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Free flight's fast slows down

Following air traffic controller complaints, the FAA and NASA are reviewing changes to the software controlling the final approach spacing tool (FAST), one

FAA launches RVSM safety review

The FAA plans to begin a safety evaluation of domestic reduced vertical separation minimums (DRVSM) next month in an effort to show that the planned transi
Aircraft

Gulfstream V-SP mockup debuts at NBAA

A mockup of Gulfstream’s new GV-SP will debut at the NBAA Convention later this month in New Orleans.
Aircraft

Farnborough F1 program delayed by a year

Farnborough Aircraft announced it would delay its plans for the single- turboprop Farnborough F1 by at least 12 months due to insufficient funding.
FBOs

Mercury debuts mastercard purchasing

Mercury Air Center in conjunction with GE Capital Financial and Aviation Logistics has developed a MasterCard purchase program for business aviation operat
Aircraft

Gap narrows between two super-midsize contenders

With the Raytheon Hawker Horizon and Bombardier Continental making their first flights within three days of each other in Wichita last month, development i
FBOs

Air BP Offers Fuel Handling Book

Air BP is offering a new handbook, Introduction to Aviation Fuels Handling, to FBOs and line personnel.

Part 145 rewrite isn’t the feared lion

Aviation is an industry where the various factions often have nothing in common beyond the air in which they travel.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Weak Dollar Prompts Price Hike at IWG

International Water-Guard Industries (IWG) is “adjusting its pricing and business policies in response to the unprecedented shift in exchange rates between

Embraer Predicts Strong Bizjet Market

Embraer foresees a demand for 13,150 business jets worth some $201 billion over the next decade, according to its market outlook released last month.

Naples Stage 2 lawsuit rejection a major setback for NBAA/GAMA

NBAA and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) are mulling their next move after a surprise loss in their lawsuit against the Naples (Fla.)
Safety

FAA: ‘Serious’ Runway Incursion Rate Down

The FAA said last month that it exceeded its goal for reducing the “most serious” runway incursions by 25 percent in FY07, which ended September 30.
Aircraft

Bombardier teases details of Learjet NXT

For the past four years, Bombardier designers have worked on a variety of design concepts for new airplanes.

Industry on track for a record year

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) released its third-quarter shipment and billings report, showing good news for business aviation OEMs

Adria builds Balkan gateway

Adria Airways, the national airline of Slovenia, has overcome the trauma of Yugoslavia’s dissolution and has adapted to the new shape of the market.

European training providers ramp up to meet RJ demand

In the lexicon of regional airline training, European carriers confront a classic story line.

Crossair navigates over bumpy road to recovery

Switzerland’s Crossair has frozen all hiring for an undetermined period, redoubled efforts to attract more business passengers, reduced frequencies on a nu

Air Littoral reorganizes amid labor discord

Air Littoral, one of the troubled French regional airlines once owned by SAirGroup, has found new footing following a hard-fought agreement with employee u

Russian regionals languish in persistent hard times

Despite signs of revival last year, when traffic rose by 6- to 8 percent, the Russian regional air transport system remains in dire straits.

New owners for Air Alps

Short of cash after a financially strenuous year marked by a strong rise in fuel prices, the Austrian regional AirAlps has relinquished its exclusive code-

ERJ-145 operator set to snatch Olympic Airways

The Greek government has conditionally accepted Axon Airlines’ bid to purchase a controlling stake in Olympic Airways, the country’s flag carrier.

More Job Cuts in Toronto

The sagging demand for turboprop airplanes cost 450 Bombardier workers their jobs last month, as the Canadian company handed out layoff notices to 310 prod

Fresh designs promise answer to evolving market demands

As the global economy slows and sales of current-generation regional jets reach a plateau, new designs conceived during the height of the regional-jet spen

Fresh capital sets stage for Swisswings’ recovery

The management of Swiss regional airline Swisswings (formerly Air Engiadina) has announced the successful completion of a refinancing program that provided

City center airports suffer lull as sector growth diminishes

Growth among small airports serving metropolitan cities has slowed from the vigorous rates seen in the early 1990s, according to statistics from the City C

Trains vs Planes: If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them

“The Air France flight to Brussels is leaving from Platform Two,” could soon be a commonplace announcement following the French carrier’s partnership with

Binter Mediterraneo feels pressure over CASA fleet

Consumer organizations in Melilla, a Spanish enclave on the Mediterranean coast of Morocco, have lobbied for some time to get larger and “more modern” airc