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FBOs

Tyler Jet thrives in competitive environment

Tyler Jet founder and owner Tim Beverley believes that it’s smart business for pilots to back-load fuel rather than tanker with full loads from home base.
FBOs

Jimsair's $5 million upgrade in progress

Jimsair, which has been a fixture at San Diego International Airport (SAN) for more than half a century, is currently undergoing a $5 million facility refu
Airports

Chicagoland airports give business aircraft operators many choices

At first glance Chicago seems much like a handful of other large metropolitan cities–a pair of airline hubs surrounded by a smattering of general aviation
Accidents

Homemade approach a path to disaster

RAYTHEON BEECH 1900D, SEPT-ILES, QUEBEC, AUG.
Accidents

Hypoxia suspected in King Air accident

RAYTHEON BEECH KING AIR B200, WERNADINGA STATION, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, SEPT.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Mitsubishi MU-300, Anderson, IN

MITSUBISHI MU-300, ANDERSON, IND., MARCH 25, 2002–A Diamond operated by Corporate Flight Management sustained substantial damage during an
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Sikorsky S-61A, Dunsmuir, CA

SIKORSKY S-61A, DUNSMUIR, CALIF., MARCH 26, 2002–Visual meteorological conditions prevailed when the twin-engine helicopter hit terrain, k
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Mitsubishi MU-2B-35, Carolina, PR

MITSUBISHI MU-2B-35, CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO, APRIL 15, 2002–Shortly after 3 p.m., an MU-2 crashed into a car dealership west of San Juan.
Charter & Fractional

Charter Industry Silent about AMI Jet’s FAA Suspension

The consequences of the FAA’s emergency suspension of AMI Jet Charter’s Part 135 certificate last week are not yet immediately apparent.
Avionics

TCAS Prevents Potential Bizjet Midair near LAS

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca) said two business jets had to take evasive action at 28,000 feet and about 60 miles northeast of L
Charter & Fractional

Bankrupt AEXjet ‘Temporarily’ Ceases Operations

In an e-mail sent to employees on Friday morning, AEXjet CEO John Gallaher said the charter company is ceasing operations for two weeks while the transacti
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options Shows Greatest Share Gain

According to research from AvData, Amstat and ARG/US,  Cleveland, Ohio-based Flight Options had a share-owner increase of 20.5 percent (from 541 owner
Regulations and Government

California Enacts Frax Tax

According to the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), a law recently approved by the California State Assembly would assess all fractional owner
Accidents

Aeromed King Air Crashes in Colorado Mountains

An aeromedical Beechcraft King Air C90 en route from Chinle, Ariz., to Alamosa, Colo., crashed late Thursday night in the San Juan Mountains of southern Co
FBOs

Flight2Ground.Com Online

Valley Oil Company, which distributes fuel to more than 400 FBOs, and Multi Service, an FBO credit-card company, have launched their free online interactiv
Aircraft

Problems on earlier SJ30-2 flight reported

The Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 that crashed in a remote area of Texas on the morning of April 26 was on the second in a series of flights to complete flutter c
FBOs

Thomas Hirschmann leaves Jet Aviation

Thomas Hirschmann, Jet Aviation president and CEO and son of founder Carl Hirschmann Sr., has resigned from the family-owned business “to pursue other inte
Regulations and Government

Frax rules rekindle FAA-JAA dispute

Next month’s scheduled adoption of the final fractional operation rules–Part 91 Subpart K–will likely reignite the controversy between the FAA, JAA and som
FBOs

New FBO Wings into Conroe, Texas

Construction of Wing Aviation has begun at Montgomery County Airport in Conroe, Texas.
Accidents

No spin chute on SJ30-2 that crashed

The Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 that crashed on April 26 was not equipped with a spin recovery chute, nor was it required to be.
Aircraft

Single- and twin-turbine accident rates similar

In the aftermath of July’s well publicized engine-out ditching of a Pilatus PC-12 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Russia, industry observers are aski
FBOs

Aero e-com struggling in face of dot-com bust

Aviation–and more particularly business aviation–is increasingly becoming the dominant component in the portfolio of UK public company BBA Group.
Charter & Fractional

Cheers and some wary eyes greet new frax regs

In the first few days after the new FAR on fractional ownership hit the street last month, the aviation community was reacting with tempered optimism.
Airports

Teterboro operator vows to fight weight proposal

It started several years ago when Boeing began selling its BBJ in numbers that the airline manufacturer never expected (25 in the first year, 82 overall si
Accidents

Two fatal bizjet accidents in two days

On September 19, Learjet 25B N666TW was landing at Del Rio International Airport, Texas, and ran off the end of the runway, crossed a street, hit trees, ca
Avionics

BBJ Approved for North Atlantic CPDLC Trial

Boeing Business Jet operators are being invited to join an airborne trial of controller-pilot datalink communications (CPDLC) over the North Atlantic as pa
ATC

FAA Extends Boeing ATM Contract

The FAA has awarded Boeing’s Air Traffic Management organization a $3.1 million contract extension to continue work through the summer for the global commu
Regulations and Government

Raytheon SEC probe focuses on Beech 900D

RAYTHEON SEC PROBE FOCUSES ON BEECH 1900D•    The Securities and Exchange Commission probe of Raytheon’s commuter aircraft (Beech 1900
Avionics

Lufthansa Rolls Out Connexion Service on Munich to Los Angeles Route

Shown to passengers on transatlantic TWA flights, the first full-length feature film to play on an airliner was 1961’s By Love Possessed, starring Lana Tur
Charter & Fractional

Pilots seek judgement against Flight Options

Four pilots suing their former employer, Flight Options, for allegedly firing them for their union-organizing activities following the merger with Raytheon