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Speaking before a House appropriations committee on Tuesday, FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt asked for a 24-percent boost in funding for NextGen projects, a total of $865 million. Babbitt also said that negotiations with the air traffic controllers union, which were stalled and contentious for several years, now are making progress. “I’m optimistic,” he said. “The […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. Experimenters have made great strides in recent years with electric power for small aircraft, and a step forward took place last week in Italy when a new battery-powered airplane flew for the first […]

The trouble with warplanes is they are so darned expensive, but at this week’s Paris Air Show, bargain hunters found a new option — the affordable Air Truck, a modified two-seat cropduster, built by Air Tractor of Olney, Texas. The turboprop can carry up to four tons of bombs and missiles and machine guns, and […]

Generally, data about the movements of airplanes using the federal airspace system is open to the public, but owners of business aircraft can ask the FAA to block their tail numbers, citing security concerns and competitive considerations — and now a federal court will decide if those requests should be open to the public. The […]

Although Project Phoenix was started to provide an alternative for those facing years of waiting for a new business jet, the company is continuing despite the drastic change in market conditions. The company announced the first flight of one of its refurbished Canadair Regional Jets in executive configuration on June 12 and said the flight […]

Despite the economy and rainy weather, the show must go on and the Paris Air Show is no exception. More than 300,000 people are expected to attend but something that’s missing is the annual order tally competition between Airbus and Boeing. A fixture of the summer shows that alternate between Farnborough and LeBourget, this year […]

SATSAir and ImagineAir, two of the new generation of air-taxi operators flying Cirrus SR22 aircraft, said on Tuesday they have entered a “flight networking” or “code-share” agreement, effectively expanding their combined network across a 10-state area in the Southeastern U.S. “Customers of both companies will benefit from the increased aircraft availability immediately,” said Steve Hanvey, […]

FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said on Monday that airlines can expect new rules soon regarding flight and duty hours for pilots, and also that rules will be clarified to ensure that airlines can get data on every checkride a pilot applicant ever took. Babbitt spoke at a high-level closed-door meeting of industry executives, pilot union […]

The current downturn is a blip and happy days will be here again for business aviation soon, according to Bombardier. As painful as the current downturn has been, the global economy is expected to recover quickly and Bombardier is predicting the fortunes of the business aviation industry will too. In its annual market forecast, delivered […]

Bombardier this week became the latest aerospace company to decide that the current downturn has “hit bottom,” but considering the incentives available for those who are considering a major purchase, it’s still clearly a buyer’s market. For instance, Hawker Beechcraft recently announced a no-cost maintenance program for its Premier IA composite-fuselage light business jets. The […]