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Surface vehicles added to incursion-prevention program
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport is showing the world how to safely monitor and control the movement of surface vehicles and greatly minimize the risk of runwa
Regulations and Government
FAA continues to operate on ‘temporary’ extensions
In late March, Congress approved legislation to extend FAA funding from March 31 until September 30, the end of Fiscal Year 2009.
Regulations and Government
U.S. and E.U. clash over FAA reauthorization bill
The FAA reauthorization bill is at odds with the European Union-U.S.
ATC
Industry to Senate: shorten NextGen timetable
Congress seems to be getting fed up with the slow pace of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) rollout.
Aircraft
Boeing 787 Moves to Flight Line for Testing
Boeing has moved the first 787 prototype to the flight line in
Aircraft
Hainan Group Cuts ERJ 145 Order in Half
Harbin Embraer Aircraft Industry Company (HEAI) has reached an agreement with HNA Group, owner of Hainan Airlines, to reduce the original firm order for 50
Maintenance and Modifications
Banyan signs caravan support senter agreement
StandardAero and Banyan Air Service have signed a support center agreement authorizing Banyan as a StandardAero-approved installation facility for the Cess
Maintenance and Modifications
West Star GJT adds Challenger landing gear services
West Star Aviation’s Grand Junction, Colo.
Maintenance and Modifications
PAG relocates and becomes Ahler
Precision Aviation Group’s Canadian companies, Precision Heliparts Canada (PHP-C) and Precision Accessories & Instruments Canada (PAI-C), are combining and
Maintenance and Modifications
Eurocopter opens Hong Kong constumer service center
Following the creation of the European Customer Service Center (CSC) in October 2007, Eurocopter has opened a center in Hong Kong (CSC Asia-Pacific).
Maintenance and Modifications
Embraer signs first Phenom 100 EEC contract
Phenom 100 owners Elizabeth and Jim Frost have signed the first individual owner Embraer Executive Care (EEC) contract in the U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications
Freedom Aero Service receives FAA Part 145 designation
Lincoln, Calif.-based Freedom Aero Service has been awarded FAR Part 145 status.
Maintenance and Modifications
Standard Aero launcheS System-wide SMS
“StandardAero will never compromise flight safety, going above and beyond the regulatory, legal or acceptable minimum requirements,” said StandardAero pres
Maintenance and Modifications
CFM signs agreement for CFM56 training in India
Under the terms of a Memorandum of Agreement signed by GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd.
Maintenance and Modifications
AMETEK aquires MIami-based MRO operation
Miami-based High Standard Aviation has been acquired by Ametek as it expands its MRO capability in the Southeastern U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications
EASA OKs Blackhawk’s Conquest engine upgrade
Blackhawk Modifications has received EASA approval for its Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-135A upgrade program for the Conquest I.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier renews Innotech's ASF standing
Innotech Aviation, which supports Bombardier Challengers and Globals and is a preferred completion center specializing in Globals, has renewed its authoriz
Maintenance and Modifications
Pheonix heliports named Schwelter dealer
Sikorsky Aircraft subsidiary Schweizer Aircraft has signed a deal with Phoenix Heliparts appointing the company a factory-authorized aircraft sales distrib
Maintenance and Modifications
Cessna expands network of service centers
Cessna Aircraft has added three companies to its stable of Citation authorized service facilities.
Maintenance and Modifications
Avatas Aerospace acuires Prime Turbines
Hyannis, Mass.-based Prime Turbines has been acquired by Avatas Aerospace.
Maintenance and Modifications
DAS extends its U.S. reach
More than doubling its service space to 110,000 sq ft, Dassault Aircraft Services (DAS) Little Rock recently completed an expansion project at its Adams Fi
Maintenance and Modifications
MRO Profile: DAS Wilmington
When Kevin Malutinok took the position of vice president and general manager of Dassault Aircraft Services (DAS) Wilmington last year, he was the company’s
Airports
Redevelopment project planned for Brown Field
The Southern California developer who built the Premier Jet FBO at Carlsbad’s McClellan-Palomar Airport is proposing a $1 billion redevelopment of San Dieg
Accidents
Torqued: Are recent accidents fallout from the down economy?
I can’t help noticing that our accident rate seems to have taken a nosedive recently (for first-quarter statistics from safety analyst Bob Breiling, see pa
Regulations and Government
Babbitt: Excellent Choice for FAA Administrator
I hope that by the time you read this Randy Babbitt will have been confirmed by the Senate and be hard at work on the 10th floor of 800 Independence Ave.
FBOs
Sheltair opens Savannah FBO
SheltAir Aviation Services opened its 12th FBO, at Georgia’s Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport, in late March, offering new competition for the fo
FBOs
Avitat HPN files restraining order
Although Westchester County Airport in New York agreed to grant a new lease on Hangar E-1 to JPMorgan Chase, existing leaseholder Avitat Westcheste
FBOs
AirQuest joins Avfuel network
AirQuest Aviation, based at Butler County Airport north of Pittsburgh, is now an Avfuel dealer and offers customers Avtrip points for fuel purchases
Charter & Fractional
Furlough Mitigation Program Started at NetJets
Fractional provider NetJets and its pilots union–NJASAP, the NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots–have collaborated on a voluntary furlough-mitiga
Airports
Touching Bases: Silverwing building LUX fly-in cmmunity
The former Sandpoint Aviation FBO at Sandpoint Municipal Airport next to Northern Idaho’s Lake Pend Oreille is now SilverWing Aviation.
