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Alaska Airlines is the first air carrier authorized by the FAA to use a new RNP (required navigation performance) approach to Ronald Reagan Washington Nati

The European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) has deferred proposed security requirements for fractional ownership flights operating into Europe.

Bombardier Aerospace officially opened earlier this month a 56,000-sq-ft parts distribution center in Frankfurt, Germany.

Civil aviation experienced the highest percentage growth of all sectors of aerospace sales last year, increasing 20 percent to $39 billion.

An ongoing “supplier problem” is casting a shadow over Eclipse Aviation’s receipt of its first FAA type inspection authorization earlier last month for the

Raytheon issued a new safety communiqué to advise Beech 1900 operators of another misleading illustration in the type’s maintenance manuals.

The wing that separated from the Chalk’s Ocean Airways Grumman Turbo Mallard that crashed off Miami Beach last month showed signs of cracking in the main s

The European Parliament has confirmed a 20-percent increase in the annual budget for the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

Ibis Aerospace’s Ae270 turboprop single completed EASA certification, and FAA certification is expected shortly.

With some air traffic controllers already earning more than $200,000 annually, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey is digging in her heels during the agency’s

Transportation Department Inspector General Kenneth Mead last month called for renewed emphasis to reduce the general aviation accident rate, noting that t

Congress may have approved FAA funding for Fiscal Year 2006 before it adjourned for the Thanksgiving holiday, but the drumbeat for user fees in future year

EADS Socata last month introduced the TBM 850 turboprop single, a more powerful, faster derivative of the TBM 700.

It’s no secret that the NetJets pilot contract ratified in late November raised the bar for fractional pilot pay.

Jack DeCrane, 59, president and founder of DeCrane Aircraft Holdings, died on December 29 of complications resulting from lung cancer.

Gordon Newstrom, founder of Mesaba Aviation, died in December.

David Bender was named president of the electronics group at Lynwood, Wash.-based Crane Aerospace & Electronics.

Bombardier CRJ-299 Regional Jet, Dulles Airport, Va., March 9, 2002–“The airplane’s collision with two wild turkeys” was the probable cause of a CRJ

Gulfstream GIV, Newark, N.J., March 16, 2005–The NTSB blamed the ground collision of a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) and a Gulfstream GIV on the Boeing

Cessna 550 Citation II, Venice, Fla., Aug.

Eurocopter AS 350-B2, Scottsdale, Ariz., July 1, 2004–The NTSB determined that the accident was the result of “the inadvertent in-flight engagement

Bombardier Learjet 35, Truckee, Calif., Dec.

Bell 206L-4T LongRanger, Mostóles, Spain, Dec.

Cessna Caravan 208B Portland, Ore., Dec.

Embraer EMB-110P1, Orangeburg, S.C., Dec.

Mitsubishi MU-2B-36, Terrace, British Columbia, Dec.

Hawker 700, Kharkov, Ukraine, Jan.

Socata TBM 700, Lancaster, Calif., Dec.

Grumman G-73T Turbo Mallard, Miami Beach, Fla., Dec.

Before leaving for Congress’s December break the Senate approved a $39.7 billion, five-year deficit reduction bill by a vote of 51 to 50.