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Regulations and Government

FAA not impressed with BUR's Part 161 study

In a letter to the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority dated May 18 (but released only last month), the FAA concluded that the authority’s proposed
FBOs

Sydney FBO gains new lease on life

Since reopening its FBO at Sydney International Airport, Australia, early last year, Hawker Pacific Flight Centre’s business has expanded significantly.
Airports

Dallas reliever airport wins award

The Dallas Executive Airport (RBD) has been selected as the 2004 Reliever Airport of the Year by the Texas Department of Transportation.
Airports

Van Nuys announces stopgap master plan

With the Van Nuys Airport (VNY), Calif., master plan in political limbo, officials at the nation’s busiest general aviation airport have come up with a tem
FBOs

Mercury's new facility now open at CHS

Shortly after its purchase by finance house Allied Capital earlier this year, Mercury Air Centers dedicated a new hangar and tenant office facility at Char
FBOs

MMU hangars feature high-tech floor finish

The final two of six E-series hangars are nearly complete at developer MMU-FTC’s site at Morristown Municipal Airport, N.J.
FBOs

Jet Aviation begins construction in Dubai

Jet Aviation announced last month it has begun construction of its new FBO and maintenance facility at the Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emirate
Airports

Competition heats up in Oakland

If your destination lies within the shadow of the Golden Gate bridge, don’t think that San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is your only option.
Airports

Paris Le Bourget Airport invests heavily in its future

Aéroports de Paris (AdP) is seeking to expand the commercial horizons of the French capital’s dedicated business aviation gateway, after several years in w
Regulations and Government

Albuquerque OKs bonds, tax breaks for Eclipse

The City Council of Albuquerque, N.M., has approved a $45 million industrial revenue bond package to help Eclipse Aviation deliver on its Eclipse 500 very
ATC

ATC Attrition Can Be Blunted

The FAA will be able to cope with the loss of almost half of its air traffic controller workforce over the next nine years if it can keep better track of a
ATC

Are Controllers Paid Too Much?

Meanwhile, the General Accounting Office (GAO) added its voice to that of DOT inspector general Kenneth Mead, who has repeatedly warned that the FAA cannot
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: July 2004

Wondering if the 108th Congress has been busy? By early last month, the Senate saw 2,505 bills introduced and the House of Representatives, 4,520.
Accidents

Factual Report: WX possible factor in crash

ROCKWELL AERO COMMANDER 690A, CORTEZ, COLO., JAN.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: MU-2 crashes short of BWI

MITSUBISHI MU-2B-60, FERNDALE, MD., MAY 14, 2004–At 7:24 a.m., Mitsubishi MU-2B N755AF, operating as Epps Air Service Flight 101, was dest
Accidents

Final Report: Causes of loss-of-control accidents undetermined

CESSNA CARAVAN 208B, ROCKFORD, ILL., DEC.
Charter & Fractional

Traditional charter company thrives despite changing business landscape

To survive in a business as highly competitive as air charter, you must constantly change and reinvent yourself.
ATC

Eurocontrol reports on air traffic management

“Aviation is emerging from the most difficult period in its history to date.
Charter & Fractional

Increased demand at UK charter firm

Charter broker Air Partner has seen a 40-percent increase in executive aircraft bookings over the past year.
Accidents

Recent accidents strike a blow for regional airlines

Just when it looked as if the image of the regional airline industry escaped relatively unscathed from last year’s spate of accidents, the crash of two mor
FBOs

Four key FBOs set to change hands

Last month, three separate major FBO deals were announced involving four heavy-traffic business-aviation locations.
Maintenance and Modifications

Brazilian company opens new bizav maintenance facility

One year after beginning construction at its new maintenance facility, Táxi Aéreo Marília (TAM) has begun operations at its Jundiaí center, which will allo
Training and Workforce

FlightSafety sued for alleged antitrust law violations

A small, minority-owned maintenance-training company has gone to court to battle the Goliath of pilot and maintenance training, FlightSafety International.
Aircraft

Raisbeck earns STC for Learjet 35/36ZR mod

After four years of development and almost 500 hours of flight testing, the Raisbeck ZR Lite System for the Learjet 35/36 has earned an STC.
Aircraft

Boeing Announces Potential 717 Sales

Boeing Commercial Airplane’s Long Beach, Calif.
Safety

Passenger attacks crew of Dornier 228 with axe

Norwegian authorities have rushed through new security requirements at the country’s smaller airports in response to a September 29 incident in which a man
Security

No charges filed against NBC helicopter ‘hijack’ reporters

Apparently it’s OK to pose as terrorists for an NBC “exposé” on the lack of security at the nation’s general aviation airports.
Security

Daley unrepentant in face of FAA's (belated) Meigs wrath

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, a veteran of the bare-knuckle school of politics, is defiantly defending his destruction of Meigs Field last year despite thre
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation announces JetResponse service

Jet Aviation has announced a new AOG support service called Jet-Response.
Airports

Berlin Tempelhof closure delayed

A German federal court has granted Berlin Tempelhof Airport a reprieve from closure.