All Business Jets articles – Page 236

  • News

    Business Aviation - In Brief

    2010-12-23T15:06:00Z

    Czech business aircraft services provider ABS Jets has received authorisation to carry out maintenance of UAE-registered aircraft.

  • News

    Brazil takes its first Legacy 650

    2010-12-23T15:00:00Z

    Embraer has delivered the first Legacy 650 business jet to a private Brazilian customer who is also the owner of an entry-level Phenom 100

  • Dassault Falcon 3D design
    News

    Dassault clinches US approval for 3D type design and completion process

    2010-12-22T15:14:00Z

    Dassault Falcon has received Federal Aviation Administration approval to use 3D data for type design in the completions process of its Falcon business jets.

  • News

    Hawker Beechcraft secures $40 million incentive package to remain in Wichita

    2010-12-22T12:30:00Z

    Hawker Beechcraft will remain in Wichita for the next decade having secured a $40 million incentive package from the state of Kansas to remain in the world's leading business and general aerospace manufacturing hub where it has been a resident since 1932.

  • News

    FAA and IG differ on ATOS recommendations

    2010-12-21T20:35:36Z

    Officials from the FAA and Inspector General's (IG) office in the US Department of Transport have yet to resolve a majority of recommendations issued by...

  • News

    Bridging the aid gap

    2010-12-21T14:00:00Z

    The kinder face of the business and general aviation communities was revealed when they came together in AERObridge after the 12 January 2010 earthquake in Haiti

  • News

    787 timings uncertain a year on from first flight

    2010-12-21T11:00:00Z

    A deadline for the first Boeing 787 delivery, set when the type made its much-delayed first flight at the close of 2009, looks set to pass with no precise schedule for the handover - and the six-strong test fleet still grounded due to an in-flight electrical fire on 9 November.

  • News

    SR Technics completes a U-turn with move into business jet interiors

    2010-12-21T10:00:00Z

    Airline MRO is moving into the closed world of business jet interiors, in partnership with fellow Swiss firm TAG Aviation

  • Finnair new colours
    News

    Finnair unveils €10m livery revamp

    2010-12-20T09:46:00Z

    Oneworld carrier Finnair has formally unveiled a new livery for its fleet, featuring a largely silver-white colour scheme and much bolder branding titles...

  • News

    Spot Air plots midsize expansion

    2010-12-20T08:00:00Z

    Egyptian charter provider Spot Air is planning to acquire midsize business jets next year to support burgeoning demand for private jet flights to and from North Africa, the Middle East, the CIS and Europe.

  • News

    Bombardier keeps first two CRJ1000 regional jets for testing

    2010-12-16T22:21:09Z

    Bombardier has opted not to immediately sell its first two CRJ1000 test aircraft, saying it will use both aircraft for further testing.

  • News

    Cessna solves Corvalis disbonding issue

    2010-12-15T16:30:00Z

    Cessna says it understands the "root cause" of a problem that has caused a small number of Corvalis 400 piston singles to be grounded after a fuel leak was discovered in the wing tank of a new aircraft during a post-production flight.

  • News

    In brief

    2010-12-14T09:00:00Z

    ExecuJet Middle East has teamed with Qatar's Al Faisal to establish an aircraft management and charter operation early next year under a Qatari air operator's certificate.

  • News

    Sukhoi to have three Superjets ready by year-end

    2010-12-10T16:37:00Z

    Sukhoi is expecting to complete three serial examples of its Superjet 100 regional jet before 2011. Russian presidential plenipotentiary envoy in the...

  • Cessna Citation Ten
    News

    MEBA: Cessna: Middle East positive for early Citation Ten

    2010-12-10T11:00:00Z

    Cessna Aircraft senior vice-president of sales and marketing Mark Paolucci says the company has "several" pending orders for its new Citation Ten business jet, a modernised version of the 1990s-vintage Citation X with elliptical winglets, upgraded engines and Garmin G5000 integrated cockpit.

  • News

    MEBA: Embraer hands Lineage 1000 to Falcon Aviation

    2010-12-10T09:00:00Z

    Embraer yesterday delivered the first of two ultra-large Lineage 1000 executive jets to Abu Dhabi-based VIP charter company Falcon Aviation Services, from an order placed at the Dubai air show in November 2007

  • News

    MEBA: Malta markets its business aviation credentials

    2010-12-10T06:00:00Z

    An English-speaking European Union country with a tradition of welcoming foreigners, a minimum of red tape and a burgeoning aviation sector: that is the attraction of Malta for anybody setting up an aircraft business in Malta, according to representatives of the tiny Mediterranean island.

  • News

    MEBA: MAZ, Alsalam tie-up: completion at first sight

    2010-12-10T06:00:00Z

    It took only one look for Riyadh-based completions engineering and management company Maz to fall for the outfitter Al Salam, also of Riyadh.

  • News

    First production engine delivered for F-35B

    2010-12-09T20:16:00Z

    Pratt & Whitney has delivered the first production model of the F135-PW-600 jet engine to Lockheed Martin for the F-35B short take-off and vertical landing...

  • F-35, ©Lockheed Martin
    News

    F-35 partly recovers flight test record in 2010, but fresh obstacles await

    2010-12-09T14:00:00Z

    The Lockheed Martin F-35 will pass the fourth anniversary of its first flight on 15 December with a test programme surging forward but facing new challenges in 2011, says chief test pilot Jon Beesley.