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FBOs

AML extends savings programs beyond fuel

Online fuel buyer AML Global is preparing to start offering discounted insurance and pilot training rates to business aircraft operators.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Aviation Insurance

Despite the economic uncertainty in the U.S.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Travelers jumps into aviation with both feet

Travelers Aviation, part of The Travelers insurance company, made its debut at the 2007 AIA convention at Indian Wells, Calif.
Training and Workforce

Mentoring Programs

Twenty years ago owner-pilots of high-performance airplanes often supplemented their flying skills by offering the right seat of the airplane to a young CF
Charter & Fractional

On heels of Super Bowl success, charter firm looks to expand

Swift Aviation Group first made headlines eight years ago, following an announcement by Embraer that the Phoenix-based charter operator, sales and maintena
Aircraft

Epic forges ahead on certification process

Epic Aircraft continues development of its all-composite turboprop singles and very light jets, though without the $200 million in funding pledged by India
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Isle of Man lures U.S. operators with promised tax incentives

The new Isle of Man aircraft registry could be a possible safe haven for N-registered business aircraft based in Europe.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Groovy Gulfstream I, 40 years young, poised to grab slice of charter market

Paging the Austin Powers party of 11, your private jetprop is ready for boarding… Charter customers will be able to travel in the height of sixtie
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Unwilling to wait for new jets, buyers opt for CRJ conversions

With the backlog for new business jets extending years into the future in some cases, and with used large-cabin aircraft prices soaring, several enterprise
Accidents

Fuel system remains focus of investigation into BA 777 crash

Safety officials probing the circumstances leading to the January 17 accident of a British Airways (BA) Boeing 777 at London Heathrow are continuing to foc
Aircraft

The jury is still out on all-business-class airlines

Can a stand-alone all-business-class “boutique” airline make it as a private-jet alternative? With the failure of transatlantic carriers MAXjet in December
Safety

SMS: more than just the latest buzzword for bizav

If you regard safety management systems as just the latest fad for corporate aviation flight departments, think again, Daedalus Aviation Services president
Aircraft

In The Works: Cessna CitationJet CJ4

Cessna flew the first prototype CitationJet CJ4 on May 5, with senior engineering test pilot Dan Morris at the controls and engineering flight-test manager
Aircraft

In The Works: Cessna Citation XLS+

On April 28 Cessna rolled out the first production version of the XLS+, the latest version of the Citation that entered production in 1998 as the Excel.
Aircraft

In The Works: Embraer Phenom 300

The Phenom 300 made its first flight on April 29, months ahead of Embraer’s previously announced schedule.
Aircraft

In The Works: Grob Aerospace SPn

Grob Aerospace has settled on a strategy to perform completions and provide pilot training for its all-composite SPn business jet at St.
Aircraft

In The Works: EADS Socata TBM 850

After AIN reported that EADS was considering selling its Socata division to French aerospace, defense, nuclear and automotive manufacturin
Avionics

Cockpit retrofits

The idea seems simple enough: give operators of aging business jets the opportunity to remove all of their old round gauges or cockpit CRT screens and repl
Avionics

Aircraft Electronics Association Report

The Aircraft Electronics Association’s annual convention, held April 23 through 26 near Washington, D.C., served as a bustling venue for more than two doze
ATC

FMS limitations leave some operators unable to use LPVs

Although WAAS LPV (lateral precision with vertical guidance) approaches have been popping up at airports around the U.S.
Avionics

Avionics News Update: Spectrum chooses Apex avionics

Spectrum Aeronautical last month announced the selection of Honeywell’s Primus Apex integrated avionics system for the all-composite S-40 Freedom midsize b
Avionics

Avionics News Update: Avidyne unveils Iridium transceiver

Avidyne introduced at EBACE in Geneva last month an Iridium-based satellite data transceiver that the company said can provide to customers in Europe in-fl
ATC

Eurocontrol to test VLJ airspace access

Looking ahead to the introduction of very light jets (VLJs) into its airspace over the next 10 years, Eurocontrol has established two initiatives to unders
Avionics

Avionics News Update: eNfusion installation complete

Duncan Aviation said it has completed installation of an EMS Satcom eNfusion HSD-400 satellite communications system in a Bombardier Challenger 601-3R.
Avionics

Avionics News Update: ICG offers med monitoring link

International Communications Group (ICG) has created an interface between its NxtLink Iridium satellite communication systems and the Tempus remote medical
Avionics

Cessna selects Collins HGS for Columbus

Rockwell Collins announced that Cessna has selected its HGS-6000 head-up guidance system for the Citation Columbus, set to debut as the Wichita manufacture
Aircraft

Citation CJ4 flies

Last month’s maiden flight of the Cessna Citation CJ4 prototype was “a rousing success,” according to the Wichita-based OEM.
Aircraft

Eclipse Concept Jet No Longer Just a Concept

Eclipse Aviation this afternoon officially launched its single-engine jet program.
Aircraft

Superjet Flies

Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aircraft flew the new Superjet 100 for the first time on May 19 from the company’s main assembly site in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
Aircraft

Socata Mulls Turbine Twin Launch

EADS Socata at EBACE outlined what its product launch might be next year–a twin-engine business aircraft that is bigger than its TBM 850 turboprop single.