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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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Sustainability and 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.
ATC

Jamaica Looks to ADS-B as Radar Replacement

Era Systems last month announced it has been selected to provide an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) system to the Jamaica Civil Aviation
Engines

Pratt Flies Advantage70 Upgrade

Pratt & Whitney’s PW4000 Advantage70 engine this week completed its first flight aboard an Air Comet A330-200 in Toulouse, France, the company announce
Avionics

Deal trifecta fuels growth at reseller Satcom Direct

Satcom Direct, a leading retailer of satellite communications services for aviation, continues to line up deals that should ensure the Melbourne, Fla.-base
Avionics

Garmin G1000 STC’d in King Air 200/B200

Garmin last month received the FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) to allow installations of the G1000 avionics system in the King Air 200 and B200.
Aircraft

ATR Lands New 600 Series Order

Moroccan flag carrier Royal Air Maroc signed a firm order with ATR for six of the Franco-Italian manufacturer’s 600 Series turboprops now under development
ATC

Government enlists industry input on future of NextGen

After many months of apparent silence, there is action on the NextGen front.
ATC

ATA’s May says NextGen benefits should become a national priority

Air Transport Association president and CEO James May suggested last month that if the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) is fast-tracked
Aircraft

Was 10-seat PC-12 That Crashed Legal with 14 Aboard?

The Pilatus PC-12 that crashed Sunday afternoon in Butte, Mont., was configured with only 10 seats, but under FAR Part 91 it might have been legal to carry
Charter & Fractional

Ricci and Partners Raise Their Stake in Flight Options

Directional Capital, an investment firm led by Flight Options chairman Kenn Ricci, private-equity firm Resilience Capital Partners and “key members” of the
Regulations and Government

NextGen to NowGen…Now

In the ongoing effort to morph the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) into a “NowGen,” equipage by users keeps cropping up as one of the m
Charter & Fractional

Air Partner: ‘Shockwaves’ Have Hit Bizav Industry

Half-year financial results published yesterday by charter broker Air Partner confirm the widespread perception that the business aircraft charter sector h