<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>BUSINESS AND GENERAL AVIATION</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com</link><description /><language>en-gb</language><copyright /><generator /><lastBuildDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:00:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>US senator, Embraer in dispute over business jet subsidies</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/09/02/346928/us-senator-embraer-in-dispute-over-business-jet-subsidies.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/09/02/346928/us-senator-embraer-in-dispute-over-business-jet-subsidies.html</guid><description>A US senator from Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft's home state of Kansas wants to expand scrutiny of unfair trade practices by foreign aerospace companies, with a special focus on the business jet sector and Brazil's Embraer.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Business jet mishandled at Kerry</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/09/02/346885/business-jet-mishandled-at-kerry.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/09/02/346885/business-jet-mishandled-at-kerry.html</guid><description>A Gulfstream IV was put at high risk when its flightpath was badly managed by the crew as they were turning back to Kerry airport with a minor fault, according to anIrish Air Accident Investigation Unit report.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stéphane Mayer heads back to Socata</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/09/02/346876/stphane-mayer-heads-back-to-socata.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/09/02/346876/stphane-mayer-heads-back-to-socata.html</guid><description>Stéphane Mayer has joined Daher-Socata as its chief executive. He will be responsible for boosting the fortunes of the company's general aviation division through new investment and future project offerings. </description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nextant 400XT powers up for first flight</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/09/01/346864/nextant-400xt-powers-up-for-first-flight.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/09/01/346864/nextant-400xt-powers-up-for-first-flight.html</guid><description>Nextant Aerospace has begun full-power ground runs of its 400XT with Williams International FJ44-3AP engines...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AW139 wins icing approval</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/09/01/346851/aw139-wins-icing-approval.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/09/01/346851/aw139-wins-icing-approval.html</guid><description>AgustaWestland's AW139 medium twin-engined helicopter has become the first aircraft in its category to be certificated to fly in known icing conditions following...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mexico's Omnilife becomes first Lineage customer for the Americas</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/09/01/346855/mexicos-omnilife-becomes-first-lineage-customer-for-the-americas.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/09/01/346855/mexicos-omnilife-becomes-first-lineage-customer-for-the-americas.html</guid><description>Embraer has delivered the first Lineage 1000 business jet...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:53:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Business Aviation in brief</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/09/01/346852/business-aviation-in-brief.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/09/01/346852/business-aviation-in-brief.html</guid><description>BAE Systems has won an exclusive mandate from aviation management group SETE Aviation of Switzerland to remarket a Boeing 767-300ER widebody previously in service with Swiss operator Privatair</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gulfstream proclaims success in G650 dive test</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/09/01/346849/gulfstream-proclaims-success-in-g650-dive-test.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/09/01/346849/gulfstream-proclaims-success-in-g650-dive-test.html</guid><description>Gulfstream says its first prototype G650 business jet has successfully passed high-speed flutter testing, a key hurdle in meeting the planned certification of the 7,000nm (13,000km) range, fly-by-wire, Rolls-Royce BR725-powered twinjet next year. </description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Working Week - Frank Noppel</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/31/346738/working-week-frank-noppel.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/31/346738/working-week-frank-noppel.html</guid><description>Frank Noppel has put the experience garnered from participation in a family business in Germany to good use, setting up air taxi company Ambeo after studying aerospace engineering at Cranfield University</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Business aviation in brief</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/27/346567/business-aviation-in-brief.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/27/346567/business-aviation-in-brief.html</guid><description>Embraer CAE Training Services' first Phenom 300 full-flight simulator, at CAE's centre in Dallas, Texas, has been certificated.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:26:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>TAM's executive aviation division to revert to Amaro ownership after LAN merger</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/26/346569/tams-executive-aviation-division-to-revert-to-amaro-ownership-after-lan-merger.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/26/346569/tams-executive-aviation-division-to-revert-to-amaro-ownership-after-lan-merger.html</guid><description>Brazil's TAM Aviação Executiva, one of South America's largest business aircraft companies, is to revert to Amaro family ownership.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brazilian offshore helicopter services faces pilot shortage</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/25/346566/brazilian-offshore-helicopter-services-faces-pilot-shortage.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/25/346566/brazilian-offshore-helicopter-services-faces-pilot-shortage.html</guid><description>Brazil's offshore oil industry is expected over the next five years to draw 60-70 new helicopters into a fleet that now stands at about 120 aircraft, but operators are starting to feel the effects of a severe pilot shortage that is already curtailing services.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Icejet suspends flying operations and Dornier 328Jets being sold by their owner</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/25/346568/icejet-suspends-flying-operations-and-dornier-328jets-being-sold-by-their-owner.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/25/346568/icejet-suspends-flying-operations-and-dornier-328jets-being-sold-by-their-owner.html</guid><description>Icelandic charter operator Icejet has suspended its executive flying operations after failing to agree a new lease deal with the resolution committee of collapsed financial institution Landsbanki Íslands, which owns its four-strong Dornier 328Jet fleet.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Business: Good week - Bad week</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/24/346359/business-good-week-bad-week.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/24/346359/business-good-week-bad-week.html</guid><description>Good week - PET Airways Bad week - WindJet</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kazakhstan to build crop-duster replacements for An-2</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/24/346446/kazakhstan-to-build-crop-duster-replacements-for-an-2.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/24/346446/kazakhstan-to-build-crop-duster-replacements-for-an-2.html</guid><description> Kazakhstan is to set up a production plant to produce the new Farmer 2 and Farmer 500 multirole utility aircraft, designed as replacements for the ageing...</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia considers criminal sanctions against rule-breaking GA flyers</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/24/346404/russia-considers-criminal-sanctions-against-rule-breaking-ga-flyers.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/24/346404/russia-considers-criminal-sanctions-against-rule-breaking-ga-flyers.html</guid><description>Russia may be preparing for a new era of relatively free skies, but air crews who fall foul of an air code designed to promote light aircraft and helicopter use have been warned.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Australian aviation groups launch GA rescue plan</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/24/346413/australian-aviation-groups-launch-ga-rescue-plan.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/24/346413/australian-aviation-groups-launch-ga-rescue-plan.html</guid><description>Australian aviation associations have grouped together to propose a 10-point General Aviation Rescue Package based on US practices they hope will arrest the sector's decline. </description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Milestone aims to bring financing aid to helicopter and private jet operators</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/23/346263/milestone-aims-to-bring-financing-aid-to-helicopter-and-private-jet-operators.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/23/346263/milestone-aims-to-bring-financing-aid-to-helicopter-and-private-jet-operators.html</guid><description>Niche finance company Milestone Aviation is hoping to secure a first customer within the coming weeks to kick off its bid to "democratise the under-served...</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Swiss completions specialist wins new business</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/23/346314/swiss-completions-specialist-wins-new-business.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/23/346314/swiss-completions-specialist-wins-new-business.html</guid><description>Jet Aviation Basel has won contracts for the completion of two Airbus A319CJs and a Boeing BBJ3 executive jet, while delivering another two newly outfitted...</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Evektor looks to Russian production of EV-55</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/23/346411/evektor-looks-to-russian-production-of-ev-55.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2010/08/23/346411/evektor-looks-to-russian-production-of-ev-55.html</guid><description>Czech light aircraft maker Evektor has set in motion a plan to produce its new twin turboprop EV-55 Outback near Ulyanovsk. </description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>