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EBACE: HondaJet flies in for European tour debut
Honda Aircraft’s HondaJet is making its European debut at EBACE as the first point of a two-week demonstration tour of the continent. The light twin is an early production aircraft featuring the signature HondaJet paint scheme in red and silver.
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EBACE: New Falcons fly towards key programme milestones
Dassault is preparing to roll-out its Falcon 5X business jet on 2 June at its Bordeaux-Merignac facility, and says the all-new large-cabin long-range business jet is on track for first flight in the second half of the year.
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EBACE: First flight of G500 nears
Gulfstream is on track to operate the first test flight of its new G500 clean-sheet business jet in the coming weeks, and the manufacturer has seen a “strong reaction” to the aircraft from the marketplace.
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EBACE: Blink eyes expansion with MyJet and Blackbushe acquisitions
UK charter company Blink has snapped up fellow Italian operator MyJet in anticipation for a future revival of the air taxi market in Europe. The acquisition of the Milan-based company boosts Blink’s fleet of Cessna Citation Mustangs from six to nine and also gives the venture a foothold in the ...
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NewsEBACE: GDC Technics wins third 787 modification contract
Modifications company GDC Aviation has won its third Boeing 787 contract, an agreement that will see it develop a “very unique” first-class area for an unnamed customer. GDC will begin work on the brand new 787 in 2017 under a “very strict confidentiality agreement” with its customer, says the ...
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EBACE: BBJ models could extend 747-8, 737NG run, Boeing says
Boeing could continue producing business jet versions of the 747-8 and the 737NG for several more years, says the newly-appointed head of Boeing Business Jets (BBJ).
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OpinionOPINION: Why Pilatus, Antonov gambles have different stakes
First flights appear to be like London buses: you wait ages for one and then two come along at once.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Saab targets fresh export deals for Gripen
Next year a Gripen fighter will emerge from the assembly line at Saab’s Linköping site in the south of Sweden, like more than 200 others before it with the same name. But in contrast to its forebears, this aircraft will embody a raft of new features, which the company believes ...
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NewsMV-22 crash kills 1 in Hawaii
A Bell-Boeing MV-22 Osprey crashed during “routine sustainment training” in Hawaii on 17 May, killing one Marine and injuring 20 others and one Navy corpsman, service officials say in a news release.
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Four Chinese carriers seek traffic rights to Japan
Four Chinese carriers have filed applications with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) seeking traffic rights to operate services to Japan.
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Umbra appoints HAECO Component Overhaul as repair station
HAECO Xiamen’s component overhaul (CRO) unit has been appointed by Umbra as its exclusive provider of authorised repair station services in China.
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AirAsia to launch Johor Bahru-Bangkok service in July
AirAsia plans to launch a Johor Bahru-Bangkok Don Mueang service on 17 July.
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ANALYSIS: Why fighter rivals joined forces for T-X collaboration
An unlikely collaboration forged with rival fighter manufacturer Boeing in December 2013 could see Saab secure a valuable slice of the future advanced jet trainer market.
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EBACE: Signature closes on Luton FBO upgrade
Signature Flight Support arrives at EBACE two-thirds of the way through a comprehensive refit of its site at Luton airport in the UK, one its flagship European facilities.
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EBACE: TAG Farnborough continues push for airspace change
TAG Farnborough, the UK’s only dedicated business aviation airport, is continuing its efforts to reclassify the airspace around the facility to permit more efficient and safer departures for operators.
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EBACE: Grey market declared dead at Abu Dhabi
The threat of the illegal charter market in one of the Middle East’s busiest business aviation centres has been thwarted with the ‘grey market’ declared officially dead at Abu Dhabi.
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NewsUrgency enters US airlines push to limit capacity in Gulf row
The chief executives of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines gathered to reiterate the need to limit the expansion of the Gulf carriers to USA, adding a newfound sense urgency to the issue they began pushing in January.
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NewsPoland begins evaluation tests of H225M Caracal
Poland has commenced performance verification tests of the Airbus Helicopters H225M Caracal as part of its effort to acquire a total of 50 new rotorcraft for all three branches of its armed forces.
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NewsLost USMC Huey wreckage found in Nepal
The wreckage of a US Marine Corps Bell Helicopter UH-1Y Huey rotorcraft that went missing after a second earthquake hit Nepal on 12 May has been found 12km (8 miles) north of Charikot, Nepal, the Department of Defense has confirmed.
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NewsAirbus Helicopters gains approval for H145M
Airbus Helicopters has gained European Aviation Safety Agency certification for the military variant of its H145 medium twin-engined helicopter.