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Embraer: Growth To Return in 2012
“Only in 2012 will [business jet] deliveries start growing again,” Embraer executive vice president Luis Carlos Affonso said in a pre-LABACE press briefing
Aircraft
Learjet 85 Program achievES MILESTONES
Bombardier Aerospace said its Learjet 85 program has reached several milestones, including fabrication of the second proof-of-concept, all-composite fusela
Sales, Deliveries down at Dassault
Dassault Aviation reported ?900 million ($1.28 billion) in Falcon sales in the first half, down slightly from the ?1.1 billion ($1.56 billion) recorded in
Vick Named Exec V-P at Hawker Beech
Hawker Beechcraft appointed Shawn Vick as its executive vice president, where he will lead the integration of marketing and sales, as well as further devel
Rotorcraft
Bell, union agree on new contract
A six-week strike at Bell Helicopter Textron’s transmission and rotor-blade component plants in Texas ended after union members ratified a revised four-yea
Sustainability and Environment
UK extends deadline for ETS
The UK government is pushing back the August 31 deadline for aircraft operators to register for the European Union’s new emissions trading scheme (ETS) and
Regulations and Government
Senate’s FAA bill offers reprieve from user fees
A bipartisan group of senators introduced an FAA reauthorization act last month that carries provisions to speed up implementation of the Next Generation A
Rotorcraft
Urban Aeronautics ground tests unmanned fancraft
Israel’s Urban Aeronautics is ground-testing its unmanned Mule fancraft, an unconventional rotorcraft featuring two shrouded main rotors in tandem configur
Charter & Fractional
Rizon Rationalizes in the Gulf
Despite reporting a recent “pronounced upswing” in business jet charter business in the Gulf Cooperation Council territories, Middle East charter and aircr
Aircraft
Stratos Begins Taking Deposits for Its VLJ Single
Bend, Ore.-based Stratos Aircraft on Tuesday began taking refundable escrowed $50,000 deposits for its single-engine Stratos 714 very light jet.
Rotorcraft
Bell Helicopter Strike in Texas Ends
A bitter six-week strike at Bell Helicopter Textron’s transmission and rotor blade component plants in Fort Worth, Texas, ended after union members ratifie
Embraer Sees Bizjet Growth Returning in 2012
“Only in 2012 will [business jet] deliveries start growing again,” Embraer executive vice president Luis Carlos Affonso said Tuesday in a pre-LABACE press
Aircraft
Falcon Cancellations Drag Down Dassault’s 1H Results
Dassault Aviation this morning reported a negative order intake for the first half of this year due to Falcon business jet order cancellations.
Maintenance and Modifications
American Eurocopter Opens Customer Service Center
It was on the occasion of American Eurocopter’s 40th anniversary celebration at its Grand Prairie, Texas headquarters that the company cut the ribbon for i
Maintenance and Modifications
Potomac Management Resources To Administer PAMA
The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) has retained the services of Alexandria, Va.-based management firm Potomac Management Resources (P
Maintenance and Modifications
EASA Issues ATR 42/72 Airworthiness Directive
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) for ATR cockpit windows.
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA To Reconsider Air Tour Operator Maintenance
The FAA has issued a Notice of New Task Assignment for the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Commit
Aircraft
Boeing Decides on 787 Fix, but Still Can’t Commit to Timetable
Boeing has identified a remedy to the 787 Dreamliner’s wing-to-side-of-body stress p
Maintenance and Modifications
ODA Approval Goes To StandardAero
StandardAero has received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) at its Springfield, Ill.
Rotorcraft
Eurocopter To Upgrade 40-year-old British Pumas
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is proceeding with a controversial upgrade of 30 SA330 Puma helicopters that have already been operated by the Royal Air F
Aircraft
UK Takes Hardest Line Over A400M Airlifter
As negotiations to secure a future for Europe’s troubled A400M a
Regulations and Government
Suit Seeks $60M over Falcon 900 Overrun
Temporary staffing firm Select Staffing filed a $60 million lawsuit against Dassault Falcon in a Los Angeles federal court, alleging that “misleading and i
Safety
NTSB Wants Changes to Learjet 60 Thrust Levers
The NTSB on Friday issued six recommendations stemming from the Sept.
ATC
FAA Changes Controller Error Reporting
The FAA yesterday announced that air traffic controller operational error reporting is moving away from a punitive system to “one in which understanding wh
Aircraft
Learjet 85 Program Moving Along Smoothly
Bombardier Aerospace yesterday said its Learjet 85 program is quickly progressing, having reached several product development milestones, including fabrica
Charter & Fractional
IG Report Accuses FAA of Inadequate Charter Oversight
In a report on the on-demand Part 135 charter industry
Aircraft
VASO Launches An-148 Flight Trials
The first Antonov An-148 built by Russia’s Voronezh Aircraft Plant (VASO), regist
Aircraft
Boeing Assembles First 747-8
Boeing announced today that it has assembled the major sections of the first 747-8 Freighter this week, as mechanics at the factory in Everett, Wash., load
