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Charter & Fractional

Metrojet givesAsian charter fleet a boost

Gulfstream is set to deliver the first G450 to an Asian customer by the end of this month.
Aircraft

Back to the Future…of the HondaJet

As he does with all VIPs arriving at AirVenture, EAA president Tom Poberezny greeted Honda’s Michimasa Fujino with warm words and great respect.
Avionics

Avionics at Oshkosh

The amateur-built market has been a crucible for avionics development for decades.
Security

9/11 +4 years: What have we done and how safe are we?

In the aftermath of 9/11, the number-one priority quickly became answering “How did it happen?” and “How do we stop it from happening again?”
Aircraft

Owner-pilots get glassy-eyed

Very light jets (VLJs) may well represent the tsunami on the horizon for the owner-flown turbine market.
Aircraft

Embraer establishes dedicated sales team for business aircraft

Just months after announcing plans to manufacture two new business jets, Embraer has begun modifying its sales department to sharpen its focus on the execu
Safety

CBAA boasts full participation in safety-management program

At the annual Canadian Business Aviation Association (CBAA) Convention held in Vancouver earlier this year, CBAA president Rich Gage announced that all Can
Aircraft

ExecuJet Aviation extends its reach with Grob SPn program

ExecuJet Aviation Group has successfully pursued its ambitions of becoming a truly global business aviation services group while maintaining a relatively l
Aircraft

Epic forges ahead with jet and turboprop programs

Epic Aircraft parent company Aircraft Investor Resources (AIR) and Republic of Georgia-based Tbilisi Aviation Machine (TAM) in late July further cemented a
Charter & Fractional

Bookajet plans expansion of European management fleet

It is tempting to subscribe to the stereotypical view that if you need to ask how much business aviation costs then it isn’t for you.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Small business jets could get SwiftBroadband, too

With all the recent talk about airline passengers surfing the Web from the comfort of their seats (and perhaps at some point in the future even being permi
ATC

China Asks FAA for Helpwith RVSM Implementation

Now that much of the world has applied reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) standards in the upper flight levels, it was only a matter of time befor
Avionics

Rockwell Collins Receives ADS-BApproval for TDR-94/94D Transponders

Rockwell Collins has obtained what is said to be the first FAA TSO approval for ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) functionality for use wi
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Embraer Brings Swift64 Internet Capability to Legacy

Brazilian, U.S.
Avionics

Cirrus Adds EGPWS to SR 20/22 Standard Equipment Lists

Indicative of just how prevalent terrain-awareness avionics have become in the nearly 10 years since Honeywell (then AlliedSignal) introduced the enhanced
Avionics

News Note: Sandel Avionics has added WSI’s InFlight weather service and TCAS I traffic display capability to its SN3500 electronic HSI

The optional interfaces let pilots overlay nav waypoint data with precipitation, lightning and traffic information.
Avionics

News Note: Arinc and its partner Aeronautical Radio of Thailand last month announced the launch of VHF datalink communications service at three major airports in Australia

The companies have deployed new VHF air-ground stations to cover the airspace at Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne airports.
Avionics

Airlines renew interest in VDL avionics

The number of aircraft flying in Europe with controller-pilot datalink communications (CPDLC) equipment has about doubled in the past few months from 152 a
ATC

Controllers might need more training

While most speakers discussed current training issues and new learning concepts at the Air Traffic Control Association’s recent “ATC Training for the Futur
Avionics

From weather to terrain to tunes, Garmin’s GPSmap 396 does it all

It’s not a bad idea to keep a portable GPS receiver in the flight bag just in case, but now Garmin has come out with an aviation handheld that even seasone
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Avionics

IS&S betting on glass-cockpit technology

The pressure is on for Exton, Pa.-based Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S), but you would never know it from talking with company marketing executives.<
Avionics

Piper’s Meridian gets a makeover, Avidyne style

While buyers will undoubtedly welcome the switch in the Piper Meridian from previous Meggitt Magic avionics to the more capable Avidyne Entegra system, an
Accidents

ATR Crash Probe Homes In on Fuel

Italian authorities strongly suspect that fuel starvation or contamination caused the crash of a Tunisian ATR 72 off the northern coast of Sicily on August
Security

FA Cites 9/11 Hysteria in Lawsuit

Former Comair flight attendant (FA) Gilbert Knops has filed suit against the airline, claiming his ethnic appearance and anti-war sentiment bred suspicion
Aircraft

Mesa takes on Dornier 328s, seeks lessees

Mesa Air Group has taken responsibility for part of the lease payments on some 30 idle Fairchild Dornier 328Jets as a condition of its new code-share contr
Regulations and Government

Boston-Maine Airways under fire in DOT probe

The Department of Transportation’s Inspector General’s Office has launched an investigation into charges of fraudulent financial reporting by Boston-Maine
Aircraft

RRJ Passes Critical Design Reviews

The Sukhoi-led consortium building the Russian Regional Jet got some good news when the RRJ-95B/LR and RRJ-75B/LR passed their critical design reviews (CDR
Rotorcraft

LongRanger Still in Demand

Bell has delivered the first of a six-aircraft LongRanger order to Gulf of Mexico operator Rotorcraft Leasing Company (RLC). The addition of the new
Rotorcraft

Chinese S-76 Fleet Grows

China Eastern General Aviation Corporation (EGAC) is to buy two Sikorsky S-76C+s to support oil support missions off northern China.
Training and Workforce

Florida School Expands

Helicopter Adventures has opened a new flight-training facility.