All Business Jets articles – Page 143
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Learjet 85 still close to first flight
A top Bombardier executives says the Learjet 85 is close to making its maiden flight, but he stopped short of saying the composite aircraft will meet the company’s goal of a first flight by the end of the year.
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NewsDassault prepares Falcon 2000S for first Indian customer
Dassault is preparing to deliver the first Falcon 2000S to an Indian customer following certification of the super midsize business jet by the country’s civil aviation authority on 1 November.
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Australia tightens rules for helicopter night flying
Australia is continuing the process of tightening the rules governing helicopter flights in the wake of the fatal 18 August 2011 crash of a Eurocopter AS355F2 Twin Squirrel at Lake Eyre in South Australia.
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Bombardier to build MRO facility in China
Bombardier is planning to set up a maintenance facility for commercial and business aircraft in Tianjin by 2016.
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NewsNetJets Europe gears up for first Phenom 300 delivery
Fractional ownership operator NetJets Europe is gearing up to take delivery of its first Embraer Phenom 300, following a "‘successful" two-month demonstration tour of the light business jet across Europe.
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NewsDUBAI: Nextant confident of securing first 400XTi Middle East customer by MEBA
Dubai debutant Nextant Aerospace is confident of securing its first Middle East customer for the 400XTi conversion programme by the MEBA show next December.
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NewsDUBAI: Royal Jet looks to replace fleet by 2020
The world’s biggest Boeing Business Jet operator, Royal Jet, is opening its doors to Airbus and Bombardier to challenge Seattle for a deal to replace its entire fleet by 2020.
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NewsDUBAI: Falcon swoops for first PC-24
Pilatus’s first business jet, the PC-24, got off to a flying start at the show yesterday with a letter of intent from Falcon Aviation Services, the Abu Dhabi-based helicopter and business jet operator.
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DUBAI: Art meets aviation history at next year's Farnborough Airshow
The world of fine arts will meet aviation history in June 2014 with the arrival at Farnborough of Artliner’s Wind Tunnel Project.
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NewsDUBAI: Bahrain moves closer to Typhoon deal
Bahrain’s interest in acquiring the Eurofighter Typhoon appears to be building further, with UK defence secretary Philip Hammond having met with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah at the Dubai air show to discuss the potential deal.
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DUBAI: LHT, Aerolite team on new patient transport unit
Lufthansa Technik is developing a new intensive care patient transport unit (PTU) in partnership with Swiss medical aircraft interior specialist Aerolite Max Bucher.
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NewsDUBAI: LHT develops VIP cabin floor initiative
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has developed a method to punctually reinforce the cabin floor of carbon-composite airframes, which should make the installation of bespoke VIP interiors more flexible on aircraft such as the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350.
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Fuel selection forced search and rescue aircraft to crash-land
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch reveals that a Pilatus Britten Norman Islander coastal search and rescue aircraft was forced to crash-land at night in fields on the British island of Jersey, and fuel starvation to the engines appears to have been the cause.
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NewsFlying Colours delivers first special missions ExecLiner
Canadian completions and engineering company Flying Colours has delivered its first special mission Bombardier CRJ ExecLiner conversion to Sharjah, UAE-based operator Eagle Aviation.
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3D design going to the cloud
Dassault Systemes, the software house behind the aerospace industry-standard CATIA computer-aided design tools, is promising a new era of digital design collaboration and product lifestyle management from January 2014, when its full suite of 3D applications will be available on the cloud.
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NewsBell delivers first 429s to Turkish police
Bell has delivered the first seven of 15 Bell 429s to the Turkish National Police. The remaining aircraft will be delivered throughout 2014. The twin-engined types will be used for a wide array of law enforcement missions, including surveillance, personnel transport and air support of ground operations. The 429s ...
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NewsMubadala and Tata increase equity in Piaggio Aero
Mubadala and Tata are injecting an additional €190 million ($253 million) into Italian airframer Piaggio Aero, increasing their combined stakes to 85.5%.
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FL Technics parent branches out into helicopter MRO
Lithuania’s Avia Solutions Group is taking over local rotorcraft support specialist Helisota. The parent of Vilnius-based MRO provider FL Technics is acquiring 96.2% of Helisota, partly through the transfer of newly issued Avia group securities. The transaction will be conducted in stages, but is to be complete by year-end.