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FBOs

New Private Jet Center Slated for Singapore

Hawker Pacific announced it is developing an $11.6 million business aviation service center at Seletar Aerospace Park to replace its East Camp operation at

UK hits operators with extra ETS admin fees

Aircraft operators assigned to the UK for compliance with the European Union’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) are already facing additional costs, even bef

TrueNorth Offers Large-aircraft Master Com Console

Airborne telecom specialist TrueNorth Avionics is offering what it calls the industry’s first touchscreen graphical telecom display, facilitating communica
Regulations and Government

FAA bans new airport access pacts

A provision in the House FAA reauthorization bill that greenlights residential through-the-fence (RTTF) access agreements at general aviation airports has
Maintenance and Modifications

Part 39 Interpretation Raises AD Compliance Questions

The FAA is seeking comments on a proposed legal interpretation of Airw
Maintenance and Modifications

Mechanics’ Organizations Regroup, Agree To Cooperate

Finally, after several years of friction between organizations competing to represent aircraft technicians, the key players seem to have put the past behin
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Pays $625 Million For Vector

Vector Aerospace will maintain its separate identity as a stand-alone MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) company even after it is acquired by Eurocopte
Maintenance and Modifications

Study: Link Tools Reduce Maintenance Time

In a three-month-long test conducted by the U.S.
FBOs

Garmin To Offer Runway Awareness Tool

In an effort to reduce accidental runway incursions, Garmin has partnered with wireless technology provider I.D.
Maintenance and Modifications

GE Engine Training Center Opens in Qatar

Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP) and GE have collaborated on a facility to train technicians on GE engines, including the GE90, CF6, CF34 and GEnx.
Maintenance and Modifications

Gulfstream Adds Aircraft to Airborne Product Support

Gulfstream has expanded its airborne product support program, with a second G100 and three additional pilots and two technicians to support AOG customers.
Aircraft

Eagle Preps for Spin-off

The management and pilots of American Eagle are “aggressively” preparing for an

AIN Blog: FAA Interpretation Outlines Onerous AD Compliance Issues

One of the problems with the aviation rulemaking committee (ARC) process is that it gives people, and especially FAA lawyers, too much time to think.
Rotorcraft

Malaysia’s Boustead To Take Over MHS Aviation

Malaysia-based Boustead Holdings, known for its naval shipyards, confirmed it is entering a conditional purchase agreement for 51 percent of MHS Aviation a
Charter & Fractional

Avantair offers frax-share leasing

Avantair now offers leasing of fractional shares of Piaggio Avanti turboprops.
Rotorcraft

UK’s Bond Aviation To Find New Investors

The UK’s Bond Aviation Group, parent company of Bond Air Services and Bond Offshore Helicopters, has confirmed that it is in negotiations with investors, i
Safety

FAA Releases SMS Guidelines for Bizav Operators

The FAA released an Information for Operators (InFO) bulletin about safety management
Rotorcraft

Van Horn Begins Testing Composite Main Rotor Blades for MD500 Series

Encouraged by preliminary ground and flight results on an MD530F, Van Horn plans to continue testing later this year for

Embraer 2010 Report Shows Market Gain

Embraer’s executive aviation division logged net sales of $1.1 billion in 2010, according to figures released in late March.
FBOs

Weston Aviation To Open Third UK FBO

Aviation services provider Weston Aviation has finalized a deal with Humberside International Airport authorities to open the first dedicated FBO at the ai

AIN Blog: Don’t Blame Obama for Labor Board’s Complaint against Boeing

Republican lawmakers and conservative pundits claim that an April 20 National Labor Relations Board complaint against Boeing for building
Rotorcraft

India’s CAA Mulls Mandating Dhruv Airframe Mod

India’s civil aviation authority, the DGCA, is considering grounding all Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) Dhruvs until the airframe is modified around the inter
Security

Counterterrorism provides lessons for bizav security

The line between garden-variety criminals and international terrorists has become blurred worldwide, as the two groups become increasingly comfortable work
Avionics

XM Weather Comes to the iPad

Baron Services, the company that provides XM WX services, introduced an iPad Mobile Link plug-in gadget (introductory price $199.99) that lets compatible i
Avionics

New Zulu Headset Features Better Noise Reduction

Lightspeed Aviation unveiled its next-generation Zulu headset last month at the Sun ’n’ Fun Fly-In.
Regulations and Government

Europe close to establishing flight-crew license laws

by Ian Goold General aviation (GA) pilots have just 12 months to obtain new European licenses to enable them to fly European Aviation Safety

SNF Storm Damaged Eclipse, Piper Display Aircraft

An Eclipse 500 on display was among more than 60 parked aircraft damaged or destroyed when a violent storm cell tore a swath through central Florida and hi
Training and Workforce

FlightSafety Celebrates 60thAnniversay

FlightSafety International celebrated its 60th anniversaryin late March.
Aircraft

Conforming HondaJet Speeds Along in Flight Testing

The first production-conforming HondaJet achieved the design’s planned maximum speed during flight testing, Honda Aircraft said last month.