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New York-based charter operator ExcelAire recently submitted to Brazilian Federal Police Chief Renato Sayao a 150-page report on the September 29 midair be

Thanks to the continuing sales performance of the Citation line, operational results for Cessna in the first quarter of this year were described by Lewis C

This week Cessna celebrated two major turbine fleet milestones.

Though the problems Eclipse Aviation has experienced with certification and production are well known by now, other VLJ manufacturers haven’t been spared t

Starting May 1, the Isle of Man–a British Crown Dependency located in the Irish Sea between the UK and Ireland–will have its own aircraft registry, open on

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released its annual safety report this week, which highlights concerns around the globe.

Australia’s Macquarie Infrastructure confirmed that it is buying Allied Capital’s chain of 24 FBOs, which includes Mercury Air Centers, Corporate Wings, Fi

The FAA has hit Platinum Jet with civil penalties totaling more than $1.86 million for violations involving 49 passenger-carrying flights.

The Stephens Group, parent company of Little Rock-based investment banker Stephens, Inc., is considering getting into the aviation business and Omni Air of

Last summer Jet Aviation moved its international headquarters from West Palm Beach, Fla., back to its original Basel, Switzerland base and relocated its ma

NetJets Europe expects to move into its new Lisbon, Portugal headquarters in December.

NBAA has welcomed news that a new landing-fee structure at Santa Monica Municipal Airport, Calif., was approved by city officials.

Rules that will enable some general aviation operators to resume operations at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) were released last Friday an

Business Aviation handling group Feras, perhaps best known for its support services network in eastern and central Europe and the CIS, continues to expand

Pilots for the legacy carriers are still narrowly backing the FAA’s mandatory age 60 retirement rule for Part 121 airline pilots, but most pilots flying fo

Operation Safe Pilot, an 18-month federal probe into “the misuse of Social Security numbers by pilots,” ended last month with the indictment of 40 pilots–s

Jeppesen has assembled a team of engineers to look into complaints by users that the company’s latest electronic charting software, JeppView FlightDeck 3.0

The first business jet from Grob Aerospace made its maiden flight yesterday.

Germany-based aerospace consultancy PMI-Media has lowered its estimated very light jet (VLJ) delivery schedule for this year based on production difficulti

Viking Air, which last year announced that it was considering restarting production of the 19-passenger DHC-6 Twin Otter, confirmed last week that the prog

Approval for European commercial single-engine operations at night or under IMC is probably still at least three years away.

Nav Canada on Friday proposed a 3-percent reduction in its customer service charges, effective September 1.

User fees remain a fiery issue, despite a congressional recess the past two weeks during which no official business has been conducted on the proposal.

General aviation trade groups based in the Washington, D.C.

In the first quarter of this year, the U.S.

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca) is placing the burden of the NTSB’s recommendations squarely on the FAA.

The NTSB issued a series of recommendations this week asking the FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association to tighten regulations and proced

Two well known companies that operate and manage charter aircraft and jet travel cards have merged.

On May 9, procedures and an application process will be in effect for reimbursing FBOs and other providers of general aviation ground-support services at f

Operators who own a share of an aircraft are to be included in the International Registry of Mobile Assets (IRMA), giving them the same Cape Town Treaty pr