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Hawker Beechcraft this week also chose the EBACE event in Geneva to introduce its new Beechcraft King Air B200GT, an evolution of the popular Beechcraft King Air 200 turboprop. Using two new, recently certified Pratt and Whitney PT6A-52 engines designed specifically for the B200GT, the upgraded King Air features a 305-knot max cruise speed — […]

On Tuesday at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland, CAE and Embraer announced the new flight training simulator base for the Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 very light jets. The training programs will be offered at Burgess Hill, near Londons Gatwick airport, and will start in early 2009 when the […]

Dassault on Monday launched its new Falcon 2000LX at the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE). The next evolution of its bestselling 2000 family, the 2000LX can fly an extra 200 nm — and up to 4,000 nm at Mach .80 — while climbing to FL410 in 18 minutes. Working with U.S.-based Aviation Partners […]

This week at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland, Boeing updated the industry on sales of its 737-based Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) and VIP-configured airliners. So far this year, the company says it has seven new orders, worth $478.5 million at list prices, bringing total program sales to 135 jets. […]

As any general-aviation-industry alphabet-soup group will tell you, last week’s narrow approval by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation of legislation (S. 1300) to, in part, create a system of user fees to fund the FAA wasn’t the final word on the subject. Numerous associations, including NBAA, AOPA, EAA and HAI, to abbreviate […]

The sad saga of last Sept. 29’s midair collision between a Gol Airlines Boeing 737-800 and a brand-new Embraer Legacy 600 operated by U.S.-based ExcelAire over the Amazon jungle continued to develop this week, with calls from U.S. and international observers for South American countries to clean up their ATC acts. At least one major […]

Cessna announced Monday at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibit (EBACE) that the company’s Mustang very light jet has won European Aviation Safety Agency certification, as well as steep approach approval. The EASA nod makes the Mustang “the first new-generation entry-level business jet to be certified in Europe,” according to the Wichita-based aircraft manufacturer. […]

The full cockpit voice recorder transcript from the Embraer Legacy bizjet that collided with an airliner over Brazil last Sept. 29 appears to support the pilots contention that they were following normal procedures. The airplanes winglet clipped a GOL Airlines Boeing 737 at 37,000 feet, and the Boeing crashed, killing all 154 on board. In […]

Canadian officials say they still dont know why a Canadian Forces Snowbird suddenly broke formation and then pitched into the ground during a rehearsal for the groups first show of the year at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Mont., on Friday. Capt. Shawn McCaughey of Candiac, Quebec, died instantly when the CT-114 Tutor […]

The FAA seems intent on challenging long-established norms in terms of staffing levels, work hours and overtime management in many of its facilities as it copes with the “retirement bubble” of controllers hired in 1981 when President Ronald Reagan fired thousands of striking controllers. According to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), the agency […]