Rich Lucibella, the buyer and builder of an Epic Aircraft LT single-engine turboprop under the corporate name Blue Sky Avgroup, filed a lawsuit against Epic Aircraft, alleging that the kit manufacturer took his money and never delivered the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A engine needed to complete the airplane. The lawsuit cites an “airframe [...]
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The UK government is delaying the August 31 deadline for aircraft operators to register for the European Union’s new emissions trading scheme (ETS) and to file a plan for the monitoring, reporting and verification of their carbon emissions. According to the British Business and General Aviation Association, the revised deadline is likely to be [...] Business aviation market analyst Brian Foley Associates does not expect business jet deliveries to top 2008 levels for at least another 10 years. “A confluence of factors came together to create last year’s record-breaking 1,313 aircraft deliveries,” company president Brian Foley said in a report released today. “The probability of each major market driver [...] Joseph Singh, former director of charters for now-defunct Platinum Jet, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to “a conspiracy to defraud charter customers and brokers and to impede and obstruct the [FAA].” Singh, 37, of Boca Raton, Fla., admitted during his guilty plea in U.S. District Court that “he dispatched unqualified or unrested pilots”–including the pilot of [...] Inventories of used turbine helicopters have been building since the middle of last year, “but now appear to be stabilizing, albeit at record-high levels,” UBS Investment Research noted in its first turbine helicopter inventory report. According to UBS aerospace/aviation analyst David Strauss, about 1,010 helicopters were on the market at the end of last month, [...] Delta Air Lines and Virgin Blue announced, subject to regulatory approval, a joint venture that will expand both carriers’ reach in the US, Australia and the South Pacific through an alliance involving route and product planning, codesharing and loyalty program linkage. Link to the original site No tags for this post. Air France yesterday rolled out its first A380, which was painted in the airline’s updated livery and is scheduled to enter service in November on a daily Paris Charles de Gaulle-New York JFK service. Link to the original site No tags for this post. Iberia Chairman and CEO Fernando Conte has resigned and will be replaced by former IB board member and former CEO of Spanish tobacco company Altadis Antonio Vazquez. Link to the original site No tags for this post. This week’s G8 summit in L’Aquila, Italy, reaffirmed support for ICAO’s role, in cooperation with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, in addressing emissions reduction targets and policy for the international airline industry post-2012. Link to the original site No tags for this post.
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