2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

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News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

Hawker Beechcraft SEC Filing Reveals Challenges Ahead

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

Accidents: May 2012

David A. Lombardo

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

MRO Profile: Flightstar

Gregory Polek

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Eagle’s Garton Tackles ‘Challenges’ on Multiple Fronts

Cohen: Balance Sheet Can’t Measure Regionals’ Full Progress

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

Foose Offers Mixed Review of New Regs

Benet J. Wilson

AIN Interview: Mesa Air Group’s Jonathan Ornstein Looks Back, Looks Forward

Thierry Dubois

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

Eurocopter Pitches New Performance Class for Oil and Gas Helipads

International Operations 2012: Bizav’s World Gets Bigger and More Complex

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

Dassault Sees Flat Bizjet Deliveries in 2012

Matt Thurber

Operators Complain of Ongoing RVSM Approval Headaches

John Goglia

Is the FAA in danger of losing its status as the premier regulatory agency? 

AIN Blog: Torqued: Is the FAA Losing Its Safety Edge?

Gordon Gilbert

Year Starts Uneven for Business Aircraft Accidents

Bill Carey

Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh argued for reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank April 27. 

Albaugh Pushes Ex-Im Bank Reauthorization at 787 Rollout

The first 787 built in North Charleston, S.C., rolled out of the factory on April 27.

Boeing Rolls Out First 787 Built in South Carolina

Ian Sheppard

Boeing Set To Wrap Up Dreamliner Tour 

Charles Alcock

The new Western Approach factory will give GKN the capacity it needs for A350XWB and A400M wing aerostructures work.

GKN Sharpens Its Composites Edge with New Wing Aerostructures Factory

Dutch Will Not Prosecute Turkish Airlines for 2009 Accident

Air Charter Safety Foundation Receives ASAP Approval

AD Addresses Faulty Lear 60 Extinguishers

Greek Aircraft Mechanic Sentenced to Prison

NTSB 2011 Accident Statistics Show Uptick

Former FAA Safety Inspector Sentenced To Jail

Surviving Loss of Control Requires Manual Flying Skills

FAA Must Improve Its Analysis of Safety Data 

Bird Strikes Prompt Wildlife Hazard Plan

Pakistan CAA Ramps Up Scrutiny after Crash

AA unions decry their company's resistance to a merger with US Airways. 

US Airways, American Airlines Employees Press for Merger as AMR Goes Its Own Way

Issues regarding financing of aircraft; aviation insurance; tax issues for aircraft operators; new companies and people in the aviation financing and insurance industries.

Bombardier has expressed satisfaction with progress toward recruiting more interest from the leasing community.

Lessors Buoy Bombardier’s Sales Aspirations 

Neelam Mathews

Politics appears to be standing in the way of liberalization of the Indian airline sector.

Indian Government Set To Renege on Commitment To Allow Foreign Investment in Airlines 

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