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Pratt & Whitney Canada has named EADS SECA, a subsidiary of EADS Sogerma Services, a designated overhaul facility for the PW300 series of turbofans.

Midcoast Aviation recently announced its intention to move into the “narrowbody” cabin completion business, marked by groundbreaking on a 145,000-sq-ft han

The FAA unveiled a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) last week that addresses airworthiness standards related to cabin interiors for transport-category

Dassault senior v-p for civil aircraft Olivier Villa has clarified that the unusually high thrust (two 10,000-pound engines) on the still-under-wraps super

Cessna parent Textron said today that revenue for the Wichita-based manufacturer was up by 15 percent in the second quarter of the year, representing a $19

Six years after opening its doors, two-and-a-half months after flying its first fully conforming aircraft and less than a month after losing company chairm

Although foreign operators are unhappy over the complications they face in obtaining clearances to fly non-U.S.-registered into the U.S., in general the po

Before bailing out last month for the usual summer vacation, the House and Senate took no action on the tax bill that would have extended the bonus depreci

Late last month, Cleveland-based Flight Options confirmed speculation that it was starting a jet-card program when it unveiled JetPass.

Extra Aircraft’s six-seat Extra 500 turboprop single received European Aviation Safety Agency certification last month.

A new service designed in part by former Avantair chairman Al Rapetti seeks to align charter operators under one roof to maximize revenue and fill seats.

Charter operator Linear Air has 30 Eclipse 500s on order, with first deliveries scheduled for September, but the company bought an earlier serial number ai

A hearing held today by the House transportation and infrastructure subcommittee on aviation sought to examine ways to reduce the level of falsifications a

More parts of Honda’s aerospace puzzle are coming together as the company announced today that its GE Honda HF120 turbofan engines (2,000-pound-thrust clas

Industry reaction to last week’s Senate Finance Committee hearing to discuss FAA reauthorization and the prospect of user fees was as strong as the stateme

Early figures show that most business aircraft manufacturers reported increased deliveries in the second quarter, with much optimism that the industry is n

The House Committee on Appropriation has approved legislation that in part supports reimbursing general aviation businesses at Ronald Reagan Wa

Attempting to land during extreme weather conditions, a Learjet 55 ran off the end of the runway moments after touchdown at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airpo

At the Farnborough Air Show last month, helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland unveiled its new Agusta A109S Grand, a medium twin-engine rotorcraft designe

Camilo Salomon, president and CEO of Safire Aircraft, said he has faced do-or-die situations before, but not in the aviation world, where, he says, e

Test pilots from NASA and Gulfstream this summer are flying a GV equipped with a synthetic-vision system (SVS) intended to improve pilot situational

The recent commencement of low-altitude Customs and Immigration patrols by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) along the Arizona/Mexico border and the earlier

Honda added another element to the business plan for its aviation ventures last month, when the Japanese carmaker announced the formation of Honda Aero Inc

Fly-by-wire (FBW) flight controls have been commonplace in fighters and Airbus airliners for years, but the technology has remained out of reach for all bu

Eclipse Aviation has submitted a final report to the FAA detailing tests of a pitot/angle-of-attack probe fix for the Eclipse 500 VLJ and expects FAA appro

Epic’s single-engine Victory jet made its first flight on July 6 from Roberts Field in Redmond, Ore.

A Safety Alert for Operators released this week by the FAA gives new insight into what might have been a contributing factor in the collision between an Em

Corporate aviation took flak on FAA funding proposals this morning as the architects of S.1300, the Senate FAA financing bill that includes a $25 user fee

The NTSB issued an update last week on the Citation II that crashed into Lake Michigan shortly after departing General Mitchell International (MKE) in Milw

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) said in a letter to the FAA that Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) should not be mandatory.