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Security

TSA extends timeline for new security rules

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last month extended the compliance date for the Twelve-Five Standard Security Program (TFSSP), which will
Charter & Fractional

Jeffersons launches luxury charter vacation service

Jeffersons Private Jet Holidays launched a luxury vacation service using chartered business aircraft.
Training and Workforce

Jet Aviation approved to train pilots

Zurich-based Jet Aviation Business Jets has been approved by Swiss authorities as a type-rating training organization (TRTO), clearing the way for the comp
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options phasing out King Airs?

Flight Options, the Cleveland-based fractional aircraft operator, plans to phase out its King Air fleet, AIN has learned.
FBOs

Universal Weather opens Sydney operation

Universal Weather & Aviation opened a business aircraft handling operation at Sydney (Australia) Kingsford Smith International Airport on November 11.
Accidents

Challenger 604 crash prompts lawsuit

Families of the crew of a Challenger 604 that crashed on takeoff from Wichita Mid-Continent Airport on Oct.
Charter & Fractional

Avanti frax Skyline renamed Avantair

Fractional operator Avantair, launched at the NBAA Convention in September as Skyline Aviation Services, has two sold-out Piaggio Avantis in service.
Regulations and Government

TSA's move to Homeland Security worrisome

Some operators are concerned about possible coordination problems that might arise between the FAA and Transportation Security Administration once the TSA
Engines

Eclipse drops Williams as engine supplier

Claiming that Williams International did not meet its “contractual obligations” and is “significantly behind schedule” in development of the EJ22 turbofan

Safire boosted by cash infusion

Safire Aircraft, thanks to a new “Swiss syndicate of investors,” has gotten fresh funding that it claims will carry development of the S-26 very light jet
Regulations and Government

Will Republican-led U.S. Congress be kind to GA?

With the Republicans retaking control of the Senate when the 108th Congress convenes early next month, some recognizable names will be moving back into the
ATC

Free Flight vet to lead FAA effort

Charlie Keegan, who has headed the FAA’s Free Flight Office since its inception three years ago, has been named to lead the modernization effort outlined i
Training and Workforce

Pilot Lifestyle: Harmonizing your life's work with the rest of your life

Ron flies a Gulfstream IV based at Dallas Love Field and he loves his job–most of the time.
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: NBAA warns members of U.S. ownership rules

Several NBAA member companies have been informed that if they fail the Department of Transportation definition of U.S.
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: Stars not yet shining

In a report prepared for several members of Congress, the General Accounting Office (GAO) said the FAA’s standard terminal automation replacement system (S
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: Retooling the FAA

Although the bill is called the Aviation Industry and Reform Act and is designed to give more financial relief to the airline industry, H.R.5506 also conta
Cabin Interior and Electronics

IBM, Dassault Systemes take buyers inside their completion

For years one of the most difficult aspects of creating a business aircraft interior has been providing a realistic representation of the finished product
Aircraft

In The Works: Ibis Aerospace AE270

The dearth of orders (only five) for the lower-powered Ae270P turboprop single compared with the higher-powered Ae270HP and the difficulties inherent in ru
Aircraft

In The Works: VisionAire Vantage VA-10

VisionAire, now operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, is focusing its efforts on obtaining additional funding.
Aircraft

In The Works: Maverick Jets Maverick Leader

Jim McCotter, president and CEO of Maverick Jets of Melbourne, Fla.
Aircraft

In The Works: CMC Leopard Six

CMC is “still soldiering on,” in the words of founder and CEO Ian Chichester-Miles, but his long search for funding has yet to bear fruit.
Training and Workforce

To what degree is college required for career pilots?

The aviation industry has often been heavily focused on the requirement for new-hire pilots to have a college degree, that is up until the past few years w
Training and Workforce

Aviation MBA: the short form at Northwestern U

Many business gurus believe knowledge is power, but the ability to transform that wisdom into action is the real measure of success.
Aircraft

‘Dual relevant’ concept could lead to an SSBJ

A supersonic business jet (SSBJ), which many in the industry see as inevitable but just not in the near future, may have taken another step forward when Ra
Charter & Fractional

Indigo relaunching bizav service with RJ shuttle

Indigo, which originally launched a “regular and frequent” business aircraft service with a Falcon 20 in February 2000, was scheduled to receive its first

Air Culinaire beefs up its catering biz

While much of the business aviation industry remains mired in a slumping economy, Air Culinaire has just expanded to a new location in Signature Flight Sup
Charter & Fractional

Real-estate developer builds charter op from the ground up

Going from real estate to on-demand business jet charter seems a bit of a stretch.
Charter & Fractional

Taughannock Aviation copes with bad times

At Taughannock Aviation, an FBO and charter operation tucked away in a corner of Tompkins County Airport near the bucolic, university dominated central New
Aircraft

Cessna breaks with established policy to allow brokers to market its pre-owned aircraft

In a break with long-established practice, Cessna Aircraft has reached an agreement with five independent aircraft brokers for the sale of five used Citati