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JetEx Buys Paris FBO, Plans Global Handling Network

Dubai-based JetEx Flight Support has made its first move into FBO management by completing the acquisition of the Flying Group facility at Paris Le Bourget
Engines

P&WC Sees Flat Demand for New Engines

Despite announcing last week that it is laying off 10 percent of its 10,000-strong global workforce because of global recession, aircraft engine manufactur
Engines

Air France GP7200-Powered A380 Takes First Flight

The first Air France Airbus A380 powered with Engine Alliance GP7200 engines successfully completed a four-hour inaugural test flight from Airbus’s Toulous
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA, AAR Agree To Settle Landing-gear Issues

On February 10 the FAA issued an emergency order of suspension to AAR, suspending the repair station certificate held by AAR Landing Gear Services.
Maintenance and Modifications

AMAC Celebrates Grand Opening in Basel

AMAC Aerospace officially opened for business in early February at the EuroAirport in Basel, Switzerland.
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Grants Certification to Freedom Aero Service

Freedom Aero Service, a new repair station opened by people who used to work for Weco Aerospace Systems in Lincoln, Calif., received FAA certification on J
Avionics

Duncan Certifies First Falcon 50EX Pro Line 21 Upgrade

Duncan Aviation’s Lincoln, Neb.
Maintenance and Modifications

StandardAero Receives FAA and EASA Design Approvals

The FAA and EASA granted a major repair organization design authorization (MRA-ODA) to StandardAero’s Maryville, Tenn.
Charter & Fractional

First Ab Initio Pilots Enter NetJets Europe Ranks

NetJets Europe has introduced into its workforce the first nine new pilots to complete its ab initio training program.
Rotorcraft

Next Defense Budget Could Seal Fate of F-22, VH-71

Intense speculation surrounds the Obama Administration’s Fiscal Year 2010 U.S.
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Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Gains New Orders from Brazil, Greece

Defense business accounts for nearly half the turnover of Eurocopter, and recent export orders should help the EADS subsidiary overcome a downturn in comme
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Rotorcraft

India Relaunches Light Helicopter Contest

Indian helicopter requirements provided the only real news at this month’s Aero India event in Bangalore.
Aircraft

MiG Troubled by Debt and MiG-29 Grounding

The Russian government has bailed out the MiG Corporation after it lost more than $300 million last year and reported total debts of $1.25 billion.
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Aircraft

Cessna: Business Aircraft Are Good for Businesses

Cessna Aircraft yesterday kicked off an initiative to debunk myths about business aircraft and outline how t
Regulations and Government

FAA Reauthorization Bill, Part Deux

Noting that “we are already two years behind schedule because of lack of action by the U.S.
Aircraft

P&WC To Lay Off 1,000 Workers

Pratt & Whitney Canada said yesterday it planned to lay off 1,000 workers in the coming months, due mainly to falling demand for the engines it supplie
Safety

San Diego Ramp Event Not a Playbook Action

After news broke last week of the Transportation Security Administration’s unauthorized inspections of Nashville (Tenn.) Airport pilots and employees and t
Maintenance and Modifications

New FAA Funding Act Addresses Foreign Repair Safety

The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009 introduced on Monday by House Transportation Committee chairman James Oberstar (D-Minn.) and House aviation subcommitte
Maintenance and Modifications

Avatas Aerospace Acquires Prime Turbines

Dallas-based Avatas Aerospace, an FAA-approved repair station specializing in the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A, has acquired Hyannis, Mass.-based Prime
Training and Workforce

Global Jet Online Course Approved for IA Renewal

Global Jet Services is now offering its Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET) Course 1 Basic Electronics online.
Maintenance and Modifications

New Cessna Service Center Opens in Mesa

While Cessna Aircraft is closing its Toledo, Ohio Citation service center at the end of next month, the company celebrated the opening of its new Mesa Cita
Maintenance and Modifications

Precision Aviation Expands With New Vancouver Shop

Rapid growth at Precision Aviation Group’s two Canadian subsidiaries prompted the addition of a new facility in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Safety

Brazilian Prosecutors Appeal Dismissed Pilot Charges

Prosecutors in Brazil are appealing the dropping of some accusations in the 2006 midair collision between a Gol Airlines Boeing 737-800 and an ExcelAire Em
Security

Alphabets Petition TSA for LASP Rulemaking Group

NBAA, AOPA, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) late last week sent a joint letter to the
Aircraft

NIAR Partners with Bombardier on Learjet 85

Bombardier Aerospace has tapped the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University to provide material and structural testing
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky Takes First S-76D Up for a Whirl

Sikorsky’s S-76D made its first flight on Saturday at the company’s West Palm Beach, Fla.
Aircraft

More 787 Cancellations Announced

Dubai-based leasing company LCAL has opted to shrink the size of its order for 787 Dreamliners from 21 airplanes to five, Boeing confirmed today.
Charter & Fractional

Six Charged in Platinum Jet Teterboro Crash

Five executives and a pilot associated with now-defunct Platinum Jet Management have been charged in connection with the 2005 crash of a Challenger 600 fol
Regulations and Government

Burbank Night Curfew One Historical Step Closer

Yesterday the Burbank-Glendale Airport Authority delivered to the FAA the first-ever application for airport access restrictions that would apply to Stage
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Europe Buys a German Airport

NetJets Europe has agreed to acquire Egelsbach Airport near Frankfurt, Germany’s financial center, for an undisclosed sum.