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News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

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Domestic RVSM Seminar Set in Atlanta

The FAA will present its seventh seminar on domestic RVSM airspace on June 9 and 10 in Atlanta.

ATC

March 22, 2007

FAA Forecast Overshadowed by Funding Debate

DOT Secretary Mary Peters cautioned that aviation delays will grow without significant FAA funding reforms (read: user fees) as forecasters predict air tra

ATC

March 20, 2007

Argentina Strips Air Force of ATC Function

Argentine President Nestor Kirchner disclosed on March 15 that the country would end military control of ATC services and signed a decree creating the Nati

ATC

March 20, 2007

Hickok devises SNI approaches into NYC area

Stephen Hickok of Hickok & Associates, Orange Beach, Ala., announced on Thursday that the FAA performed a successful flight inspection on February 23 o

ATC

March 19, 2007

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FAA cuts LAAS funding, leaving program in limbo

After more than 15 years and $200 million in development effort, the FAA in late January canceled further expenditures on the GPS Category I local-area aug

ATC

March 16, 2007

Embraer 170 finally gets FAA, JAA nods

Embraer on February 20 obtained FAA certification and JAA recommendation for its 70- to 78-passenger Model 170 regional twinjet, some 18 months later than

Engines

March 16, 2007

Embraer forecasts sales rebound

After selling 101 regional and corporate jets last year (44 short of its initial projection and later revised downward), Embraer forecasts an upturn in sal

March 16, 2007

Controllers sue Federal Impasses Panel

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association filed a lawsuit in late January asking a federal court to order the Federal Service Impasses Panel to reso

ATC

March 16, 2007

Fix developed for Citation pitch-trim anomaly

A newly designed circuit board is now available for Citation 525 and a few Citation 560 operators that have been required since late last year to disengage

ATC

March 16, 2007

Embraer rolls out 190; 170 approval imminent

In front of more than 1,000 guests, including Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and many of the country’s top government officials and executiv

March 16, 2007

European ‘single sky’ plan gains momentum

Launched in 1999 by European Commission vice president Loyola de Palacio, the move to create a single European sky (SES) for air traffic management and con

ATC

March 15, 2007

University tests engine noise reduction device

Few sounds are louder than a jet aircraft at takeoff. The decibel level of a climbing jet engine at full power can be higher (140 dB) than that of a

Engines

March 15, 2007

American Utilicraft continues Freight Feeder development

Thirteen years after American Utilicraft filed patents for its FF-1080 Freight Feeder, “the project is moving from the design engineering phase to getting

Aircraft

March 15, 2007

Offshore helo operators urged to adopt ADS-B

The FAA made a hard sell yesterday to offshore oil operators that will soon have the opportunity to receive unprecedented traffic and weather information i

ATC

March 15, 2007

Lockheed Martin to provide AFSS service

The FAA last month chose Lockheed Martin from a field of five bidders to provide the services now offered by the agency’s 58 automated flight service stati

ATC

March 12, 2007

Landmark Completes GIII, Falcon 50 Upgrades

Landmark Aviation last month joined the ranks of installation centers that are busy turning around upgraded avionics systems for operators of Gulfstream II

ATC

March 8, 2007

Europe’s mode-S mandate creates confusion

A European mandate calling for mode-S transponder upgrades in transport-category airplanes is causing confusion for some U.S.

ATC

March 8, 2007

Colgan To Fly Q400s

Manassas, Va.-based Colgan Air will fly fifteen 74-seat Bombardier Q400 turboprops under a 10-year capacity purchase agreement that Colgan’s new owner, Mem

Aircraft

March 8, 2007

Comair, ALPA Reach Tentative Deal

Comair has given its pilots until March 4 to ratify a tentative deal forged with union representatives last month after U.S.

March 8, 2007

Merger Foe Joins MAIR Board

Riley Investment Management principal John Ahn has won a seat on the board of Mesaba Airlines parent MAIR Holdings in exchange for abandoning his plans to

March 8, 2007

Air Transport

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Latest

Domestic RVSM Seminar Set in Atlanta

The FAA will present its seventh seminar on domestic RVSM airspace on June 9 and 10 in Atlanta.

FAA Forecast Overshadowed by Funding Debate

DOT Secretary Mary Peters cautioned that aviation delays will grow without significant FAA funding reforms (read: user fees) as forecasters predict air tra

Argentina Strips Air Force of ATC Function

Argentine President Nestor Kirchner disclosed on March 15 that the country would end military control of ATC services and signed a decree creating the Nati

Hickok devises SNI approaches into NYC area

Stephen Hickok of Hickok &amp; Associates, Orange Beach, Ala., announced on Thursday that the FAA performed a successful flight inspection on February 23 o

Videos

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FAA cuts LAAS funding, leaving program in limbo

After more than 15 years and $200 million in development effort, the FAA in late January canceled further expenditures on the GPS Category I local-area aug

Embraer 170 finally gets FAA, JAA nods

Embraer on February 20 obtained FAA certification and JAA recommendation for its 70- to 78-passenger Model 170 regional twinjet, some 18 months later than

Embraer forecasts sales rebound

After selling 101 regional and corporate jets last year (44 short of its initial projection and later revised downward), Embraer forecasts an upturn in sal

Controllers sue Federal Impasses Panel

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association filed a lawsuit in late January asking a federal court to order the Federal Service Impasses Panel to reso

Fix developed for Citation pitch-trim anomaly

A newly designed circuit board is now available for Citation 525 and a few Citation 560 operators that have been required since late last year to disengage

Embraer rolls out 190; 170 approval imminent

In front of more than 1,000 guests, including Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and many of the country’s top government officials and executiv

European ‘single sky’ plan gains momentum

Launched in 1999 by European Commission vice president Loyola de Palacio, the move to create a single European sky (SES) for air traffic management and con

University tests engine noise reduction device

Few sounds are louder than a jet aircraft at takeoff. The decibel level of a climbing jet engine at full power can be higher (140 dB) than that of a

American Utilicraft continues Freight Feeder development

Thirteen years after American Utilicraft filed patents for its FF-1080 Freight Feeder, “the project is moving from the design engineering phase to getting

Offshore helo operators urged to adopt ADS-B

The FAA made a hard sell yesterday to offshore oil operators that will soon have the opportunity to receive unprecedented traffic and weather information i

Lockheed Martin to provide AFSS service

The FAA last month chose Lockheed Martin from a field of five bidders to provide the services now offered by the agency’s 58 automated flight service stati

Landmark Completes GIII, Falcon 50 Upgrades

Landmark Aviation last month joined the ranks of installation centers that are busy turning around upgraded avionics systems for operators of Gulfstream II

Europe’s mode-S mandate creates confusion

A European mandate calling for mode-S transponder upgrades in transport-category airplanes is causing confusion for some U.S.

Colgan To Fly Q400s

Manassas, Va.-based Colgan Air will fly fifteen 74-seat Bombardier Q400 turboprops under a 10-year capacity purchase agreement that Colgan’s new owner, Mem

Comair, ALPA Reach Tentative Deal

Comair has given its pilots until March 4 to ratify a tentative deal forged with union representatives last month after U.S.

Merger Foe Joins MAIR Board

Riley Investment Management principal John Ahn has won a seat on the board of Mesaba Airlines parent MAIR Holdings in exchange for abandoning his plans to

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Stephen Hickok of Hickok & Associates, Orange Beach, Ala., announced on Thursday that the FAA performed a successful flight inspection on February 23 o