Content Archive: February 2008

Charter & Fractional

Club328 Cuts 328Jet, Premier Is, 14 Pilots

London Biggin Hill Airport-based charter firm PlaneChartering, owner of the loss-making Club328 brand, has disbanded its Fairchild Dornier 328Jet and Hawke
Aircraft

Canada Lends $20M to Diamond for D-Jet Program

Diamond Aircraft on Saturday received a $19.6 million “repayable investment” from the Canadian government for research and development of its $1.4 million

ABACE 2008 Declared a Success

Despite the beginning of the Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day, the close timeframe to this week’s Singapore Air Show and record low temperatures, the thir

‘Global’ R-R keeps home fires burning

At face value, Rolls-Royce’s recent establishment of new facilities in Singapore, the U.S.

New Rotorcraft

There are good times ahead for helicopter manufacturers, if the latest market forecasts are anything to go by.

Orsi confident of meeting tiltrotor delivery schedule

Despite delays that have slowed progress on the Bell/Agusta BA609, AgustaWestland CEO Guiseppe Orsi insisted the program remains on track for certification

Program Update: Honeywell Engines

Honeywell Engines has adop-ted a pioneering role in the U.S.

Industry Perspective: Sikorsky

Sikorsky’s growth in the last four years has been astronomical.

Apical Industries gains EASA OK for R44 pop-out emergency floats

Dart Helicopter subsidiary Apical Industries gained EASA approval for its pop-out/emergency floats for the Robinson R44 and R44 II, the company announced.
ATC

ICAO set to issue revised WAAS approach criteria

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) announced it will issue revised standards for helicopter navigation this fall that are intended to tak