Content Archive: October 2007

Avionics

Committee Wants Faster ADS-B Implementation

The recently released ADS-B aviation rulemaking committee (ARC) report says the FAA must implement “some combination of financial incentives and operationa
Maintenance and Modifications

Safety Board Wants an AD for Certain Repairs

An AD should be issued requiring all operators of transport-category airplanes with certain pressure-vessel structural repairs to determine if they were do

Frax regs ready for OMB signoff

FAR Part 91 Subpart K, which will regulate fractional-ownership operations, has finally moved out of Transportation Department final review and on to the W

Jet Aviation Zurich expands refurb capabilities

Jet Aviation Zurich has expanded its capabilities to include major interior refurbishment.
Safety

Guidelines Issued for Flight Crews about SARS

Guidelines for flight crewmembers regarding severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) have been published by the Centers for Disease Control.
Charter & Fractional

Delta AirElite launches block-charter program

Delta AirElite, which has operated an aircraft management and charter service since 1991 when it was still Comair Jet Express, took a step toward further e

First U.S. Bizav Int’l Standard Certificate Issued

New Orleans-based Entergy Services, which operates three Citation 650s, has become the first U.S.
Engines

Two new contenders vie to power future RJs

Pratt & Whitney Canada and the French-Russian Snecma-NPO Saturn joint venture are knocking at the door of the market for regional-jet turbofan engines.
Charter & Fractional

AMI Problems Began with DOT Consent Order

AMI Jet Charter had problems with the U.S.

Branson: Unlikely That Fossett Is Still Alive

Will Steve Fossett suffer a fate similar to Amelia Earhart’s? That’s the question on many people’s minds as winter starts to take hold in the Nevada mounta