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Operations by U.S.-registered aircraft owned by a company not considered a U.S.

Partial results of the annual AIN FBO Survey appear in AIN's Aviation Industry Expo supplement being distributed this wee

On Tuesday, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey testified before the Senate subcommittee on aviation about the financial health of the agency, specifically the

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America (MHIA), the Addison, Texas-based subsidiary of the Japanese company that built the MU-2 turboprop twin, has acquired In

Traffic is picking up and hangar space is returning to New Orleans Lakefront Airport, more than six months after Hurricane Katrina caused millions of dolla

Beginning June 1, buyers of any new Bombardier business jet can opt for a new cost-per-flight-hour maintenance support program.

Westport, Conn.-based Avocet Aircraft has canceled its program to develop a $2 million, six-seat very light jet known as the ProJet.

The FAA is scheduled tomorrow to issue a notice that compliance with revised drug and alcohol testing requirements for air carriers has been delayed to Oct

Monday is the deadline for comments on a Securities and Exchange Commission rulemaking proposal to require more detailed reporting of top executive compens

The National Association of State Aviation Officials is asking Congress to “say no” to the FAA’s 2007 budget proposals.

Testifying recently before the House aviation subcommittee on unmanned aircraft (UA), FAA associate administrator for aviation safety Nicholas Sabatini out

Cessna, Eclipse and Adam Aircraft are all confident that their respective very light jets will be certified this year.

Piaggio Aero Industries, manufacturer of the Avanti turboprop twin, says it will develop a business jet.

FlightSafety International achieved a first recently when it put a Citation Sovereign simulator into service at its Orlando Learning Center.

The airlines that own Arinc are interested in selling the 77-year-old aviation communications company.

In mid-2002, former Pilatus Business Aircraft COO Thomas Bosshard was named president and CEO of this U.S.

Embraer is extending the $2.75 million introductory price to May 31 for the Phenom 100, its offering in the growing very light jet segment.

The first quarter of this year continued the downward trend in fatalities from turbine business aircraft accidents.

A Berlin court on December 21 recommended to keep Tempelhof downtown airport open until Oct.

On December 6, attorney Richard Genter filed a lawsuit on behalf of client Charles Duke in U.S.

The FAA has issued Notice N8000.345, rescinding Notice N8700.46 and providing updated guidance for obtaining Letters of Deviation Authority (LODA), applica

While the FAA did rescind Notice N8000.336 regarding addition of airplanes to Part 135 certificates, on December 18 it reissued the notice in a new form wi

NBAA is reconsidering its role in the Latin American Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (LABACE).

It’s one of those problems providers might like to see but that can be exasperating for their customers–more demand than capacity.

Commercial pilots and air traffic controllers who have English as a second language, as well as native speakers of English, are needed to participate in a

The FAA says that the Alaska Capstone program of testing a host of advanced avionics (including automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast–ADS-B) in small

Citing a desire by the Associação Brasileira de Aviação Geral (ABAG) to assume a more extensive role in organizing the annual Latin American Business Aviat

Despite comments on a variety of subjects regarding the FAA’s proposed Special FAR mandating training for Mitsubishi MU-2 pilots, the agency has made chang

Remarkably, the two pilots and three passengers on a NetJets Hawker 800XP and the pilot of a Schleicher sailplane escaped with their lives when the two air

Dassault Falcon Jet’s Little Rock, Ark., completion center on December 12 accepted the first Falcon 7X (S/N 05) for completion.