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Naples Jet Center now Raisbeck King Air installation center

Raisbeck Engineering has named Naples Jet Center an authorized installation center.
Training and Workforce

Adam Taps SaferJett for A500/700 Training

With new management and the goal of transforming itself from a development company to a lean production aircraft company, Adam Aircraft put a key foundatio

Bombardier Foretells the Future for Bizjets

Bombardier this week released its first-ever forecast for the business aviation market segments in which it competes, and the Canadian company’s crystal ba

Tokyo gets Bombardier regional support office

Bombardier Regional Aircraft Customer Support is strengthening its presence in Japan in response to the growing fleets–and requirements–of CRJ and Q-Series
Aircraft

Where Will Piper Land?

“No, I haven’t,” said Piper Aircraft president and CEO Jim Bass, when asked if he has placed his house on the market as Piper grapples with the decision on

Hawker Beechcraft announces 2007 supplier awards

Hawker Beechcraft recognized many of its suppliers during its annual suppliers’ conference.

AINonline Audoicast: Jack Pelton, Cessna president, chairman and CEO

Cessna Aircraft is riding high on the crest of the business jet sales wave, and it just got a little higher this week at the NBAA Convention.
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Airports

Google gains access to NASA field

Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have drawn flak for a deal they struck with NASA to base an executive Boeing 767-200 and two Gulfstream Vs at th

Forum to highlight bizjet operations

A two-day conference called “The Future of Business Jets” will be staged in Paris on October 16 and 17 with a target audience of operators, brokers, manufa

Epic Poised To Become Major Bizav Player

Flush with a $200 million cash infusion from Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya and a $170 million order book, turboprop and very light jet maker Epic Aircraf

BBGA chief executive joins NetJets

Mark Wilson, chief executive of the British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA), is set to leave the organization this month to assume a new p
Aircraft

Dassault Nearing Launch of New Bird

Dassault Falcon’s upcoming super-midsize (SMS) business jet, already known to have fly-by-wire flight controls and Rolls-Royce engines, remains an otherwis
Aircraft

Bizjets take Dassault to new heights

Dassault Aviation posted strong financial numbers for the first six months of this year.

Russia lowers tax on large bizjets

The Russian government has halved the import tax on large business jets from 20 to 10 percent.

Lufthansa Technik opens Moscow support base

Lufthansa Technik is opening a customer service base for component services and a component pool at Domodedovo Airport in Moscow.
Aircraft

First Mustang arrives in Europe

Cessna’s Citation Mustang entered service in Europe earlier this month when British-based entrepreneur Jane Howell arrived at the London-area Farnborough A
Airports

FAA, Santa Monica go head-to-head

The Santa Monica, Calif.

Service elements works with Dassault on customer service

Dassault Falcon’s customer service organization has completed the initial phase of a comprehensive initiative to improve the quality of service customers t
Regulations and Government

FAA Issues AD on AS 350/AS 355 hydraulics

The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) for the Eurocopter AS 350B/BA/B1/B2/B3/D and AS 355E Squirrel light helicopters, requiring replacement o

Search for Steve Fossett continues

At press time a search-and-rescue effort was still under way for world aviation record holder Steve Fossett, who was reported missing September 3 after tak

Dassault increases service capacity

Dassault Aircraft Services plans to double the size of its Little Rock Service Center and is simultaneously implementing a multi-year expansion plan at Das

Bombardier deliveries dip, but backlogs strong

Overall deliveries of Bombardier business jets in the six months ending July 31 declined slightly, to 99 aircraft from 101 in the same period last year, th
Charter & Fractional

TAG might sell AMI Jet Charter shares

AMI Jet Charter CEO Charles McLaren confirmed to AIN that TAG Holdings might be interested in selling some of its stake in the charter company.

U.S. court of appeals gives hope in drug test reg

Last year the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) filed a lawsuit challenging a new FAA rule that substantially expanded the FAA’s drug and alco

Apprentice positions address tech shortage in Germany

Amid growing concerns about the shrinking base of aviation technical personnel, Lufthansa Technik is taking proactive steps to ensure that there are enough

Gulfstream opens Savannah service center

The first of two phases of the Gulfstream Aerospace new Savannah Service Center has officially opened. In March last year the company announced a seven-ye

FAA employees raised concerns about Eclipse certification

Last October, an FAA certification engineer and a flight-test pilot filed a grievance against their managers at the Fort Worth, Texas FAA Aircraft Certific
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Flight Display dispels cabin electronics myths

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Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier puts meter on support for older aircraft

 Last month, Bombardier Aerospace launched a “classic aircraft support program” after seeing a “dramatic increase” in service and support requests ove