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Security

Colombian Dash 8 hijack ends with kidnapping

Marxist rebels on February 20 abducted a Colombian senator after hijacking an Aires Colombia de Havilland Dash 8 flying a domestic service from the souther
Charter & Fractional

JetPool Places Fleet Order for Spectrum Jets

Carlsbad, Calif.-based start-up aircraft manufacturer Spectrum Aeronautical has received a “significant fleet order” for its all-composite S-33 Independenc
ATC

FAA Shortens ATC Hiring Process

To streamline the application process for air traffic controllers, the FAA has created consolidated screening and testing centers to provide “one-stop shop
Aircraft

Brazil OKs Challenger 300 and 605

Bombardier’s Challenger 300 and 605 have received type approval from Brazil’s aviation authority, Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC).
Charter & Fractional

AirSprint Places $116 Million Bizav Order

Canadian fractional aircraft provider AirSprint last month placed an order for 23 business aircraft worth an estimated $116 million.
Aircraft

Sovereign nearing first flight

Spriggs completed the first test run of the Citation Sovereign’s Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306C engines on January 11.
Charter & Fractional

Travel Air, Flight Options on merger final approach

The combination of fractional providers Flight Options and Raytheon Travel Air (RTA) into Cleveland-based Flight Options LLC is expected by the end of this
Engines

TPE331 Engines Subject of Proposed AD

Reports of six uncontained turbine-wheel separations attributed to fatigue damage have prompted a proposed AD to require replacing certain turbine stator a
Aircraft

Eclipse Secures Another $38 Million in Private Funding

Eclipse Aviation, developer of the Eclipse 500 ultra-light twin jet, secured $38 million in financing last month, closing a third round of equity financing
Aircraft

Sabena Successor Named SN Brussels Airlines

The successor to Belgium’s Sabena Airlines unveiled its new name last month as talks continued between shareholders in Sabena regional subsidiary Delta Air
Accidents

Birdstrike Eyed in Citation Crash

A 1975 Cessna Citation I (N113SH) that crashed March 4 while taking off from Oklahoma City Wiley Post Airport is reported to have encountered a flock of bi
Charter & Fractional

Chicago Operators Start CaravanShares Frax

Cessna Caravan dealer J.A.
Aircraft

Service Reps Gear Up for HondaJet Entrance

HondaJet Midwest distributor Des Moines Flying Service plans to open a 5,000-sq-ft showroom and maintenance center at the Aurora (Ill.) Airport in July 201
FBOs

Million Air Interlink Sold to Houston Investor

Houston-based REW Investments has acquired Million Air Interlink, the franchise company that controls 21 privately owned Million Air FBOs.
Training and Workforce

CRJ Flight Training Device Lands in Arizona

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Pan Am International Flight Academy has installed a Bombardier CRJ flight training device at the school’s Deer Valley, Ariz.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

FAA nets small increase in 2003 budget funding

The President’s Budget of the United States has usually been delivered by the Government Printing Office to Congress bound in a sober, solid navy.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

The 2003 Budget: From the Outside Looking In

The 2003 Budget in Brief is, as the title implies, brief, but its complexity still leads the aviation alphabet groups to cherrypick for comment, while news
Aircraft

Alliance To Be Gulfstream Sales, Design Center

Over the next several months, Gulfstream will end Gulfstream 200 (nee Galaxy) business jet completion work at Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, and tu
Regulations and Government

U.S. Operators Get Hit With U.S. Overflight Bills

Several U.S.-based business aviation operators were surprised recently when they received bills from the FAA for overflight fees, incurred on trips that ha
FBOs

Duncan Moves Up Fortune Best-workplace List

Duncan Aviation, the Lincoln, Neb.-based business aviation support organization with 1,864 employees at 39 locations nationwide, has again been named one o
ATC

GAMA Frets Over Ultra-wideband Approval

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association expressed “grave concern” about the Federal Communications Commission’s decision last month authorizing oper
Regulations and Government

Revised SIFL Rates Are in Effect

The current Standard Industry Fare Level (SIFL) rates in effect through June 30 are: 0 to 500 sm–$0.2031; 501 to 1,500 sm–$0.1548; and more than 1,500 sm–$
Airports

Stewart New Home for GE Flight Department

General Electric’s flight department was expected to move this month into its new 100,000-sq-ft hangar/office complex on 12 acres at Stewart International
Charter & Fractional

Bombardier overhauls Flexjet Europe program

Bombardier has relaunched its Flexjet Europe business aircraft shared-use program under the name Jet Membership.
Charter & Fractional

Marquis offers European ‘minishares’

Marquis, the U.S.-based remarketer of Executive Jet’s NetJets fractional-ownership shares, has opened a European sister company.
Charter & Fractional

European skytime reduces prices

UK-based European Skytime has been remarketing NetJets Europe shares for almost two years under its Flight Commitment program.
Regulations and Government

FAA serious about TFR violations

Penalties for violating temporary flight restrictions (TFRs) in the wake of September 11 could be severe.
Avionics

New TCAS/TAWS Available from Honeywell

Honeywell introduced two new collision avoidance and ground proximity warning systems intended for light to medium turbines airplanes.
Safety

Medical Training Course Goes Online

MedAire is introducing a series of computer-based training classes designed to give flight crews a way to stay current on their medical training, inc
Charter & Fractional

Guam Operator Launches Asian Charter Service

Aerospace Concepts Inc.