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Maintenance and Modifications
Asia Pacific Customer Support Enhanced by Embraer
Embraer announced strategic customer support enhancements in the Asia Pacific region.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hawker Pacific Asia Named Authorized Service Center
Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) has appointed Hawker Pacific Asia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to its network of authorized service centers to support the growing
Maintenance and Modifications
London Oxford Airport To Build MRO Facility
Oxford Airport, some 40 miles northwest of London in the UK, has broken ground on a 47,700-sq-ft, three-bay hangar, making it the largest facility built
Aircraft
Gulfstream Ramps Up G650 Test Fleet
Gulfstream’s fourth large-cabin G650–and the first production example–joined the flight-test pr
Charter & Fractional
NetJets Expanding Bridgeway Facility as New HQ
NetJets has shelved plans for a $200 million operations and training campus in Columbus, Ohio,
ATC
New ATC Runway Clearances Take Effect June 30
As of June 30, pilots can expect to receive different runway crossing clearances from ATC,
Aircraft
FAA To Research Allowing Unmanned Aircraft Fly in National Airspace System
The FAA’s William J.
Aircraft
Grob Says Turbo-Trainer Upgrade Will Offer Low-cost Competition
Grob Aircraft is developing a turboprop version of its G115/G120 series of primary trainers.
Rotorcraft
Eurocopter Challenged for New German Requirements
Eurocopter was eyeing new German military requirements at the ILA Berlin Air Show earlier this month, even as it defended its delivery performance on the G
Rotorcraft
Boeing and Eurocopter To Build a Bigger Chinook?
Boeing and Eurocopter have agreed to cooperate on a future transport helicopter (FTH) and at the ILA Berlin Air Show both companies displayed a tandem-roto
Aircraft
Boeing Completes First Flight of GE-Powered 787
The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner powered by General Electric GEnx-1B engines–ZA005–completed its first flight at 6:29 p.m.
Aircraft
Canadian TSB, U.S. NTSB Investigating Trans States Runway Overrun
The National Transportation Safety Board has dispatched a team of investigators this morning to assist the Transportation Safety Board of Canada with its i
Rotorcraft
Sikorsky S-76D Program Delayed Again
First deliveries of the Sikorsky S-76D medium twin–an upgraded derivative of the S-76C++–are n
Maintenance and Modifications
TWG Aviation To Acquire Vitesse Maintenance Assets
TWG Aviation, parent company of Dallas-based Business Jet Access (BJA) and Business Jet Center (BJC), is to buy Vitesse Aviation Services.
Maintenance and Modifications
Summit Aviation Breaks Ground on Expansion Project
Middletown, Del.-based Summit Aviation has launched a 78,000-sq-ft expansion and renovation of
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Dubai Receives Jordanian Approval
Jet Aviation Dubai recently received Jordanian CARC maintenance approvals for
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier Aerospace To Acquire ExelTech Hangar
Following the bankruptcy of ExelTech Aerospace, Bombardier is purchasing the company’s Saint-L
Aircraft
Boeing To Raise 737 Production to 35 per Month
Boeing will raise production yet again on its 737 line, the company announced today, taking the rate from the previously announced 34 airplanes per month t
Aircraft
Boeing 747-8 Freighter Receives Expanded Type Inspection Authorization
Boeing announced yesterday that it received expanded type inspection authorization (TIA) from the FAA for the
Regulations and Government
TSA To Take a Fresh Look at DCA Access
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wants to improve on the anemic number of general aviation flights into Ronald Reagan Washington National A
Charter & Fractional
Arcadia Emerges as Buyer for Wayfarer Aviation
Arcadia Aviation this afternoon said it has signed a binding letter of intent to acquire certain assets and operations of Wayfarer Aviation, which was set
Sustainability and Environment
ETS Support Facility Decision Still Not Resolved
Eurocontrol’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) support facility has still not been definitively confirmed as an option for operators to meet their obligation
Charter & Fractional
DOT Grants Brokers Charter Approval for Govt. Ops
The Air Charter Association of North America (Acana) has been working with the Department of Transportation to inform and educate the agency about the bene
Aircraft
Boeing Starts Assembling First 747-8 Intercontinental
Boeing has begun assembling the fuselage of the first 747-8 Inte
Charter & Fractional
XOJet To Install Airborne Broadband Fleet-wide
Aircraft charter hybrid XOJet said it will install airborne high-speed Internet to its fleet of five Bombardier Challenger 300s and 19 Cessna Citation Xs.
Aircraft
Gulfstream Adds EVS Capability to the GIII, GIV and GV
Gulfstream Aerospace completed installation of a Kollsman General Aviation Vision System (GAViS) on a Gulfstream IV.
