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Regulations and Government

Rosenker’s leadership of Safety Board extended

President Bush has appointed Mark Rosenker vice chairman of the NTSB for a two-year term that began August 9.
Regulations and Government

FAA: PMA parts are as good as OEM parts

The FAA recently stopped short of chiding OEMs for threatening to invalidate warranties if FAA-approved PMA (parts manufacturing approval) parts are used i
Safety

Sleep apnea

Losing sleep is more than simply an inconvenience.
Charter & Fractional

JetSuite uses low-cost airlines as a model for charter service

A new jet ownership and charter business called JetSuite is preparing to take delivery of its first Phenom 100 next April and has unveiled details about it
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Enhances 2008 Forecast

Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling in July predicted that the company would sell between 650 and 700 helicopters this year, up from previous expectations of 600.
Rotorcraft

Pumas Upgraded in South Africa

South African-based maintenance specialist Thunder City is offering for Eurocopter Pumas a modernization program that the company claims  extends the
Rotorcraft

AgustaWestland Sets Up in Portugal

AgustaWestland has announced that orders in the first half of this year have risen by 10 percent over the same period last year, to U1.62 billion ($2.5 bil
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Gears Up in Mississippi

American Eurocopter is adding 150 employees at its Golden Triangle plant in Mississippi over the next 18 to 24 months to support an increased production ra
Rotorcraft

Hummingbird To Fly Higher

Boeing plans to expand the flight envelope of its unmanned vertical aerial vehicle A160T Hummingbird from the Southern California Logistics Airport in Vict
Rotorcraft

Sling Big or Go Home

Ice road truckers could be out of business soon.
Rotorcraft

Italian airframer plans helo upgrades

AgustaWestland has announced a weight upgrade and Russian assembly plans for the AW139 medium twin, while new helicopter models are in development and a se
Rotorcraft

Noise, Power Focus of AgustaWestland Research

AgustaWestland last year invested 11 percent of its revenues in research and development.
Rotorcraft

The Koala Floats

Dart Helicopter’s Apical Industries has received EASA approval for its Tri-Bag Emergency Float System on the AgustaWestland A119/AW119 Mk II.
Rotorcraft

Round-the-world speed record falls to A109S

The around-the-world helicopter speed record fell hard on August 18. Pilots Scott Kasprowicz and Steve Sheik flew a stock twin-engine 2007 AgustaWes
Rotorcraft

Noise issue incites furor in Saint-Tropez

Residents of the Saint-Tropez gulf, on the French Riviera, are threatening to block helipads and the road through Saint-Tropez if the city does not make pr
Rotorcraft

Mi-171s One Hero after Chinese Earthquake

Operators of Mil helicopters meeting at Russia’s Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (UUAP) in late July heard how the Mil-171 led rescue operations for victims of the
Rotorcraft

UK charter firm buys SW4s

Biggin Hill, UK-based helicopter charter operator Sky Charter has been designated the UK dealer for PZL Swidnik rotorcraft.
Regulations and Government

RAA criticizes plans for DOT slot auctions

The DOT’s plan to auction a single round-trip slot at Newark Liberty International Airport on September 3 sets a perilous precedent U.S.
Airports

Lyon airport expands capacity

France’s second-city airport is growing at a fast pace, building on Air France’s “euro-regional” hub.
Maintenance and Modifications

West Star expands services at Grand Junction center

West Star Aviation is continuing to look for select niches to extend its large and small business aircraft service offerings, while at the same time streng
Aircraft

A380 inaugurates U.S. service in New York with Emirates

Heralding a new generation in passenger travel to the U.S., Emirates Airline’s first Airbus A380 arrived at New York’s JFK International Airport at approxi
Aircraft

In business class, A380 provides plenty of luxury

It was a short flight, two-and-a-half hours over the Pacific Ocean, but even that amount of time was enough to learn that business-class seats in an Emirat
Regulations and Government

FAA temporarily halts foreign repair station certifications

If you’ve ever suspected that the right hand doesn’t know what the left is doing in Washington, Congress and the Transportation Security Administration (TS
Maintenance and Modifications

Standard aero expanding winning facility

Driven by growth in turbine engine overhaul contracts, Standard Aero has broken ground for an 80,000-sq-ft expansion of its Winnipeg facility.  
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation Dusseldorf is now a Piaggio service center

Piaggio Aero has appointed Jet Aviation Dusseldorf an authorized service center for the Avanti/Avanti II turboprop twin.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jetcorp completes Challenger 604 eight-year inspection

The 96-month inspection of a Challenger 604 gave JetCorp’s St.
Maintenance and Modifications

Ameco Beijing signs Lufthansa Technik service agreement

A two-year, worldwide logistic services agreement has been signed by Ameco Beijing and Lufthansa Technik Logistik (LTL).
Maintenance and Modifications

Metrojet gets Cayman Islands MRO approval

Metrojet’s MRO operation has obtained Cayman Islands Aircraft Maintenance Organization approval.
Maintenance and Modifications

Starport named Honewell 731 line maintenance service center

StarPortUSA, based at Orlando-Sanford International Airport, was recently named an authorized line maintenance service center for Honeywell Aerospace.
Maintenance and Modifications

Precision Aviation breaks ground on expansion project

Precision Aviation Group recently began work on expanding its Atlanta headquarters.