All Business Jets articles – Page 104
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Gabriella Somerville, founder and managing director of ConnectJets
Gabriella Somerville is founder and managing director of UK business-aircraft sales and leasing company ConnectJets. The firm is tailored to clients who are looking for a ‘Saville Row’ service.
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DUBAI: Piaggio rolls out its MPA in Genoa as it displays a mock-up at show
As a newly-built maritime patrol aircraft rolls (MPA) out of a Genoa factory, Piaggio is showing off the ground demonstrator of the P.180 Avanti-based surveillance type at the Mubadala stand.
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NewsBritish Antarctic Survey Twin Otter gets avionics upgrade
The first of the British Antarctic Survey’s four de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters has undergone a glass cockpit upgrade, with a rollout to the remaining fleet pending on further funding allocation from the UK government.
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StandardAero takes on first first Falcon 2000 Synthetic Vision System installation
US maintenance, repair and overhaul company StandardAero has certificated and installed its first Rockwell Collins Synthetic Vision System on a Dassault Falcon 2000 business jet. The installation was performed at StandardAero’s Springfield, Illinois facility as part of major overhaul of the large-cabin twin. The completed aircraft was handed over to ...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Is the US ride-sharing market facing extinction?
Attracting new entrants to the business and general aviation market has long been a challenge for the industry. The cost of buying, hiring or even flying in a private aircraft is beyond the reach of most people, and consequently access to this elite sector has largely been restricted to corporations ...
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DUBAI: Aerion continues search for US assembly site
As top Aerion executives meet with Dubai air show attendees, the aspiring supersonic business jet manufacturer is continuing to search for a US assembly site for flight-test and production aircraft.
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DUBAI: Royal Jet considers keeping BBJ fleet at eight
The world’s biggest Boeing Business Jet operator is about to become bigger. Abu Dhabi-based Royal Jet will next year put into service its seventh and eighth BBJs once they have their interiors installed by Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg.
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DUBAI: Gulfstream sets a new record with G650
Gulfstream is celebrating twice over at the show. It is marking the imminent delivery of Qatar Airways’ G650ER, the first of a record 10-aircraft order placed at the EBACE business aviation show in May. The deal, which included 20 options, was for six G650ERs, 19 G500s and five G600s.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Gulfstream G500 technical description and cutaway
For nearly half a century, Gulfstream has been synonymous with Savannah, and in recent years the business-jet brand has grown to dominate the economy of this compact, riverside city of tree-lined squares and colonial charms. The company’s prospects matter for many thousands of families, so you might imagine important new ...
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NewsFLIGHT TEST: Diamond's DA62 glitters
Diamond Aircraft is set to make its debut at the National Business Aviation Association convention in Las Vegas, where it will be promoting its all-new DA62 diesel piston twin.
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DUBAI: Embraer Executive Jets closes on 1,000th delivery
Embraer Executive Jets is closing in on its 1,000th aircraft delivery, with the milestone set to be achieved in around 11 years since the division’s launch.
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DUBAI: ACJ320neos gaining market traction
Airbus Corporate Jets arrives at Dubai in bullish mood, with the re-engined Neo variants of its VVIP narrowbody family beginning to gain traction in the marketplace since their May launch.
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NewsBritish Antarctic Survey looks towards whole fleet modernisation
The British Antarctic Survey is in the process of updating its scientific research fleet, including the addition of an unmanned air vehicle and cockpit and sensing upgrades to its manned aircraft.
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NewsEmirates Academy orders $40 million of trainers
Emirates Flight Training Academy is to acquire 27 aircraft from Cirrus and Embraer in a deal valued at nearly $40 million.
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Cirrus breaks ground on customer centre in Knoxville
Cirrus has broken ground on a new aircraft-delivery centre in Knoxville, Tennessee as it splits customer delivery and service work from its assembly and design operations in Duluth, Minnesota.
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NewsTraveller takes shape as Tecnam sticks to timeline
Italian aircraft manufacturer Tecnam is readying its P2012 Traveller for rollout by March 2016, saying it remains on track for a maiden flight of the new 11-seat piston-twin in the second quarter of next year.
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NewsBombardier offers first glimpse of Global 7000 production system
Bombardier on 3 November briefly opened the Global 7000 assembly line to journalists, showcasing a revitalised facility with “game-changing” manufacturing technology for the business aviation market.
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NewsGulfstream clinches Fans 1/A+ certification for GV
Gulfstream has clinched US supplemental type certification (STC) for its Future Air Navigation System (FANS) 1/A+ on the out-of-production GV business jet, and is now working on similar approvals for its GIV and GIV-SP stablemates.
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Flying Colours hands over first ADS-B Out-compliant Challenger 605
Engineering and completions company Flying Colours has delivered its first Bombardier Challenger 605 business jet to be upgraded with an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast – out (ADS-B Out) system.
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Nextant G90XT certification "imminent"
Nextant Aerospace has completed certification testing of its G90XT twin-engined turboprop, and says US approval for the remanufactured Beechcraft King Air C90 is “imminent”.