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NewsManufacturers look to new business jets by 2012
With backlogs stretching out beyond two years, and orders outpacing deliveries, the next wave of new products from business aircraft manufacturers looks...
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Garmin, L-3 win new flightdeck applications
Garmin has extended its lead in general aviation integrated flightdecks with two new G1000...
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CAE, FLightSafety expand business jet training
CAE has announced a major expansion of its business aviation training portfolio, as rival FlightSafety...
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Virgin launches online charter marketplace
Virgin Charter formally launched its online marketplace for buyers and sellers of business aviation after a nine-month...
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Gulfstream plans flightdeck enhancements
As Bombardier announced the Global Vision integrated flightdeck for its Global family of business jets, Gulfstream revealed...
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Airbus and Boeing VIP completions tax capacity
Aircraft availability and completions capacity are straining the market for VIP versions of narrowbody and widebody airliners, forcing backlogs well into...
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Risk-sharing could make Aerion's SSBJ dream fly
Airframers' new product plans would seem to leave little room for supersonic business jets, but Aerion has cautious hopes it can attract the sought-after...
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Business jet startups get needed investment
Startup companies struggling to bring new aircraft to market took a step forward with the announcement of new private investment deals. Adam...
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Enhanced and sythetic vision find way into cockpits
Enhanced and synthetic vision systems have gone from oddity to standard fare in new cockpit designs for the smallest to largest business jets in the space...
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Grob plans family based on SPn light jet
Grob Aerospace is planning a family of business jets in the Part 23 commuter category to expand...
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Sukhoi rolls out first Superjet 100
The 95-seat Sukhoi Superjet 100 made its debut at Sukhoi Civil Aircraft's (SCAC) plant in Komsomolsk on 26 September, as plans for a stretch derivative gather...
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More research sought on differences between simulator training and reality
More research is needed into the differences between simulator training and reality, according to several speakers and expert delegates at a UK Royal Aeronautical...
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Call for European air forces to form disaster relief capability groups in advance of futures needs
European air forces should consider establishing co-operative airlift "capability packages" to provide a faster response to major international disasters...
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Key facs: the BA deal
The BA deal 36 firm ($7.9 billion)/25 options A380: 12 firm ($4.2 billion)/7 options Delivery: 2012 to 2014 Boeing 787-8/9: 24 firm...
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Multi-crew pilot licence reservations
Cabair Group's director of flight training Mike Watt is concerned that the multi-crew pilot licence depends completely on airlines mentoring or sponsoring...
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TUI Travel details its airline capacity-cut plans
TUI Travel, one of Europe's heavyweight leisure groups, is set to reduce its German and UK fleet capacity following its creation through the merger of the...
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Airbus starts A350 XWB high-speed testing
Airbus has begun high-speed performance testing of the A350 XWB in the European Transonic Windtunnel in Cologne. Although the airframer has already carried...
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European Air Group proposes strategic UAV and satellite data sharing for relief operations
The deputy director of the seven-nation European Air Group, Brig Gen Joachim Wundrak of the German air force, has proposed establishment of a co-operative...
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UAV humanitarian flight could upset disaster-affected nations
Increased interest in the use of unmanned air vehicles by aid agencies and non-government organisations to support relief operations is raising fears that...