All Business Jets articles – Page 236
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Auditing drives up airline safety performance
Last year saw the lowest airline accident rate in history, with just one Western-built hull loss accident per 1.6 million flights, according to data from the International Air Transport Association.
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Business Aviation - In Brief
Dassault has received US certification for the Falcon 7X enhanced vision system
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Virgin Blue unveils new domestic business class
Virgin Blue has unveiled its new domestic business class that will premiere on its forthcoming Airbus A330-200 aircraft. The first two aircraft will commence...
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NewsNegative numbers and positive trends in GAMA 2010 roundup
The number of general aviation aircraft delivered worldwide in 2010 continued its fall, from a record high 4,270 piston, turboprop and turbojet-powered aircraft...
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NewsAeroflot trains first Superjet pilots and technicians
Aeroflot has begun type rating classes for Sukhoi Superjet 100 flight and maintenance crew in anticipation of the planned first delivery next month. The...
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Bombardier Challenger 300 reaches triple century
Bombardier has handed over the 300th Challenger 300 business aircraft to a North American customer.
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Swapped lines disable fire extinguisher
Swapped engine feed lines detected in Dassault Mystere Falcon 50 and 50EX aircraft have led the European Aviation Safety Agency to issue an emergency airworthiness directive ordering immediate inspection of the installation.
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NewsSaudi to finish 777 cabin upgrades this year
Saudi Arabian Airlines is expecting to complete cabin interior modification work on its Boeing 777-200ER fleet this year. The Jeddah-based carrier...
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Business aviation briefs
Hawker Pacific is planning to relocate its Singapore regional headquarters to a new $11.6 million business aircraft and customer service centre at Seletar Aerospace Park.
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Business aviation in brief
Fractional ownership and charter company NetJets has launched a US advertising campaign designed to help rebuild its customer base across the country, where the economic downturn has hit sales.
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United to expand Economy Plus product to Continental fleet
United Continental Holdings has announced plans to retain 'Economy Plus' seating on United flights and expand the option to Continental aircraft, under a...
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Mirabel plant to undergo big expansion for CSeries
Bombardier is gearing up to expand significantly its Mirabel plant, outside Montreal, in preparation for assembly of its new CSeries aircraft.
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NewsEarly-build GTF to fly after positive testing
Pratt & Whitney is to send its second test example of the PW1524G geared turbofan to flight testing, rather than the third, such have been the positive results from newly completed ground testing.
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Bombardier delivers 58 fewer aircraft during fiscal year
Bombardier delivered 58 fewer aircraft during its 2010/11 fiscal year compared to the year prior, but remains confident its fundamentals are strong in the...
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MS-21 heads for design freeze
United Aircraft's MS-21 is on track to pass the latest design gate in its development in April-May, the final selection of vendors and freezing of the airframe concept.
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BAE shelves 146 freighter conversions as market dries
BAE Systems is not intending to continue with speculative conversions of 146 regional jets into freighters, after poor take-up in the market.
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NewsBoeing faces three simultaneous certification campaigns
Boeing is facing a challenge on three fronts in 2011 as it aims to complete certification on three major programmes simultaneously - the 747-8I, 747-8F and the 787 - the first time in its history it has attempted such a demanding target.
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Bombardier's Mirabel plant to undergo big expansion for CSeries
Bombardier is gearing up to significantly expand its Mirabel plant, outside of Montreal, in preparation for assembly of its new CSeries narrowbody. The...
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Pratt & Whitney finishes FETT ground tests, juggles schedule
Ground tests of the first PW1524G geared turbofan prototype for the Bombardier CSeries at the company's West Palm Beach facility are complete, and data confirms...
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Irkut signs Govt contract for next MS-21 design phase
Russian airframer Irkut has signed a state contract with the Government to carry out the next stage of research and design work on the proposed MS-21 twin-jet.