Content Archive: April 2010

Embraer sees indicators of a slow market recovery ahead

Embraer expects “a good recovery” from the recession, according to executive aviation market intelligence vice president Claudio Camelier.

EBAA committee unveils emergency response plan

The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) is launching a new template for an emergency response plan that it wants to encourage operators to adopt.
Training and Workforce

CAE Adds Sims Around the World

Since last year’s EBACE show, Canada-based training provider CAE (Booth No.
Aircraft

With SSBJ, Aerion looks to revive supersonic flight

The airline industry did not embrace supersonic speed the first time around in the 1970s, and today, mired in a recession and struggling to cope with reduc
Aircraft

Viking nears EASA approval for Twin Otter Series 400

Viking Air is close to achieving European and Canadian certification of its new Twin Otter 400, having made a first flight with the revamped, 21-century ve
Maintenance and Modifications

Ruag reorganizes MRO ops, consolidates bizav facilities

The Ruag group has streamlined its business aircraft maintenance facilities as part of its response to posting a net loss in that sector of approximately $
Training and Workforce

Embraer and CAE partner to train Phenom 100 pilots

With accumulated flight time approaching 10,000 hours, some 350 pilots have been trained to fly Embraer’s new Phenom 100 very light jet, more than 100 of w
Avionics

Banyan upgrades Challenger with high-speed data, IFE

Banyan Air Service (Booth No.
FBOs

Bangor shines as go-to airport for transatlantic tech stops

For more than 40 years, Maine’s Bangor International Airport has been the go-to airport for transatlantic flights as the Eastern- most port of entry to the
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Flying Colours flying high with green 850 contracts

Flying Colours, a Canadian independent completion and refurbishment center, is knee-deep in cabin finish work on Challenger 850s and conversions of CRJ200