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Airline Transport Professionals (ATP), a Jacksonville, Fla.-based organization that provides advanced pilot training at 23 flight schools nationwide, repor

At AOPA Expo yesterday Piper announced it had selected a variant of the Williams International FJ44-3A turbofan to power its new PiperJet.

Cessna said the FAA cleared the Citation Mustang for flight into known icing two months after the new entry-level jet received FAA type certification on Se

According to ExcelAire, the Ronkonkoma, N.Y.-based charter company whose Embraer Legacy 600 was involved in the midair collision with a 737 over Brazil on

The proposed procedure for reimbursing FBOs and other providers of general aviation ground-support services at five airports in the Washington, D.C.

Swissport Executive Aviation is scheduled to open new handling operations at Zurich Airport on January 1.

The Airbus A380 Wake Vortex Steering Group recently issued new recommendations for A380 wake turbulence spacing.

Piaggio shipped only three Avantis in the first nine months of this year, hardly enough to keep up with demand, particularly from one of the OEM’s largest

The FAA took another step in its efforts to promote a “cultural change” to improve aviation safety–replacing the Aviation Safety Program (ASP) with the new

Despite a rash of accidents in June involving U.S.-registered turbine business airplanes, there were fewer fatalities in the first six months of this year

Former Flight Options pilot Franklin Rodriguez last month was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison after pleading guilty last May to smuggling into the U.S.

A Defense Department study published recently said that under the right circumstances windmill farms used to generate electricity have the potential to deg

Connecticut-based Magnum Jet confirmed an order placed several months ago with Adam Aircraft for 101 A700 very light jets (VLJ) for planned management and

Embraer selected UK-based Priestman Goode to design the interior of the Lineage 1000, the ultra-large executive jet the Brazilian OEM launched in May.

Cessna’s cessnaelearning.com Web site now offers a Caravan cold-weather operatio

For the fourth consecutive year readers gave Gulfstream the highest marks for both newer business jets (less than 10 years old) and older business jets (10

Business jets were involved in 18 nonfatal accidents and three fatal accidents during the first nine months of this year, compared with 16 nonfatal acciden

Buyers of Embraer business jets can now use the Multi Service Affinity card for purchases at airports and FBOs around the world.

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Northwest Airlines last month split an order for 72 regional jets between Embraer and Bombardier.

Northwest Airlines won approval from the DOT in late September to launch Compass Airlines, a new wholly owned regional subsidiary to which Northwest plans

Swiss firm Aviace is suing Eclipse Aviation of Albuquerque, N.M., for alleged breach of contract over its refusal to deliver the first of 112 Eclipse 500 v

BLR Aerospace of Everett, Wash., received an STC for winglets on the King Air 300.

Gulfstream reported that its Quiet Spike sonic-boom mitigator successfully achieved supersonic flight on October 20.

Italy’s Piaggio Aero Industries, builder of the Avanti II turboprop twin, last month signed an agreement with Pratt & Whitney Canada to acquire 25 percent

CitationShares launched a program–Citelines–that it says offers “payment predictability, customized program options and cost savings never before seen in t

UK maintenance provider Jet Engineering and Technical Support (Jets) has received European Aviation Safety Agency approval to support Raytheon Aircraft’s P

Comair reached concessionary labor agreements with its mechanics and flight attendants late last month, but at press time a deal with its pilots continued

Quiet Technology Aerospace reports it recently installed its 45th Gulfstream Stage 3 hush kit.

Three twin-turboprop accidents within four days of each other last month claimed the lives of all 13 aboard.