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Last week, the White House introduced its proposed budget for federal programs in fiscal year 2007 that includes language calling for a new funding mechani

Dassault has locked in its decision to push the Falcon 7X’s range from 5,700 nm to 6,000 nm and boost payload by 50 percent.

Dassault chairman and CEO Charles Edelstenne said yesterday that the company ended last year with record sales for 123 Falcon business jets–the first time

Air Security International reported today that last week two business aircraft went missing shortly after departing from Arturo Michelena International Air

A number of changes to service charges proposed by Nav Canada will not go into effect as planned on March 1.

The deadline has been extended to October next year for FBOs and others who operate fueling facilities and fueling trucks to meet new spill prevention, con

Beginning March 1, aircraft purchasers, sellers and lenders in the U.S.

Part 91 operators who have been renewing their FAA letters of authorization (LOAs) permitting operations in RVSM airspace no longer need to do so under a n

Investigation has started into last Thursday’s crash of a Citation I/SP in mountains in northern Iraq.

South Africa-based ExecuJet Aviation and Swiss-based Pilatus decided to end their eight-year-old relationship servicing and selling the PC-12 turboprop sin

Bombardier Flexjet, the U.S.-based fractional business jet arm of Canadian manufacturer Bombardier, last month announced it would begin operations in--wher

In a speech today at the Wings Club in New York City, Cessna chairman, president and CEO Jack Pelton unveiled a central strategy for business aviation’s co

General aviation is not going to “blacken the sky” with very light jets, said General Aviation Manufacturers Association president and CEO Pete Bunce, and

Nearly three months after the union representing air traffic controllers rejected the FAA’s request for federal mediation to help reach a labor agreement,

Early last month, the Superior Court judge presiding over the lawsuit between Farnborough Aircraft and Epic Aircraft parent Aircraft Investor Resources (AI

On Friday, the FAA issued the type certificate for the Ibis Aerospace Ae270 turboprop single to Aero Vodochody, the Czech partner in the joint venture with

Predictions for the number of civil helicopter deliveries over the next decade differ widely, according to forecasts released at the Helicopter Association

Bell Helicopter, which builds the 206 and 407 single-turbine rotorcraft, unveiled the seven-seat Model 417 at the Helicopter Association International’s He

The NTSB concluded that the pilot’s “inadvertent flight” into severe icing and his “inadequate planning” for the forecast weather was the probable cause of

In response to recommendations of the joint industry/government International Helicopter Safety Team, MD Helicopters will include as standard equipment on

The major U.S.

Sino Swearingen, which is preparing to start deliveries this year of the SJ30-2 light jet, last week fired its president, Carl Chen, who immediately sued t

While the FAA drastically cut down on the numbers of very light jets estimated to take to take to the air in the next decade, comments and speeches at the

Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett, in his latest annual letter to shareholders issued Saturday, said the company’s flight services division–Flight

Several leadership changes, including two U.S.

The two companies that run ATC in Britain and Spain have launched a joint-venture company to develop a new air traffic management system for both countries

Gulfstream Aerospace, which experienced a 12-percent increase in aircraft production last year compared with 2004 and expects that growth to continue, reve

Last Thursday’s union victory for the Flight Options pilots has received mixed reactions.

The FAA has published two general notices revising procedures for airports conducting taxi into position and hold (TIPH) operations.

Jeffrey Borer, former owner of defunct charter operator XtraJet, and Arvel Reeves, previous owner of one-time aircraft services firm Executive Aviation Log