All Business Jets articles – Page 215
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First ANA 787 pilots complete training
Boeing 787 Dreamliner launch operator All Nippon Airways (ANA) and the airframer have completed pilot training in Seattle for the first crews who will operate...
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NewsBoeing prepares for pilot training surge as 787 nears service
The industry will have to train 466,650 new pilots and nearly 600,000 new technicians between now and 2029 according to the latest update of Boeing's industry training needs forecast.
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NewsGarmin alerts operators to years-old avionics threat
Garmin is warning operators that a wide range of its integrated flightdeck products could experience "momentary interruptions" of attitude and heading information for as long as 45s, a condition the company says has existed since 2004.
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EADS cites strong residual values for end of P2F programme
Costly residual values of the baseline Airbus A320 appear to have contributed to a decision by the airframer to cancel its passenger-to-freighter conversion programme.
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NewsJeppesen to introduce iPad app with en route moving map
Boeing's Jeppesen unit this summer will roll out the Jeppesen Mobile FliteDeck, an iPad application with en route moving map functionality that will further...
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Row 44 partners with Lufthansa Technik
In-flight connectivity service provider Row 44 has partnered with maintenance and modification specialist Lufthansa Technik in a bid to provide airline customers...
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Hawker 200 test campaign in full swing
Hawker Beechcraft's fourth and final Hawker 200 twinjet certification aircraft completed its first flight on 31 May in Wichita.
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Investigators try to explain crew reaction to AF447's stall
Initial findings from the crashed Air France Airbus A330's flight recorders have left investigators trying to understand why the crew maintained nose-up inputs despite entering a fatal stall.
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NewsAirbus cancels A320 freighter conversion programme
Airbus is cancelling its A320 freighter conversion programme, and has started to dissolve its partnership with Russian aerospace firms United Aircraft and...
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Alaska close to Gogo completions
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines has revealed that nearly its entire fleet of Boeing 737s is now equipped with Aircell's Gogo in-flight internet service. After...
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NewsAirbus offers runway overrun protection system to competitors
Airbus has decided not to keep its patented runway overrun prevention system (ROPS) as a "product differentiator", but will release it to competing aircraft builders.
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NewsBombardier works through challenges on Learjet 85
Bombardier is ironing out internal processing challenges created by its new all-composite Learjet 85 business jet, which is scheduled for service entry in 2013.
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NewsDassault still working on 7X trim fault
Following the emergency grounding of the Dassault Falcon 7X fleet on 26 May, the European Aviation Safety Agency on 30 May issued a flight condition approval...
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FAA sets bar for head-up synthetic vision system
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a series of special conditions that Bombardier and avionics provider Rockwell Collins must meet to certificate...
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FAA guts block aircraft registration programme
The Federal Aviation Administration has made final its decision to remove a tail number tracking exemption now available to certain aircraft. The block aircraft...
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NewsBraathens Leasing orders 10 CSeries twinjets for Sweden's Malmo
Braathens Leasing has placed a firm order for 10 Bombardier CSeries aircraft and taken options on an additional 10, raising the Canadian airframer's backlog...
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NewsCessna appoints GE veteran Ernest as president and chief executive
Cessna has appointed Scott Ernest as president and chief executive, taking over from the outgoing Jack Pelton, whose surprise retirement was announced on 2 May.
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PICTURES: Bombardier turns to automation to cut CSeries assembly time
Bombardier aims to cut more than 40h from the cycle time joining fuselage sections for the 100 to 149-seat CSeries, with the assistance of six 10.9t robots. Two...
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Business aviation briefings
Bombardier's fractional ownership operation, Flexjet, has two new benefit packages available.
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NewsGulfstream resumes flight testing of G650
Gulfstream has resumed flight testing of its G650 ultra-long-range, ultra-large-cabin business jet following the self-imposed grounding of its G650 test fleet after the fatal accident at Roswell, New Mexico on 2 April.