Content Archive: July 2007

Cabin Interior and Electronics

Midcoast To Offer Narrowbody Completions

Midcoast Aviation recently announced its intention to move into the “narrowbody” cabin completion business, marked by groundbreaking on a 145,000-sq-ft han
Aircraft

Extra 500 gets EASA certification

Extra Aircraft’s six-seat Extra 500 turboprop single received European Aviation Safety Agency certification last month.
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options launches jetjpass

Late last month, Cleveland-based Flight Options confirmed speculation that it was starting a jet-card program when it unveiled JetPass.

Bonus depreciation left dangling

Before bailing out last month for the usual summer vacation, the House and Senate took no action on the tax bill that would have extended the bonus depreci

U.S.-Europe inequities in bizav ops questioned

Although foreign operators are unhappy over the complications they face in obtaining clearances to fly non-U.S.-registered into the U.S., in general the po

Preliminary second-quarter bizav deliveries

Early figures show that most business aircraft manufacturers reported increased deliveries in the second quarter, with much optimism that the industry is n
Regulations and Government

Fallout from Senate Hearing Swift and Strong

Industry reaction to last week’s Senate Finance Committee hearing to discuss FAA reauthorization and the prospect of user fees was as strong as the stateme
Aircraft

Honda Expands North Carolina Footprint

More parts of Honda’s aerospace puzzle are coming together as the company announced today that its GE Honda HF120 turbofan engines (2,000-pound-thrust clas
Engines

House Examines False FAA Medicals

A hearing held today by the House transportation and infrastructure subcommittee on aviation sought to examine ways to reduce the level of falsifications a
Charter & Fractional

Linear Air Buys Early Eclipse Slot

Charter operator Linear Air has 30 Eclipse 500s on order, with first deliveries scheduled for September, but the company bought an earlier serial number ai