All Business Jets articles – Page 113

  • Bell 525
    News

    EBACE: Bell developing airline-style support package for 525

    2015-05-19T14:47:16Z

    ​Bell Helicopter is working on a support package for the 525 Relentless helicopter that includes aircraft availability guarantees, says Patrick Moulay, vice-president of global sales and marketing.

  • Qatar Executive Bombardier Challenger 605
    News

    EBACE: Qatar Executive increases Gulfstream order

    2015-05-19T14:43:01Z

    ​Middle Eastern VIP operator Qatar Executive has firmed up its earlier memorandum of understanding for 20 Gulfstream business jets and added an extra 10 aircraft to the order.

  • ACJ320neo
    News

    EBACE: UK operator Acropolis to launch ACJ320neo

    2015-05-19T13:59:27Z

    ​John Leahy, Airbus chief operating ­officer, customers, flew into EBACE for the first time ever this afternoon to sign a single aircraft deal that, he says, heralds a new era for the corporate airliner market as he formally launched the ACJ320neo.

  • G90XT
    News

    EBACE: Nextant lines-up next remanufacturing programme

    2015-05-19T12:11:00Z

    ​Nextant Aerospace says its G90XT certification programme is racing towards the finishing line, with final approval of the remanufactured Beechcraft King Air C90 on course for June.

  • News

    EBACE: ViaSat readies Exede for business aviation launch

    2015-05-19T11:53:27Z

    ​ViaSat’s Exede In the Air Ka-band satellite supported in-flight connectivity service will be certified for use on business aviation aircraft by the end of the year, with service entry scheduled for the first quarter of 2016.

  • NeJjets Challenger 350
    News

    EBACE: NetJets Europe rises to the Challenger 350

    2015-05-19T10:33:42Z

    ​Bombardier formally handed over the first Challenger 350 to NetJets Europe at EBACE with the fractional ownership provider acknowledging the vital role the super-midsize business jet will play in its fleet.

  • News

    EBACE: Jet Aviation to complete first 787-9 BBJ

    2015-05-19T10:32:11Z

    ​Jet Aviation is to carry out the world’s first private completions project on a Boeing Business Jet 787-9.

  • Aerion SBJ
    News

    EBACE: Aerion plans supersonic engine selection later this year

    2015-05-19T10:22:58Z

    ​Aerion’s next move in the development of the supersonic AS2 trijet aircraft is to select a propulsion systems supplier, says chief executive Doug Nichols.

  • Piper Aircraft M600
    News

    EBACE: Piper expands training services

    2015-05-19T09:54:18Z

    ​Piper Aviation has filled a gap in its European training infrastructure for PA-46-based aircraft while the Florida-based manufacturer nears a selection of the training provider for the newly-launched M600.

  • News

    EBACE: Business aviation industry must embrace change: Gamba

    2015-05-19T08:46:08Z

    ​Business aviation stakeholders must adapt to and embrace the “fast-changing environment” that characterises their industry, and seek new markets and ways of operating to account for these changes.

  • G500 & G600
    News

    EBACE: Gulfstream G500 performs first flight test

    2015-05-19T07:43:12Z

    ​Gulfstream Aerospace has carried out the first test flight of its new G500 business jet.

  • Superjet VIP Cabin
    News

    EBACE: LHT passes test milestone for 'chair' seat range

    2015-05-18T17:06:15Z

    ​Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has passed all the required 9g European Technical Standard Orders (ETSO) maximum payload tests for its 'chair' family of seats for VIP and business jet aircraft.

  • GE Aviation Passport 20 engine
    News

    EBACE: Passport engine completes water ingestion test

    2015-05-18T16:40:39Z

    ​GE Aviation has completed another key test examining one of the most critical technologies in development for the Passport engine selected to power the Bombardier Global 7000 and 8000 ultra-long-range business jets.

  • SaxonAir Nextant 400XTi
    News

    EBACE: Nextant in for new role play

    2015-05-18T16:12:15Z

    ​Nextant has returned to EBACE to promote its 400XTi in both a special missions and a charter role and to announce its plans to expand its Middle East sales operation.

  • News

    EBACE: Marshall sets out plan for Birmingham FBO

    2015-05-18T16:11:34Z

    ​Marshall Aviation Services, the business aviation arm of Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group, is at the show to promote its recently refurbished fixed-base operation at Birmingham International airport, along with its burgeoning operation in the university city of Cambridge.

  • Global 7000
    News

    EBACE: Niki Lauda in a hurry for his Global 7000

    2015-05-18T16:10:58Z

    ​When Enzo Ferrari offered Niki Lauda the car in which he won his first Formula 1 championship in 1975, Lauda was thrilled...until he saw the version Ferrari had developed for the 1976 season.

  • Honda Aircraft HondaJet
    News

    EBACE: GE Honda studies single-engine, more thrust for HF120

    2015-05-18T16:10:28Z

    ​GE Honda Aero Engines is studying single-engine and higher-thrust versions for the HF120 turbofan as the HondaJet nears entry-into-service later this year, company officials say.

  • News

    EBACE: HondaJet flies in for European tour debut

    2015-05-18T16:07:28Z

    ​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.

  • News

    EBACE: New Falcons fly towards key programme milestones

    2015-05-18T16:06:09Z

    ​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.

  • News

    EBACE: First flight of G500 nears

    2015-05-18T16:03:23Z

    ​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.