Content Archive: November 2008

Deals at MEBA 2008 Expected To Top $907 Million

Despite a dour world economy, organizers of the Middle East Business Aviation (MEBA) show, which runs this Sunday through Tuesday in Dubai, expect to excee

Bizjet and T-prop Deliveries Up; Future Concerns GAMA

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) released its third-quarter delivery numbers today, and while both business jets and turboprops have t
Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault Falcon To Open Reno Service Center in March

On March 30 next year Dassault Falcon will open its newest factory-owned service center at Nevada’s Reno-Tahoe International Airport.

In Memoriam: William F. O’Brien

The aviation maintenance industry lost a key friend on Sunday, November 9, when retired FAA national resource specialist Bill O’Brien passed away.
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA’s Ballough and Sabatini Heading for Retirement

James Ballough, the FAA’s long-time director of the Flight Standards Service, has announced that he will retire at the end of the year.
Maintenance and Modifications

AMAC Open for Business in New Hangars

AMAC Aerospace, launched in July last year, is ready for business in the first of two new hangars at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, Switzerland.
Maintenance and Modifications

Thermal/Acoustic Package Cuts Cabin Noise by a Third

Business aircraft management and charter operator Zenith Jet and noise reduction specialist Aviation International Management Services (AIMS) have teamed t
Airports

Van Nuys Noisy Phaseout Could Bolster BUR Traffic

A draft environmental impact report for Van Nuys (Calif.) Airport’s “Noisier Aircraft Phaseout” project suggests that most aircraft might divert to Bob Hop
Safety

NTSB Meeting To Address Helo EMS Safety

Due to a high number of fatal aeromedical accidents over the past year, the NTSB yesterday announced it will hold a public hearing on the safety of helicop

Pre-owned Bizjet Inventories Continue To Climb

Pre-owned business jet inventories rose by 10 percent last month and are now 57 percent above year-ago levels, according to a report issued yesterday by UB