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Maintenance and Modifications

Flying Colours Opens New St. Louis Facility

The company said the additonal space, plus a reconfigured floorplan will increase its productivty there six-fold.
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Engines

EASA Certifies Vector Aerospace Africa for Engine MRO

The Lanseria facility, which was opened in 2010, is a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A designated overhaul facility with distribution rights.

Bombardier Looks To Sell Downsview Site

Global and Q400 production may find a new home.
FBOs

New FBO Opens in Cincinnati

Waypoint Aviation debuted its new $6 million facility, which features a 40,000 sq ft hangar able to accomodate aircraft up to a Global 7000.
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Aircraft

UTAS Signs New Boeing 'Partnering for Success' Deal

Company also launches PACE cost-cutting program for Tier II suppliers
Airlines

EC Aviation Official Urges Slot Allocation Review

Director general of mobility and transport Henrik Hololei sees airlines’ agenda at odds with good public policy
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Avionics

ADS-B Will Bring Reckoning to Preowned Bizjet Market

U.S. operators of 13,425 business jets—one-third of the in-service fleet—currently have no ADS-B upgrade plan in place.
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Rotorcraft

Russian Defense Ministry To Take Mi-38T This Year

After a stop-start development, Mil's successor to the legendary Mi-8 series has entered production for the Russian armed forces.
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Several New Features Coming To ABACE 2018

This includes a reconfigured show layout, expanded exhibitor chalets, aircraft making ABACE debuts, and additional sessions.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Gama Aviation Releases 2017 Results, Underlying Profits Up 28%

Farnborough, UK-based company has raised funds for further expansion abroad.
Avionics

Gogo Sees Rising Demand for In-flight Connectivity

Demand for in-flight connectivity was up across all business aircraft segments, but was especially robust for light jets and turboprops.
Rotorcraft

Pilot Report: Bell 505 Jet Ranger X

The light single builds improves on the 206’s performance.
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Aircraft

Boeing 737 Max 7 Completes First Flight

Smallest variant of Max family stays airborne for more than three hours
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Engines

Pratt & Whitney Details GTF Recovery Schedule

Company president Robert Leduc says knife-edge seal issue won’t prevent Pratt from achieving planned GTF 2018 production target
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FBOs

Montreal FBO To Relocate

CYHU H-18 Services is set to break ground on new facilities after selling its building.
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Charter & Fractional

NYC Helo Crash Puts Spotlight on Doors-off Flights

Amateur video shows the helicopter making a hard impact then rolling right with main blades churning into the water and then rolling inverted.
Maintenance and Modifications

Safe Flight Developing Tailstrike Warning System

Safe Flight’s Tailstrike Warning System uses ground clearance and angle of attack (AoA)—a relationship that can even provide predictive alerts.
Regulations and Government

Risk-based Trends, 7,000 Comments Led To LASP Demise

Proposal was estimated to cost $1.4 billion over 10 years.
FBOs

Farnborough Caterer Completes Kitchen Upgrade

Specializing in private aviation provisioning, On Air Dining has just finished a complete makeover of its Farnborough Airport facility.
Airports

Business Jet Ops Drop Sharply at Santa Monica Airport

Oral arguments set in May for NBAA lawsuit to overturn effort to close airport.
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FBOs

Customs Now Available at Jo-burg's Fireblade FBO

The clearance of its first international flight represents a milestone for the $15 million facility which opened in 2014,
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AINsight: Bizav Market Poised for Takeoff

New business jet models in the light, super midsize, and large-cabin segments should stimulate buyers to return to the negotiating table.
Rotorcraft

FAA's Duncan: Flight Standards Aims For Consistency

The FAA aims to get everyone at the FSS playing from the same sheet of music.
Rotorcraft

Bell Aims for Urban Air Taxi by 2025

The company's air-taxi entry will be hybrid electric.

Aircraft MRO Market To Grow 3.8% Annually in Near Term

Esticast Research and Consulting reported that an increase in the number of air passengers will cause growth in the business and general aviation sectors.

Stevens Aviation Adds Five AOG Techs, Two New Locations

Stevens Aviation will add five new technicians to its mobile AOG team on March 30 and will operate new AOG facilities in F.L. and G.A. starting May 1.
ATC

DOT IG: FAA NextGen Development Projects Lack Oversight

Since Fiscal Year 2008, Congress has appropriated more than $1.7 billion for NextGen developmental projects.
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Rotorcraft

JSFirm Helicopter Pilot, Technician Database Tops 50k

That milestone was reached as concerns grow surrounding looming shortages in the helicopter sector.
Avionics

Pentastar Broadens Connectivity Options for Gulfstreams

“Connectivity is vital for business travelers to be truly productive,” noted Jesse Beard, Pentastar Aviation’s director of engineering and inside sales.
Avionics

Jeppesen Charts Added To GoDirect Flight Bag Pro App

Honeywell's GoDirect Flight Bag Pro allows business aviation pilots to create flight plans, view weather, and access flight briefing information.