As the business aviation community continues to rapidly expand in the Asia-Pacific region, transportation ministers are moving to lay the groundwork to create a regulatory environment to support the burgeoning industry. This effort, welcomed by business aviation leaders during a press conference in Beijing last week, is particularly important as business aircraft have been hamstrung in many areas in the region by operating restrictions and lack of infrastructure.

The U.S. Court of Appeals has set a timetable for the Experimental Aircraft Association’s petition seeking reimbursement from FAA for air traffic services, giving the association until Oct. 23 to file a brief on its case and providing the agency until Nov. 22 to respond. EAA filed the petition July 3 asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago to require FAA to refund more than $450,000 in payments that the agency charged for air traffic control services it provided during EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., from July 29-Aug. 4.

An international network built, improbably, on the 757

Avicopter has joined the trend for developing high-speed helicopters. The Chinese manufacturer is building a technology demonstrator with a compound configuration that combines coaxial rigid rotors and nose-mounted, counter-rotating propellers.

In its January 2013 aviation finance overview, consultancy PwC noted that The Cape Town Convention's core purpose of protecting aircraft financiers when airlines go bust “remains untested.” What a difference a few deals, a post-bankruptcy rift, and few quarters make.

The FAA appears to be on the verge of a second “reset” of its NextGen airspace modernization plan, based on a fresh set of recommendations to be delivered on Sept. 19 by the RTCA's NextGen Advisory Committee.

Pratt & Whitney is poised to enter crucial certification test phase

First run begins widespread test effort that will cover three versions