All Business Jets articles – Page 610
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Orlando Sanford Airport has begun expanding its terminal building. The $25 million expansion will add a two-storey terminal facility of more than 11,150m² (120,000ft²) and will increase the airport's annual capacity by 3 million passengers when completed by February next year. Nice Cote d'Azur Airport is to spend almost Fr1 ...
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Cessna activities reach high spot
Cessna has reported record deliveries and orders for 1999. The company delivered 1,210 Citations, Caravans and single-engined piston aircraft last year, a rise of 12% over 1998, and received a firm order increase of 22%, to 1,394 units. Cessna delivered 224 Citation business jets last year, up from 195 ...
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Aeroflot eyes new Tu-214 for fleet renewal plans
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines is studying a scheme to lease nine Tupolev Tu-214 twinjets from 2003 to help with its fleet renewal programme. The Tu-214, built by KAPO- Kazan Aircraft Production Factory in Tatarstan, is an increased weight version of the Aviadvigatel PS-90-powered Tu-204-100 produced by Aviastar in Ulyanovsk. ...
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Austria's Rheintalflug gears up to take extra ERJ-170s
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Rheintalflug is preparing to confirm options on six more Embraer regional jets in a move likely to see it join the list of customers for the 70-seat ERJ-170. "We are quite sure that we are going to convert all these options into firm orders," says Rheintalflug marketing manager ...
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Mesa picks ERJ-145 for feeders
The Mesa Air Group plans to standardise its US Airways Express feeder operations around the Embraer RJ-145 following finalisation of a long-awaited deal for up to 100 of the Brazilian-built regional jets. The Phoenix-based carrier has ordered 36 of the 50-seat ERJ-145s with options on 64 more, which can ...
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Aermacchi may seek new engine for Yak-130
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Aermacchi and Yakovlev are close to deciding whether to switch engine suppliers for their Yak/AEM-130 jet trainer after the co-operation talks between Rolls-Royce and Slovakia's Povazske Strojarne (PSLM) broke down. The production version of the "Westernised" Yak-130 twinjet should be powered by the PSLM-built DV-2S turbofan, ...
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Leasing company places first GIV
Gulfstream GATX Leasing has placed its first aircraft, a Gulfstream IV-SP, into service on short-term lease with a North American company. The aircraft is the first of six ordered by the leasing company, an 85:15 joint venture between lessor GATX Capital and manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace. Five GVs will be ...
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Bombardier claims delivery lead
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Bombardier believes it took the lead in business jet deliveries, in value terms, for the first time last year. The company delivered 173 corporate aircraft in 1999, up more than 70% on 1998. While most manufacturers will not report their 1999 deliveries until early February, ...
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RVSM approval due for Global Express
Bombardier says approval for reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) operations with the Global Express ultra-long-range business jet is planned for the second quarter. RVSM approval for the light Learjet 31A and superlight Learjet 45 are expected at about the same time. The Canadian manufacturer already has RVSM approval for ...
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Car parts supplier takes corporate 328JET
Fairchild Aerospace has delivered a corporately configured 328JET to US automotive parts supplier Johnson Controls. The $11.9 million aircraft, will be deployed by Johnson Controls as a corporate shuttle when it enters service this quarter. The delivery marks the third sale of a corporate 328JET. The first aircraft was delivered ...
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CJ1 set for demonstration
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Cessna expects to put its first production Citation CJ1 entry-level business jet into demonstrator service in February. Customer deliveries start in April. The CJ1 is an upgrade of the CitationJet, with Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics and a 90kg (200lb) increase in gross weight. Supplemental type ...
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Weather display system set for commercial flight tests
Guy Norris/DENVER A Honeywell-led team developing a strategic and tactical weather display system for the flightdeck is in talks with potential airline users and hopes to support the start of operational flight tests by the middle of the year. The Weather Information Network (WINN) is being developed under contract ...
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A brighter future
The Helicopter Association International's Heli-Expo exhibition promises better times ahead Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DCThe helicopter industry may reflect on the past year as a period of mixed fortunes, during which sales for some manufacturers have excelled. For others there is the hope that the Helicopter Association International's (HAI) Heli-Expo 2000, to ...
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GV is latest to gain reduced separation minima approval
Gulfstream Aerospace has gained approval for reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) operations with its Gulfstream V long-range business jet. The GIII and GIV have already been approved. Gulfstream says RVSM flight-testing of the earlier GII has been completed and approval is pending. RVSM increases airspace capacity by reducing the ...
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Piper appoints
General aviation manufacturer New Piper Aircraft has appointed three dealers in California, USA: Palo Alto's Northern California Piper, San Diego, California-based Southern California Piper and Cutter Aviation based in Santa Monica, California. Source: Flight International
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Patent application reveals SSBJ design
One of several supersonic business jet configurations being studied jointly by Lockheed Martin and Gulfstream Aerospace has been revealed in a US patent application. Although the application, filed by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, provides no details of the design, accompanying diagrams show a twin-engined aircraft with highly swept "arrow" ...
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ANA assists latest Japanese regional
All Nippon Airlines (ANA) will provide operational assistance to Japan's latest regional newcomer, Fair Inc, as Japan's aviation market continues to liberalise. The agreement comes as Japan's government prepares to drop restrictions on route entry and withdrawal and remove all ticket price controls at the start of February. "The ...
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Proteus grows with Flandre Air purchase
Proteus Airlines has completed its purchase of Flandre Air, creating one of France's largest independent airlines. The deal, revealed last October, makes Saint Etienne-based Proteus the 100% owner of family-owned Flandre Air, which has its headquarters at Lille, northern France. Twenty-three-year-old Flandre Air operates nine Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias ...
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AASI starts operator selection for Jetcruzer share scheme
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Advanced Aerodynamics and Structures (AASI) plans to boost sales of its Jetcruzer 500 turboprop by establishing a network of aircraft operators offering fractional ownership of its six-seat pusher. "We are selecting suitable companies and we should have them in place before June when the aircraft is scheduled for ...
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Impulse moves to lease Bavaria 717s
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Impulse Airlines is close to reaching a deal with Bavaria Leasing to take delivery of a pair of Boeing 717-200s as part of the Australian carrier's plans to launch interstate jet services. The Newcastle, New South Wales-based airline is expected to announce within the ...