Swift Enterprises has agreed for Purdue University researchers to test the company's renewable, unleaded general aviation fuel in various projects. According to mfrtech.com, Purdue University has conducted tests of SwiftFuel in six aviation piston engines provided by the National Test Facility for Fuels and Propulsion (NaTeF), a research facility housed in the university's Department of Aviation Technology.

Detroit general-aviation field Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport has seen a sharp rise in traffic following the beginning of an improvement program by the city and replacement of the airport's former aviation service provider by another which has set much lower ramp fees and lower fuel prices.

Bombardier's high-end Global 7000 and Global 8000 business jets will cost the company more than $1 billion to develop, Bombardier Aerospace president Guy Hachey told analysts at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention in Atlanta on October 19. The development cost of the two new jets, which Bombardier announced last weekend before the NBAA convention began, is mugh higher than the $300 million to $500 million which analysts had expected.