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Charter & Fractional

Flexjet and Delta Linking Up?

As unclear as Flight Options’ future is, the situation at Flexjet is even less defined at this time.
Regulations and Government

Controllers, FAA To Ink New Pact

New FAA Administrator Marion Blakey apparently wants to continue the cooperative relationship with the nation’s air traffic controllers that was fostered b
Airports

Save Meigs: Take Three

The fate of Chicago’s Meigs Field (CGX), still in limbo because of Senate inaction last year, has not disappeared from the radar screen of Sen.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: February 2003

The 108th Congress opened for business the first week in January with a few changes of note.
Airports

Security project to launch at Teterboro

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), in collaboration with NBAA, plans to launch a “proof of concept” security project for FAR Part 91 operato
Airports

State aviation group issues security plan

The National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) published a set of security recommendations for general aviation.
Accidents

Bizav Accident Stats Show a Mixed Picture

Business aviation saw a decline in accidents and incidents last year, from 60 in 2006 to 56 in the following year, but fatal accidents involving U.S.-regis
ATC

DayJet Marks First 100 Days of VLJ Air-taxi Service

On Saturday, Boca Raton, Fla.-based DayJet reached its 100th day since starting per-seat on-demand service in the Southeast with its fleet of 28 Eclipse 50
ATC

Honeywell OK’d for RNP SAAAR Consulting

Honeywell late last week received FAA designation as a consultant for Required Navigation Performance Special Aircraft and Aircrew Authorization Required (
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Europe Climbing Strongly

Due to increasing customer demand, fractional aircraft provider NetJets Europe yesterday said it has worked with aircraft manufacturers to accelerate deliv
Charter & Fractional

ATA Execujet expands with Part 135 charter services

“When you’re on ATA, you’re on vacation,” used to be the airline’s marketing slogan.
Regulations and Government

Bush fills vacancies on Safety Board

President Bush last month nominated two new members to the NTSB and designated long-time board member John Hammerschmidt as the agency’s new vice chairman.
Rotorcraft

Helicopter Operations

ATA Execujet’s new fixed-wing Part 135 operation is likely to succeed, if its rotorcraft Part 135 operations are any indication.
Aircraft

First TBM 700C2 Arrives In U.S.

The first customer TBM 700C2, the latest variant of EADS Socata’s Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-64-powered turboprop single, has arrived at Socata’s U.S.
Training and Workforce

Aviation training schools reexamine the bottom line

Flight schools must innovate to survive, since airlines are no longer able to sponsor tuition and a pilot career has lost its appeal amid headlines announc
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Bizliner Competitions: Big-bizjet conference forecasts strong market

A persistently optimistic outlook was in evidence at the first Large Executive & VIP Aircraft Conference: Opening speaker Arnaud Martin, program direct
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Interior shops claim vendors unconcerned

“They’ve forgotten us,” said Victor Guzman, owner and president of GZM Aircraft Interiors, a small independent completion and refurb shop based at Executiv
Aircraft

B-N putting a positive spin on its propeller-driven aircraft

Despite the encroachment of ever lighter new jet aircraft on the traditional marketplace for piston- and turboprop-powered models, there are always going t
Safety

Software may put to rest the crew-fatigue debate

The Centre for Human Sciences at British aerospace and defense research group Qinetiq has developed software that it says can assess and predict crew fatig
Maintenance and Modifications

Frontier mechanic is chock full of surprises

A Frontier Airlines Boeing 737 was struck by lightning on New Year’s Eve en route to Tampa, Fla., setting off a chain of events that culminated in the arre
FBOs

FBO services land at new Washington reliever field

Stafford Regional Airport (RMN), located about 30 nm south-southwest of downtown Washington, D.C., is now providing transient aircraft and their crews serv
Aircraft

Dornier descendant plans centenary global flight

At the end of this year, 43-year-old Philippines-based aviator and entrepreneur Iren Dornier plans to fly a soon-to-be-restored Dornier Do-24 seaplane arou
Aircraft

In The Works: Cessna Citation CJ3

Cessna established a trilogy of CitationJet derivatives with the announcement of the CJ3 at the NBAA Convention in Orlando last September.
Aircraft

In The Works: Farnborough Aircraft F1

Fund-raising remains the primary endeavor of Farnborough Aircraft Corp.
Aircraft

In The Works: Ibis Aerospace Ae270

First flight of the third flying single-turboprop Ibis Ae270 conforming prototype (S/N 5), previously expected last fall, is now expected to take place thi
Aircraft

In The Works: Visionaire Vantage VA-10

The federal court judge presiding over VisionAire’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy and reorganization apparently found sufficient merit in one or both investment of
Regulations and Government

‘Hijack’ xponder proposed for all Part 121 operators

Regional airlines and other Part 121 operators may have to equip their aircraft with a switch within easy reach of the pilot or copilot that immediately ac
Accidents

Air Midwest crash ushers in regionals’ day of disaster

From a humanitarian perspective, regional air transport suffered perhaps its most destructive 24-hour stretch in history last month.
Avionics

T2CAS poised to usher in new stage of flying safety

Two days of test flying are all that remain before the FAA can put its stamp of approval on T2CAS, the combined TCAS and TAWS product from Phoenix-based AC
Avionics

Honeywell Acquires Baker Electronics

Honeywell last month purchased the assets of cabin avionics specialist Baker Electronics.