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Ocean Sky Acquires HangarOcean Sky has signed an agreement to buy a maintenance hangar from Monarch Engineering at London’s Luton Ai
FBOs

Airline veteran appointed new COO at Signature

Signature Flight Support (Booth No.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Global 5000 Gets Stoned

In a joint effort, Ruag Aviation’s completion and refurbishment specialists and List components and furniture have outfitted the first Global 5000 to inclu
Cabin Interior and Electronics

HighTech Finishing Intros New Metal Finishes

HighTech Finishing has introduced several unique decorative plating finishes at the request of clients.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Lotus Aviation Group Looking Ahead

In Buddhist paintings, the Buddha is often shown seated on a Lotus flower, symbolizing the beauty born of ugliness and suffering.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Edelman Introduces the Hairy Carpet

Edelman Leather is introducing an addition to its line of fine leathers for aircraft interiors– one with a little more hair than usual.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Edelman Introduces the Hairy Carpet

Edelman Leather is introducing an addition to its line of fine leathers for aircraft interiors– one with a little more hair than usual.
Aircraft

Embraer bides its time while building bizjet line

“The economy is getting better this year,” said Claudio Camelier, Embraer vice president of market intelligence executive jets, but it will take some time
Aircraft

BAE breathes new life into Avro Business Jets

BAE Systems Regional Aircraft and Cello Aviation are jointly showing a newly converted Avro Business Jet (ABJ) here on the EBACE static display.
Aircraft

Boeing to Locate New Interiors Center in South Carolina

Boeing has chosen South Carolina as the location for fabrication and assembly of interior parts for the 787 Dreamliner.
Aircraft

Gulfstream G650 satisfies the need for speed

Gulfstream is on track to fulfill business aviation’s need for speed with its new G650 jet reaching its top operating speed of Mach 0.925 during a test fli
Aircraft

Hawker 4000 earns European passport

Hawker Beechcraft had a busy start to EBACE 2010 yesterday, packing its massive static display here in Geneva with new customers.
ATC

Volcanic ash cloud paralyzes swath of European airspace

Ash from a volcano in Iceland brought disruption to European air transport last month on a scale that far exceeded the combined efforts of global terrorism
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Aircraft

Embraer to launch new airliner

Brazil’s Embraer will decide on the platform for a new aircraft program by year-end, executive vice president Mauro Kern told AIN last month.
Regulations and Government

Europe to decide fate of ETS support facility

The viability of business aviation’s continued participation in Europe’s controversial emissions trading scheme (ETS) should be decided at a meeting of Eur
Regulations and Government

FAA to issue medicals for pilots taking SSRIs

Policy will allow pilots taking SSRIs to obtain a special issuance medical certificate
Aircraft

PiperJet Enters Detailed Design Phase

Piper Aircraft president and CEO Kevin Gould said at last month’s Sun ’n’ Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Fla., that the PiperJet program is on track for certifica
Aircraft

First metal cut for Embraer Legacy 500

Embraer cut the first metal for the Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 on April 20 at its São Jose dos Campos, Brazil headquarters.
Rotorcraft

Lockheed, Sikorsky team on Marine One

Lockheed Martin is partnering with Sikorsky to promote the latter’s H-92 medium-lift helicopter for the new VXX presidential transport mission.
Aircraft

Pre-owned bizjet sales improving

AircraftPost.com said pre-owned midsize and large-cabin business jet transactions in the first quarter climbed 23 percent compared with a year ago.
Aircraft

New European expo scheduled for ’11

The new Central Europe Private Aviation industry association has launched plans for a new business aviation trade show focused on central and eastern Europ
ATC

India, U.S. lose Satnav Satellites

The first geostationary satellite for India’s Gagan GPS space-based augmentation system (SBAS)–essentially similar to Waas–was lost on April 15 when its la
Charter & Fractional

Operator files lawsuit over Norwood penalties

A lawsuit recently filed involving a charter operator versus the Massachusetts airport at which it is based could set a precedent regarding what constitute
Safety

NTSB: underinflated tires caused Learjet 60 crash

Greatly underinflated tires and a rejected takeoff after V1 were the probable causes of the
Accidents

Accident underscores importance of tire mx

The fatal runway overrun accident of a Learjet 60 on S
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options Pilots Ratify Their First Contract

Just shy of four years since voting in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1108, the pilots at fractional provider Flight Options approved the
Aircraft

Cessna Celebrates 25 Years of Caravans

Cessna Aircraft celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Caravan turboprop single at the Sun ’n’ Fun Fly-In last month in Lakeland, Fla.
Aircraft

Hawker Beech Reorganizes Sales Division

Hawker Beechcraft revamped its global sales management team with the appointment of six new vice presidents.
Avionics

Pilot My-Cast by Garmin Now an Android App

Garmin announced at the Sun ’n’ Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Fla., last month that its Pilot My-Cast aviation weather, flight planning and flight-plan filing ap
Charter & Fractional

ExcelAire Optimistic about Charter Demand

David Rimmer, executive v-p of Ronkonkoma, N.Y.-based ExcelAire, told AIN that he believes the charter industry is entering its next upcycle.