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ATC
Coded clearances going nationwide next year
Coded departure routes (CDRs) are proving so popular with business jet flight crews that the FAA plans to expand the trial program into nationwide service.
ATC
ERA calls for longer-term solution to slot dilemma
Europe is facing a shortage of 3.5 million airport slots by 2025, according to the latest projections by Eurocontrol.
Aircraft
Fokker 50 props under scrutiny
In response to oil leaks, Dutch civil aviation authorities have instructed operators of Fokker 50 twin turboprops to check the propellers after each flight
Aircraft
Sukhoi, Boeing and Snecma officially launch RRJ program
The technical board composed of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, Boeing and associate member Snecma officially launched the Russian Regional Jet program last month f
Engines
Longer overhaul intervals for Beech 1900D engines
Raytheon Airline Aviation Services and Pratt & Whitney Canada have announced the availability of a 9,000-hour overhaul interval for the PT6A-67D engines in
Maintenance and Modifications
Embrear, Hawker pacific team on PAC RIM support
Embraer has signed a five-year distribution and logistics agreement with Sydney-based Hawker Pacific covering the supply of EMB-110 Bandeirante and EMB-120
Rotorcraft
New Eurocopter Facility Opens
American Eurocopter opened its manufacturing, assembly and customization plant in Columbus, Miss., in October.
Rotorcraft
Chinese Order Eurocopters
Chinese operator COHC has ordered two Eurocopter AS 332L1 Super Pumas, with an option to acquire one EC 225 and an EC 155 B1.
Rotorcraft
Hamburg Takes EC 135 Delivery
The city of Hamburg, Germany, has accepted two new EC 135s for police duties.
Rotorcraft
Bell Wins Federal Contracts, Too
Eurocopter wasn’t the only OEM to strike it rich with a multiple-ship order from the U.S.
Rotorcraft
Grand on Track
Development of AgustaWestland’s new A109S Grand is on schedule, with two test aircraft already achieving their performance targets, according to the Italia
Rotorcraft
New Nose-mount for EC 120
A Danish flight-test engineer has developed a camera nose mount for the EC 120 that, he says, is stronger and lighter than the only current alternative.
Rotorcraft
HAL Claims New Altitude Records
Hindustan Aeronautics claimed new helicopter high-altitude flying records last month, although it remains to be seen whether those records will be certifie
Rotorcraft
Kiwi Rescue Flight Recognized
The Life Flight Trust, operator of a Wellington, New Zealand-based Westpac Rescue BK 117B2, was named 2004 “Trust of the Year” at a recent awards dinner.
Rotorcraft
A Customer Is a Customer
Heritage Aviation of Grand Prairie, Texas, is to install VIP interiors for two Sikorsky S-92s ordered by the government of Turkmenistan to transport
Safety
Private air-rescue foundation provides new financing model
Swiss air-rescue provider Rega is ready to help any similar organization that would like to set up a membership-based financing plan.
Rotorcraft
AB139 deliveries continue as Bell/Agusta awaits FAA OK
Bell/Agusta AB139s seem to be headed far and wide at the moment.
Regulations and Government
GA Will Continue To Pay at the Pump in FY08
The Bush Administration is requesting $14.1 billion to run the FAA in Fiscal Year 2008 (beginning October 1), with general aviation–and in particular busin
Accidents
King Air Survives Structural Damage
On February 2, Super King Air B200 N777AJ survived an uncontrolled descent and structural damage after the inner ply of the windshield cracked at 27,000 fe
Safety
Lockheed Asks FAA To Issue JetStar ADs
As the maintenance paperwork trail on the Lockheed JetStar has wound its way from the Atlanta manufacturer to the FAA’s Transport Aircraft Certification br
Security
Mercury Picks Up Where Jet Aviation Left Off
Two months after Swiss-based Jet Aviation revealed to AIN that it had dropped plans announced more than two years ago that it was partnering with Ku
Accidents
Company Says Milwaukee Accident ATC’s Fault
The owner of Freight Runner’s Express, the cargo company whose Beech 99 and Cessna 402 collided on the ground at General Mitchell International Airport in
Charter & Fractional
Is less more at Flight Options?
Taking a quasi-Southwest Airlines approach, Cleveland-based fractional provider Flight Options last month announced a “go-forward” plan to rationalize its
Airports
TSA reopens 'DC-3' airports to transient traffic
General aviation was heartened somewhat last month when the federal government reopened the “DC-3” airports to limited “transient” traffic.
NBAA app
Aircraft
Learjet 60 package offer extended
Bombardier Aerospace director of Learjet products Brad Nolen told AIN that the company has extended indefinitely the Learjet 60 “complete package offer,” w
FBOs
Pentastar’s catering division at PTK offers gourmet options
Waterford, Mich.-based Pentastar Aviation, the former corporate flight department of DaimlerChrysler purchased by Edsel B.
Aircraft
Cessna mates wing of first Citation Mustang
The first Citation Mustang conforming prototype got its wings on the morning of February 3.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance
The inside track on acquisition planning
With so many choices available to companies and individuals contemplating alternatives to airline travel, what’s a business owner or prospective flight dep
Aircraft
In The Works: Eclipse 500
Eclipse Aviation last month announced that its next two FAA-conforming Model 500 very light jets, N502EA and N504EA, have completed wing mate and are stand
Aircraft
In The Works: Utilicraft FF1080-300
Utilicraft Aerospace Industries, a spin-off of American Utilicraft, last month gave Metalcraft Technologies (MTI) the go-ahead to construct the initial sub
