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Bizav Flight Activity Recovery Hits Turbulence
After months of posting positive trends, the recovery in business aircraft flight activity sputtered last month, falling 0.9 percent from a year ago, accor
Rotorcraft
Frank Robinson Retires, Son Kurt Takes Over
Frank Robinson, 80, has retired from the iconic helicopter company he founded in 1973, just weeks before the company expects to receive certification of it
Safety
FAA Wants $580K Penalty from Hillsboro Aviation
The FAA is seeking a civil penalty of $580,000 from Hillsboro Aviation of Hillsboro, Ore., “for allegedly performing improper repairs, deliberately falsify
787 Dreamliner Training Program Gains FAA Nod
The FAA has granted provisional approval to Boeing Training & Flight Services for its 787 Dreamliner pilot training courses, according to the company
Aircraft
NTSB Team Assisting Investigation of Aires Boeing 737 Crash on San Andrés Island
The NTSB has dispatched a team of investigators to assist the government of Colombia with its investigation of yesterday's airplane accident on the Caribbe
PHI And TAM Partner On Offshore Support Initiative
Petroleum Helicopters is negotiating a joint venture with Brazil’s TAM to support the growing Brazilian offshore market.
Aircraft
Gippsland Set To Enter GA Turboprop Market
Australia’s Gippsland Aeronautics is receiving a $20 million infusion from its new owner, India’s Mahindra Group, to develop a 10-seat variant of its GA8 A
African Aviation Safety Initiative Goals Met Ahead Of Schedule
A program put in place to improve the oversight of aviation safety for African countries has completed many of its work goals one year ahead of target.
Electric Aircraft Propulsion Technology Surges Ahead
Major airframers and component suppliers have instituted new research programs and initiatives to develop electric propulsion for light aircraft.
Korea Aerospace Industries Considering 90-Seat Turboprop
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) could enter the regional turboprop segment as early as next year, if it proceeds with the launch of a 90-seat aircraft it
New Leasing Group Fans Airliner Sales Activity
Airliner leasing pioneer Steven Udvar-Hazy is back in business with a vengeance.
Aircraft
Case for 737 Re-engining Will Weaken if Airframe Advances Accelerate
A decision to re-engine the Boeing 737
EADS Bullish on Airbus, Raises Order Projection to More Than 400
EADS has raised its order projection for its Airbus unit this year to more than 400 aircraft from its previous estimate of between 250 and 300 following a
McNerney: Boeing 747-8 at More Risk of Schedule Slippage than 787 Dreamliner
Citing “a couple of workmanship issues, and a design issue or two,” Boeing CEO Jim McNerney planted another seed of doubt about the company's chances of de
Qatar's C Series 'Issues' Hit Sour Note for Pratt
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker's surprise revelation at the Farnborough airshow that "issues” with the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G geared turbo
Aircraft
Eclipse Owners Flock to Oshkosh
In a forum at this year’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., Eclipse Aerospace chairman and president Mason Holland pulled no punches with the crowd of some 40 o
ATC
FAA Adopts ICAO’s ‘Line Up and Wait’ Terminology
Current FAA terminology for an air traffic controller’s instruction for a pilot to taxi onto the runway and await takeoff clearance is “position and hold.”
Charter & Fractional
Linear Air Says VLJ Air-taxi Model Can Work
Despite the littered road of failed very light jet air-taxi firms, Linear Air said it has been able to make the model work and has even eked out a profit d
Training and Workforce
Phenom 100 Synthetic Vision, Phenom 300 Sim OK’d
Embraer yesterday received Brazil ANAC, FAA and EASA approval for Garmin’s synthetic vision technology (SVT) system on the Phenom 100, which has a Garmin G
Accidents
NTSB Examines Alaska Crash Site
NTSB investigators are at the site of Monday’s Alaska crash of a de Havilland Canada DHC-3T turboprop-conversion floatplane that killed five, including for
Maintenance and Modifications
Dassault Falcon Bullish on Brazil Bizav Market
Dassault Falcon predicts that Brazil will be one of the fastest-growing markets in the world for business aviation as the industry recovers, company presid
Aircraft
Boeing Still Inspecting 787 Dreamliners for Workmanship ‘Issues’
Boeing hasn’t finished inspecting parts of the tail sections of flight-test and production 787 Dreamliners, several weeks after the Chicago-based aerospace
Maintenance and Modifications
Spectrum Aeromed, Cessna Team on Medical Mustang
Cessna Aircraft and Spectrum Aeromed have teamed to pre-fit a Cessna Citation Mustang for an air medical interior during manufacturing.
Maintenance and Modifications
Piaggio America Adds to Its Service Network
Piaggio America has added three new locations–Crownair Aviation in San Diego and Carlsbad, Calif., and Constant Aviation in Birmingham, Ala.–to its list of
Maintenance and Modifications
JSSI Enrolls First Phenom 300 into Engine Program
Jet Support Services (JSSI) has signed an agreement with Executive AirShare covering the P&WC PW535E engines on two Phenom 300s under its premium hourly-co
Maintenance and Modifications
AEA Survey Predicts Need for Avionics Techs
The Aircraft Electronics Association has released the results from its 2010 rate & labor survey to its members.
Aircraft
Embraer Legacy 650 To Debut This Week at Labace
The Embraer Legacy 650 will make its public debut at the seventh Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (Labace), which starts on Thursda
ATC
GAO, DOT IG Concerned about FAA's NextGen
Each key FAA NextGen project has an individual "metric" to measure how its development is progressing.
Charter & Fractional
On More Solid Footing, NetJets Posts $114M Profit
For the second quarter and first half of this year, fractional aircraft provider NetJets' revenues increased 16 percent and 17 percent, respectively, from
Accidents
J.P.Morgan: New Bizjet Demand Remains 'Elusive'
The pre-owned business jet market is improving, but demand for new jets is "elusive," according to a monthly business jet report released on Friday by J.P.
