UK Airline Passengers Worry About Pilot Fatigue
The 1,200th PC-12 delivered became the 49th to join PlaneSense’s fleet since the company’s 1995 founding.
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Nearly 90 percent of the UK public would be concerned about flying with a pilot who had been awake for an extended period of time, according to a survey conducted for the British Air Line Pilots Association (Balpa). The survey asked 2,052 people in the country over the age of 18 one important question related to pilot fatigue: “How concerned…would you be for your safety if you were on board an aircraft being flown by a pilot who had been awake for…”
The survey was conducted in the context of the upcoming October 24 vote in the UK parliament on new flight- and duty-time rules for commercial pilots, which are based on those being proposed for all member states of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
Balpa wants British legislators to scrap the current proposal and start the rules development process all over. “Being awake for 22 hours will be possible under the new rules due to the way home standby hours will be calculated,” said Balpa. For instance, a pilot wakes at 6 a.m. to get ready and travel to the airport for 8 a.m. However, the pilot is called several times to have his reporting time moved back to 4 p.m. After this, the pilot could fly for a maximum of 12.25 hours. On this basis the pilot could be landing the aircraft after being awake for more than 22 hours. In fact, a further two hours discretion could be added to this figure if something went wrong during the flight, “taking his or her total time of wakefulness to a possible 24.5 hours at the time of landing.”
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Sales of pre-owned business jets “showed a slow start” during the first seven months of this year, according to the latest data from business aviation market information firm JetNet.
Bizav Regulatory Framework for Asian Countries To Be Unveiled
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 - 11:07AM
NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen is joining Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ministers in Tokyo tomorrow to unveil new guidelines designed to “catalyze” the growth of business aviation in the region. The guidelines are meant to provide a framework for individual Asian countries as they begin to draft business aircraft-specific registration and operations regulations. Joining Bolen will be U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation John Porcari and other national government transportation leaders.
Marshall Acquires Beechcraft’s MRO Business in Europe
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 - 3:45PM
Marshall Aerospace announced yesterday that it purchased Beechcraft’s flagship European maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business, Hawker Beechcraft Ltd. The facilities were also known as Hawker Beechcraft Services Chester and had provided a full range of Hawker and Beechcraft maintenance, modification, paint and upgrade services for more than 50 years.
Baltic Air Charter Association To Hold Two Seminars This Month
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 - 3:05PM
The Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA) is holding seminars at two aviation events in the UK this month. The first seminar will address charter brokerage and operator issues during the Business Aircraft Europe Expo and Conference, which will be held September 11 and 12 at London Biggin Hill Airport. The second seminar will be held in conjunction with the British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA) on September 17 at the British and General Aviation Day at Cambridge Airport.
The 1,200th PC-12 delivered became the 49th to join PlaneSense’s fleet since the company’s 1995 founding.
PlaneSense took delivery of the 1,200th PC-12 at its Portsmouth, N.H. headquarters last month during a ceremony hosted by company founder and CEO George Antoniadis. The aircraft is the 49th PC-12 acquired by PlaneSense since its founding in 1995 and launch in 1996. With retirements (typically after 6,500 hours of service) and replacements over the years, PlaneSense’s current fleet counts 30 of the turboprop singles, with an average age of five years (including the four core aircraft).
Wheels Up Announces Seasoned Leadership Team
Beechcraft’s factory in Wichita has completed initial build of the first of 105 King Air 350is ordered by private aviation club Wheels Up.
Private aviation club Wheels Up has appointed a management team packed with business aviation pedigree. Last month’s announcement of 15 high-level appointments came as Beechcraft completed the initial build of the first of 105 King Air 350i aircraft that Wheels Up ordered in July.
The 10th annual Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition at Congonhas Airport, in the southern suburbs of São Paulo, Brazil, came to a close August 16, having proved a success for organizer ABAG (Associação Brasileira de Aviação Geral, the General Aviation Association of Brazil) in its efforts to promote business aviation in the halls of government in the vast country. However, most notable to visitors–who tended to turn up en masse after 3 p.m.
Door Opening for Single-engine Commercial IFR in Europe
TBM850 operator Voldirect is one of several operators approved for commercial flights in IMC.
Flying commercially using a single-engine aircraft under instrument flight rules (SECIFR) or at night may be taken for granted in the U.S., but it has not been possible in Europe–until now. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has cracked the door open–first for cargo operators and more recently, in the past few months, for flights carrying fare-paying passengers. It has left the decision to individual countries’ regulators, however, and France and Finland have taken the lead.
