Content Archive: August 2010

Aircraft

Airbus-led Aire2 Trials To Spearhead Green Trajectories with A380

An Airbus-led partnership with Air France and the air navigation service providers from the UK, Canada and the U.S.—respectively, NATS
Aircraft

Spectrum Aeronautical Slows Its Jet Programs

Spectrum Aeronautical has slowed development of the lightweight high-performance S.40 Freedom and S.33 Independence jets due to resource constraints.

Bizav flight activity recovery slows

After months of posting positive trends, the recovery in business aircraft flight activity sputtered in July, falling 0.9 percent from a year ago, accordin
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA To Techs: Tell Us about Bad Regs

Ever wished you could tell the FAA that some regulation is outdated or doesn’t make sense? You can, and the agency has a little-known means to do it.
Maintenance and Modifications

CF34-3A2 Engine Upgrade Yields Longer Time on Wing

GE Aviation is offering an on-wing engine upgrade program for certain configurations of the CF34-3A2 that will allow the engines to go from a hard-time mai
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Changes Rule on Commercial Parts

Changes to the FAR Part 21 manufacturing rule published last October 16 are slated to go into effect on April 16 next year, including a modification to the
Maintenance and Modifications

PAMA To Hold Northeast Airworthiness Symposium

September 30 and October 1 are the dates for the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association’s inaugural North
Engines

Pratt & Whitney Assembles First PurePower PW1524G Engine for Bombardier CSeries

Pratt & Whitney has completed assembly of its first PurePower
Maintenance and Modifications

Hawker Pacific Teams with Dart Helicopter Services on Parts Distribution

Dart Helicopter Services (DHS), a producer and distributor of more than 3,000 certified helicopter accessories, has entered into an exclusive agreement wit
Aircraft

Al Jaber Offers First ACJ in ME Charter Market

Following the recent delivery of its first A318 Elite, Al Jaber Aviation (AJA) yesterday became the first Middle East customer to offer an Airbus for VIP c