Content Archive: May 2008

Charter & Fractional

BA and Virgin Airlines get cold feet on bizav

British Airways (BA) ditched its business jet charter service just six months after launching it with charter broker Air Partner, the result of cost-cuttin

Hurt by U.S. obstacles, Euro bizav begins to heal

Three months after September 11 corporate flight departments with aircraft registered outside the U.S.
Accidents

Zurich Citation crash kills two

A Cessna Citation V crashed immediately after takeoff from Switzerland’s Zurich Airport at 10:06 p.m.
Accidents

737 rudder incident under investigation

The NTSB is investigating whether a rudder problem caused a United Boeing 737 to swing suddenly left and right and bank sharply while descending for landin
Maintenance and Modifications

Miller and Goldsmith tied to buyers of Garrett facility

Among the key people associated with the buyers of Garrett Aviation’s Santa Barbara, Calif.
Charter & Fractional

Flexjet Globals will base use on days or hours

 With the coming introduction of the Global Express into the Bombardier Flexjet fractional-ownership fleet, allocated usage will be based on days or h
Avionics

TSB questions standby instrument placement

Following the 1998 crash of a Swissair MD-11 off Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has issued an aviation safety adviso
ATC

Many hurdles face those flying to Winter Games

“The Salt Lake City Winter Olympics security plan is going to be the model of how not to do it.

Facing recession, bizav cuts back

That sound you hear is the subdued tightening of belts as business aviation faces a recession after a half-decade of unprecedented growth.It wa
ATC

New stars for New York City airports

Due to the New York City metro area airspace redesign, the FAA has introduced three new Stars, effective December 27, for Teterboro, La Guardia and Newark