Content Archive: January 2008

Bombardier to cut 3,000 more jobs…

Early last month, while Bombardier’s Wichita and Canadian business jet production and assembly facilities remained closed during an unprecedented, four-mon
Charter & Fractional

New Jersey Governor Seeks To Block Indigo Service to Teterboro

Indigo chairman and CEO Peter Pappas made it clear last month that actions by New Jersey Gov.

EBACE 2003 looks to set one for the record books

The third annual European Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (EBACE) will return to Geneva next month (May 7 to 9), with the event set to surpas
Charter & Fractional

Frax Aircraft Values Dropping, Says Charter Broker

CharterAuction.com is claiming that “many [fractional] customers who were sold [shares] five years ago on the basis of a 90-percent aircraft resale value a

…and hope turns to despair at de Havilland

Union officials representing some 1,200 assembly workers at Bombardier’s de Havilland plant in suburban Toronto last month characterized the company’s late
Regulations and Government

Petition Granted, New Repair Station Rules Delayed

The FAA granted a request from four trade associations to delay the compliance date of new repair station rules.

A Century in Review - The 1930s: They Were Golden

National pride and a thirst for aerial trailblazing dubbed the “Lindbergh effect” spurred the advances that mark what is known in retrospect as the Golden
Maintenance and Modifications

Learjet 20 RVSM Kits Neck and Neck

Two independent projects working on RVSM group certification packages for the Learjet 20 series appear to be neck and neck in terms of price and availabili
Avionics

Falcon 7X fly-by-wire system progressing in simulator mode

Dassault pilots and engineers have been “flying” a Falcon 7X simulator since December at the French company’s Saint-Cloud headquarters near Paris.
ATC

Niagara Falls TFR Becomes Permanent

The FAA recently codified into Parts 91 and 93 flight restrictions that have been in effect “temporarily” (for 10 years) in the vicinity of Niagara Falls a