Content Archive: December 2009
Safety
More Operators Pass ACSF Charter Audit Muster
The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) announced that three more aircraft charter operators passed its “industry audit standard” and achieved “registered
Airports
Oxford Airport Now an EU Point of Entry
The UK’s Oxford Airport has been granted customs-designated status, allowing it to be used as a point of entry for operators importing aircraft into the Eu
Aircraft
Hawker 4000 Obtains Chinese Approval
Hawker Beechcraft received type approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China for the super-midsize Hawker 4000.
Charter & Fractional
Air Platinum Club Is Latest Casualty
Miami-based Air Platinum Club–which until recently was touting membership options in its Gulfstream IV-SPs, exotic cars, a beachfront condo and a yacht–app
Charter & Fractional
Jet Republic employees claim start-up mishandled insolvency
Former employees of Jet Republic complain of being betrayed and misled in the
Accidents
Newsmakers 2009: FAA acts quickly in wake of Hudson River midair
On August 8, a tour helicopter climbing from a Hudson River heliport in Manhattan collided with a Piper PA-32 Lance piston single.
Accidents
Newsmakers 2009: Platinum Jet execs, employees indicted on conspiracy charges
When a Challenger 600 operated by Platinum Jet Management
Charter & Fractional
Newsmakers 2009: Start-up frax Jet Republic folds, leaving many questions
The sudden collapse in August of fractional ownership startup Jet Repu
Environment
Purdue University to builds alternative fuel test center
Purdue University has received a $1.35 million grant from the U.S.
Avionics
Newsmakers 2009: FAA OKs field approvals for Waas LPV upgrades
Universal Avionics spent much of the last year working with FAA officials trying to come up with a way to upgrade the customers’ flight management systems
