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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Interiors Award Planned for Hamburg Show

Hamburg, Germany, plans to present the first Crystal Cabin Awards at the annual Aircraft Interiors Expo, to be held in the city from April 17 to 19 next ye
Engines

CFM-powered A318 ETOPS Approved

Airbus A318s powered by CFM International engines were approved by the EASA for 180-minute extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS).
Aircraft

Dole Buys Three VLJs for Corporate Use

Dole Food and its affiliate Castle & Cook have purchased three Eclipse 500 very light jets (VLJs) that will join a current corporate aircraft fleet.
Aircraft

Happy 30th to Safety Reporting System

NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) recently marked its 30th anniversary.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

California Bank Targets Aircraft Buyers

Mission Oaks National Bank in Temecula, Calif., hopes to become the lender of choice for pilots shopping for general aviation airplanes and, in some cases,
Aircraft

Eclipse explains snags on preproduction Model 500

Eclipse Aviation expected to have delivered its first Eclipse 500 very light jet by the time this issue was printed, according to Eclipse president and CEO
Airports

O’Hare Slot Program Extended Two Years

The FAA is extending through Oct.
Regulations and Government

Comment Window To Close on Slot NPRM

The comment period on a proposal to continue the reservation and slot program under the high-density rule at New York La Guardia Airport (LGA) closes Decem
Charter & Fractional

Flexjet Claims Second Profitable Year

Bombardier’s Flexjet might be the only fractional provider that can say it has been profitable for the second consecutive year.
Charter & Fractional

Landing Assessment Committee Urged

In recent letters to FAA Administrator Marion Blakey, NBAA and the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) asked the agency to form an aviation rule
Maintenance and Modifications

Installation Near for Stage III Hush Kit

Stage III Technologies, which 18 months ago received an STC for its Stage 3 hush kit/cascade thrust reverser for Gulfstream IIs and IIIs, plans to have its
Regulations and Government

FAA consolidates and updates sim requirements

The FAA has adopted its four-year-old proposed rule to revise simulator and flight training device (FTD) requirements and consolidate them into a new FAR P
Aircraft

Kingfisher adds another 15 ATR 72-500s to fleet

India’s Kingfisher Airlines exercised options on another 15 ATR 72-500s yesterday during French President Jacques Chirac’s official visit to the subcontine
ATC

UAVs might inspire new TCAS rules

AIN has learned that FAA officials are considering the introduction of TCAS-III to meet collision-avoidance needs when large unmanned aircraft start
Aircraft

Indian airline signs order for 43 Airbus A319, A320, A321 jets

In a deal three years in the making, the state-run airline Indian (formerly Indian Airlines) yesterday signed a firm order for 43 Airbus A320-family jets,
Aircraft

TBM 850 challenges very light jets

EADS Socata (Stand A701) is here at Asian Aerospace to persuade anyone who is thinking about a step into the very light jet age to consider instead its new
Aircraft

China Registers First Falcon

Dassault recently delivered the first Falcon business jet to be registered in China.
Engines

P&W prepares to powernew single-aisle airliners

Since its rejection from the Boeing 787 engine contest in April 2004 Pratt & Whitney has had to face up to a harsh new reality–that for the foreseeable fut
Engines

Geared Turbofan to Shoulder Pratt’s JT8D Legacy

Pratt & Whitney’s efforts to ensure it takes pole position in the next generation of medium-sized powerplants are materializing, with several major technol
Aircraft

Orders up, revenue down for Dassault

Dassault Aviation had mixed fortunes in 2005 with a slight fall in revenue and net result, balanced by a record 123 firm orders for Falcon jets, up from 69
Aircraft

Maverick Jets Is Back with New Product

After operating below the radar for several years, Maverick Jets, now headquartered in Jackson, Wyo., revealed it is working on a next-generation Maverick
ATC

Lockheed Martin Unveils ADS-B Team

Lockheed Martin announced its bidding team for the FAA’s nationwide automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) program.
Engines

Rolls-Royce tests Boeing 787 engine

Rolls-Royce has completed its first run of its Trent 1000, the engine competing with General Electric’s GEnx to power the Boeing 787.
Aircraft

Ruag Aerospace Services To Modify G550

Ruag Aerospace Services (Stand A221-04) is about to convert a Gulfstream 550 into an atmospheric research aircraft.
Regulations and Government

Drug/Alcohol Testing Rate Unchanged

The FAA has determined that the minimum random drug and alcohol testing percentage rates for next year will remain at 25 percent of safety-sensitive employ
ATC

P&W Reveals JT8D, PW4000 Upgrades

Pratt & Whitney has announced upgrades to both its venerable JT8D engine and the PW4000 high bypass ratio turbofan.
Airports

Voters Reject Bicoastal Airport Plans

Two nonbinding referendums on opposite coasts of the U.S.
Aircraft

Pilatus and Execujet Terminate PC-12 Deal

Execujet and Pilatus (Stand C104) have terminated their PC-12 relationship, the two companies announced last week.
FBOs

NATA Warns on Fuel Pump Requirement

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) warned of a new requirement imposed by Alabama.
FBOs

After 10 years, Jet Aviation sees business double at S’pore FBO

Plenty of major players have voiced high expectations for the eventual flowering of business aviation in the Asia/Pacific region, but Jet Aviation is one o