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Charter & Fractional
DayJet Adds $140 Million in Debt Financing
VLJ air-taxi start-up DayJet of Delray Beach, Fla., announced today that it had secured $140 million in debt financing, which it will use to buy its fleet
ATC
Final Report Issued on NY/NJ/Philly Redesign
The FAA last week issued the final environmental impact statement for the New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia airspace redesign, a major project that seeks
Accidents
NTSB Issues Phoenix Helicopter Mid-air Prelim
The NTSB issued its preliminary report recently on the mid-air collision between two news helicopters covering a car chase in Phoenix on July 27 in which f
FBOs
DAE Finalizes Deal with Landmark, Standard Aero
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), the Middle East-based start-up that is seeking to command a global presence in a number of aviation sectors, finalized th
Regulations and Government
User-fee Debate Takes Another Step in House
The House Ways and Means Committee, which oversees appropriations in the lower chamber, heard from a number of players in the user-fee debate yesterday, br
Security
Congress Passes Comprehensive Security Bill
Congress last week passed a far-reaching security bill that deals with both cargo and general aviation security, among other things.
Regulations and Government
FAA Clarifies Electronic Chart Policy
The FAA recently issued Advisory Circular (AC)
Avionics
Cockpit Avionics
When Eclipse Aviation founder and CEO Vern Raburn earlier this year declared that a retooled avionics system for the Eclipse 500 very light jet would be te
Aircraft
Pilot report: Dassault Falcon 7X
This year’s Paris Air Show at Le Bourget provided an opportunity for me to see Dassault’s new Falcon 7X up close before I got my chance at the left seat.
Avionics
Bendix/King aims at Garmin lead
After years of losing market share to cross-town rival Garmin, Honeywell’s Bendix/King division is fighting back with two all-new products for general avia
Avionics
Sharp Rise in Bizjet Broadband Use Foreseen
Business jet passengers will be the biggest users of in-flight broadband data services over the next four years, according to a report released last month
ATC
Eurocontrol inaugurates flow-management center
Every day in Europe, aircraft take to the skies more than 30,000 times, and this summer is predicted to be one of the busiest ever in European airspace.
Charter & Fractional
Air taxis Form Own Lobby
Even though “ATXA” looks as if it belongs on the New York Stock Exchange ticker, add it to your lexicon of GA lobbying groups.
ATC
Europe’s Air Traffic Situation
In April 805,239 flights were recorded in Europe, an increase of 5.6 percent over the same month the previous year.
Avionics
Thales satcom coming to bizjets
The new TopFlight satellite data unit (SDU) from Thales is set to be installed on a new-build business aircraft later this year by an as yet unidentified m
Avionics
Inmarsat To Impose SwiftBroadband Use Caps
Hoping to avoid a repeat of the congestion delays that have plagued users of its Swift64 aero satcom data network, Inmarsat plans to limit use of its forth
Avionics
Slimmer Skyline Broadband Launched
Arinc’s new slimmer Ku-band antenna for its Skylink satellite in-flight broadband service is now available.
Avionics
Universal EFI-890R Certified in GIII
Universal Avionics has obtained supplemental type certification (STC) for its EFI-890R display retrofit in a Gulfstream III.
Avionics
Avidyne and WSI have struck a deal
Avidyne and WSI have struck a deal under which Avidyne will develop and produce WSI’s new AV300 and AV350 satellite weather data and audio receivers.
Aircraft
2007 AIN Product Support Survey - Part One: Aircraft
Players in the business aviation arena regularly tell their customers that they are improving product support and service by investing in assets and people
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Midcoast enters market for narrowbody completions
Midcoast Aviation last month announced its intention to move into the “narrow-body” cabin completion business, marked by groundbreaking on a new 146,000-sq
Charter & Fractional
JetDirect expands its holdings
JetDirect has expanded its fleet to more than 130 aircraft and increased its regional operating bases to nine with the acquisition of Sunset Aviation, a No
Aircraft
Eight 7-Series Boeings Welcome 787 to the Family
As part of its unveiling of the 787, Boeing coordinated a 7-series family photo.
FBOs
Monaco Air welcomes westbound Europeans
Operators of aircraft flying across the Atlantic to destinations in the American West and Midwest are wasting time and money by making technical stops at p
FBOs
Geneva AirPark gets go-ahead
Geneva AirPark, a private hangar/ office development at Switzerland’s Geneva International Airport, received official building approval, according to devel
FBOs
Air 51's first FBO slated for Lexington
On July 18, FBO developer Air 51 broke ground on a new FBO at Lexington, Kentucky’s Blue Grass Airport.
FBOs
Santa Monica Airport dodges monitoring mandate
A proposal to require California’s Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO) to measure jet taxi and idle times during a one-year period is dead, according to t
FBOs
Irving reopens Gander FBO
On July 12 Irving Aviation celebrated the grand reopening of its Gander, Newfoundland FBO, a 5,000-sq-ft facility built to replace the original FBO termina
FBOs
Globalair V2.0 now online
Airport information resource Globalair.com’s Version 2.0 release includes new features, such as weather information, new search capabilities and fresher, m
