Content Archive: September 2017

Maintenance and Modifications

Spectra Jet Kicks Off Next Expansion Phase

With its business growing, the company, based at Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, will double the size of its facility.
Article image
Aircraft

South Korea Fires Taurus as Interest in Standoff Missiles Grows

After China, the Republic of Korea Air Force is the first in the region to exercise fighter-launched standoff missile capability.
Article image

MedAire Offers Free Cholesterol Tests and MedLink Virtual Reality Tour

The company is at NBAA 2017 to provide education about how to treat any emergency that may arise.
Article image
Regulations and Government

Boston Globe Slams FAA Oversight of Private Aircraft

Boston Globe takes FAA to task for its alleged failure to properly monitor and keep current its general aviation aircraft and pilot registration records.
Aircraft

Young Used Bizjet Inventory Falls To Pre-crisis Levels

Available preowned business jet inventory last month was 7 percent lower year-over-year and now represent 10.3 percent of the installed base, says UBS.

Mesinger: Residual Values Improving

The market remains tenuous, be Mesinger sees aircraft values slowly returning to a sustainable rate.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Free In-Flight Connectivity Breakfast Offered at NBAA

The breakfast is tailored for flight department managers, pilots and maintenance technicians.
Aircraft

Airbus’s ‘Blade’ Laminar Flow Wing Demonstrator Takes Flight

Tests aim to achieve a 50-percent reduction in wing friction and up to 5 percent lower CO2 emissions
Article image

FAA Bill Gets Mired in Dreamer, Health Care Politics

Miinority leader Pelosi objected to House inaction on the DREAM act, and said health care and flood insurance measures in the bill are inadequate.
Airlines

Analysis Spotlights Middle East’s Risky Capacity Assumptions

Region adding 8 percent more seats per year, mostly in widebodies