All General aviation articles – Page 618
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Venezuelan FBO
Texaco International Aviation and fixed-base operator (FBO) Atlantic Aviation have opened the first general-aviation fuelling unit at Arturo Michelena Airport in Carabobo, Venzuela. The partnership will initially provide fuel and general ground support for corporate and commercial aircraft, with other FBO services expected to be offered by the end of ...
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Paris air show helps to swell Sino Swearingen orderbook
Sino Swearingen Aircraft distributors placed 16 orders for the SJ30-2 light business jet at the Paris air show. Ten aircraft were ordered by Sino Swearingen Deutschland, which is jointly owned by Rheinland Air Services and Piper Deutschland. The remaining six aircraft were ordered by IBCOL General Aviation of ...
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Mayo
Business-aircraft operator Mayo Aviation, of Denver, Colorado, has named Gilbert Wolin president and chief operating officer and Robert Robuck chief financial officer. Wolin, a management and marketing consultant is a former vice-president of AMR Services, where he led the integration of Combs Gates (now AMR Combs) with its new parent. ...
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Appointments
Gavin Strang has taken up the position of minister for transport in the new UK government, and Glenda Jackson has been appointed aviation minister. Both report to John Prescott, secretary of state for transport and environment. Virgin Express has promoted Mike Lotz to chief operating officer, and has ...
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Leap of faith
Having been forced to abandon its multi-company structure, the Mesa Air Group is now concentrating on new developments, like its operation at Fort Worth.Karen Walker talks to chairman Larry Risley. Larry Risley, chairman and chief executive officer at Mesa Air Group, has become an expert hurdles jumper over the last ...
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Florida cocktail
The battle for control of the fast-growing market from the US to Latin America is being fought in Miami, but American Airlines' dominance means some US majors are shifting their sights elsewhere. Karen Walker reports. A tornado touched down in the heart of Miami earlier this year. Had the Wizard ...
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Chinese puzzle
In the runup to the 1 July handover of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China, there were only a few clues to the many questions over Beijing's likely airline policies in the former UK colony. From Cathay Pacific's managing director David Turnbull has a ...
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BA hit by tit for tat ban
Air services between the UK and Nigeria were suspended in early June as a reciprocal ban of British and Nigerian registered aircraft assumed wider political implications. The UK Department of Transport banned Nigerian-registered aircraft from British airports in mid-May due to alleged poor safety standards. The Nigerian government ...
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Airlines unite over Africa
Rising concerns over air safety in most of Africa have spurred several major European carriers to support a South Africa Airways' initiative that could see some countries boycotted if they do nothing to improve the parlous state of their air traffic control systems. In May SAA put forward ...
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Aeropostal in legal dispute
The parties behind the resurrection of Aeropostal are caught up in a legal dispute over money and control of the Venezuelan carrier. On first appearances, the carrier has made a miraculous comeback after going bankrupt in October 1994. Aeropostal's president Nelson Ramiz says the airline was due to ...
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Air Livery
Aircraft-refurbishment company Air Livery, of the UK's Southend Airport, has named Frank Dodd executive and commercial manager, responsible for all aspects of customer liaison. He was formerly works director with HPB Aviation (Luton), where he worked for the previous 19 years. Source: Flight International
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Cessna expands service
Cessna has authorised Jet Aviation-Düsseldorf to service its Model 650-series Citation mid-sized business jets - the Citation III, VI and VII. Jet Aviation's Düsseldorf, Germany, site already services 500-series Citation light jets. Source: Flight International
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Helicopter operator starts information link
A MICHIGAN-based air-medical helicopter operator has introduced a vehicle-location and patient-information datalink produced by Canadian company AVL Information Systems. The equipment is used to relay aircraft position and patient condition back to the dispatch centre, where it is displayed on a workstation. A helicopter operated by Omni-flight for ...
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Stage III refines Gulfstream II/III hushkit
STAGE III Technologies is completing a redesign of its planned hushkit for the Gulfstream II and III business jets, and hopes to begin flight tests in October-November. Design refinements resulted from proof-of-concept ground tests completed earlier this year at Dallas Airmotive and Rohr. Dallas Airmotive has agreed to ...
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Zenair moves into Czech joint venture
Canadian light-aircraft manufacturer Zenair has set up a joint venture with Czech Aircraft Works to manufacture its STOL CH701 and Zodiac CH601 aircraft in the Czech Republic. The aircraft are to be offered in a choice of three stages of completion: a "fast-build" kit form; as a factory-assembled ...
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Century revises its single jet
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTONDC CENTURYAEROSPACE is preparing for windtunnel testing of a revised design for its Century Jet single-engined business jet. Changes include a 150mm-longer fuselage with a circular cross-section, compared with the original "nearly square" design, says the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based company. The fuselage was stretched to ...
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Canada considers sanctions over US overflight charges
Graham Warwick/WASHington DC CANADA IS considering sanctions that could be imposed on the USA if it fails in legal efforts to ban overflight fees introduced by the US Federal Aviation Administration in May. Options range from levying similar fees on US airlines overflying Canadian airspace to asking the ...
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Europe may offer solution to UK cargo singles ban
The UK Civil Aviation Authority concedes that night operations of single-engined commercial cargo aircraft could be accepted under new European regulations, provided that they avoid built-up areas. This comes despite the Authority's own recent legal victory upholding the ban on such flights in UK airspace (Flight International, 18-24 June, P5). ...
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Reims will restart Cessna assembly
Reims Aviation is to restart its Cessna single assembly line in a deal which could see the French general-aviation company start work as early as July. Three sets of knocked-down 172R Skyhawks sold to European customers by Cessna are already being shipped to Reims from the new Cessna ...