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• While Congress was on a five-week recess from August to September, the process for nominating presidential candidates (Senators John McCain and Barack Ob

The TSA today released a notice of proposed rulemaking for its Large Aircraft Security Program

As Cirrus Design’s Vision single-engine jet prototype continues to add flight hours, the manufacturer concluded a successful exhibit at this week’s NBAA sh

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

Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corp.

Merritt Island, Fla.-based Comp Air this week announced that it received $150 million in funding from MercMed, a California-based investment company headed

Air France subsidiary Régional last month took delivery and placed into service the first of nine 76-seat Embraer E170s on firm order.

Following a congressionally ordered probe of outsourced aircraft maintenance by the DOT Inspector General, the FAA and air carriers were put on notice to i

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

A memorandum of understanding between Jet Aviation and Vnukovo Invest, co-owner of Moscow Vnukovo International Airport, has created a joint venture that w

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

Brian Snyder, owner and operator of aircraft repair business Smooth Landings, has been sentenced to 51 months in prison.

The Dallas facility of West Star Aviation has restructured its maintenance department.

ATR turboprop aircraft maintenance is being developed in Finland as a result of a joint venture by Finnair and Finncomm Airlines.

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Sabreliner 40 and 60 operators now have another choice for aircraft equipped with ABSC (Goodyear) brakes.

StandardAero has received STC approval to remove P&WC PT6A-41 engines on the Beechcraft King Air 200 and replace them with new or serviceable PT6A-42 engin

According to data released by aviation safety consulting firm Robert E.

San Diego-based Crownair (Booth No.

Viking Air of Sidney, British Columbia, flew its DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 prototype for the first time on October 1 from Victoria International Airport.

The first two prototypes of the Bell/Agusta BA609 civil tiltrotor had covered around 60 percent of the certification flight-test program in more than 350 f

Acknowledging that Flight Options had strayed from its original vision, company founder Kenn Ricci and CEO Michael Silvestro, both of whom returned to the

Thales is demonstrating for the first time at an NBAA Convention its new iDeck “avionics prototyping, advanced system simulation tool.” The simulation plat

India-based Deccan Aviation is offering on-demand helicopter “shuttle” flights between Bangalore’s international airport and Electronic City and HAL airpor

Sikorsky’s futuristic X2 is up and flying, but it could be a decade before the technology is applied commercially, according to program manager Jim Kagdis.

Despite its well-known brand name, Virgin Charter has not been immune to the economic downturn.

Magellan Jets announced launch of its Voyager private jet program, which deducts flight costs from a $250,000 membership fee.

Blackhawk Modifications (Booth No.

Long-time Atlanta FBO Hill Aircraft has expanded by buying another FBO: Harbour Air at Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City, Mich.