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Southwest Grounds 79 Jets after Emergency Landing

Southwest Airlines has grounded 79 (not 81 as was previously reported) of its Boeing 737s as it began working with Boeing and the NTSB to determine the cau
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.
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
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
Sustainability and 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
Sustainability and 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
Sustainability and 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
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
FBOs

2011 FBO Survey – The Americas: State of the FBO Industry

Printable version of the FBO Report, FBO Ratings and Readers Comments For
FBOs

2011 FBO Survey – The Americas: Top 10 FBOs

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

Construction at FLL To Close Runway 9L/27R

Beginning next month, Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL) will be experiencing runway closures for resurfacing.
ATC

FAA, EU Collaborate on NextGen Research

The FAA and the European Union signed an agreement to work together on NextGen research.

Embraer Eyes Global Jet Segment

In just two years, Embraer has moved from a minor player in the business jet market–garnering only 3 percent of market share by volume in 2008–to one that
Aircraft

Shanghai Bizav Show Makes Debut

The Shanghai International Business Aviation Show, hosted by the Shanghai Association for Science & Technology and Shanghai Society of Aeronautics, is maki
FBOs

AIN’s Readers Rate the World’s FBOs

Pilots, flight attendants, dispatchers and other AIN subscribers who have frequent interaction with FBOs provided a total of 23,452 evaluations of m
ATC

XM WX for iPad Gets Green Light

Pilots who use Apple’s iPad tablet computer have been lusting for one additional bit of functionality, in-flight weather data.
Aircraft

Conforming HondaJet Reaches Top Speed

Honda Aircraft announced this week that its first production-conforming HondaJet achieved the m
Aircraft

Embraer Sees Slower Bizjet Recovery

Embraer is more convinced that business aviation is facing a slow recovery than it was last year, when it last issued its forecast for the executive aviati

Remaining Crew, GV Released from Congo

The Gulfstream V that had been
Aircraft

GA Industry: FAA Must Meet Certification Requirements

Cessna Aircraft chairman, president and CEO Jack Pelton told a congressional panel last month that the general aviation industry is concerned the FAA will
Security

House of Representatives Moves To Defend BARR

Two long-time pilot members of Congress have successfully amended the pending House FAA reauthorization bill to preserve the Block Aircraft Registration Re
Charter & Fractional

Sources Say NetJets To Thrive After Surprise Sokol Exit

Yesterday’s announcement that NetJets chairman and CEO David Sokol resigned from
Engines

Pratt Lands New PurePower Order for Neos

Pratt & Whitney has landed one of the largest engine orders “in recent aviation history” with IndiGo’s selection of the PurePower PW1100G to power
Aircraft

Cessna Ending Citation CJ1+ Production This Summer

Cessna Aircraft has confirmed to AIN that it will end production this summer for the Citation CJ1+, the light jet that descends directly from the or
Rotorcraft

Bell prepared to finance new civil helo program

by Mark Huber At this year’s Heli-Expo, Bell CEO John Garrison was adamant that the company could afford a new civil helicopter program.

GV Copilot, Flight Attendant Freed by Congo

The copilot and flight attendant who were detained in the Democratic
Rotorcraft

Heli-Expo 2011 Breaks a Record

by Matt Thurber Feedback from exhibitors at this year’s Helicopter Association International Heli-Expo show–the 63rd annual event–was notably