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NTSB recommendations issued last month call on the FAA to step up its oversight of Part 135 operators to ensure that improper record-keeping practices are

The Gulfstream G350, FAA certified in November, has received validation by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), enabling operators to register the b

A veteran jet salesman who claimed in a lawsuit filed in August 2003 that he was fired from Bombardier Aerospace in 2002 because he refused to drink and sm

Nav Canada, the company that runs Canada’s ATC system, reports that because of favorable financial results in its most recent quarter and the preliminary o

The first three months of this year saw a significant increase in fatalities involving business jets and turboprops compared with the same period last year

Until Bombardier develops a fix and it is FAA approved, operators of about 255 U.S.-registered Learjet 23s through 25s will be required to disable the thru

Flight crews and their passengers will be affected by a proposal from the Departments of State and Homeland Security to require a U.S.

Corporate jet-card services company Sentient Jet has acquired charter operator Atlantic Aviation Flight Services of Teterboro, N.J., from Voyager Group, a

Cessna received certification for its Citation Sovereign from both the European Aviation Safety Agency and the JAA, enabling the twinjet to be certified an

Independence Air, a Washington Dulles-based low-fare carrier, last month became the first scheduled airline to join the Corporate Angel Network and provide

Joseph Patrick Smith III and Thomas Edward Smith, formerly employed at Smyth Aerospace Manufacturing, recently pleaded guilty in U.S.

All six General Dynamics Service Centers have joined General Electric’s CF34 service center network.

Want to see your tax dollars at work in aviation? Then attend SATS 2005: A Transformation in Air Travel, scheduled for June 5 to 7 at Danville Airpo

All jet and transport-category airplanes with an mtow of 12,500 pounds or more for which application of a new type design is submitted on or after Jan.

Donald Burr recently left air-taxi hopeful Pogo to “pursue other opportunities,” according to a company statement.

The configuration of Los Angeles (LAX) Class B airspace is set to change on December 22 to ensure that STAR routes are contained within the protected airsp

Raisbeck Engineering received approval of an mtow increase, to 10,350 pounds, for King Air C90s and C90Bs that have been modified with four-blade Hartzell/

Although Piaggio named two new completion centers for the Avanti at the NBAA Convention last month, Tom Appleton, president and CEO of Piaggio America, tol

New York charter broker Blue Star Jets and the DOT reached a compromise settlement regarding alleged regulatory violations in connection with the same cras

An “informal” meeting between Platinum Jet Management and the FAA was postponed from November 1.

Bombardier’s fractional operation, Flexjet, said last month that after a decade it has turned the corner and is making money.

Effective December 8, all operators requesting a special traffic management program (STMP) reservation electronically will be required to update their regi

The horizontal distance currently required between lighter and heavier aircraft to avoid wake turbulence might have to be doubled for smaller aircraft flyi

The FAA is reviewing a proposed noise-compatibility program for Collin County Regional Airport in McKinney, Texas.

The FAA’s proposal to modify St.

A jury decided in favor of Cessna in a lawsuit arising from the Oct.

AgustaWestland is acquiring Bell Helicopter’s 25-percent interest in the AB139 twin-turbine helicopter and increasing its stake in the Bell/Agusta BA609 ti

Manufacturers delivered 738 general aviation turbine airplanes in the first nine months of this year, some 28 percent more than the 577 delivered in the sa

Charter sales firm TAG Aviation USA launched its JetCard at the NBAA Convention last month.

Twin Commander Aircraft, the Arlington, Wash.