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Victorville (Calif.) Woos Business Aviation

The Los Angeles area is not known for its friendliness to business aviation.
FBOs

Salina wants you, and your aviation-related business

The Salina (Kan.) Airport Authority, Chamber of Commerce, local government and residents are pro-airport, and the airport authority is focusing on developi
Maintenance and Modifications

What on earth were these people thinking?

Aviation differs from other forms of transportation in a number of ways.
Maintenance and Modifications

MRO Profile: Cutter Aviation-Dallas

Cutter Aviation-Dallas is using the high-end car dealership as a model on which to base its facility, a strategy that is working well, said Andy Biery, gen
Maintenance and Modifications

Aviall teams with Click Commerce on distribution

Aviall of Dallas has teamed with Click Commerce to help it undertake collaborative commerce with its suppliers and customers.
Maintenance and Modifications

Superior Aircraft maintenance now Raytheon service center

Raytheon Aircraft has named Superior Aircraft Maintenance, of Medford, Ore., the most recent addition to its global network of authorized service centers.

Crashproof fuel tanks developed by pronal

Pronal, one of Europe’s major manufacturers of bladder tanks designed to store and transport liquids, has developed new elastomer materials for use in manu
Maintenance and Modifications

CS Jet Spares expands parts inventory

CRS continues to expand support for the business jet community by increasing its parts distribution for Challengers, Gulfstreams, Learjets, Hawkers and Fal
FBOs

P&WC CSC Europe names Premiair a maintenance facility

Prist Aerospace, long-time manufacturer and supplier of anti-icing aviation fuel additives, has formed an alliance with Hammonds Fuel Additives.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dick leaves Canadian aviation maintenance council

The Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council (CAMC) Board of Directors has announced a change in the organization’s leadership team.
Maintenance and Modifications

API to provide Legacy Beech spare parts

Aerospace Products International (API), a wholly owned subsidiary of First Aviation Services, has instituted a new program to enhance spares availability f
Maintenance and Modifications

Genesis 3 Engineering offers Falcon 20 group RVSM kit

Genesis 3 Engineering has begun delivering installation kits for its new group RVSM solution for Dassault Falcon 20s. “Using proven Innovati
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation takes Over Crossair Hangar in Basel

Under an agreement signed last month with Swiss International Air Lines and airport authorities, Jet Aviation Basel has moved into the Crossair hangar in B
Maintenance and Modifications

McKinney Aerospace Named GE Service Center

McKinney Aerospace has been designated an authorized GE service center for engine work.
Rotorcraft

Helitech 2005: The even provided a showcase for manufacturers' newest training and avionics

Perhaps because it takes place only every two years, Helitech is always keenly anticipated by Europeans and they are rarely disappointed.
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Tests Flaps to Dampen Vibration

Eurocopter has flown an experimental BK 117 fitted with a prototype electrical blade-flap rotor control system.
Rotorcraft

HAI Chooses New President

HAI has appointed Matthew Zuccaro, right, as its president, to succeed Roy Resavage, who will retire at the end of a handover period.
Safety

European program aims to improve helicopter safety

A $4.7 million European Union project could reduce the number of fatalities in helicopter accidents.
Rotorcraft

Laser Radar To Be Built in U.S.

EADS and DRS Technologies have agreed to collaborate on production and marketing of the Hellas laser-based obstacle warning system in the U.S.
Rotorcraft

The Raven Runs Cool

Robinson now offers air conditioning in the R44 Raven II.
Rotorcraft

Russian Operator Expands into India

Russia’s UTair Airlines plans to begin offshore services in India by year-end, as part of a contract with Gazprom subsidiary Zarubezhneftegaz.
Rotorcraft

Ardiden Spins into Life

Turbomeca’s high-altitude Ardiden gas turbine has made its first run in southwestern France.

Regional airline officials fear a regulatory void as EASA takes over

European regional airlines are concerned that a regulatory void could develop as oversight responsibilities pass to a new authority, and they have joined w

Fuel cost is an easy scapegoat

European regional airlines don’t need to be told that fuel prices could stunt their growth.

ERA announces 2005 Airline of the Year

A complete change of approach to its business and, not least, punctual performance have helped Binter Canarias become the European Regions Airline Associat

European Regions Airline Association General Assembly: High-load European region face many challenges at quarter-century mark

The first 25 years of the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) has been a story of “bold creativity, progressive thinking and community service,” acc

Mesaba follows partner into bankruptcy court

Mesaba Airlines became the latest casualty of Northwest Airlines’ financial meltdown last month, when it followed its sole mainline code-share partner into

Swiss moves to establish new regional subsidiary

Swiss International Air Lines will once again segregate its regional operations under the auspices of a new subsidiary, the company announced last month.

Other shoe drops as Comair slashes fleet, workforce

Comair will dispose of as many as 30 regional jets and slash between 600 and 1,000 jobs as part of a plan to cut costs by $70 million a year, the company a
Maintenance and Modifications

Air Wisky To Close Appleton Base

Air Wisconsin Airlines plans to close its Appleton maintenance facility and move its 105 jobs to other facilities by next May.