Content Archive: May 2008

Airports

Airport opens on Egypt's Red Sea coast

The new Marsa Alam International Airport has opened in southern Egypt.
Maintenance and Modifications

Reduced life cycles prompt AD for CFE738

Revised lower life cycles of certain rotating parts of the CFE738 engines on the Falcon 2000 prompted a proposed AD to require replacement of these parts b
FBOs

Fruchter Aviation being sold to company president

Marc Fruchter, 55, who started Fruchter Aviation in 1982 and built it into one of the largest FBOs at Reading Regional (Pa.) Airport, is selling the busine

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
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
ATC

Cessna and Learjet race to meet Euro RVSM deadline

Cessna has completed RVSM Service Bulletins for the Citation V, S/II and II, and an SB was pending at press time for the Citation I.
Aircraft

Airbus unveils A340-200 bizliner

Airbus announced at last month’s NBAA show the World Ranger, a corporate version of the four-engine A340-200.

It may have TWA markings, but American is callsign

After being purchased last year by American Airlines, TWA and its callsign ceased to exist, but not airplanes with its livery.
ATC

Farnborough gets a precision approach

Farnborough Airport has boosted its claim to being London’s leading business aviation gateway with the introduction of a Cat I ILS on Runway 24.
Security

Hangar Flying: Jumpseat rides

FAREWELL TO GUESTS UP FRONT–Jumpseat rides on non-U.S.