All Business Aviation news – Page 35
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Transatlantic traffic keeps Biggin Hill’s head above water
Wealthy passengers on private jets might not spring to mind when we think of essential travel during coronavirus lockdown. However at one of London’s busiest business aviation airports, Biggin Hill, international flights continue to land and take-off daily, although traffic is down 70% year-on-year.
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Coronavirus travel restrictions blunt Gulfstream’s first-quarter output
Travel restrictions imposed by the coronavirus outbreak resulted in around a third of completed Gulfstream business jets remaining undelivered in the first quarter, according to parent company General Dynamics. The constrained travel environment is also impacting sales of new aircraft due to the challenge of closing a deal, it says.
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Coronavirus delays European ADS-B deadline
European Commission pushes deadline for fitting precision flight-tracking technology back six months to December, while retrofits will have until June 2023.
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Textron Aviation squeaks out Q1 profit as aircraft deliveries tumble
Textron Aviation’s first-quarter profit tumbled 97% year-on-year to $3 million due largely to an idle factory floor and sagging aircraft sales amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Equus Global Aviation director on understanding the value of aircraft
Guy Burden has a passion for selling, starting his career in the car industry before moving into aviation. He is now director of international private brokerage Equus Global Aviation, dealing in business aircraft and commercial airliners
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Textron unveils aftermarket finance programme for Citation owners
Textron Aviation has unveiled an aftermarket modification finance programme for US Citation business jet owners looking take advantage of the lull in travel due to the coronavirus outbreak to upgrade their aircraft.
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Equator Aircraft developing all-electric seaplane family
Norwegian start-up Equator Aircraft is developing a small family of all-electric amphibians to provide what it describes as a ”sustainable alternative to the noisy and costly types” now serving the owner-flyer and commercial passenger transport markets.
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Supersonic jet maker Aerion to build manufacturing site in Florida
Supersonic business jet company Aerion will manufacture its in-development AS2 transport aircraft at a new facility in the Florida city of Melbourne, in the heart of the state’s aerospace cluster.
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Avinode launches dedicated online emergency relief platform
Online charter market place Avinode has launched a dedicated emergency assistance platform, driven by the rise in demand for air ambulance and humanitarian flights following the coronavirus outbreak.
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Cessna delivers first Latitudes configured for flight-inspection missions
The Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) has taken delivery of the first two Cessna Citation Latitudes from a January 2018 order for three of the midsize business jets. The pair are the first Latitudes to be configured for a flight inspection missions, with the final example scheduled to arrive early in 2021.
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First Airbus airliner lands on St Helena
UK charter airline Titan Airways has become the first operator to land an Airbus airliner on the island of St Helena in south Atlantic following the arrival on 20 April of an A318.
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Piaggio bid deadline extended for second time
Piaggio Aerospace’s administrator has extended for a second time the deadline for parties to submit expressions of interest in the Italian manufacturer.
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Business jet shipments could halve year on year due to coronavirus impact, warns analyst
Deliveries of business aircraft could plunge by up to 50% this year, an analyst has warned, as the coronavirus crisis takes its toll on the industry.
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Oriens Aviation general manager on creating a strong service centre business
Stuart Locke is general manager for aircraft maintenance at Oriens Aviation, sales and service centre for Pilatus in the UK and Ireland, where he is responsible for growing the business and its customer base
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Departing Phenom 300 business jet lined up with runway edge stripe at Manchester
Manchester airport in the UK is to modify a runway intersection after a second incident in which a business jet began its take-off roll lined up with the runway edge stripes rather than the centreline.
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Transcend Air prepares to open funding round for Vy 400
Vertical take-off and landing aircraft developer Transcend Air is hoping to secure its first round of private investment before the end of the year, which it says should generate enough funding to build and fly the first full-scale prototype of its six-seat, tiltwing Vy 400 air taxi.
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Equator Aircraft enters inaugural Air Race E all-electric racing championship
Norwegian electric seaplane developer Equator Aircraft has become the first Scandinavian company to enter world’s inaugural all-electric aircraft racing championship, known as Air Race E, with its competing design a modified Cassutt IIIM single-seat monoplane.
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FAA proposes noise standards for new class of supersonic civilian jets
The US Federal Aviation Administration is moving forward with an effort to establish noise certification standards for supersonic aircraft, a development intended to set the US government on a path to permitting a new class of ultra-fast jets.
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CTT to supply inflight humidification system for BBJ Max 9
Swedish cabin climate specialist CTT Systems has secured an order from AMAC Aerospace for an inflight humidification (IFH) system on a Boeing BBJ Max 9.
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Business aircraft activity plummets in March
The coronavirus outbreak pummelled business aircraft activity in March across Asia, Europe and North America, according to German research company WingX Advance.