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Charter & Fractional

Flexjet Unveils Economy-friendly Programs

To adapt to current economic conditions, Dallas-based fractional provider Bombardier Flexjet last month unveiled two new jet-card products.
Charter & Fractional

JetDirect Selling Sunset Aviation

JetDirect Aviation will sell its wholly owned aircraft charter subsidiaries Sunset Aviation and Presidential Jets to their original ownership groups and ha
Maintenance and Modifications

Tech Demand Remains High

Aviation jobs listing service JSFirm reported record postings for aviation professionals last year, with more than 4,000 company members, 60,000 individual
Maintenance and Modifications

Microturbo Completes First e-APU Test Run

Microturbo’s new auxiliary power unit, dubbed the e-APU, made its first run on a test bench in Toulouse, France, late in December.
Accidents

De-icing: NTSB: 'ice bridging' is a myth

Pilots should “activate boots as soon as the airplane enters icing conditions,” according to a safety alert released in December by the NTSB.
De-icing
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Aviation Adjusting to Drop in Demand

Reductions in flying hours and cancellations of new aircraft orders have prompted Duncan Aviat
Safety

Foam Firefighting Standards Too Costly, Says NATA

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) says requiring foam fire suppression systems
Maintenance and Modifications

Ohio Adds All Mx Shops to Tax Exemption Status

The Ohio General Assembly has included an amendment to a recently enacted sales and use tax exe
Maintenance and Modifications

Eurocopter Planning Aberdeen Helo Service Center

Taking advantage of the busy oil and gas industry operations centered around Aberdeen, Scotlan
Maintenance and Modifications

Sabreliner Delivers 100th On-Time, On-Budget C-21A

Since Sabreliner performed the first C-21A Learjet Phase 16 inspection for the U.S.
Avionics

CMC planning Pro Line, Epic challenger

In the next few years, CMC Electronics, Canada’s largest avionics maker and an important player in a number of niche markets, plans to develop an integrate
Regulations and Government

Comments due this month on LASP

The February 27 deadline for the public to submit comments about the Transportation Security Administration’s proposal to regulate general aviation operati
Aircraft

Embraer Lineage 1000 Gets Its Papers

The FAA, EASA and Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency last month granted type certification to the Lineage 1000, the business jet version of the E190 f
Regulations and Government

Aviation lobby groups urge: include NextGen in stimulus

In a rare show of unanimity, the Air Transport Association has joined with general aviation and others in lobbying Congress for a $4 billion stimulus packa
Regulations and Government

New ELT Requirement Takes effect

Satellite monitoring of 121.5-MHz emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) will end as of February 1.
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options Furloughs Pilots

Flight Options vice president of flight operations Bob Tyler last month announced 63 more pilot furloughs “due to reduced demand due to the ongoing nationa
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Certifies S550 Modifications

The FAA has issued a Supplemental Type Certificate to Clifford Development for modification of Cessna Citation 550s and S550s with Williams International F
Charter & Fractional

ExecuJet Expands Fleet

ExecuJet Aviation has expanded its aircraft charter and management operation in Mexico with the addition of a Bombardier Global Express and a Dassault Falc
Safety

FAA Issues De-icer Fluid Warning

The FAA has issued a revision of Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin NM-08-27 to warn operators of transport-category aircraft that organic salt run
Maintenance and Modifications

AirCare Acquires Majestic Aerotech

AirCare Solutions Group, which provides emergency training, products and services to business aviation and airline operators, purchased Majestic Aerotech,
Airports

NATS Urges Change to LCY SIDs

British air traffic management provider NATS has urged the country’s Civil Aviation Authority to give fast-track approval to a change in the standard instr
Regulations and Government

Anti-bizjet language removed from TARP

Just as business aviation was girding for a fight over a Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) amendment that would have forced companies receiving TARP fu
Accidents

Complex web of factors blamed in HEMS crashes

There is no “magic bullet” solution to the spate of fatal helicopter EMS crashes over the last two years.  Rather, investigation documents
ATC

DGAC tests satnav route for helo air ambulance service

French civil aviation authority DGAC, Eurocopter and the French association of EMS doctors (AFHSH) late last year tested a satnav IFR route between two hos
Regulations and Government

TSA Gets Another Earful in Burbank over LASP Proposal

At the fourth of five public meetings held by the Transportation Security Administration to hear comments from the public about the proposed Large Aircraft
Regulations and Government

Aviation Industry Eying Stimulus Infusion

A wide-ranging coalition of aviation interests that includes both general aviation and the nation’s airlines has proposed a $4 billion stimulus package tha
Charter & Fractional

Private Equity Injection To Buoy JetDirect Aviation

By the end of next month, JetDirect Aviation expects to close a deal with a private-equity firm “with significant private aviation experience” that will se
Safety

AAMS Pushes Mandated NVGs, IFR for Helo EMS

The Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) is recommending the FAA mandate night vision goggles, enhanced vision systems or IFR-only operations for all
Aircraft

Mitsubishi chooses AIDC as MRJ supplier

Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) has agreed to design and build the slats, flaps, belly fairings, rudders and elevators for Mit
Regulations and Government

Senate Panel Confirms Ray LaHood as DOT Secretary

Retired Illinois Rep.