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Regulations and Government

Quiet, Please

The full House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has passed a bill that would ban in-flight cellphone use on U.S.
Charter & Fractional

Down the Aisle…

While the composite structure, electrical harness and sub-assembly installation for Bombardier’s new Learjet 85 will be done at its Querétaro facility in M
Charter & Fractional

Ultraleather Spells Fuel Savings

Noting that “every ounce counts,” Tapis is promoting its Ultraleather as a fuel saver.
Charter & Fractional

Texas Aviation Gets Tampa Police Mod Contract

Texas Aviation Services has been awarded a fourth contract from the police department of Tampa, Fla., to modify one of the city’s new law enforcement helic

Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Introduces Jetflex Interior Coating

Sherwin-Williams has introduced its JetFlex interior aircraft finish, a solvent-based polyurethane enamel and water-reducible polyurethane dispersion coati
Charter & Fractional

Muirhead Offers New Luxury Leather

The Scottish firm of Andrew Muirhead & Son is introducing a luxury leather called Arisaig, named after a section of Scotland’s west coast renowned for
Charter & Fractional

Savannah Air Center’s New Hangar Already Full

According to Jeff Zacharius, president of Savannah Air Center, the new 101,000-sq-ft completion hangar that opened in February is already at near capacity

FAA, Congress Turn a Critical Eye to Eclipse 500

Since August 11, the FAA has been conducting a special certification review (SCR) of the Eclipse 500 very light jet, the agency announced on August 20.

Eclipse formulates new plan for ‘operational excellence’

The corner office at Eclipse Aviation’s Albuquerque, N.M., headquarters has gone strangely quiet.
Charter & Fractional

With latest acquisition, Gama spreads its wings

The charter industry has seen a flurry of acquisitions and mergers in the past year, and by all accounts the activity will continue.

People in Aviation: September 2008

AAI Acquisition, which purchased the assets of bankrupt Adam Aircraft Industries earlier this year, has named aviation industry veteran Jack Bral
FBOs

Visit Galaxy MCO, get a gift card

Galaxy Aviation is offering Visa gift cards to pilots who visit the company’s new FBO terminal and hangar facility during this year’s NBAA Convention (Octo
FBOs

Fargo Jet remodeling complete

Fargo Jet Center’s major remodeling and expansion is finished.

Republic 170s To Spell Midwest 717s

Midwest Airlines will replace all but nine of its Boeing 717s with 12 Embraer 170s flown by Indianapolis-based Republic Airways as part of an effort to res
Safety

‘Watch Listed’ Pilot Returns to Work

Manassas, Va.-based regional airline Colgan Air has allowed pilot Erich Scherfen to return to work after he and his wife sued the U.S.
Regulations and Government

Settlement Reached in 1996 Gulfstream IV Accident

Years of litigation over a Gulfstream IV fatal crash at Palwaukee (Ill.) Municipal Airport (since renamed Chicago Executive Airport) in October 1996 finall

Eclipse Aviation Splits Into Two Divisions

As part of its “operational excellence strategy” to finish incomplete customer-delivered airplanes, improve production efficiency, fulfill overdue payments
Safety

Fuel Icing Likely Culprit of 777 Crash at Heathrow

The UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) today issued an interim report for the January 17 accident involving a British Airways Boeing 777 that l
Charter & Fractional

FAA Fishing for Sentient/TAG Connection

The FAA Eastern Region counsel’s office is trying to find out if employees of the former Sentient Jet Holdings were connected via payroll and other systems

SkyWest to Take Stake in Brazilian Airline

SkyWest Airlines has agreed to buy a 6-percent stake in Brazilian regional airline Trip Linhas Aereas, SkyWest vice president of finan ce Mike Kraupp confi
Aircraft

Boeing To Consult on MRJ Project

Mitsubishi Aircraft has signed a support contract with Boeing under which the Chicago-based company will serve as a consultant on the 70- to 90-seat Mitsub
FBOs

Big Sky joins AvFuel network

Pilots can earn double Avtrip points from Avfuel’s new dealer, Big Sky Aviation.
FBOs

A new FBO for Livermore

The underutilized Livermore Airport near California’s San Francisco Bay Area might yet see development of a new FBO.
FBOs

...and Yosemite's green solar system

Fresno Yosemite International Airport is reaping 40 percent of its energy requirements from a solar panel installation at the airport, the largest such sys
FBOs

New Hangar under construction at Republic

The Northeastern group of companies, which bills itself as a “specialty services operator” because it isn’t an FBO (no fuel service), is building a new han
FBOs

JetSet signs up Jet Aviation

JetSet Media of Kansas City, Mo., has signed up Jet Aviation’s U.S.
FBOs

Castle & Cooke tops list for new VNY FBO

The empty Garrett Jet Center at Van Nuys Airport should finally see a new tenant.
Airports

Bangor International celebrates 40 years

Maine’s Bangor International Airport celebrates four decades of commercial air service this year.
FBOs

Atlantic renovates FBOs at Midway and Nashville

The freshly refurbished FBO terminal at Atlantic’s Chicago Midway FBO is now open, featuring an extensively redesigned passenger waiting area with improved