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Viking Air might revive Twin Otter

Viking Air, the Vancouver-based specialist in support, STCs and airframe mods for de Havilland Canada (DHC) Beavers and Otters, has acquired full productio
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Online logbook program helps pilots keep current

The paperwork demands of a high-performance single- or twin-engine airplane or helicopter are enormous and can be a continuing headache for owners and oper
Charter & Fractional

Charter firm eyes Asia-Pacific market

Executive charter broker Hunt & Palmer is opening an office in Hong Kong next month.

Comair’s fate hangs in balance as talks with cabin crews resume

Comair and representatives of its some 970 flight attendants returned to the bargaining table last month, days after the Cincinnati-based regional filed fo

Broader scope for Delta RJs

Delta Air Lines looked to become the latest U.S.

PSA fires wildcat Teamsters

PSA Airlines last month fired 13 employees in connection with an April 26 wildcat strike of some 70 ramp and gate workers that disrupted service for more t
Aircraft

Korean launch highlights busy season in Canada

South Korea’s first regional airline, Jeju Air, plans to launch service this month with the first of five 74-seat Bombardier Q400 turboprops.
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Compass a Go

A 63-percent affirmative vote last month by the pilots of Northwest Airlines for a new labor deal officially frees Northwest (operating as Compass Airlines
Accidents

Ex-Comair FA Convicted of Arson

A former Comair flight attendant faces 10 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of setting fire to one of the airline’s Bombardier CRJs, forcing it

GoJet To Take Five More CRJ700s

GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) has agreed to buy five more Bombardier CRJ700 regional jets for subsequent lease to St.

Irish Regional Orders More ATRs

Ireland’s Aer Arann has agreed to take delivery of 10 new 72-seat ATR 72-500s from the Franco-Italian turboprop builder over the next three years.
Regulations and Government

SkyWest Subject of SEC Probe

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an investigation into the accounting of certain maintenance costs by St.
Aircraft

In The Works: Adam A700

Adam Aircraft president Joe Walker is optimistic that his company will receive FAA certification late this year for its very light jet.
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Engines

Engine-out procedures need clarification in flight manuals

Asymmetric-thrust accidents continue to occur in normal operations and in training because of “a huge misunderstanding” about how best to retain control of
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Safety

Flight Safety Foundation hosts European Aviation Safety Seminar

Terrain-avoidance warning systems (TAWS) technology, which has been credited with preventing several potential major accidents, underscores the need for co
Safety

Flight Safety Foundation hosts European Aviation Safety Seminar

Which type of public air-transport service is safest–mainline, regional or low-cost carrier (LCC)? It might be a surprise, given possible assumptions about
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Alto Aviation Making Sweet Music

Alto Aviation, with roots at audio giant Bose, is expanding and last month completed a move from its old Sterling, Mass.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Managing Outside Light Doesn’t Mean You’re a Shady Character

Lou Martin & Associates has introduced what it calls its NT Pleated Shade system as the latest in its line of aircraft window shades.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Kvand Delivers Fourth Yak-42 VIP Refurbishment

Moscow-based Kvand recently delivered its fourth Yak-42 executive upgrade cabin refurbishment.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Waypoint Points the Way in Interior Management

Start-up Waypoint Partners of Fort Lauderdale is a new member of the industry, specializing in the monitoring of cabin completion, extensive refurbishment
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Lufthansa Sees Future in Standardized Widebody Cabins

Lufthansa Technik, which has contracts with Bombardier for the completion of 17 Challenger 850s over the next several years, has already delivered the firs
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Aircraft Interiors Expo

“It’s like opening night on Broadway,” whispered a visitor to the 2006 Aircraft Interiors Expo, as he edged carefully past a showgoer with two bags stuffed
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Emteq Takes Cabin Light Beyond White

Cabin lighting specialist Emteq of New Berlin, Wis., took advantage of Aircraft Interiors Expo 2006 to introduce its Quasar full-spectrum mood lighting sys
Training and Workforce

Level-E training likely for MU-2

In the most recent flare-up of controversy about MU-2 safety and upcoming formal training requirements, a small bit of information about something called “
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NASA Turns Regional Airline Turboprops into Flying Weather Stations

Notwithstanding this spring’s violent (and numerous) tornadoes, forecasters in the Midwest are able to make more accurate local weather predictions thanks
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Datalink Weather

XM Satellite Radio has Oprah and the Opie & Anthony Show.
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Regulations and Government

FAA logjam slows approval of COTS cabin components

If it’s “off the shelf” it’s off the list.
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Regulations and Government

News Note: The DOT has eased regulations for operations by U.S.-registered aircraft owned by a company not considered

As of April 27, a new DOT Part 375 rule provides that certain types of operation by U.S.-registered foreign civil business aircraft (such as carrying the c
Charter & Fractional

UK charter firm adds long-range jets to fleet

Gold Air International has ordered two new Bombardier Global 5000s in a deal valued at close to $80 million.
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Safety

Recent accidents spur lawsuit frenzy

Hendrick Motorsports The Accident Ten people died on Oct.