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French regional operator Air Littoral’s future is on a knife edge following the failure of Seven Group–potential buyers of the ailing airline–to pay the pu

William Swanson, 54, has been elected chairman of Raytheon Co., effective January 28.

While it’s unlikely the FAA will push back this month’s deadline for the installation of ELTs in virtually all corporate jets, the agency might allow opera

A day after news of the NetJets order for 50 Hawker 400XPs, Cessna Aircraft parent company Textron announced that it expects no financial impact from the f

Bombardier announced plans to cut this year’s CRJ200 production by another 20 percent just days after Standard & Poor’s lowered the company’s credit rating

Northwest Airlines will have to add a third regional partner if it wants more 50-seat jets for its Northwest Airlink division, according to an agreement wi

Fractional operator NetJets announced an order late last month for 50 Hawker 400XPs and eight midsize Hawker 800XPs, a deal valued in excess of $360 millio

Comments are due by January 23 on a proposal to increase the size of the Minneapolis Class B airspace, namely expanding its upper limit to 10,000 feet msl.

President Bush participated in the events at Kitty Hawk, N.C., on December 17 to mark the 100th anniversary of manned, powered flight, and although the wea

A Raytheon Beech T-34 Mentor crashed on December 7 when the left wing snapped off about four inches inboard of the root attach point.

Bill Lear possessed the soul of a true inventor.

Calvin Burgess is a man who likes Learjets…always has and always will, to hear him tell the story. Burgess began flying in 1986 for a very pragmatic

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) is still searching for a replacement for former president and CEO Ed Bolen, and the board of director

Flight nurse Joan Sullivan Garrett never envisioned herself as an entrepreneur and certainly never as the head of a multi-million-dollar company with globa

In part because of a high-profile charter crash at Teterboro Airport (TEB) early in 2005 and several other accidents involving responsibility for operation

Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) president and CEO John Douglass said the National Aeronautics Research and Development Policy released late last yea

The FAA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking last month that will require pilots to replace their paper certificates with upgraded, counterfeit-resistant

The comity promised by new House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) lasted all of about 24 hours when the 110th Congress convened last month.

The 110th Congress opened for business on January 4, with the Democrats in control of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Netherlands-based Fokker Services, a subsidiary of Stork Aerospace, is in the executive interiors business.

CTT Systems of Nykoping, Sweden, will be equipping Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner with its moisture control system as a basic feature.

Landmark Aviation’s Associated Air Center delivered its seventh Airbus Corporate Jetliner last month and has contracts for three more.

Yingling doesn’t do beer.

LiChing Liu Tsai is Taiwanese by birth and an industrial designer by profession.

Able Flight awarded scholarships to Brad Jones and Stephany Glassing.

William Horn Jr. a retired air force colonel, NBAA employee and aviation consultant, died on December 14.

Kerry Trosper was named general manager for Landmark Aviation’s Wichita Falls, Texas FBO.

Bell Helicopter last month celebrated the 40th anniversary of its popular 206 model.

On December 21, Turkish-based Tusas Aerospace Industries shipped its first AW139 fuselage to AgustaWestland.

A Eurocopter AS 365N Dauphin, operated by CHC Scotia, crashed on December 27 near an oil rig in the East Irish Sea.