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Boutsen Aviation is offering dry leases on a Cessna Citation II/SP based at Cannes-Mandelieu Airport in the south of France.

By mid-October, NTSB chairman Ellen Engleman Conners had not yet invited Board members Carol Carmody, Richard Healing and Deborah Hersman to a meeting to d

Phoenix, Ariz.-based Amsafe Aviation has been selected to provide inflatable restraint systems for the pilot and copilot seats in the Adam A700 twin-engine

Effective last month, the FAA lifted its long-time prohibition against most flight operations to and from Libya, as well as overflight restrictions.

Singapore has established a program for pilots, air traffic controllers, mechanics and others to report aviation safety incidents confidentially and withou

MedAire has expanded beyond the medical-assistance services and products the company has provided the airline and business aviation industry for 20 years,

Raytheon Aircraft announced a lightweight interior modification for its Premier I that the company says reduces cabin average noise level to 82.2 dBA on ta

Thanks to Raytheon Aircraft Services’ new quick-change interior program, owners of the Beechjet 400A (S/N 110 and later) can get a new cabin makeover fairl

It might be considered an honor for an established business jet manufacturer to get a visit from either President Bush or Senator John Kerry during this el

On November 1, the FAA was scheduled to reinstate for six months (until April 30) a general aviation slot limitation and reservation program at Chicago O’H

Dallas Airmotive’s late-September announcement that it would be closing its Millville, N.J.

Mount Saint Helens wasn’t the only imminent eruption last month.

While no manufacturers actually launched new aircraft at the NBAA Convention last month, several did commit to major improvements for their existing produc

Quest Aircraft’s new Kodiak high-wing, 10-passenger turboprop single made a brief first flight October 16, exactly two years after the startup dedicated it

American Airlines and the copilot of Flight 587 are officially being blamed for the November 2001 crash of an Airbus A300 after the vertical tail separated

Mercury Air Centers and TAG Aviation disclosed a joint initiative to provide travel services through Mercury’s FBO network.

When President Bush last month signed a tax law that extends the “placed-in-service” deadline to the end of next year for new aircraft buyers to qualify fo

Avantair, which operates a fractional ownership fleet of Piaggio Avanti twin turboprops, signed its 100th customer last month.

Elling Halvorson, chairman of Papillon Airways, and a team of investors composed of helicopter industry executives have acquired Soloy Corp., an engine mod

Two new local business aviation associations are forming on the East Coast.

The NTSB is in the preliminary stages of its investigation into two separate business aircraft accidents on October 24 that killed 15 people.

The FAA last month awarded type certification to Cessna for its Citation CJ3 light jet and to Bombardier for its long-range Global 5000.

Both houses of Congress passed a bill that extends until December 31 next year the “placed-in-service” deadline for business aircraft purchased on or befor

The void in the aeronautical spectrum created by the retirement of the Anglo-French Concorde fleet in October last year stands to be filled by two superson

RAYTHEON KING AIR E90, RENO, NEV., MARCH 13, 2002–The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident was the pilot’s inadequate approa

CESSNA CITATION S550, BIG BEAR, CALIF., AUG.

CESSNA CARAVAN 208B, ROCKFORD, ILL., DEC.

MITSUBISHI MU-2, PITTSFIELD, MASS., MARCH 25, 2004–At about 5:45 a.m., MU-2 N201UV crashed a half mile east of Pittsfield Airport (PSF).

SIKORSKY S-76A++, GALVESTON, TEXAS, MARCH 23, 2004–The NTSB has concluded its on-scene investigation of the accident that sent S-76A++ N57

MITSUBISHI MU-2B-40, NAPA, CALIF., MARCH 11, 2004–The owner-pilot of the 1979 Mitsubishi twin turboprop, N966MA, and his passenger were ki