StandardAero Component Services is expanding its facilities in Cincinnati and Hillsboro, Ohio, and Miami by a total of 260,000 sq. ft. at a cost of $16 million.
Is China's airport development program a serious attempt to bring air transportation to the country's far-flung regions? Are the hundreds of airports planned going to truly open China to business aviation?
Continental Motors Group and the Aviation Industry Corp. of China have received three new type certificate validations from the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
I know people who commute daily down Interstate 26. They complain bitterly about the morning and evening crawls and how the experience is worsening as more and more Yankees move to South Carolina.
Editor's Note: As promised last month and in honor of our late former colleague and editor-in-chief, Archie Trammell, we once again offer up his last article for this magazine, published in our March 2016 edition.
When Duncan Aviation recently installed LoPresti Aviation "Boom Beam" high-intensity discharge (HID) lighting in a Phenom 300 light jet, the technology was described by Vice President of Sales David LoPresti as a work in progress.” Indeed it was, and is. The Sebastian, Florida-based company has already installed the HID lighting in 550 different aircraft models, from owner-flown light turboprops to widebody VIP personal jets.
Fifty years ago, BCA covered the Piper PA35-18 commuter liner, JetStar and Fan Jet Falcons. The April 1968 issue contained the Purchase Planning Handbook; the 2018 handbook is coming out in May.
Why would anyone want to operate a business jet into Hong Kong? Arrival and departure slots at Hong Kong and overnight parking for non-airline aircraft are among the most difficult—and expensive—to obtain of any destination in the world. And with recent changes that disconnect slot reservations from parking assignments, coordinating a stay has become that much harder.
Piper's $3 million PA-46-600TP flagship, marketed as the M600, is settling solidly into a niche between the $2 million M500/Meridian turboprop and $4-5 million rivals.
NTSB investigators took a long look at the human factors elements in the May 15, 2017, loss of a Trans-Pacific Air Charter Gates Learjet 35A and its two crewmembers while attempting an ILS 6 circle to 1 approach in VMC at Teterboro Airport, New Jersey.
Flying Colours Corp. has signed an agreement with the Conair Group to modify six production Bombardier Q400MR aircraft to support multipurpose missions. Conair Group provides fixed-wing firefighting aircraft.
Dassault Aviation took the wraps off its 5,500-nm Falcon 6X at a day-long technical briefing at Paris Le Bourget Airport on Feb. 28. The new, top-of-the-line Falcon is slated for first flight in 2021 and entry into service in 2022.
Gulfstream Aerospace created the center dedicated to the resolution of aircraft-on-ground (AOG) issues, providing operators with integrated support and ensuring faster return to service for the aircraft, the company says.
Conklin & de Decker has released its 2018 State Tax Guide for General Aviation. The guide contains the latest taxes and fees imposed on general aviation in all 50 states, and it addresses the sales and use taxes applicable to aircraft sales, ownership, leases, parts and labor.
Chicago O’Hare International Airport was the most viewed airport for business aviation users of acukwik.com in February 2018, according to a study of site traffic.
