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MEBAA: Show hosts mini 757 'fly-in'
Two Boeing 757-200s have flown in to this year’s MEBAA show and are on display next to each other in the static park. Both aircraft are Rolls-Royce RB211-powered versions that started life in airline service, but have very different roles now.
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MEBAA: Satcom Direct links with LHT for cabin content
Satcom Direct and Lufthansa Technik have joined forces to provide business jet operators with a wide selection of film and TV content.
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MEBAA: Deer Jet becomes major shareholder in UAS
Chinese business aviation company Deer Jet has become the “major shareholder” in UAS International Trip Support (UAS), with the deal completed as MEBAA began yesterday.
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MEBAA: Camber Aviation created to manage large VIP projects
Aircraft management specialists Kestrel Aviation Management and Stratus Aviation Services have joined forces to offer enhanced large corporate aircraft management services.
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INTERVIEW: Kiah Erlich, creating safe and efficient technology for pilots
Kiah Erlich, is director, flight support services, at Honeywell Aerospace where she is passionate about promoting aerospace to the next generation of aviators
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MEBAA: BBJ and Fokker join forces on panoramic window
Boeing Business Jets has hooked up with Fokker to produce panoramic cabin window that will be the largest flying on any passenger aircraft.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Will Cathay, SIA rise under pressure?
Two of Asia’s most prominent and prestigious carriers Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines(SIA) have had a pretty dismal year so far, with profit figures plummeting in the face of growing competition amid a sluggish global economy.
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Dutch join Norwegians on F-35 brake chute development
The Netherlands will join Norway on the development of the brake chute for the Lockheed Martin F-35, the Norwegian government confirmed last week.
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Israel may acquire more F-15Is: sources
Israel is contemplating the acquisition of additional Boeing F-15Is to support its future combat requirements.
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NewsPICTURE: Paveway IV dropped from F-35
Raytheon Systems' Paveway IV laser-guided bomb has been dropped from a Lockheed Martin F-35B, paving the way for integration of the weapon on the UK’s future Joint Strike Fighter fleet.
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MEBAA: Latitude makes MEBAA debut
Textron Aviation is returning to MEBAA, two years after the US company – which merges the iconic Cessna and Beechcraft brands – made its show debut.
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MEBAA: Falcon 8X has its first Middle East outing
Dassault’s Falcon 8X is making its Middle East debut, less than a month after the first example of the ultra-long-range business jet was handed over to a Middle East customer.
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MEBAA: Harrods Aviation sees rise in large aircraft movements
London FBO chain Harrods Aviation says it is experiencing a “sharp rise” in movements from head of state and other airliner-based business aircraft, with 250 visits in the past 12 months, a 20% increase since 2013. The sister business to the upscale department store puts part of the increase down ...
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MEBAA: Russian FBO operator A-Group makes a bee-line for MEBAA
A-Group is claiming to be the first Russian FBO operator to exhibit at MEBAA. The business, founded in 2006 and which has facilities at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport and at Pulkovo in St Petersburg, is marketing itself to potential Middle Eastern clients as a gateway to Russia’s two main cities, or ...
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MEBAA: AMAC secures series of MRO contracts
Switzerland’s AMAC Aerospace is at MEBAA, having secured a clutch of maintenance packages on Airbus, Boeing and large-cabin Gulfstream business jets, including from the Middle East.
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MEBAA: ExecuJet celebrates successful six months at DWC
ExecuJet is marking at MEBAA what it says has been a “successful” first six months for its new FBO at Al Maktoum airport. Since opening the site in June, ExecuJet Middle East has been named preferred ground handler at the airport for the flight support specialist Universal Weather & Aviation.
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MEBAA: Gulfstream displays four-zone G650ER
Gulfstream is going head to head with the Bombardier Global 7000 at MEBAA by displaying a four-zone cabin version of the G650ER. The Savannah-based airframer's flagship – traditionally offered with a three-zone cabin – faces competition from the new Bombardier champion, which flew for the first time earlier this month. ...
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MEBAA: DC Aviation and Lufthansa Technik partnership in Dubai gets to work
Lufthansa Technik and DC Aviation have inaugurated a cooperation agreement signed in May this year by performing the first A check on a narrowbody aircraft at Al Maktoum.
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MEBAA: PC-12 operator Gi gets the go-ahead
Middle East start-up company and Pilatus PC-12NG operator Gi is officially open for business, following receipt of its aircraft operators certificate on the eve of MEBAA. The Abu Dhabi-based company is the only commercial operator of the single-engined turboprop in the region. The first unit has already been delivered ...
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MEBAA: Airbus hints at ACJ350 customer and ACJ330neo
MEBAA is beginning with the familiar battle of the big business jets. Airbus yesterday announced its eighth commitment for an ACJ320neo, said that it was close to securing its first ACJ350 customer, and hinted at the imminent launch an ACJ version of its latest widebody, the A330neo.