All Business Jets articles – Page 138
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NewsEBACE: What now for Europe's troubled business aviation sector?
It has been an unsettled six years for Europe’s business aviation sector. The continent – home to the largest business jet fleet outside North America, with an installed base of nearly 2,700 aircraft - is one of the major casualties of the economic crisis.
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AUVSI: Live demonstration shows potential of small UAVs
Nine suppliers of unmanned air vehicles gathered in a remote area of the sprawling Kennedy Space Center complex on 11 May to show how certain missions currently banned by US regulators can be performed safely with existing technology.
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NewsEBACE: Key business aviation programmes under development
While the economic downturn has been tough for the business aircraft sector, innovation and creativity is still alive and well. Airframers are aggressively developing clean-sheet designs and refreshing existing product lines to stimulate customer interest and exploit niche market segments in readiness for the market rebound
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NewsAirbus light aircraft initiative blazes trail to electric future
Airbus is gearing up to commercialise a light aircraft project that stands as a blueprint for an eventual move into the 90-seat regional transport market – with a hybrid-electric propulsion system.
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NewsDemand for light business jets improves in Q1
Corporate earnings reports have provided fresh evidence of improving market conditions in the long-depressed light jet segment in the first quarter, but not enough yet to raise deliveries.
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NewsCessna set to deliver upgraded Citation X in Q2
Cessna will certificate the new, higher-speed Citation X in the second quarter after a six-month delay and deliver several production aircraft, says Scott Donnelly, chief executive of Cessna parent company Textron.
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NewsDassault Falcon 5X assembly makes rapid progress
Dassault is nearing assembly of the first Falcon 5X, following the joining late last month of the main centre fuselage sub-assemblies of the large-cabin, long-range business jet
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SR Technics cuts completion costs with off-shelf VIP narrowbody cabin
SR Technics is launching an off-the-shelf interior product for Airbus and Boeing narrowbodies that it says will shave 30% off the typical time for a cabin installation by dumping many of the “habits” of the large-business jet completion industry.
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IJM wins legal victory for European business aviation
Austria-based International Jet Management GmbH (IJM) won a five-year legal battle when the European Court of Justice ruled that Germany has no right to demand three days notice of flights into its territory from outside the European Union. On 18 March 2014 the Court, ruled that a series of ...
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NewsNon-profit group sues FAA over UAV flying ban
The US Federal Aviation Administration faces a second legal challenge over its ban on non-recreational flying of unmanned aircraft – and the first coming from a non-profit organization dedicated to searching for missing people.
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NewsDassault upbeat on Falcon 5X progress
Dassault says progress with its new Falcon 5X business jet is going well, with the first flight still on track for early 2015.
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ABACE: Minsheng confirmed as buyer of 10 Challenger 350s
Bombardier has identified China's Minsheng Financial Leasing as the buyer of 10 Challenger 350 business jets, the order for which was previously announced in December 2013.
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ABACE: Nextant teams up with AVIC in China
Nextant Aerospace has tapped AVIC as the sales agent for its remanufactured aircraft in China.
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ABACE: Asian Sky Group sheds light on China’s business jet market
A report published by aviation consulting firm Asian Sky Group pegs the number of business jets in operating Greater China – Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau – at 371 aircraft.
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ABACE: Minsheng and Gulfstream in 60-aircraft deal
Minsheng Financial Leasing and Gulfstream have signed ann order for up to 60 Gulfstream aircraft, one of the largest orders in the airframer’s history.
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ABACE: Textron Aviation out in force
Textron Aviation units Cessna, Beechcraft, and Bell Helicopter had a strong presence at this year’s ABACE show in Shanghai, with several aircraft types on static display including the venerable Beechcraft Baron and Bonanza, which appeared at the show for the first time.
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NewsGoogle enters UAV market by acquiring Raburn-led Titan Aerospace
Online search and services company Google has acquired Titan Aerospace in a bid to develop a solar-powered unmanned air vehicle (UAV) designed to operate as a high-altitude communications relay and surveillance system.