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328DBJ Gets Rockwell Collins Venue

Rockwell Collins announced in May the successful aftermarket installation of its Venue CMS on two Dornier 328DBJ executive jets that will fly for charter o

OnAir Keeps Comlux Passengers Connected

Passengers travelling in Comlux The Aviation Group’s new executive Airbus A319s will be able to remain in touch during flights using their personal cellpho
FBOs

Signature and NetJets Ink Deal for Private-Use FBO

Signature Flight Support and NetJets signed a long-term lease that will provide the fractional operator with a dedicated, private terminal at Palm Beach In

Piper Taps Dow as PiperJet Altair Production Chief

Piper Aircraft named 30-year aerospace veteran Michael Dow as chief of production for the PiperJet Altaire, the company’s in-development single-engine busi
ATC

ATC training, staffing may cause errors

While fatigue has attracted the most attention as a cause of the recent well publicized air traffic controller errors, the Transportation Department’s top

Jet Aviation Basel Picks Honeywell CMS

Jet Aviation will install Honeywell’s Ovation Select cabin management system in a BBJ currently undergoing completion at the center’s Basel facilities. Th

JetCorp Wins Challenger 300 Wi-Fi Approval

JetCorp Technical Services of Chesterfield, Mo., has received an STC for the Aircell cabin telecommunications router (CTR) on a Challenger 300.

TrueNorth Express Means Speed

TrueNorth Avionics has introduced a more compact Wi-Fi cabin-networking device, dubbed TrueNorth Express+, that “easily, effectively, securely and affordab
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky tests “active” rotor with flaps

Sikorsky Innovations has completed wind-tunnel testing of an active rotor system equipped with “high-authority” flaps, paving the way for what it says will

Embraer Picks Honeywell Ovation for New Jets

Brazilian OEM Embraer has picked Honeywell’s Ovation Select cabin

Ruag Does First Europe Installation of Flight Display CMS

Ruag Geneva is performing the first European installation of Flight Display Systems’ Select CMS. The system is going into a Falcon 50 as part of a cabin r
Training and Workforce

UTair Becomes Eurocopter Training Center

Russia-based operator UTair has received a certificate of conformity to Eurocopter training standards, thus becoming the first Eurocopter training center w
Rotorcraft

Turbomeca Ramps Up Production

At Turbomeca’s factory in Bordes, southwest France, 2011 production is expected to be close to 1,000 turboshaft engines.
Airports

Gulfport Airport Eyes Expansion

Mississippi airport rises from the ashes of Hurricane Katrina
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Aircraft

Jazz Flies Its First Q400

Air Canada regional subsidiary Jazz Aviation began operating its first 74-seat Bombardier Q400 turboprop on June 7 on a route linking Toronto Pearson Inter
Aircraft

ATR Wins EASA Approval for 72-600

ATR has gained EASA certification for its new ATR 72-600 following nearly two years of flight testing, the Franco-Italian manufacturer announced on May 31.

Cobham Wins STC for AS350, EC130 HeliSAS

The FAA awarded an STC to Cobham for installation of its HeliSAS autopilot and stability augmentation system on Eurocopter’s AS350 and EC130.
Rotorcraft

Improved Ecureuil Engine Certified

Turbomeca has received EASA certification for its 950-shp Arriel 2D turboshaft, destined to power the Eurocopter AS350B3e Squirrel.

Aspen Avionics Adds EASA STCs

The Aspen Avionics Evolution primary flight display system received EASA STCs for installation in the Pilatus PC-6 and Beechcraft Bonanza 33, 35 and 36 ser

Record Crop of Paris Orders Flies in the Face of Airline Balance Sheets

Paris Air Show organizers promised a feel-good factor from this year’s event, staged at Le Bourget Airport from June 20 to 26, and clearly they were in the
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Aircraft

Superjet 100’s Appeal Spreads into Western Europe

The blizzard of order activity at this year’s Paris Air Show might have obscured a highly significant signing in the regional jet arena for one of the star
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Engines

America is Getting Ahead of Air Transport’s Ecological Power Curve

At last week’s Paris Air Show strong examples of leadership in efforts to reduce air transport’s environmental footprint came from two sources that, at lea
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Mitsubishi Taps Boeing for MRJ Support

Boeing will help provide customer support for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet under the terms of a 10-year contract announced in Paris last week between the U.
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Aircraft

Bombardier Lands C Series Orders

The Bombardier C Series appears to have assumed some much overdue sales momentum recently, as the Canadian company announced two separate orders for the ne
Engines

RFID Provider Opens U.S. Subsidiary To Support A350 Suppliers

The French company chosen to provide radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags for the first major application on “flyable” aircraft components–the Airbus
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Rotorcraft

Bristow Divests Pan-African Stake

Offshore oil and gas operator Bristow is divesting its holdings in Nigeria’s Pan African Airways (PAAN) to Nigerian ownership to comply with the country’s
Charter & Fractional

FAA: Airline rules to migrate to charter operations

Flight, duty and rest regulations currently being finalized for Part 121 airlines “can very well migrate over to the Part 135” on-demand sector, John Allen
FBOs

Shell Aeroclass Announces New Mobile App

Shell Aviation Fuels has developed a new mobile electronics application to help members of its customer loyalty program manage their accounts.
Engines

Pratt and Whitney: F-35B Engine Problems Solved

Pratt & Whitney is confident that the problems with the STOVL version of the F135 engine powering the F-35B have been solved.
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