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Maintenance and Modifications

Flabob High School Students Build Jet Engine

Anthony Mosallam and Jonathon Deming, students at the Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy in Riverside, Calif., designed and built a turbine engine for thei
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Still Aiming at Profitable Operations

Berkshire Hathaway’s most recent quarterly financial report notes that revenues at its NetJets subsidiary grew by 18 percent compared with the first quarte
Training and Workforce

Calif. Legislation Could Cost Flight Training Providers

Assembly Bill 48, passed last year by the state of California, eliminates a long-standing flight training facility exemption from authorizing legislation f
Sustainability and Environment

Chevron Global To Stop Marketing Fuel in 27 States

Chevron Global Aviation, which operates five oil refineries, “will withdraw from marketing Chevron- and Texaco-branded aviation fuels in 27 states [approxi
FBOs

Ocean Sky receives new capital

UK-based business aviation services group Ocean Sky has received a £10 million ($15 million) injection of fresh capital from its private shareholders.
Sustainability and Environment

Lehigh Valley re-ups with AvFuel

Lehigh Valley Aviation Services, based at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pa., has renewed its branding agreement with Avfuel.
Safety

Thick anti-icing fluid a safety concern

The FAA issued a safety alert for operators (Safo 01001) warning operators of aircraft with unpowered elevator controls that control forces may increase af
Regulations and Government

Senate bill: Bye-bye fuel fraud tax

The recently passed Senate FAA reauthorization bill eliminates the so-called fuel fraud tax that has been causing major annoyance and expense for U.S.
FBOs

Tac Air displays new design standards

Tac Air held an open house at its Raleigh-Durham International Airport FBO on April 7 to showcase its new interior design standards, which will be rolled o
Airports

Rifle airport closed for runway, taxiway reconstruction

Garfield County Regional Airport in Rifle, Colo., is closed for seven months  for runway and taxiway construction. The closure applies to fixed-
FBOs

Heritage celebrating grand opening in Vermont

Heritage Aviation is celebrating the opening of its new 79,000-sq-ft FBO at Burlington International Airport in Vermont on May 20.
FBOs

FltPlan.com offering APG runway analysis

Flight planning Web site FltPlan.com is now offering runway analysis services by Aircraft Performance Group (AP
FBOs

Reno-Tahoe seeks proposals for new FBO facilities

Two FBOs at Reno-Tahoe International Airport are not going to renew their upcoming leases, and the airport has released a request for proposals (RFP) for a
FBOs

Argus International launches Prism Solutions Division

Argus International has hired William Yantiss to lead a new division called Prism Solutions (professional resources in system management).
FBOs

Oakland FBO adds hangar space

Business Jet Center at Oakland International Airport in Northern California has expanded its hangar space to more than 100,000 sq ft with the addition of a
FBOs

Hiller Group buys Air Petro

On May 1, Chevron fuel distributor Hiller Group finalized its purchase of Air Petro, a Chevron-branded distributor in the western U.S.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: MU-2 sheds gear in runway excursion

Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Amarillo, Texas, Feb.
Aircraft

Piaggio’s Jet Well Beyond Initial Concept Stage

It’s no secret that Piaggio Aero has been working on developing a jet, and this work has accelerated with the support of shareholders Tata and Mubadala.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

An Avro Business Jet Fit for Adventurous Types

BAE Systems has contracted with Design Q to develop five concepts for the Avro Business Jet (ABJ) and revealed the first of the new designs–the ABJ Explore
Charter & Fractional

Jetalliance forms venture with Aeroflot for Russian charter

Jetalliance Aviation Group and Aeroflot Russian Airlines have formed a joint-venture company called Jetalliance East to offer charter services within Russi
Aircraft

HondaJet Program Logs Another Delay

Honda Aircraft this week began notifying HA-420 HondaJet buyers that the program has again been delayed.
Avionics

SolidFX readers display Jepp charts

Pilots who are tired of carrying around kilos of paper terminal charts might like digital chart readers

LHT kit allows cabins to be quick changeable

Lufthansa Technik’s new VIP cabin quick-change kit allows operators to switch a narrowbody commercial airline interior to VIP configuration overnight.
Engines

More HondaJet delays push approval to 3Q12

The HondaJet program has once again been delayed.
Aircraft

Design Q designs Avro Business Jets for the explorer set

BAE Systems has contracted with Design Q to develop five concepts for the Avro Business Jet (ABJ) and revealed the first of the new designs yesterday–the A
Regulations and Government

Smart Parts sales tax not unusual

Operators of Bombardier jets are dismayed because they

Cessna: ‘Long, Slow’ Bizjet Recovery Starting in 2011

“Cessna’s been through a rough 18 months,” said chairman, president and CEO Jack Pelton at an EBACE press conference this morning.

Bombardier Boosts Training Infrastructure

Bombardier’s training network will employ five additional business jet simulators in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East by early next year, according to

Cessna adds Spain service center, mobile service unit in France

Cessna Aircraft will begin construction of its new service center in Valencia, Spain, next January and expects to open it in 2012.