All Business Jets articles – Page 614
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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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100th Citation X
Cessna delivered its 100th Citation X business jet on 23 December, three years after the aircraft entered service. The twin-engined ultra-long range business jet was handed over to US food processing equipment manufacturer Townsend Engineering. It will be used to transport executives between its sites in the USA, Europe and ...
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Flight Options adds Falcon 50
US business jet fractional ownership company Flight Options is adding Dassault Falcon 50s to its fleet this month. Three of the mid-size aircraft will enter service initially, but Cleveland, Ohio-based Flight Options plans to add 15 secondhand aircraft to its line-up by the end of the year. The first Falcon ...
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Bombardier puts out Global Express work
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DCBombardier has subcontracted some Global Express interior completions in a bid to overcome delays in delivering the ultra-long-range business jets. Cambridge, UK-based Marshall Aerospace and The Jet Center of Van Nuys, California, will each complete four aircraft next year. Bombardier's own completion facilities are at full capacity, with ...
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SAirGroup expands maintenance businesses
Maintenance giant SR Technics is to establish a US centre after signing a memorandum of understanding with Boeing to purchase a hangar at Palmdale, California. Another SAirGroup company, Crossair, is expanding its maintenance capabilities by purchasing the repair business of Switzerland's Sulzer Industries. SR Technics America will focus initially ...
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Gulfstream centre
Gulfstream is expanding its business aircraft completions centre at Brunswick, Georgia, USA. The project, valued at around $3 million, will include the construction of a 2,140m² (23,000ft²) completion hangar and the upgrade and lease of a 1,860m2 storage and maintenance building. The new facility will provide additional capacity to support ...
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Name change
Jet Aviation's Singapore centre has changed its name from Jet Maintenance to Jet Aviation (Asia Pacific). The change follows approval by the Singapore courts for the Jet Aviation Group of Companies to operate in Singapore under its worldwide trade name of Jet Aviation. Source: Flight International
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Marketplace
Debis AirFinance has selected the CFM International CFM56 to power 10 of the 30 Airbus A320 family aircraft it has on order. Martinair has taken delivery of a Rolls-Royce RB211-powered Boeing 757-200 on a four-year lease from ING Lease International Management Equipment. Negotiations are under way for a second example. ...