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SAFE FLYING AWARDS: Part 91 Pilots

The National Business Aviation Association presents Pilot Flying Safety Awards each year to the member company pilots who have exemplary safety records.
Training and Workforce

Virtual trainers on show at Aerosim

Aerosim Technologies might not be a name familiar to most business aircraft pilots who train in full-motion simulators, but pilots who need to learn how to

Flights of fantasy are yours for the dreaming

If NBAA’s vast array of aircraft at the static display isn’t enough to satisfy your aviation cravings or if the roar of a radial engine sets your pulse rac
Aircraft

Program Update: Phenom 300 on track for 4th-quarter certification

Amid the debris of an international economic slump and financial crisis, Brazilian business jet manufacturer Embraer is just weeks away from certification

Meritorious Service Award: Serge Dassault

The recipient of this year’s NBAA Meritorious Service Award to Aviation– the association’s most distinguished honor–is Serge Dassault, chairman emeritus of
Sustainability and Environment

Software links operators with contract fuel dealers

A new product from FuelerLinx (Booth No.
Aircraft

MU-2 SFAR could serve as guide for safety gurus

Any safety expert who wants to improve accident statistics could learn a lot by observing the Mitsubishi MU-2 situation.
Maintenance and Modifications

StandardAero Gives Falcon 2000 Its Winglets

Technicians at StandardAero’s Springfield, Ill.
Charter & Fractional

High-end models fare well in down charter market

The cream has risen to the top and has not gone sour is how Comlux would characterize today’s charter market, which is to say that demand for high-end, air
Maintenance and Modifications

ODA inked, StandardAero turns attention to bizav

StandardAero, well established in the airline engine MRO business, is refocusing its attention on the business aviation segment.

INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE: Gulfstream Aerospace

Joe Lombardo became president of Gulfstream Aerospace on April 9, 2007.
Maintenance and Modifications

GDAS-West Palm OK’d for Argentina and Cayman Mx

The General Dynamics Aviation Services facility at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., has been approved to perform maintenance on b
Maintenance and Modifications

Cologne Flugzeugwartung and Columbia Jet Merge

ACC Columbia Jet Service is the newly formed company resulting from the merger of Cologne Flugzeugwartung (ACC) and Columbia Jet Service.
Sustainability and Environment

European bizav group criticizes ETS execution

Like it or not, and regardless of where they are based, many business aircraft operators who fly into European airspace will be required to account for the
Maintenance and Modifications

API Named Exclusive CTS800 Parts Distributor

The Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company (LHTec), a joint venture between Honeywell and Rolls-Royce, has signed a 10-year agreement with Aerospace Produ
Maintenance and Modifications

Atlantic Aero Authorized for TBM Service

Daher-Socata has designated Atlantic Aero its newest authorized TBM service center in North America.
Maintenance and Modifications

LBAS: First Major Overhaul of Global Express in Europe

Berlin-based LBAS, a joint venture among Lufthansa Technik, Bombardier and ExecuJet, has completed its first major overhaul event, an 8C check, on a Bombar

ExecuJet preps for reset; revamps sales structure

Trading conditions for business aviation remain “bleak,” according to ExecuJet Aviation CEO Niall Olver, but in his view the downturn has provided the stim

Association continues to lobby for bizav interests

It’s been a tough year for the European business aviation community.
Regulations and Government

Final EASA SE-IMC rule expected in five years

The European Union has begun the rulemaking process that could lead to approval of single-engine commercial air transport operations in instrumentmet
Aircraft

Learjet 85 work under way at Bombardier’s Mexico site

Bombardier is banking the future of the Learjet brand on its new, all-composite Model 85.
Aircraft

Rebranding at Piaggio enhances service, support

It has been one year since one of the world’s largest industrial conglomerates, India’s Tata Sons, purchased a one-third share of Piaggio Aero Industries,
Maintenance and Modifications

Mothballing a viable option, but must be well managed

The recession’s lingering effects may prompt operators to consider storing their aircraft until conditions improve.

Textron banks on manufacturing to lead its return to profitability

As Providence, R.I.-based Textron labors to reduce its debt and the size of Textron Financial (its unprofitable financial arm) it is looking to its other b

Doswell Award: Van Gemert reaps lifetime honor; cited for commitment to excellence

NBAA’s board of directors has named industry stalwart Richard (Dick) Van Gemert, a current Jet Aviation Holdings US executive and long-time head of Xerox’s
FBOs

Signature chain charts its course for the coming decade

A regime change at BBA Aviation’s Signature Flight Support early this year saw Michael Scheeringa hired as president of the world’s largest FBO chain.
Maintenance and Modifications

Rapco gets FAA nod for torque tubes FAA PMAs

The FAA has awarded Rapco Fleet Support multiple parts manufacturer approvals (PMAs) for its replacement torque tubes used on Hawker 600s through 850s, Cit
Accidents

US Airways F/O here retelling ditching tale

Jeffrey Skiles, the first officer of the US Airways Airbus A320 that successfully ditched into the Hudson River on January 15, saving 155 lives, is appeari
Aircraft

Mesa, Republic Sign Joint Venture To ‘Rightsize’ Mokulele

Mesa Air Group will take a controlling stake in Republic Airways subsidiary Mokulele Airlines under the terms of a deal signed yesterday that will see thre
Aircraft

S/E VLJ programs still face significant hurdles

Almost 27 years after bizjet legend Allen Paulson announced–and then abandoned–the single-engine jet known as the Gulfstream Peregrine, the single-engine v