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Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: Exeujet Aviation grows in Asia Pacific region

ExecuJet Aviation is stepping up the expansion of its business aviation support in the Asia Pacific region with new maintenance and handling facilities in
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot section: CSS Adds capabilities

Challenger Spares & Support acquired a full ship set of a Bombardier Global for parts, adding that aircraft to its inventory.
Aircraft

Bombardier Vindicated by C Series Orders

It took eight months of waiting since its industrial launch, but the C Series finally drew its first firm orders this month, putting to rest gathering spec
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Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: BBA Aviation expands R-R 250 service to Dallas

BBA Aviation’s Engine Repair and Overhaul (ERO) company Dallas Airmotive is adding Rolls-Royce Model 250 services at its Dallas Love Field Regional Turbine
Maintenance and Modifications

CertificatE Reinstated, AAR Resumes Operations

AAR Landing Gear Services and the FAA have entered into a Consent Order that terminates the FAA’s emergency order of suspension.
Aircraft

Airbus and Boeing Unfazed by Warnings of Massive Funding Gap

The sentiment expressed by the world’s two big airliner manufacturers seem increasingly out of line with the reality perceived by the financial community w
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Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: Golfstream completes 2,000th support flight

Gulfstream Aerospace recently completed its 2,000th airborne product support flight, achieving the milestone seven years after introducing the on-demand ma
Engines

CFM Bets on Composites for Advanced Turbofan

Engine maker CFM has chosen sides in the debate between proponents and opponents to composite materials on turbofan moving parts by introducing fibers wove
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Aircraft

Airbus Chews on A380 ‘Teething Troubles’

European jetliner manufacturer Airbus has acknowledged operators’ “teething troubles,” but it characterizes the A380’s entry into service as “very successf
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FBOs

L.J. Aviation Adda New Hangar

At its headquarters at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pa., L.J.
FBOs

Signature Event Raises Funds for Children's Charity

Signature Flight Support’s ongoing “Cultivate and Celebrate” campaign helped raise more than $180,000 to pay for the Hub of Hope, on-site housing for famil
Airports

Blue Grass Airport Closes 2006 Accident Runway

Kentucky’s Blue Grass Airport closed Runway 8-26 and has begun building a replacement crosswind runway that will be named 9-27 and will extend 500 feet lon
FBOs

New Management Installed at Sebring Flight Center

ABS Aviation Management Services has taken over management of Sebring Flight Center at Sebring Regional Airport in Florida, which recently joined the Avfue
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Metro Goes On the Road To Sell What Flies

Last year, Metro Aviation put more than $250,000 into a panel truck interior that exactly matches the medical interior that the Shreveport, La.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Texas Aviation Wins Multiple Aircraft Contract

Texas Aviation Services has won “a multiple-aircraft contract” from Rotorcraft Leasing to assess, evaluate and conform Bell 206 JetRangers to Rotorcraft Le
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Field Aviation Wins More Dash Q300 Maritime Jobs

On the heels of a delivery ceremony of the third maritime surveillance aircraft for the Japan Coast Guard, Field Aviation announced a follow-on contract fo
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Airbus Corporate Jet Center Delivers Second Completion

Airbus Corporate Jet Center (ACJC) has delivered its second cabin completion project, an executive A320, destined for an undisclosed customer in the Middle
Cabin Interior and Electronics

LifePort Delivers First Dedicated Medical Helicopter for Offshore Service

Helicopter interiors specialist LifePort of Woodland, Wash., has delivered a Sikorsky S-76 C++ that customer Petroleum Helicopters says will be the first d
Safety

Safety Group Attacks Prosecutorial Overreach

The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) has sharply criticized the interference of prosecutors in ongoing accident investigations in Italy and France, warning t
Regulations and Government

Rule Changes Under Consideration at EASA

Aircraft operators have until May 30 to comment on the new air operations requirements (Notice of Proposed Amendment 2009-2) being introduced by the Europe
Environment

Emissions trading in Europe coming in less than three years

Aircraft operators who will be subject to Europe’s new emissions trading scheme (ETS) beginning Jan.
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Aircraft

Eclipse assets up for grabs

As the liquidation process for the assets of bankrupt Eclipse Aviation drags on, four groups have announced proposals to buy those assets and restart produ
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FBOs

FBO chains: big three secure monopolies at major airports

When jet-A prices spiked last year after oil prices rose to new highs, pilots complained that the large FBO chains were taking advantage of monopoly locati
Aircraft

Bizliner business not yet feeling the pinch

Is the bizliner immune to the current economic and financial crisis, or have slumping demand and order cancellations simply not yet caught up with that seg
FBOs

Le Bourget FBO sale win-win for the FlyingGroup, JetEx

Dubai-based JetEx Flight Support has made its first move into FBO management by buying the FlyingGroup facility at Paris Le Bourget Airport.
Airports

Germany plans retroactive ‘air safety’ tax bills

Just when business aircraft operators didn’t need any new unforeseen costs, German officials have started trying to collect hitherto overlooked “air safety
Avionics

Entegra Release 9 nearly finished

Avidyne is close to certifying its latest avionics system, known as Entegra Release 9 and featuring high-resolution displays and the company’s next- genera
Avionics

Barco, Saab introduce video HUD

Avionics display provider Barco last month announced the details of an agreement with Saab of Sweden to produce a head-up display for light airplanes and h
Safety

FAA Continues Study of EFB Lithium Battery Fire Hazard

The FAA is sifting through public comments related to a draft policy memo issued in February that warns of potential safety hazards associated with the rec
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Blu-ray DVD Player Hits the Market

Flight Display Systems of Alpharetta, Ga., said it has started shipping the first Blu-ray DVD player developed specifically for the aircraft cabin.