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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 […]

On perhaps a more easily understood — but no less frustrating — level, the looming Jan. 20, 2005, deadline for domestic reduced vertical separation minima (DRVSM) will have repair stations working overtime in 2004. This high activity level will come at the same time industry and the FAA work to implement new, often-delayed Part 145 […]

One of the most vexing issues to confront the industry recently is the moving target of general aviation security: how to improve it, how to ensure it and how to convince politicians and the public alike that much has already been done to prevent business and charter aviation from being used by terrorists. The problem […]

New Year Shaping Up To Be A Lot Like The Last One… If you liked 2003, you’ll probably like 2004, say business and charter aviation industry observers. Many of the issues, trends and challenges visited upon the industry in 2003 remain either under continued development or mired in mediocrity as the calendar flipped over a […]

Several indicators point to a gradual stabilization and some growth in the business aviation market. AVwebs Business AVflash will be sure to keep tabs on these developments throughout 2004.

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) said deliveries of business jets were 32 percent lower than the same period a year ago. According to the organization’s shipment report for the third quarter of 2003, the fall in business-jet deliveries contributed to an overall 9-percent decrease in shipments of general aviation aircraft for the quarter. For […]

The news from NBAA 2003 spilled over into Novembers BizAV cycle. Without a doubt, Bombardier Aerospace made the most noise with a slew of product and service announcements throughout the busy NBAA event week. The manufacturer made three aircraft-related announcements at the show, including its biggest headline of the year: the official launch of the […]

The business aviation event of the year kicked into full gear, as the NBAA’s 2003 and 56th Annual Meeting & Convention was held Oct. 7 to 9 at the Orlando/Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The event featured close to 30,000 attendees, more than 1,000 exhibitors, 75 informational sessions and 135 aircraft on static […]