Content Archive: December 2009

Singapore Airshow Preview

The 2010 Singapore Airshow is set to be a sell-out by the time it opens its doors for this year’s February 2 to 7 event.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault hosts regional M&Os

For the second year in a row, Dassault Falcon is hosting a series of regional maintenance and operations (M&O) seminars around the world.
Charter & Fractional

CitationAir Recalls 16 Furloughed Pilots

Business jet solutions provider CitationAir by Cessna early last month recalled 16 pilots from furlough, representing approximately 20 percent of those fur
Accidents

Newsmakers 2009: Colgan Air crash ignites troubling questions for regionals

When a Colgan Air Q400 crashed on a winter’s night in February, killing all 49 people on board and one on the ground, airframe icing was an early subject o
Airports

UK royal air base welcomes business jets

It’s quite literally fit for a queen and no more than a 40-minute drive to the heart of London, and these days the Royal Air Force’s Northolt base has capa

Newsmakers 2009: Eclipse Aerospace rises from the ashes of Eclipse Aviation

The prognosticators may claim that the very light jet era is over, but the investors who paid $40 m

Cessna To Close Columbus, Ga. Facilities

Cessna Aircraft will close its three component-production plants in Columbus, Ga., over the next 24 months and will move the work to its facilities in Inde
Aircraft

Handoff - Cirrus: Alan Klapmeier to Dale Klapmeier

The Cirrus board of directors opted not to renew company cofounder and chairman Alan Klapmeier’s contract and instead installed his brother, Dale, the othe

Handoff - Textron: Lewis Campbell to Scott Donnelly

Scott Donnelly took the helm as CEO of Textron on December 1, replacing retiring Lewis Campbell, who had been with Textron for 17 years, 11 of them as CEO.