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Following in the steps of XM Satellite Radio, rival Sirius plans to offer a competing “always-on” weather service for aircraft through an agreement with da

Perhaps one of the least appreciated benefits of corporate aviation is that its pilots and their passengers don’t have to endure the security procedures of

Frost & Sullivan’s “World Business Jets Market: Investment Analysis” released yesterday says that strong corporate profits and more orders from China,

According to Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO Charles Edelstenne, the French aircraft manufacturer is planning on moving some of its activities out of Eu

JetBird, Europe’s planned new low-cost charter service, has raised €21 million ($31 million) in fresh capital through an oversubscribed private placement o

AMAC Aerospace is preparing to open a new business aviation completions, refurbishment and maintenance facility in Switzerland next August.

Over the past week Cessna Aircraft has made headlines for buying bankrupt Columbia Aircraft and for a decision to manufacture its SkyCatcher light sport ai

Flight Options late Friday simultaneously announced its finalized acquisition by Miami-based private equity firm H.I.G.

Business Jets: In 2007 demand for business jets surges This year the business jet market started off busy and never took a breather.

What a difference a year makes.In AIN’s annual report on aviation finance last year (October 2006, page 38), lenders expected 200

Alan Klapmeier, chairman and CEO of Cirrus Design, has been named chairman of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) for next

Hawker Beechcraft King Air A100, Sault Ste.

Eurocopter AS 350BA, Panamint Spring, Calif., Dec.

Hawker Beechcraft King Air B300, Englewood, Colo., Jan.

Eurocopter AS 350-B2, Nuiqsut, Alaska, Aug.

Piper PA-42 Cheyenne, Prescott, Ariz., Oct.

Fairchild SA-227-AC, Grain Valley, Mo., Aug.

Socata TBM 700, Dartmouth, Mass., Feb.

Gulfstream IIB, Santo Domingo, Venezuela, Oct.

Hawker Beechcraft Super King Air 200, Bogota, Colombia, Oct.

Cessna CitationJet 525, Memphis, Tenn., Oct.

Bell 206B JetRanger, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, Oct.

Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90A, Pagosa Springs, Colo., Oct.

With a commendable bow toward candor, Honeywell released its civil helicopter market outlook at Heli-Expo by qualifying the results of its survey: “The 200

Bombardier Learjet 35A, Goodland, Kan., Oct.

Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Naches, Wash., Oct.

Crystal-ball gazing is a major part of any trade show.

Maybe it was pent-up demand.

Former Top Gun instructor-pilot Robert Sturgell, who took over the FAA as acting administrator when Marion Blakey completed her five-year term on September

• At press time, appropriations for the 12 government agencies were still in the holding pattern.