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News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.
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The Spectrum 33 may be light, but its also surprisingly roomy
The recently unveiled Spectrum 33 business jet can be categorized as “very light” in terms of weight and yet its cabin is roomier than that of a Cessna Cit
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Embraer reaches for the big league with Lineage 1000
Embraer is breaking into the business jet big league with the launch here at the EBACE show today of the new Lineage 1000 jet derived from its 190 regional
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Lineage 1000 targets European market
Embraer believes that the new Lineage 1000 business jet may well find a significant market in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) sales region.
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Jet Aviation builds luxury into 787 and A350
Business aviation devotees are increasingly tapping into the expertise of other industries catering to the high-end marketplace to find news ways to improv
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Still larger BBJs are on Boeing drawing boards
Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) has been sending out initial proposals for “green” corporate versions of the proposed 747-8 jetliner, for which parent company B
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Dassault says efficiency fuels Falcon 7X orders
“Last year, we did not expect any new 7X sales since we thought that long lead times would slow down the sales activity,” said Charles Edelstenne, Dassault
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Eclipse founder sees air taxis changing travel
Eclipse founder, president and CEO Vern Raburn likens the potential for the mass air-taxi market that he envisions to the network effect that took hold as
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Collins offers Pro Line retrofit for Avanti
Owners of Piaggio Avanti twin-pusher turboprops were presented with some good news yesterday in the form of an announcement by avionics maker Rockwell Coll
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Embraer broadens its bizjet ambitions
Embraer wants to change the face of the business aviation market to the same degree that it has already revolutionized the regional airliner sector.
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Mikado gives mothballed Dornier 328s new lives
New Germany-based engineering and maintenance organization 328 Support Services has signed an agreement with Mikado Capital to return four previously store
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Gulfstream set order record for non-fractional aircraft last year
Gulfstream Aerospace president Bryan Moss had hard numbers here at the EBACE show yesterday as evidence of business aviation’s improving fortunes.
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Europe suits Premier IA, Hawker 850XP just fine
While the Premier IA and Hawker 850XP business twinjets are targeted at very different buyers, Raytheon (Booth No.
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Adam Aircraft expects Euro sales for A500/A700 to grow
Adam Aircraft president and COO Joe Walker is about to appoint a factory direct sales representative to promote sales in Europe and sees this region as hav
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Honeywell Apex will guide Grob SPn business jet
The Grob SPn light business jet will feature an enhanced Apex cockpit, provided by Honeywell.
Charter & Fractional
Zurich start-up is just Phenom(enal)
Embraer’s European unveiling of its Phenom 100 very light and 300 light jet full-scale cabin mockups here yesterday provided a platform for the Phenom’s fl
Charter & Fractional
Airbus Corporate Jet makes a JetAlliance
Austrian charter operator Jet-Alliance (Booth No.
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G150 claims Tel Aviv/GVA city-pair record
Gulfstream Aerospace is claiming a record for a G150 flight from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Geneva on May 1.
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Customers asked Socata for speed, more speed and even more speed
EADS Socata is confident that it has the answer to the challenge of the very light jet (VLJ) threat in its latest single turboprop, the six-seat TBM 850.
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Launch Customer Can't Wait To Get Flying
Socata’s owner customer survey shows that 63 percent of typical TBM pilots regularly fly more than 500 nm and 15 percent regularly fly more than 1,000 nm.
Charter & Fractional
Sovereign on display here toils for Bookajet
Still factory fresh from Cessna is the new Citation Sovereign being shown in the EBACE static aircraft park by UK business aircraft charter and management
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LHT finishing Challenger 850
Lufthansa Technik is celebrating the arrival at its Hamburg base of the fifth Challenger 850 executive jet.
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ATR benefits from high fuel costs
Sales have been brisk for regional turboprop aircraft manufacturer Avions de Transport Regional, which is here at Farnborough International exhibiting an A
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Dassault Leads SSBJ Research Project
Dassault’s plans for a supersonic business jet are still pretty much alive.
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Black Hawk ‘lite’ for foreign sales
Sikorsky Aircraft yesterday announced plans to develop two new versions of its H-60 Black Hawk aimed at sales outside the U.S.: the International Black Haw
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Skylark mini UAV struts its stuff for potential sales
Launched from a 14,000-foot mountain top, Elbit’s Skylark mini UAV recently climbed to an altitude exceeding 15,000 feet before landing at a designated poi
