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Cessna Aircraft and Bell Helicopter Lift Textron in Third Quarter

Cessna Aircraft and Bell Helicopter parent company Textron reported third-quarter revenues of $2.8 billion yesterday, up 13.5 percent from last year
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Safety

Apple iOS 5 Update Problematic for iPad EFB Users

Apple’s new iOS 5 operating system is causing problems for iPad aviation app users, including deletion of data without warning
Regulations and Government

ATA Chief Vows Continued Fight Against ETS

The head of the Air Transport Association came out punching against the European emissions trading scheme.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Chip Fichtner Joins Associated Air Center

Associated Air Center named Chip Fichtner as vice president of engineering. Fichtner previously served as director of production, engineering and program
Maintenance and Modifications

Gulfstream To Expand Massachusetts Service Center

Gulfstream Aerospace will expand its service center at Barnes Regional Airport in Westfield, Mass. The $20 million project will add
Maintenance and Modifications

AD Issued for Gulfstream Galaxy, G200

The FAA has issued an Airworthiness Directive for the Gulfstream Aerospace Galaxy and Gulfstream 200, citing cracked nuts found on the aircraft’s
Maintenance and Modifications

Honda To Expand at Piedmont Triad

Honda Aircraft has announced an $80 million expansion at its Piedmont Triad International Airport location.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hong Kong OKs Jet Aviation for Dassault Mx

Jet Aviation Hong Kong has received Hong Kong Civil Aviation Authority approval to perform line maintenance on the Dassault Falcon 2000EX EASy/LX.

Innotech Expands Montreal facility

Innotech Aviation is expanding its facility and maintenance, completion, paint, avionics and refurbishment services with particular emphasis on
Maintenance and Modifications

Hawker Beechcraft OKs Biofuels for Turbine Aircraft

Hawker Beechcraft’s turbine-powered aircraft are approved to use biofuels, a renewable resource that can help reduce the use of fossil fuels and minimize
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Maintenance and Modifications

Aircraft Coating Quality Certification Established

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, The Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) and Honda Aircraft have announced the development
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Maintenance and Modifications

Stony Point Group Acquires Broadwing Air Repair

Stony Point Group, a private equity and management firm focusing on middle-market companies in the aerospace, defense and industrial sectors
Maintenance and Modifications

Detailer Finds Success Is All in the Details

Grant Hundley, president of Global Appearance Partners, spent nine years with NetJets as manager of aircraft appearance for the U.S.-based fleet.
Aircraft

AIN Blog: The Car of My Dreams

The latest example of flying car is set to begin production.
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Aircraft

Boeing Raises 737 Production Rate

Boeing raised production rates for 737NG
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Honeywell, Propulsion International Team To Provide Engine Finance and Maintenance Solutions

Honeywell partners with Propulsion International on engine finance plan.
Rotorcraft

Beware of Moving Presidential TFRs

NBAA’s GA Desk is warning aircraft operators flying on the U.S. East Coast this week to review TFR notams carefully.
ATC

FAA Building New ATC Tower at Cleveland Hopkins

The FAA broke ground yesterday on a new $69 million air traffic control tower and Tracon facility at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Maintenance and Modifications

JetTech Gets STC for Garmin G600 in Piper Cheyennes

Denver-based JetTech received STC approval to install Garmin G600 avionics with dual flat-panel displays in the Piper Cheyenne III, IIIA and 400LS.
Airports

Landmark Opens FBO at Tampa Airport

Earlier this month Landmark Aviation began operations at the former Signature Flight Support FBO at Tampa (Fla.) International Airport.

CEPA To Hold Bizav Confab in Prague

The Central Europe Private Aviation Association (CEPA) will hold its second annual conference in the Czech capital Prague on December 1 and 2.
Regulations and Government

LightSquared Threatens To Sue

Clearly impatient with the way the company’s plan for its 4G broadband network is becoming further delayed by opposition from the GPS user community
Aircraft

Irving To Use Phenom 100 as Flying Classroom

Barrington Irving, founder of Experience Aviation, will use a donated Embraer Phenom 100 light jet as a flying classroom to encourage students to pursue

‘No Plane, No Gain’ Goes Local

Starlink Aviation vice president of sales and marketing Brenda Libby and Charlie Bravo Aviation CEO René Banglesdorf have partnered with NBAA
Airports

Milestone Inks Deal with Eurocopter

elicopter and business aircraft leasing firm Milestone Aviation announced at the Air Medical Transport Conference yesterday that it would purchase...

PiperJet Altaire Program Now Up in the Air

Piper Aircraft announced yesterday that it has placed the PiperJet Altaire program “under review,” clouding the single-engine jet’s future
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Aircraft

China Eastern Swaps 787 Order for 737s

China Eastern cancels 787 order
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Gourgeon Steps Down as Air France-KLM CEO

Gourgeon Steps Down as CEO of Air France-KLM.
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ATC

FAA’s Air Traffic Chief Pledges Execution of Capital Programs

The man assigned to head the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO) following several incidents involving sleeping air traffic controllers
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