Content Archive: April 2011

Environment

Crunch time for emissions verification

by Charles Alcock Hundreds of aircraft operators in Europe and around the world were scrambling last month to meet the March 31 deadline to c
Environment

What are the limits of Europe’s ETS?

It is astonishing to many operators outside Europe, but under the European Union’s emissions trading scheme they are accountable for their engines’ carbon
Regulations and Government

Business groups join fight against Barr limits

by Paul Lowe Although the words aviation and security usually conjure images of terrorists trying to do bad things to airliners, the FAA’s pr
Environment

Rising fuel prices squeeze charter operators, FBOs

by Matt Thurber For a pilot worried about whether the next bump in operating costs will be one more incentive for the boss to sell the airpla
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Places First-ever Bombardier Order

by Matt Thurber NetJets, the Berkshire Hathaway-owned fractional-share operator, completed a purchase agreement early last month for up to 1
Regulations and Government

FAA Withdraws Advanced Notice for SMS Proposal

The FAA withdrew an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM), released in July 2
Avionics

Announced at AEA: new avionics extend cockpit capabilities

by Matt Thurber Among the new products introduced at the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) International Convention & Trade Show on Marc
FBOs

2011 FBO Survey – The Americas: Top 10 FBOs

Printable version of the FBO Report, FBO Ratings and Readers Comments<
Aircraft

AIN Blog: Weather Takes Sun ‘n’ Fun Fly-In by Storm, Quite Literally

If I were to experience a tornado, or a near-tornado, my guess would have been while visiting one of the aircraft manufacturers in Wichita.