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Corporate Aircraft of Fresno, Calif., is selling a $93,600 RVSM installation package for the Conquest 441.

The FAA recently amended Part 121 regulations governing drug and alcohol testing to clarify that “each person who performs a safety-sensitive function for

In its January 10 final report on the fatal crash of a Cessna Caravan more than three years ago, the NTSB said there was “no evidence of an in-flight colli

An Iranian-military Falcon 20 crashed after making a forced landing on a road in Orumiyeh, Iran, last month, killing all 11 aboard, including high-ranking

Last year the U.S.

Houston-based ExpressJet Holdings has taken a $700,000, 49-percent share in JetX Aviation, a new regional start-up that plans to operate as ExpressJet Euro

The five major fractional operators hired nearly twiceas many pilots last year as in 2004.

Blackhawk Modifications has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval for its engine upgrade for the King Air C90A/B.

Investigations into two accidents involving Eurocopter AS 350 helicopters led the NTSB to determine that the hydraulic pump drive belt (P/N 704A33690004) p

Nav Canada, the nation’s provider of ATC services, plans to start building a new control tower at Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport this summer.

Twenty-nine-year-old Chana Daskal, the sole survivorof an Aug.

Dangerous Goods International of Redwood City, Calif., designs training modules and conducts compliance seminars in various cities for regional airlines an

Two recent fatal accidents in icing conditions involving Cessna Caravans prompted the NTSB to issue more recommendations for the turboprop single.

Three people were killed and five others injured January 21 in the crash of a Sonicblue Airways Cessna Caravan as it approached Vancouver Island, B.C.

BLR Aerospace late last year received an STC for its winglet kit for King Air 200s.

Palo Alto, Calif.

An InfraTek infrared de-icing system is under trial and now open at Norway’s Oslo Gardermoen Airport.

Charter broker Air Partner has entered the flight-planning market with the creation of a new division called Flight-Operations.com.

Galaxy Aviation recently added to its chain of Florida FBOs with the purchase of the former Aero Sport facility at St.

New amendments to Part 36 require a minimum 3 dB–noise reduction for small single-engine propeller aircraft– including turboprops–weighing more than 3,307

Bombardier’s Challenger 605, announced at the 2005 NBAA Convention, made a nearly 3.5-hour maiden flight on January 22 in Montreal.

Over the last 10 years business aviation safety has improved immensely.

The family of flight attendant Kristi Dunn, killed in the Nov.

CAE is relocating its Sikorsky S-76 and Gulfstream IV simulators from its SimuFlite facility in Dallas, to its new business aviation training center near M

April 10 is the comment deadline for a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposal to require more detailed reporting of top executive compensation,

A Tri-Coastal Airlines Metro crashed in a “nose-down, near-vertical attitude” near Paris, Tenn., while on a cargo flight from Dayton, Ohio, to Harlingen, T

Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita last month announced it is acquiring BAE Systems’ aerostructures division.

All six people aboard a King Air 200 that crashed in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., on February 3 were killed.

Jet Aviation has opened an office in São Paulo, Brazil, to offer aircraft charter, management and sales in Latin America.

FAA financing and the prospect of user fees to help pay for modernization of the ATC system is the primary issue facing general aviation in the coming year