NBAA Announces Dates and Locations for 2014 Bizav Regional Forums
NBAA announced that its 2014 Business Aviation Regional Forums will be held at airports in Florida, California and Texas. On Jan. 30, 2014, Signature Flight Support will host a regional forum at Boca Raton (Fla.) Airport. A second regional forum at Van Nuys (Calif.) Airport will be co-hosted by Maguire Aviation (to be acquired by Signature, pending antitrust approvals) and TWC Aviation on June 26. Business Jet Center at Dallas Love Field will host the third forum next September 18.
Bizav Companies Partner on Unicef Charity Project
Air charter broker L’Voyage, Bombardier Business Jets sales representative Sino Private Aviation and business aircraft broker Jetcraft announced a one-year charity project to support the Hong Kong committee for Unicef’s “28 Days to Save a Child’s Life” fundraising campaign. The three companies pledged to raise more than $136,800 to support the campaign, which aims to provide more than 2.2 million doses of vaccine to save children from tetanus, a preventable deadly disease. They will donate 5,688 doses of tetanus vaccines per charter flight and 32,500 doses per aircraft sold.
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Last month AIN sent out a survey to try to further understand the needs of marketers in the industry.
CFM International—the 50-50 joint venture between GE and France’s Snecma—has started testing the first full Leap turbofan engine, the company announced Friday.
VistaJet Enters U.S. Market To Go Head to Head with Frax
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013, 2:05 PM
VistaJet is moving into the U.S. private-lift market with a new alliance with Jet Aviation Flight Services, which is to operate a fleet of 12 Bombardier Globals on its behalf. The Europe-based private lift provider made clear its intention to target former and current fractional ownership clients in building its North American client base. Under the terms of an agreement announced today in New York City, VistaJet is also teaming with start-up membership-based program Wheels Up to market VistaJet’s Flight Solutions Program (FSP) to customers in the U.S.
Imported Avionics Boost Russian Air Force Aircraft
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013, 11:15 AM
“Imported avionics” are being installed into Russian air force aircraft in increasing quantities, “to ensure that our airframers satisfy our demanding requirements for their new and upgraded products,” said Russian air force commander Lt. Gen. Victor Bondarev at last week’s Moscow Air Show (MAKS 2013).
Russian Air Force Shows Upgraded Awacs, and Plans New One
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013, 11:05 AM
At MAKS 2013 the Russian air force exhibited Red 33, its second upgraded Beriev A-50U Awacs aircraft. Built in 1984, it was modernized from the A-50M standard last year and redelivered in February this year.
U.S. Announces First Sale of Apaches to Indonesia
Indonesia signed a letter of offer and acceptance (LOA) with the U.S. government to buy eight new Boeing AH-64E Apache helicopters during U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s recent trip to Southeast Asia. The Pentagon valued the transaction at $500 million; it represents the first sale of Apaches to Indonesia.
Beriev Sells Flying Boats to China; Tries Again for EASA Ticket
Beriev expects negotiations for licensed production of the Beriev Be-103 and Be-200 amphibians in China to be completed by year-end, the company’s general manager, Victor Kobzev, told AIN. Meanwhile, the company will resubmit the 42-metric-ton-mtow Be-200 twinjet to the European Aviation Safety Agency for certification. At the MAKS 2013 Moscow Air Show last week, Rostec subsidiary KRET (Russian acronym for Radio-electronics Technologies Concern) showed reworked avionics, including some already installed in a Be-200SE-E on the static display.
GAO: Pentagon Should Address Jammer ‘Overlaps’
The U.S. Navy’s estimated billion Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) development does not duplicate any existing airborne electronic attack capability. But the potential exists for some “overlap” with electronic attack systems being developed by other U.S. military services, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) advises.
VistaJet Moves into U.S. with Jet Aviation and Wheels Up
VistaJet is moving into the U.S. private lift market with an unexpected new alliance with Jet Aviation Flight Services, which is to operate a fleet of 12 Bombardier Globals on its behalf. Under the terms of an agreement announced this morning in New York City, the Europe-based private flight provider is also teaming with start-up membership-based program Wheels Up to market VistaJet’s Flight Solutions Program (FSP) to customers in the U.S.
Flight Options Parent Company To Buy Flexjet
Directional Aviation Capital (DAC)–the company headed by Kenn Ricci that owns Flight Options, Sentient Jet, Nextant Aerospace and Constant Aviation, among others–announced today that it is buying fractional provider Flexjet from Bombardier for $185 million. The transaction is expected to close by year-end, pending U.S. government approvals. All Flexjet employees will be retained, Ricci noted.
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