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Maintenance and Modifications

Reliance acquires Flight International Services

Reliance Aerotech, a business jet and regional airliner maintenance facility in Myrtle Beach, S.C., recently acquired the 180,000-sq-ft Flight Internationa
Aircraft

Moravan wins tender for Let Kunovice assets

Czech bankruptcy administrator Zlatava Davidova has awarded the assets of bankrupt Let Kunovice to Czech lightplane manufacturer Moravan Otrokovice, ostens
ATC

Eurocontrol abandons new ATC pricing formula

Eurocontrol has dropped plans to reform its formula for en route charges for air traffic control services.
Airports

TAG busily reshaping Farnborough Airport

Work has begun on TAG Aviation’s major redevelopment of Britain’s Farnborough airfield as a dedicated business aviation airport.
Airports

Comments due on LGA congestion proposals

Operators have until August 13 to comment on the FAA’s proposed long-term solutions to the serious congestion and delay problems at New York La Guard
Airports

Taxi diagrams to be added to airport/facility directory

The FAA’s Airport/Facility Directory now includes a new section that contains taxi diagram charts for selected FAR Part 139 airports.
FBOs

New FBO sets sights on Yuma International

Yuma (Ariz.) International Airport will soon have a new FBO competing for business.
Training and Workforce

NBAA attempting to fit bizav into CDM mix

The FAA is attributing better planning between major airlines and ATC for reducing delays nearly 12 percent since the implementation of Free Flight Phase 1
Safety

MedAire program now offered to Learjet customers

New operators of Learjets now receive, at no cost, an initial subscription to MedLink aviation medical-support services from Phoenix-based MedAire.
Accidents

Crash destroys Learjet 25D testing for Avcon Mod

A Learjet 25D (N333CG) that crashed on approach to Salina, Kan., after losing elevator control on June 12, was involved in a test flight in connectio
Safety

Airbags to enter service on Bombardier CRJs

Starting in the first quarter of next year Bombardier will begin installing Amsafe’s aviation inflatable restraint (AAIR) systems in the bulkhead row of pa
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Hangar Flying: Life insurance for pilots

Someone I used to know–a father and general aviation pilot–questioned why he needed life insurance, because, quote, “I won’t be around to enjoy it.” He cou
FBOs

RAF Northolt adds one more FBO to London area

A new executive aircraft handling operation was launched last month at the London-area Royal Air Force Northolt base (EGWU).
Regulations and Government

EC slot restrictions anger Euro regionals

The European Commission (EC) has issued long-awaited slot-allocation reforms that would allow slot coordinators to exclude aircraft “below a certain size”
Aircraft

Long-awaited Premier II ‘excites’ HBC

Hawker Beechcraft announced the long-awaited upgrade of the Premier light jet yesterday evening, highlighting improvements in range, time to climb, maximum
Aircraft

BBJ success not expected to peak soon

A record order backlog for Boeing 737s has put Boeing Business Jet president Steven Hill in something of a quandary.
Aircraft

Gulfstream G650’s launch ignites string of new orders

Two months after launching the biggest, fastest and priciest Gulfstream ever, top executives for the U.S.
FBOs

Le Bourget FBO intros JetEx to Europe

Dubai-based JetEx Flight Support has announced a major move into the European marketplace.
Aircraft

ExecuJet Is European Launch Customer for Learjet 85

Zurich-based ExecuJet (Booth No.
Engines

PW810 finds its niche via airliner industry’s back door

What presented the impetus for the PW810’s development?When we started to talk about the PW800 family [in the late 1990s], we were talking abo
Charter & Fractional

ExecuJet Aviation wants clients to ‘Simply Fly’

ExecuJet Aviation will receive the first aircraft for its new Simply Fly program within the next three to four months, and expects to have 10 large-cabin j
FBOs

European FBO Survey Report

European FBOs have once again scored highly in the annual survey of international FBOs conducted by Aviation International News (sister publication of EBAC
Charter & Fractional

After changes, PrivatAir looks to future

Late last year, PrivatAir sold its U.S.
Aircraft

Upgraded Pilatus PC-12 makes European debut

At the Pilatus shareholder meeting earlier this year, triumphant chairman Oscar Schwenk declared, “In 2007, we sold more aircraft, we achieved a higher tur
Charter & Fractional

UK air-taxi service ready for ‘the VLJ revolution’

Blink has set the bar pretty high for itself in pledging to radically overhaul the business model for air taxi services in Europe with a fleet of Cessna Ci
Charter & Fractional

As European charter cools, brokers assess their options

Early 2008 has seen muted interest, if not a full-blown downturn, in demand for executive charter service in Europe, according to leading charter brokers.
Charter & Fractional

Air Alsie eyes the backlog fleet in response to industry decline

The next two years seem certain to see a softening in demand for business and private aviation, according to aircraft management and charter group Air Alsi
ATC

Swiss drones to monitor football fans from above

For the upcoming European football championship, jointly hosted by Switzerland and Austria, the Zurich police department has decided to supplement its crow
Charter & Fractional

Executive Airlines soars on charter growth curve

Executive Airlines (Booth No.
ATC

SESAR’s benefits for GA need further study

The SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) program to define and implement a new air traffic management system for the Single European Sky (SES) presents