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Jeppesen said earlier this month that it is refusing, so far, to sign an agreement with the Australian government to pay what in the U.S. would be a user fee for the privilege of using public data to compile aeronautical charts and information. According to Jeppesen, it and other commercial organizations are being asked by […]

It won’t be registered as N1, but Bombardier Aerospace will soon deliver a brand-new Challenger 604 bizjet to none other than AVweb’s Favorite Aviation Agency. The Jan. 19, 2004, announcement by the Canada-based manufacturer says that the aircraft — for which the FAA also placed two options — will be used for runway and airway […]

Meanwhile, Cessna CEO Jack Pelton’s task of helping the company rebound from the economy’s downturn got a bit tougher after industry leader NetJets told the manufacturer that it was canceling its order for 50 Citation CJ3 aircraft. According to Cessna, the canceled order applied to jets slated for delivery in the late 2005-2008 time frame. […]

Cessna’s transition to a world without 25-year veteran Russ Meyer continued last week with Jack Pelton being named president and chief executive officer of the airframe manufacturer. Pelton, himself a veteran of both McDonnell-Douglas and then Boeing, replaces Charlie Johnson, who announced his retirement last month after months on medical leave from the Wichita-based company, […]

Meanwhile, Gulfstream wasted no time in welcoming the FAA’s recently released rule allowing certified enhanced flight vision systems (EFVS) to be used to determine “enhanced flight visibility” for Part 91 operators landing at the conclusion of an instrument approach. Labeling the new rule a “vote of confidence” for its own Enhanced Vision System (EVS), Gulfstream […]

G550 Sets Records… Gulfstream is staying busy by using a new G550 bizjet to set a series of city-pair speed records over the last month. Most recently, the company launched a G550 from New York City to Kuwait City. The record-setting flight departed John F. Kennedy International Airport at 4:51 p.m. EST on Jan. 16, […]

Dallas, Texas, was the location, Jan. 8 was the date and Bombardier Business Jet Solutions was the customer. The event? Entry into service of the first completed Bombardier Challenger 300 business jet under the Bombardier Flexjet fractional ownership program. According to the company, the type’s first customer flight makes the Challenger 300 the first purpose-built […]

Global 5000 Final Test Aircraft Maiden Flight… Jan. 8 marked the first flight of Bombardier’s second test copy of its new Global 5000, the company’s ultra-long-range business jet. The four-hour local flight from Downsview, Ontario, served as a shakedown prior to the plane’s planned delivery to the Bombardier Completion Centre in Montreal this month to […]

Now that the new fractional-operations rules have a fork sticking from them, naturally the FAA has launched yet another major regulatory review: the Part 135/125 Aviation Rulemaking Committee. This undertaking, for which the Fractional Ownership Aviation Rulemaking Committee was but the opening act, began last summer and has met once more since then. Still, there […]

Some good news came last year in the form of the long-awaited final rule on fractional operations. Known formally as “Regulation of Fractional Aircraft Ownership Programs and On-Demand Operations,” the new rule was published on Sept, 17, 2003, and, for existing frax operators, affects flights conducted after Dec. 17, 2004. Still, industry’s challenge in 2004 […]