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Expanding horizons
Graham Warwick/WITCHITARaytheon may be one of the largest producers of turbine-powered business aircraft, but it has yet to design, develop and deliver a corporate jet carrying the Raytheon Aircraft name. That will change within a year, when the company begins deliveries of the Premier I entry-level business jet - the ...
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Used market leads
Paul Seidenman/SAN FRANCISCOAs little as six months ago, everybody was saying that the equity markets could only go higher and the resale value of pre-owned business aircraft would do the same. Today, world equity markets are dropping, and while nobody has claimed any significant drop in used aircraft prices at ...
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Space rescue
Tim Furniss/LONDON On 26 September, 92 days after being lost in deep space, the European Space Agency (ESA)/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) began sending back images of the sun again. The spacecraft's remarkable rescue owes much of its success to the initial location work completed by the large radio ...
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UCAVs head to sea
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Operating aircraft from ships has never been easy, and a whole branch of military aviation has grown up around carrier-based operations. With interest in unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) growing all the time, is was to be expected that the US Navy would have its unique concerns ...
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Helicopter alliance will open its doors to southern China
East Asia Airlines and Heli Hong Kong are proposing the establishment of a new "Delta Alliance" rotary-wing regional service to open up helicopter access to southern China from neighbouring Hong Kong and Macau for the first time. Macau-based East Asia and its Hong Kong sister company are in discussion ...
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FAA performs a U-turn on non-US pilot-training rules
David Learmount/LONDON The US Federal Aviation Administration has performed a dramatic policy U-turn, allowing non-US schools to train pilots for an FAA licence. The policy change was prompted by the fear of an imminent ruling by the European Joint Aviation Authorities, which would curtail the use of US pilot ...
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Galaxy maiden flight proves capability
Israel Aircraft Industries' first production Galaxy business jet performed its maiden transatlantic flight on 3 October, flying non-stop from Paris to White Plains, New York, in 9h 9min. The aircraft is en route to the National Business Aviation Association convention which starts in Las Vegas on 19 October. The ...
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JetProp converted Malibu gets US go-ahead
Pilots no longer have to wait until 2000 to fly a turboprop-powered Piper Malibu. Customers with an aircraft and $589,000 to spare can now have the piston single converted to a Pratt &Whitney Canada PT6A-34 engine by JetProp. The Spokane, Washington-based company is owned by the same person who is ...
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Support contract
Jet Support Services has received a five-year, $13.6 million, contract covering scheduled and unscheduled engine maintenance on the FAA's 18 Raytheon Beech King Air 300s and six Hawker 800As, which cumulatively fly some 14,300h a year. Source: Flight International
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Metro renamed
Metro Business Aviation has changed its title to The New Metro Business Aviation, in an attempt to enhance its "market appeal". The UK fixed-base operator and maintenance company, which occupies sites at London's Heathrow, Stansted and Luton airports, is planning to unveil its new image at the US National Business ...
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Rutan to launch Boomerang after production agreement
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Burt Rutan's unconventional, asymmetric piston twin, the Boomerang, is set to enter production. Oregon-based Morrow Aircraft has reached an agreement with Rutan under which the one-off design could be certificated within three years - provided that sufficient financing is secured. Under the agreement, Rutan's Scaled ...
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Boeing nears ILFC 717 deal
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing and International Lease Finance (ILFC) are close to agreeing a contract for orders involving up to 100 717-200s. Boeing hopes the deal will provide the programme with its long-awaited sales breakthrough for the type since the similarly sized initial launch order from AirTran Airlines in ...
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Executive Jet orders Boeing Business Jets for NetJets programme
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Executive Jet's relentless appetite for major business aircraft orders for its NetJets fractional ownership programme looks set to continue at the forthcoming National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Convention to be held on 19-21 October in Las Vegas, Nevada, with an order for the $35 million Boeing Business ...
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GE90-powered Continental 777 hits ETOPS proving flight hitch
This new General Electric GE90-powered Continental Airlines Boeing 777 had to carry out a precautionary diversion following a starboard engine low oil-quantity alert during a transpacific extended range twin engine operations (ETOPS) proving flight for the airline. The aircraft, en route on a nonstop New York-Tokyo flight on 7 October, ...
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Oslo moves airport but carries on with business as usual
Oslo's Gardermoen Airport was fully opened for business on 8 October following an overnight move from Fornebu Airport, which had previously served the Norwegian capital. The new airport is located 50km (30 miles) from the city centre and was constructed at a cost of NKr12.9 billion ($1.7 billion). Fornebu ...
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South Korea cutback
South Korea has cancelled plans to exercise an option to buy eight Lockheed Martin P-3Cs, after losing a legal case against the US manufacturer alleging overcharging in broker fees. Seoul will try to recover the money from Daewoo, which had been promised a $29.75 million commission, but received only $4 ...
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PAL seeks foreign capital as resumption nears
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is due to resume skeleton international flights from 15 October, following the restart of domestic services with a much reduced fleet of aircraft. It is now seeking to attract new foreign investors, with efforts focused on Cathay Pacific Airways and Northwest Airlines. International operations will begin ...
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R-R plans joint European repair venture
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Rolls-Royce is in discussions with Swissair and Lufthansa to form a new tripartite engine repair and overhaul facility in Europe as plans to establish a similar joint venture with Singapore Airlines (SIA) have slowed in the face of Asia's economic crisis. The UK engine manufacturer is understood to ...
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Airbus/Boeing poser faces Air France
Julian Moxon/PARIS Air France is considering the purchase of an initial 15 Airbus A330-200s or Boeing 767-300ER/400ERs to satisfy part of its future long-haul requirement and has asked General Electric, Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney to come up with offers for both types. Selection is being held up ...
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EC and Italy reach last-gasp airports agreement
The European Commission and the Italian Government have reached a last-minute agreement on a traffic distribution system between Milan's two airports at Linate and Malpensa, where a new hub is to open on 25 October. The deal, agreed in principle, followed a day of intense negotiations on 8 October ...