The future of Harbin Embraer, the Brazilian aircraft maker’s joint venture in China with Avic unit Harbin Aircraft that has been assembling Legacy 650 business jets, is highly doubtful following the exhaustion of its order book.
FAA-certificated repair stations continue to undergo scores of audits each year, including duplicative ones that the agency is working to reduce, an Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) survey shows.
An early Easter and elevated levels of security following the Brussels terrorist attacks may have subdued European business aviation departures in March, according to WingX’s Business Aviation Monitor. Activity for this year’s first quarter is down 2.2% year-over-year.
The Teamsters union has filed a lawsuit against fractional ownership companies Flexjet and Flight Options, alleging the two are violating the Railway Labor Act by refusing to negotiate with the union.
The potential mainland Chinese business aircraft market is perhaps six times as large as the current fleet, research based on the buying and chartering capacity of the country’s rich people suggests.
Susan Sheets Brogan, who served for 20 years as president of the National Aircraft Resale Association and as a business aviation advocate in Washington, died April 7 after a short battle with cancer.
An FAA draft policy statement clarifies that the agency’s Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) process can be used to modify a product and not be considered a so-called “major change” that would require a type certificate (TC) amendment or supplemental type certificate (STC).
