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LASP Nets Record Number of Comments to TSA

In what is a record number of comments on a TSA rulemaking, aviation industry proponents flooded the Transportation Security Administration docket for the
Regulations and Government

Obama Runs User Fees Up FY10 Budget Flagpole

A line in President Obama’s 134-page budget for Fiscal Year 2010 has put general aviation lobbyists on high alert.
Aircraft

Simulated Gulfstream G650 Makes First Flight

Gulfstream Aerospace yesterday said it reached a milestone in development work on the large-cabin G650 and announced that it achieved first flight of a sim
Charter & Fractional

Berkshire Hathaway: FlightSafety Up, NetJets Down

Revenues at Berkshire Hathaway’s services group–which includes fractional provider NetJets and flight-training provider FlightSafety International–were $8.
Aircraft

FAA Not Planning To Ground Eclipse Fleet

Addressing the question of what happens when a manufacturer goes bankrupt, the FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (CE-09-14) that
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Clarifies Meaning of ‘Current’ for Mx Programs

FAR 91.409(f)(3) requires aircraft owners and operators to maintain their aircraft in accordance with a “current inspection program recommended by the manu
Maintenance and Modifications

MX Jet Service Receives Honeywell Line Designation

Last month Honeywell designated MX Jet Service an authorized line service provider for TFE731-series turbofans and 36-100 and -150 APUs.
Maintenance and Modifications

Spares Cost Less with Cost-containment Program

The cost of maintaining older Bombardier Challengers and Globals can be reduced by as much as 50 percent under Challenger Spares & Support’s cost-conta
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: Marshall Aerospace Approved for CAMO

New European legislation has opened the door for third-party organizations to be approved as continuing airworthiness management organizations (CAMO
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: Cessna opens Citation service center in Arizona

Cessna opened its Mesa Citation Service Center adjacent to the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Ariz., last month, having moved to the area from Long
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA honors CD aviation services with Diamond Award

CD Aviation Services (CDAS) of Neosho, Mo., a turbine engine maintenance facility, was awarded the Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Diamond Certificat
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: Embrear authorizes its first Indian service center

India’s Indamer, a wholly owned subsidiary of European Aviation Holding, has been named an Embraer authorized executive jet service center.
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier expands service & maintenance facility network

Bombardier Aerospace has added a new line maintenance facility (LMF) and boosted capabilities at two existing facilities– expanding its global network of a
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: Jet Repair Anywhere's Janke re-elected to PAMA board

Cheryl Janke, CEO of Jet Repair Anywhere, has been re-elected to the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association’s Board of Directors.
Maintenance and Modifications

Standardaero awarded approvals by EASA and FAA

Two new design organization approvals (DOA) for engine and auxiliary power unit design and repair have been awarded to StandardAero by the EASA and the FAA
Maintenance and Modifications

MRO Profile: Constant Aviation

Constant Aviation, a Nextant Aerospace company started by Kenn Ricci and Michael Rossi, was developed when the pair bought FBOs on Birmingham International
Aircraft

Airbus Delivers 500th A321

Airbus delivered the 500th A321 ever produced to Air France during a ceremony held last Friday at the manufacturer’s Hamburg, Germany delivery center.
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Aircraft

New Delta Unit To Run Regionals’ C/S

Delta Air Lines plans to base a new subsidiary in Minneapolis that would take over all customer service duties for Delta Connection unit Comair and Northwe
Aircraft

Rex Offers Wildfire Aid

Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) has established a fund worth A$200,000 ($135,000) in the form of air fares and other means to aid victims of the wildfir
Aircraft

New President at Mitsubishi Aircraft

Mitsubishi Aircraft’s board of directors last month appointed Mitsubishi Heavy Industries director and senior vice president Hideo Egawa to succeed Nobuo T
Aircraft

BAE Regional Reports Busy 2008

The asset management team of BAE Systems Regional Aircraft placed 75 aircraft last year through new leases, extensions and sales, the company reported in l
Aircraft

Air Dolomiti takes first of Lufthansa’s 30 E195s

Embraer delivered the first of 30 E-Jets ordered by Lufthansa–a 116-seat E195–to its Italian subsidiary Air Dolomiti on January 27, marking the start
Aircraft

NatureAir Gets Green Light to Sell Biofuel

Costa Rican regional airline NatureAir has entered talks with the government of the Central American republic for permission to sell biodiesel fuel to othe
Aircraft

SAL books entire portfolio

All 125 turboprops in Saab Aircraft Leasing (SAL)’s portfolio had found homes by the end of last year, leaving the company with not one of its aircraft ava
Aircraft

Q Series cushions blow for Bombardier

Bombardier Aerospace plans to raise production of its commercial aircraft by about 10 percent this year, the manufacturer announced last month.
Aircraft

Taiwan’s AIDC Joins MRJ Team

Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) has agreed to design and build the composite flaps, belly fairings, rudders and elevators and
Rotorcraft

Russian Firm Delivers Mi-171s to Iran’s Red Crescent

Russia’s Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant delivered two civil Mi-171 heavy helicopters to Iran last month.
Rotorcraft

Helicopter EMS Groups Want Mandated NVGs, IFR

A trio of helicopter trade associations–the Association of Air Medical Services, the Helicopter Association International and the Air Medical Operators Ass
Maintenance and Modifications

Eurocopter Plans Aberdeen Service Facility

Eurocopter will break ground next month on a new helicopter service and simulator facility in Kirkhill Commercial Park near Aberdeen Airport, Scotland, a m
Training and Workforce

Aviation Specialties Trains South Korean pilots with NVGs Aviation Specialties

Unlimited (ASU) has completed a cockpit modification for night-vision-goggle compatibility in a Eurocopter AS 365N3 Dauphin, the first helicopter to get su