Content Archive: May 2008

Crossair Embraer seized

French authorities on December 13 acted on a court order to seize one of Crossair’s Embraer ERJ-145s at Nice Côte d’Azur Airport at the behest of Air Lib,

Regionals Update: Mesa returns to Denver next month

Mesa Air Group’s recently signed code-share agreement with Frontier Airlines calls for the Phoenix-based regional airline to begin flights from Denver Inte
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Update: Helicopters haul mountaintop privies

There are some jobs only helicopters can do.
Charter & Fractional

Hex’Air finds opportunity in ERJ-135 charter operations

Since mid-September, a French operator  has been flying the first Embraer ERJ-135 dedicated to charter in Europe.
Avionics

Avionics Update: Talk is cheap with Blue Sky Network satcom

San Diego-based Blue Sky Network, a developer of low-cost airborne voice and data satcom services for business aviation, now expects to have its first satc
Aircraft

Socata Mulls Turbine Twin Launch

EADS Socata at EBACE outlined what its product launch might be next year–a twin-engine business aircraft that is bigger than its TBM 850 turboprop single.
ATC

Future approaches to usher in an entire new set of acronyms

Before GPS, approach classifications were cut and dried–they were either precision (ILS) or nonprecision approaches.
Airports

Reduced airline traffic at SFO opens door for more bizav ops

The major reductions in airline passenger traffic at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) since September 11 may actually benefit business aviation ac

Honeywell revises its bizav industry forecast

Just three months after issuing its annual 10-year business jet delivery forecast, Honeywell published a revised and less optimistic forecast.

RJX orders in limbo as BAE shuts down program

BAE Systems may have to build another 14 of its Avro RJX regional jets, despite announcing its intention to scrap the program in late November.