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The FAA suspended the August 31 date for Part 135 operators to comply with airworthiness bulletin HBAW 04-06E, while it considers proposed rulemaking that

NBAA released the “Aircraft Charter Consumer Guide,” intended to provide charter users with a means for locating and evaluating charter operators.

Effective September 1, operators are required to use a new set of flight plan aircraft equipment suffixes to indicate advanced navigation capabilities.

Jet Aviation’s FBO at London Biggin Hill Airport is now providing fuel, and its facility at Dubai International Airport now includes in-house customs clear

Commercial pilots are at a higher risk than the general public of developing cataracts because of exposure to cosmic rays while aloft, a study concluded.

Signature Flight Support broke ground late last month on a new facility at Boston Logan Airport.

Tech Engineering, an AOG mobile repair service, has expanded its capabilities to include an operation at FBO Lanmar Aviation at Groton-New London Airport,

Fractional operator Flexjet has increased the seating capacity of its Challenger 604s from nine to 12, creating a four-seat conference grouping in the aft

The FAA is more than two years behind schedule for commissioning equipment designed to improve runway surveillance to reduce incursions.

Gregg Williams, who has been president and COO of Williams International for eight years, has been named CEO.

Avion Private Jet Club (www.flyavion.com) is the latest venture to introduce per-seat business jet public charter service between designated cities “on a r

Farnborough Aircraft commercial director Richard Blain told AIN last month that his British company now has “adequate funding for current activities

Federal legislation (H.R.

Deliveries of new turbine business airplanes–particularly from Bombardier, Cessna, Gulfstream and Raytheon–in the first half of this year shot up more than

Citation modification specialist Sierra Industries of Uvalde, Texas, last month received an STC for its Stallion conversion, a Citation 500/501 powered by

Sikorsky Aircraft of Stratford, Conn., recently completed the acquisition of Keystone Ranger Holdings, which includes Keystone Helicopters in West Chester,

The Senate at press time was considering a bill that imposes a $250,000 fine and a possible prison term of up to five years for people who point lasers at

China’s Aviation Authority has taken delivery of two new Cessna Citation XLSs.

Gulfstream’s initial investigation into the November 21 incident involving a jammed gear on Nike’s GV revealed corrosion on the main landing gear (MLG) upl

Starting February 1, owners and operators of aircraft with “questionable registrations and/or no TSA-required security measures/waivers” might be denied ac

Shadin Avionics of St.

Repair stations would be required to establish a quality-rating program under a notice of proposed rulemaking the FAA expects to publish next month.

Some 40 Gulfstream IIs and IIIs have been equipped with Quiet Technology Aerospace’s Stage 3 hush kit.

Russian aviation officials are investigating the fatal crash of a 2004 Cessna Grand Caravan (Aruba registry P4-OIN) as it was trying to land at Moscow-Domo

In a recent letter to the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it has “begun the process of dev

Nine months after reaching a tentative sales agreement, Raytheon Aircraft and NetJets signed a contract for the purchase of 50 Hawker 4000s (née Horizons)

One Six Right, a documentary of Van Nuys Airport in California, is now available on DVD for $28.95 (plus shipping and handling).

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in October will remove its non-U.S.

Last month nearly 30 business aircraft operators based at Westchester County Airport (HPN) received “Spirit of Noise Abatement Awards” for achieving 100-pe

A proposed noise-compatibility program for Southwest Florida Airport in Fort Myers is under review by the FAA.