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New Northwest Florida Airport Set To Open on Sunday

Northwest Florida Beaches Airport (KECP) near Panama City, Fla., the first new greenfield airport since Denver International in 1995, is on schedule to ope
Aircraft

Grob Prototype Crash Caused by Stabilizer Failure

The November 2006 fatal crash of the Grob G180A SPn prototype was caused by failure of the twinjet’s horizontal stabilizer, according to the final report r
Charter & Fractional

Avantair Finds Smooth Air in Turbulent Frax Market

Piaggio Avanti fractional provider Avantair’s revenue increased 4 percent, to $36 million, in its fiscal third quarter (which ended March 31) compared with
Security

ASA Group Inundated During Thailand Protests

The ASA Group, an executive-aviation security services provider with a base in Bangkok, said it has been inundated with requests for assistance from travel
Aircraft

Airbus Delivers Lufthansa’s First A380

Lufthansa took delivery today of its first Airbus A380 during a handover ceremony in Hamburg, Germany, making it the fifth customer to have taken possessio
Aircraft

ExpressJet Confident in Its Position

Houston-based Continental Express regional affiliate ExpressJet congratulated Continental Airlines and United Airlines on their agreement to merge, pending
Maintenance and Modifications

Honeywell To See Volcano Effects First-hand

Engineers at Honeywell’s Phoenix engine division have received two TPE331-5 turboprops removed from a Dornier Do-228 operated by the UK’s National Environm
Maintenance and Modifications

Iceland Eruption Has Different Effect on Windows

While pilots need to be careful not to fly through heavy concentrations of volcanic ash from the Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in Iceland, the glass particle-la
Maintenance and Modifications

Engine Damage Not Caused by Volcanic Ash

Dramatic photos circulating on the Internet purporting to show a Williams International FJ44-3A-24 installed on a Cessna Citation CJ2+ destroyed by exposur
Maintenance and Modifications

U.S. Civil Aviation Mx Has $39 Billion Impact

According to a study conducted by research firm AeroStrategy, the aviation maintenance industry in the U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Flabob High School Students Build Jet Engine

Anthony Mosallam and Jonathon Deming, students at the Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy in Riverside, Calif., designed and built a turbine engine for thei
Regulations and Government

Obama Nominates Pistole for TSA Chief

President Barack Obama yesterday nominated John Pistole as assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, a position where he would also lead
Regulations and Government

FAA Now Processing Trust Registrations Again

The FAA has backed away from placing restrictions on non-citizen owner trust registrations of aircraft, according to NBAA and NATA.
Aircraft

Dornier Seaplane Picks Montreal for Seastar Production

Dornier Seaplane yesterday selected the Montreal suburb of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu as the final assembly site for the company’s all-composite, Pratt & Whi
Engines

PW1000G Core Surpasses 100 Hours of Testing

More than 100 hours of testing on a full-scale PW1000G PurePower engine core has so far validated Pratt & Whitney's performance goals for its new generatio
Aircraft

Airbus To Compress A350XWB Flight-test Schedule

Airbus appears to have exhausted all its A350XWB development “buf
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Aircraft

Boeing Halts Delivery of 787 Dreamliner Parts

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner factory in Ever
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Accidents

Air France Flight 447 Data Recorders Still Eluding Search Efforts

Hopes of ever finding the flight data recorders from
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Safety

Gulfstream Flight-data Monitoring Is Enhancing Safety

Gulfstream today said its flight-data monitoring/flight operational quality assurance program “is already making a difference in safety to operators.” Intr
Charter & Fractional

ProJet Plans Grand Opening for Jet Center on June 2

Aircraft management and charter company ProJet Aviation is planning a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Jet Center at Leesburg (Va.) Ex
Aircraft

‘Last Time’ DC-3 Mass Flight Planned for AirVenture’10

The world’s largest reunion organization of Douglas DC-3s since World War II, dubbed “The Last Time,” is one step closer with the appointment of eight indu
Aircraft

Alternative F-35 JSF Engine Program Lives To See Another Day

The U.S. House armed services seapower and air-land forces subcommittees this week included $485 million in continued funding for the GE/Rolls-Royce F136.
Charter & Fractional

Flexjet, Korean Airlines Form Alliance

Bombardier Flexjet and Korean Airlines formed a marketing alliance that allows fractional owners from the former company who use the international airline
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Still Aiming at Profitable Operations

Berkshire Hathaway’s most recent quarterly financial report notes that revenues at its NetJets subsidiary grew by 18 percent compared with the first quarte
Charter & Fractional

Argus: Bizav Flight Activity Continues Steady Climb

Business aircraft flight activity increased 4.8 percent last month compared with year-ago levels, according to TraqPak data released yesterday by aviation
Regulations and Government

Pelton Representing GA on DOT Aviation Advisory Panel

Cessna Aircraft chairman, president and CEO Jack Pelton was tapped yesterday by Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to sit on the agency’s fu
Training and Workforce

Calif. Legislation Could Cost Flight Training Providers

Assembly Bill 48, passed last year by the state of California, eliminates a long-standing flight training facility exemption from authorizing legislation f
Maintenance and Modifications

Rhobi Offers Virtual Parts Marketplace

Online parts marketplace Rhobi (reinventing how online business integrates) “is the biggest technological advance for parts ordering and inventory since th
Maintenance and Modifications

Viking Announces Twin Otter Component Centers

Team JAS of Jacksonville, Fla., and Universal Avionique of Miami are the first two factory-endorsed component centers (FECC) appointed by Viking Air of Vic