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JetDirect Aviation, the former charter arm of the now-defunct Sentient Jet Holdings, laid off approximately 20 employees late last month.

The NTSB said both main tires blew before the Learjet 60 (N999LJ) overran Runway 11 and crashed while taking off from Columbia (S.C.) Metropolitan Airport

London, Ontario-based OurPlane–a fractional provider of “new light aircraft”–made a bid to purchase the entire fleet of 28 Eclipse 500s formerly operated b

Hawker Beechcraft took the wraps off the Hawker 450XP and King Air 350i last month.

DAO Aviation is Honeywell’s newest TPE331 major-level service center, authorized to work on the TPE331-1 through -14 turboprop engines.

StandardAero in late September concluded a shakedown run of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW600 at the company’s new test cell facility in Maryville, Tenn

Midcoast Aviation opened its newest hangar at St.

San Diego-based Crownair has acquired RoigWest Maintenance, a turbine aircraft maintenance and support center at Van Nuys Airport, the third busiest genera

Under a partnership agreement signed with Air Data, Innotech Aviation’s Montreal completion center will install Air Data JetAir bio-protection systems (BPS

FlightSafety International has opened its newly expanded Gulfstream maintenance training facility in Savannah, Ga.

Midway International Airport is one step closer to becoming the nation’s first privately operated major airport, following last month’s vote by the Chicago

Gulfstream Aerospace last month announced that it successfully demonstrated aircraft control using “fly-by-wireless” technology.

Cirrus Design’s Vision single-engine jet prototype has logged about 75 hours to date, the company announced last month.

AAI Acquisition, which bought the assets of bankrupt Adam Aircraft in April, now has about 200 employees and says that design, manufacture and test activit

The BA609 tiltrotor program continues to move forward, according to Bell/Agusta Aerospace.

In the first three quarters of this year, both the business jet and turboprop segments saw an increase in accidents and fatalities over the same period las

Embraer CAE Training Services, a joint venture of Brazilian OEM Embraer and Canadian simulator training services provider CAE, launched its first pilot and

GE Honda Aero Engines said it is releasing hardware designs and receiving manufactured hardware for its first HF120 development engine, in preparation for

Aviation deaths decreased from 784 in 2006 to 545 last year, according to the NTSB.

The FAA and Transport Canada last month granted type certification for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW617F, which powers the Embraer Phenom 100 very ligh

NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey last month said it incorporated 43 new GPS tracking sites into the continuously operating reference station (CORS) network,

At the end of September, the UBS Investment Research group released a business jet update that came as no surprise to U.S.

FlightSafety International plans to build a 33,000-sq-ft Hawker Beechcraft training center in Wichita.

Cessna is expanding its international support network.

Van Nuys Airport last month introduced a draft environmental impact report for the proposed Noisier Aircraft Phaseout Project.

The Department of Homeland Security is creating a new visa category, M, to replace the J-1 visa, which allows foreign flight school students to train in th

Elite Jets Fulfills Arabian PromiseThe recently forged alliance between Dubai-based Elite Jets and Jet Aviation is a prime illustrat

Former airline executive David Siegel has eschewed big iron in favor of business jets, having been named president and CEO of California-based XOJet, a rap

At face value, the marked decline in leading western European economies would seem to mean an inevitable dip in the fortunes of executive charter operators

Leading executive charter brokers arguably offer the best overview of current market conditions because they deal with such a broad spread of operators fro