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Regulations and Government

FAA seeks to expand drug & alcohol testing

“So now the guy I send seat covers to for cleaning has to have a drug program?” one irate Part 145 operator practically shouted into the telephone.
FBOs

DAE To Buy Landmark, Standard Aero for $1.8 Billion

SEC documents filed yesterday reveal that Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) will pay $1.8 billion–$300 million more than originally estimated–for the Carlyl
Avionics

MagnaStar To Remain on the Air through End 2008

Verizon Airfone has sent letters to customers informing them that the MagnaStar air-to-ground phone service will stay on the air until at least the end of
Aircraft

First Eclipses Go to DayJet, Performance Data Released

Eclipse Aviation delivered to DayJet its first three Eclipse 500 VLJs on March 31, bringing Eclipse’s delivery total to five.
FBOs

Report Shows Business Improved for Signature

BBA Aviation, the parent company of Signature Flight Support, released its annual report for last year and the results show that Signature's revenue climbe
FBOs

AIN Readers Rate Top FBOs in the Americas

Old favorites and new names earned high ratings in this year’s AIN FBO Survey Top 40 list.
Regulations and Government

Tell FAA which regs you want banished

Are you frustrated by what you believe are some illogical, outdated, stifling or just plain crackpot regulations? Now is your once-in-every-three-year chan
Charter & Fractional

Air-taxi bidding site goes online

A group of airline and corporate pilots has established BidQwest, an online site where air taxis can bid on charter flight requests. A spokesman tol
Safety

Human error cited in Milan fatal collision

Italian accident investigators have concluded that human error on the part of two German pilots of a Cessna Citation CJ2 was the main cause of a fatal coll
Regulations and Government

Coming DRVSM crunch could extend LOA delays

The road to RVSM approval can be as smooth as a ribbon of freshly laid desert highway or as rough as a rock-strewn forest switchback.
Regulations and Government

Corporate jet deductions in Congress’s crosshairs

Personal use of corporate aircraft is coming under increasing attack by Congress.A bill has been submitted in the House of Representatives that seeks
Aircraft

Does GEX lightning-strike study strike out?

Banking and oil heir Michael Huffington, who is suing Bombardier over a Global Express he first ordered in 1995 and later rejected after he learned the air
Airports

RNC is big elephant in the room for TEB

How will business aviation operations in the New York City area be affected by the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the end of next month in these s
FBOs

Jet Center to replace signature at LGA

Jet Center La Guardia will take over the FBO leasehold at New York La Guardia Airport (LGA) on August 1.
Aircraft

Learjet 40 receives Canada type approval

Bombardier last month received Transport Canada certification for the Learjet 40, a truncated version of the Learjet 45.
Regulations and Government

Washington notam called innappropriate

A notam for aircraft flying in the Washington ADIZ that was instigated by an incident last month involving a Kentucky State Police King Air is inappropriat
Regulations and Government

New DRVSM documents on FAA web site

The FAA has posted two new documents on its Web site to help business aircraft operators deal with the upcoming January 20 deadline for domestic reduced ve
Regulations and Government

Emergency flight network expanding

Angel Flight Northeast, one of six regional divisions of the national volunteer-pilot program, recently signed an agreement with the Homeland Security Depa
Maintenance and Modifications

Cessna opens new Orlando Citation facility

Cessna’s new and expanded Citation service center in Orlando, Fla., opened for business on June 21.
Airports

New Jersey airport to release tail numbers

Mercer County, N.J., executive Brian Hughes has announced plans to release tail numbers of aircraft that operate at Trenton Mercer Airport between midnight
Aircraft

Adam 500 certification expected by year-end

Adam Aircraft of Englewood, Colo., “hopes to announce receipt of the type inspection authorization for the Adam 500 [piston twin] soon,” a spokesman told A
Aircraft

Cessna receives FAA papers for Citation Sovereign

On June 2 officials from the FAA’s central region presented the type certificate for the Citation Sovereign to Cessna Aircraft, about eight months after th
Aircraft

XR-rated Learjet 45s now coming to fields near you

Bombardier received FAA approval last month of the Honeywell TFE731-20BR upgrade for the Learjet 45 and has started delivering upgraded aircraft–known as t
Avionics

SATS sitting pretty as NASA begins field demos

Just as very light jets are on the verge of joining the new generation of general aviation aircraft produced by Cirrus and Lancair, NASA has begun field de
Engines

TFE731 Turbine Disks Might Have To Be Replaced

Of some 3,572 TFE731-2 and -3 engines on U.S.-registered business jets that would have to get their low-pressure turbine stage 1 disks repetitively checked
Safety

NTSB Wants FAA Color-vision Screening Tightened…

Commercial pilots with color-vision-deficiency waivers might face stricter screening in the future.
Accidents

…But Airline Pilots Say NTSB Investigation Fell Short

The Air Line Pilots Association welcomed the NTSB’s findings of pilot fatigue and color blindness as factors in the crash of the FedEx 727, but didn’t beli
FBOs

HPN-based Charter Firm Enters FBO Business

JetEquity, a charter/management company based at Westchester County Airport (HPN) in White Plains, N.Y., has launched into the line-service business with t
Safety

New NTSB Member Has Little Aviation Experience

Deborah Hersman, sworn in last month as a member of the NTSB, has minimal aviation experience compared with the extensive background of John Goglia, the Sa
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Europe offers jet cards as its frax ops gain traction

NetJets Europe has launched a new NetJets Corporate Card program to market smaller blocks of flight time in its fractional-ownership fleet without the need