Content Archive: October 2010
Maintenance and Modifications
First Embraer Airline ASC Named in China
Beijing-based Embraer China Aircraft Technical Services, which was inaugurated in July, has bee
FBOs
Pease hangars go Port City
Port City Air will renovate and manage multiple hangars at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, the former Pease Air Force Base Strategic Air Com
Avionics
Western, Universal Partner on Falcon 900 Retrofit
Greenwich AeroGroup’s Western Aircraft and Universal Avionics announced a partnership last month at the NBAA Convention to develop an avionics retrofit p
FBOs
Million Air Dallas growing again
Million Air Dallas held a groundbreaking ceremony on October 25 for an expansion of its Addison Airport FBO complex.
Aircraft
Mitsubishi cuts first metal for MRJ
The Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) project officially entered its manufacturing phase on September 30, when Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Mitsubishi
Bizav activity begins to bloom in Asia
The Asian business aviation sector is on the brink of hatching into an extremely lucrative market.
Industry OEMs continue to stare down recession
Discussing the recession and predictions of a business aviation indust
Charter & Fractional
NetJets Places Order for 50 Phenom 300s
Embraer announced at the NBAA Convention last month that fractional provider NetJets signed an agreement to purchase 50 Phenom 300 light jets and has an op
Bizav Flight Activity Dipped Slightly in September
Just a month after regaining positive momentum, business aviation flight activity slipped into negative territory in September, falling 1.1 percent year
Regulations and Government
NetJets Europe in French Labor suit
NetJets Europe has been summoned to appear at the Court of Bobigny, near Paris, on December 2, after three entities–French charter operator lobbying grou
