Most airframe MRO providers prefer long-term agreements because it allows them to realize efficiencies that are unachievable with spot work.

First 787 flight simulator heads for Miami as Boeing revises training

Irritants include overflight fees, passenger records, carbon offsets

The closings' inherent safety and cost burdens

The price of EU Allowances (EUAs) under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) dipped in March but rallied sharply later in the month on signs that support is growing for measures proposed by the European Commission to curb supply. Representatives from EU national governments are making progress toward agreement to support the EC's proposal to “backload” 900 million EUAs, the Irish presidency of the EU said March 22.

High fuel prices help slow the retirement of propeller aircraft

Anchorage-based avionics engineering and services firm One Sky Aviation is working with Astronics and the Pilatus authorized service center network to develop a supplemental type certificate (STC) package to install the Max-Viz 1500 enhanced vision system (EVS) on Pilatus PC-12 and PC-12NG aircraft.

The European Business Aviation Association is stepping up its efforts to curb illegal flight activity, outlining plans to seek more stringent regulation. Illegal charter flights have been a priority for the association in recent years, and it launched a formal campaign in early 2011 to help curb the activity.