizav Leaders

Nominations have opened for the European Business Aviation Award, which is presented each year during the Ebace show.
Regulations and Government

FAA gets another extension as Congress irons out long-term bill

With the latest FAA reauthorization extension set to expire March 31, the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee passed a bill on March 16
Avionics

ForeFlight Adds Geo-referencing to iOS Apps

ForeFlight has added geo-referenced approach plates and airport diagrams to its Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod touch application.
ATC

Europe’s Waas Equivalent Approved for Aviation Use

Following a certification and verification process, the European Commission approved the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (Egnos) “safety-
Aircraft

Cessna Ending Citation CJ1+ Production This Summer

Cessna Aircraft has confirmed to AIN that it will end production this summer for the Citation CJ1+, the light jet that descends directly from the or
Charter & Fractional

JetDirect Estate Seeks Chapter 7 Clawback

The bankruptcy trustee for debtors associated with JetDirect Aviation filed a complaint on February 20 that could force FBOs, charter operators, mai
Aircraft

GA Industry: FAA Must Meet Certification Requirements

Cessna Aircraft chairman, president and CEO Jack Pelton told a congressional panel last month that the general aviation industry is concerned the FAA will
Aircraft

Shanghai Bizav Show Makes Debut

The Shanghai International Business Aviation Show, hosted by the Shanghai Association for Science & Technology and Shanghai Society of Aeronautics, is maki
ATC

FAA, EU Collaborate on NextGen Research

The FAA and the European Union signed an agreement to work together on NextGen research.
Airports

Construction at FLL To Close Runway 9L/27R

Beginning next month, Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL) will be experiencing runway closures for resurfacing.
Avionics

Universal Taking Orders for Next-gen Datalink

On March 23 at the Aircraft Electronics Association show, Universal Avionics announced it has started taking orders for its next-generation datalink commun
Engines

Pratt Lands New PurePower Order for Neos

Pratt & Whitney has landed one of the largest engine orders “in recent aviation history” with IndiGo’s selection of the PurePower PW1100G to power
Charter & Fractional

Sources Say NetJets To Thrive After Surprise Sokol Exit

Yesterday’s announcement that NetJets chairman and CEO David Sokol resigned from
Security

House of Representatives Moves To Defend BARR

Two long-time pilot members of Congress have successfully amended the pending House FAA reauthorization bill to preserve the Block Aircraft Registration Re
Aircraft

Embraer Sees Slower Bizjet Recovery

Embraer is more convinced that business aviation is facing a slow recovery than it was last year, when it last issued its forecast for the executive aviati
Aircraft

Conforming HondaJet Reaches Top Speed

Honda Aircraft announced this week that its first production-conforming HondaJet achieved the m
ATC

XM WX for iPad Gets Green Light

Pilots who use Apple’s iPad tablet computer have been lusting for one additional bit of functionality, in-flight weather data.
FBOs

AIN’s Readers Rate the World’s FBOs

Pilots, flight attendants, dispatchers and other AIN subscribers who have frequent interaction with FBOs provided a total of 23,452 evaluations of m
Rotorcraft

Flying the Bell 407GX

by Mark Huber As we zip over Orlando’s I-4 at 500 feet agl, Bell Helicopter test pilot Randall Parent discusses the helicopter terrain alerti
Accidents

Investigators Probe An-148 crash

Investigators suspect a faulty airspeed indication as a possible cause of the crash of an Antonov An-148 in western Russia on March 5, killing all six peop
Aircraft

In the Works: Gulfstream G250

As engineers design more structural components using composite materials, the resin transfer molding (RTM) process is seeing increased use in business jets
FBOs

BP Sells Epic Interests

BP has sold its share in Epic Aviation to Dallas-based aviation fuel services provider Downstream Aviation.
Airports

London Oxford Boosts Runway Length

Following approval by the UK Civil Aviation Authority, privately owned London Oxford Airport announced that it has achieved a 21-percent increase in its us