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FBOs

Entities unite under West Star banner

What’s in a name? If it’s West Star Aviation, it includes the former Premier Air Center at St.
FBOs

Avantiar looking at Caldwell, N.J.

As part of its strategy to increase its FBO holdings, fractional-share operator Avantair has set its sights on buying or building a second FBO, this one at
FBOs

UVair Offering Fuel Data Via FlightAware

Information from UVair, including fuel pricing and domestic location acceptance, is now available to operators via FlightAware’s flight-tracking service.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

New Learjet Table Designed by Stevens

Stevens Aviation (Booth No.
Engines

P&WC hastens support for new engines

Pratt & Whitney Canada is seeing its engines enter service on three new business airplanes this year–the Dassault Falcon 7X, Cessna Mustang and Eclipse
Aircraft

Bizjets take Dassault to new heights

Dassault Aviation posted strong financial numbers for the first six months of this year.
Aircraft

Falcon’s new super-midsize remains fluid

Dassault’s upcoming super-midsize business jet, already known to have fly-by-wire flight controls and Rolls-Royce engines, remains an otherwise fluid proje
Maintenance and Modifications

Flightcraft will support Mustangs

Flightcraft, the Portland, Ore.-based aviation services provider, announced it has received factory approval to service and support the Cessna Mustang, mak
Avionics

CMC has third gen of SureSight EVS system

CMC Electronics (Booth No.
Avionics

Satcom Direct enters in-flight datalink market

The company that has given satcom service providers the most competition in the phone and Internet arena will now compete in the market for airborne flight
Regulations and Government

Denmark to impose VAT on aircraft

The Danish government is preparing to impose a 25-percent value-added tax (VAT) on imported aircraft to close a loophole that has allowed owners to bypass
Charter & Fractional

New EJM boss has vision to double charter fleet size

Benjamin Murray has a vision for the future of Executive Jet Management (Booth No.
FBOs

Swiss airports offer co-op services during WEF

For travelers flying to Switzerland early next year for the World Economic Forum (WEF) meetings in Davos (January 23-27), St.
Rotorcraft

French Riviera residents keep pressure on helo noise issue

Despite an agreement signed in 2006 to mitigate noise around the famous French Riviera city of Saint-Tropez, helicopter operators and local authorities are
Training and Workforce

FlightSafety To Get Piaggio Sim

Piaggio Aero and FlightSafety International have expanded their training services agreement, whereby they will place another Piaggio aircraft simulator at
Aircraft

Honda says it will ramp up production to 100 jets a year

Honda Aircraft plans to ramp up to an annual build rate of 100 HondaJets within two years of starting its production line, company CEO Michimasa Fujino ann
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Aircraft

Australia grounds some Cessna 441s

Australia’s Civil Aviation Authority (CASA) has grounded several Cessna 441 Conquest IIs, citing the potential for in-flight structural failures on aircraf
Maintenance and Modifications

AIN Product Support Survey: Engines

While it is the cold, hard numbers that decide our readers’ verdict on how well companies support the products they sell, it is the readers’ written commen
Avionics

Pro Line Fusion coming to Global line

Bombardier is bringing Rockwell Collins’ new Pro Line Fusion cockpit to the Global Express XRS and 5000 as long-overdue replacements for the airplanes’ Hon
Avionics

Iridium adds four medevac ops

Iridium Satellite of Bethesda, Md., has added four North American air-ambulance operators to its subscriber rolls.
Regulations and Government

DOT secretary ‘concerned’ by House stance on user fees

Transportation Secretary Mary Peters voiced disapproval of the recently passed House FAA Reauthorization Bill at the opening ceremonies of the 60th Annual
Regulations and Government

Gov’t outlines volcanic ash ops plan

The Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Service and Supporting Research, in conjunction with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administ
Charter & Fractional

Local Charter Operator Plans To Raise $18.2M

Cirrus SR-22 and soon-to-be Eclipse 500 charter operator ImagineAir, based at Gwinnett County Airport/ Briscoe Field in Georgia, announced the signing of a
FBOs

Buchanan and Byron see growth

Two San Francisco-area airports are growing, with new FBOs and hangars under construction.
FBOs

Million Air breaks ground out West

Next year a new Million Air FBO is slated to open at San Bernardino International Airport in California.
Rotorcraft

FAA awards production certificate for EC 145, UH-72A

American Eurocopter has received an FAA aircraft production certificate to manufacture its U.S.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Flight Display dispels cabin electronics myths

Flight Display Systems (Booth No.
Airports

Nagoya seeking bizav

Delegates from Nagoya Airport are here at the NBAA Convention to promote the airport as Japan’s business aviation gateway.
Aircraft

Progress continues apace on new Falcon

Dassault is inching closer to the launch of its new super-midsize business jet, the latest in its Falcon line.