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Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation Basel approved for parts replacement

The Swiss Federal Office for Civil Aviation has approved Jet Aviation Basel as a POA (production organization approval) approved facility in accordance wit
Maintenance and Modifications

Arinc Direct Scottsdale off Avanti factory service

Arinc Direct announced that its FAA Part 145 certified repair station at Scottsdale, Ariz., has been named a factory authorized service center for the Piag
Airports

New players enter bizav market in South of France

While the major airports of Cannes and Nice on the Côte d’Azur, the French Riviera, are stepping up business aviation activity, the smaller gateways of Tou
Safety

Idle-power descents under study in U.S. and abroad

At one time or another most pilots have thought about how neat it would be to chop the throttles at FL300 or above and not touch them again until the airpl
Maintenance and Modifications

Chinese Aviation College to train maintenance techs

Ameco Aviation College (AAC) has obtained a CCAR Part 147 certificate as a maintenance training organization issued by CAAC’s North-China Regional Administ
Maintenance and Modifications

Customer demand fuels Immaculate flight expansion

Immaculate Flight, a national aircraft detailing company operating out of Grand Rapids, Mich., is offering its services in three new areas: Atlanta (PDK, F
Maintenance and Modifications

Stage III now ready to install Gulfstream II, III hush kits

After some six years of development, Stage III Technologies is ready to start installing its FAR Part 36 Stage 3 combined hush kit/thrust reverser for the
Charter & Fractional

Club 328 charts future course

Southampton, England-based business jet operator Club 328 has had to revise its plans in the past few months, particularly since its only source of Dornier
Maintenance and Modifications

Pro Star Avation becomes Raytheon service center

Pro Star Aviation of Manchester, N.H., has been appointed a factory-authorized service center for the Raytheon King Air, Beechjet, Premier, Hawker 400XP an
Airports

Goodbye, Palwaukee; Hello, Chicago Executive

Pilots flying to the former Palwaukee Airport north of Chicago are going to have to remember to say Chicago Executive Airport when they call the tower.
FBOs

Allison adds Million Air at Lafayette Regional Airport

Kenneth Allison has added another FBO, the former Lafayette Regional Airport in Louisiana, to his group of Million Air-branded facilities, bringing the tot
FBOs

AirNav adding AirBoss fuel card for transient pilots

Airport information provider AirNav is launching AirBoss, a new fuel card membership service that is open to pilots and FBOs.
FBOs

Air Group Fuel Program tackles trip costs

Aircraft management firm The Air Group launched a discount fuel program and a co-branded Visa card available free to its management clients and for a fee t
Safety

Software scheduling tool fights crewmember fatigue

Flight operations are fertile grounds for fatigue, sleep deficit and circadian disruption, and these physiological factors can result in decreased flight-d
Safety

S-92 operator addressing a vibration issue

North Sea operator Helikopter Service has imposed torque and speed limits on its two new Sikorsky S-92s, but Keith Mullett, managing director of Canadian p
FBOs

Dallas facility is an accidental FBO

The newest FBO building at Dallas Love Field Airport is six years old but looks younger.
Airports

Rocket Man touching down at Ellington

Houston Ellington Field, home to NASA’s C-9 “Vomit Comet” microgravity research airplane, is expanding to attract more general aviation activity by making
Airports

African business aviation on the rise

Business aviation is growing in Africa, according to Ettore Poggi, managing director of ExecuJet South Africa.
FBOs

Landmark builds on Raleigh...

Landmark Aviation added a new $2 million hangar and office complex at its Raleigh-Durham International Airport FBO.
Aircraft

In The Works: IBIS Aerospace

Ibis Aerospace said FAA and EASA certification of its Ae270 turboprop single was pending at press time.
Aircraft

In The Works: Dassault Falcon 7X

Since the maiden flight of the Falcon 7X on May 5, the 5,700-nm-range trijet has been flying almost daily from Dassault’s flight- test center in Istres, Fr
Aircraft

In The Works: Gulfstream G150

Flight testing of the Gulfstream G150 S/N 201 is “proceeding as planned” at Israel Aircraft Industries’ (IAI) flight-test center at Ben Gurion Airport in T
ATC

Inmarsat conference addresses future of in-flight communication

The six-ton I-4 communications satellite Inmarsat launched in late March has taken over satcom transmission routing responsibility from the previous I-3 sa
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Live tv coming to the oceanic bizjet cabin

Live tv over the ocean? It’s not possible today, and traditional direct broadcast satellite television providers are unlikely to have a business model for
Avionics

EFB devices a supplement for glass cockpits

Are portable electronic flight bag (EFB) computing devices merely a stepping stone until business aircraft operators get around to installing cockpit equip
ATC

Inter-agency financing debate could delay progress on loran

They say that politics makes for strange bedfellows.
FBOs

KCAC opens full-service operation in St. Louis

Kansas City Aviation Center (KCAC) opened the first of what will be several new FBO and service facilities in its nine-state Pilatus PC-12 sales territory,
FBOs

Love Field sees regal sale

JetDirect Aviation purchased Regal Aviation, an FBO, maintenance, sales and charter/management company based at Dallas Love Field.
Avionics

Grob’s Paris Surprise Will Fly with Honeywell Apex Avionics

Grob’s SPn, a carbon-fiber light business twinjet introduced at last month’s Paris Air Show, will enter production with the Honeywell Apex avionics system,
FBOs

Fayetteville Million Air unveils renovation

After eight months of renovations of its FBO facility, Million Air Fayetteville, Ark., held a grand reopening on August 11.