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Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Pays $625 Million For Vector

Vector Aerospace will maintain its separate identity as a stand-alone MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) company even after it is acquired by Eurocopte

Embraer 2010 Report Shows Market Gain

Embraer’s executive aviation division logged net sales of $1.1 billion in 2010, according to figures released in late March.
Security

Counterterrorism provides lessons for bizav security

The line between garden-variety criminals and international terrorists has become blurred worldwide, as the two groups become increasingly comfortable work

Flight Display Delivers Helo CMS

Flight Display Systems has installed its Select cabin management system in a Eurocopter EC145.

AIN Blog: Rep. Mica has no love for the TSA

When it comes to love/hate relationships, Congressman John Mica seems to have a hate/hate relationship with the Transportation Security Administration.

Charter Operators Take Part in Volcanic Ash Exercise

One year after ash from the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano grounded most aircraft in Europe for several days, ICAO’s European and North Atl
Regulations and Government

NTSB: House Aviation Provisions Could Hurt Safety

The NTSB has come out against two amendments in the FAA reauthorization bill that the Board believes could adversely affect safety.
Regulations and Government

RAA: FAA reauthorization bill ‘still not a done deal’

by Paul Lowe RAA senior vice president for government affairs Faye Malarkey Black concedes she might have let some Washington cynicism and we

Kansas lawmakers request probe into subsidies for foreign aircraft manufacturers

Two Kansas lawmakers have asked the chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee to request that the U.S.

AIN Blog: Behind the Scenes at Business Jet Traveler

Luminary cover subjects are a signature feature of Business Jet Traveler, a bimonthly publication that focuses on the users of business aviation, as
Article image

AIN Blog: The Idea Is Not To Try To Fool People into Thinking They Aren’t Flying

I’ve been covering the Aircraft Interiors Expo for AIN since the first show opened in Cannes, France, a decade ago, and earlier this month, I covere
Regulations and Government

House Transportation Chairman Threatens To Subpoena TSA Boss

Republican congressman John Mica (Fla.) continued his quixotic war with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last week when he slammed the agen
Aircraft

AIN Blog: Test Pilots Push the Envelope So the Rest of Us Don’t Have To

As a general rule, AIN does not discuss aircraft accidents with reporters from the general media for the simple reason that we can’t really add much
Regulations and Government

Aviation Industry Welcomes Latest House FAA Bill

While it may seem to many like the movie “Groundhog Day,” the House of Representatives passed yet another version of FAA reauthorization on Friday, sending

Gulfstream G650 Test Airplane Crashes in New Mexico

A Gulfstream G650 flight-test airplane crashed today at 9:30 a.m.
Regulations and Government

Business groups join fight against Barr limits

by Paul Lowe Although the words aviation and security usually conjure images of terrorists trying to do bad things to airliners, the FAA’s pr
FBOs

AIN’s Readers Rate the World’s FBOs

Pilots, flight attendants, dispatchers and other AIN subscribers who have frequent interaction with FBOs provided a total of 23,452 evaluations of m
Security

House of Representatives Moves To Defend BARR

Two long-time pilot members of Congress have successfully amended the pending House FAA reauthorization bill to preserve the Block Aircraft Registration Re
Regulations and Government

FAA gets another extension as Congress irons out long-term bill

With the latest FAA reauthorization extension set to expire March 31, the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee passed a bill on March 16

China Helicopter Show Planned

China had a substantial presence at Heli-Expo 2011 in the form of French event organizer BCI Aerospace, which is the lead in putting together the China Hel

Hawker Beechcraft opens $20 million Mexico facility

Hawker Beechcraft announced on February 24 the opening of a new $20 million facility in Chihuahua City, Mexico, that will be employed primarily in sheet me

Pats Wins BBJ Refurb Program

Pats Aircraft Systems has announced the signing of a major refurbishment contract for the new owner of a Boeing Business Jet based in the Asia-Pacific regi

Bombardier 2010 deliveries meet projections

More than a month before release of the FY2010/11 financial results by parent company Bombardier, Inc., Bombardier Aerospace released business jet delivery

M&D Open for Completion Business

As single-aisle airliner conversions to executive use increase, so does demand for high-end cabin outfitting.

Odyssey Presents Custom Woodwork

In the world of executive cabin outfitting, there are a number of independent cabinetry shop suppliers turning out high-quality, and in some cases spectacu

Associated Air Feel Market Momentum

With a growing demand for bizliner completion and refurbishment, Associated Air Center is feeling the market momentum shift.

Flight Display Offers Cabin Mangement System App

Flight Display Systems of Alpharetta, Ga., has introduced and installed an Android software application for use with its

Phenom 300 Gets Medevac Configuration

Embraer has signed a contract for sale of a Phenom 300 to Amil Assistência Médica.

FAA Kicks Off Genav Safety Initiative

Using the highly successful Commercial Aviation Safety Team as a template, the FAA announced yesterday that it will kick off a country-wide series of 98 sa