All Business Jets articles – Page 616
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Libyan company looks to charter market
The aviation company that helped keep Libya's vital oil industry functioning during the United Nations sanctions is turning to the corporate aviation charter market to boost its activities. Air Jamahiriya, until recently known as the Light Air Company, is refurbishing a Gulfstream II, which it hopes to have in ...
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The perfect gift
DeeDee Doke/LONDON Seeking the perfect gift for the aerophile who has everything? Look no further than the 1999 Christmas catalogue from US department store Neiman Marcus: item 50a, described as "a frequent flyer fantasy come to life", is an unfinished Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) for $35,250,000. Adding an interior of ...
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The inside story
Improved software has added a new dimension to Dassault's Falcon Jet Completion Center Paul Seidenman/SAN FRANCISCODassault has completed the installation of the latest version of a state-of-the-art digital design system at its Falcon Jet Completion Center at the Little Rock National Airport in Arkansas. The system, CATIA R, was originally ...
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Lap of luxury
Interior completion has become a booming market as business jet sales are soaring Kate Sarsfield/LONDONIt's boom time for the business aviation industry. Sales of new and secondhand aircraft are growing as more and more of these machines are snapped up to serve as business tools for company executives and as ...
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Marketplace
Manx/British Regional Airlines is to boost its BAe 146 fleet to four aircraft with the acquisition of an ex-Ansett Australia 146-300. The aircraft will enter service next March in time for the summer schedules. Pegasus Aviation has acquired a Boeing MD-83, which is currently on lease to German charter operator, ...
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Tu-134 re-engining offered
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW A Tupolev-led consortium is proposing a cost-effective re-engining and refurbishment programme for the Tupolev Tu-134 twinjet, dubbed the "Tu-134M", to improve performance, efficiency and environmental compliance. Interavia, formed by a group of Russian, Belarussian and Ukrainian companies, hopes to secure contracts to refurbish around half the ...
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Airbus hunts MAS with A320 offer
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is being offered an attractive financial package deal by Airbus Industrie to roll over its narrowbody fleet and replace it with new A320 family aircraft. The move comes as Airbus seeks to bolster an earlier A340-500/600 proposal and undermine support for the yet-to-be launched ...
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Avionics upgrade for Challenger 604
Bombardier Challenger 604 business aircraft will feature upgraded Rockwell Collins Pro Line 4 avionics from early 2001. The upgraded avionics will be installed as standard on new Challenger 604s and are retrofittable for aircraft in service. The standard upgrades include automatic display of take-off and approach and landing speeds, ...
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Airlines offered 737 winglets
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Boeing is proposing winglet-equipped 737-800s to Deutsche BA in a bid to win the Germany-based airline's fleet evaluation competition, due to be decided by the end of this month. The company refuses to specify either the content or identity of current campaigns, but admits: ...
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Embraer aims for year-end launch of corporate jet
Emma Kelly/LONDON Embraer aims to sign customers to launch business jet versions of its regional jet family by the end of this year. The Brazilian manufacturer, which has been evaluating the business aircraft market for the past six months, is completing market studies and a business plan for ...
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FAA approves Raisbeck enhanced King Air kit
Raisbeck Engineering has been awarded US Federal Aviation Administration approval to offer its enhanced performance modification kit for all models of Raytheon Beech King Air 200s. The kit, which includes a ram air recovery system, improved performance leading edges, dual aft body strakes and high flotation gear doors, has ...
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Alberta finalises FanJet deal
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Alberta Aerospace (AAC) has completed the acquisition of the single-engine Phoenix FanJet from a Belgian court and the trustees of the assets of the aircraft's former owner, Promavia. The move concludes the protracted and bitter legal battle between Promavia and AAC, and paves the way for the ...
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Integrated antennas
Lufthansa Technik has developed an antenna mounting system that allows satellite communication and direct broadcast satellite antennas to be integrated in a single installation on the widebody business jets - the Boeing Business Jet and the Airbus Corporate Jet. The new enlarged radome, mounted on the vertical stabiliser fin-top, provides ...
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Enhanced vision
Gulfstream is aiming for certification of its enhanced vision system (EVS) in the first quarter of next year. The system will be available for GVs in the third quarter, with availability for the GIV six months later, says Gary Freeman, senior experimental test pilot. The EVS, which will cost below ...
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Tokyo's promised runways get nearer
DAVE KNIBB SEATTLE Three separate initiatives, including a decision on a new airport, are underway to boost runway capacity in Tokyo, which remains Asia's biggest and most congested gateway. Construction could start before the end of the year on a second runway at Narita, allowing more room for regional services ...
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JMC eyes 757-300 deal for 2001
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Newly formed UK charter airline JMC Airlines is preparing its long-term fleet plans, with Boeing's stretched 757-300 at the top of its shopping list. JMC will officially launch operations next March, with the formal amalgamation of Flying Colours and Caledonian Airways under a single air operator's ...
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Fairchild lands Lebanese Envoy 7 deal
Fairchild Aerospace has won its first sale in the Middle East of the Envoy 7 business jet. The US company announced at the show that the Safadi Holding Group of Beirut, Lebanon, has signed a letter of intent to buy a single corporate version of the 728JET 70-seat regional airliner. ...
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NetJets Middle East adds Hawkers
National Air Services (NAS) has signed a $170 million order for 14 Raytheon Hawker 800XPs, taking the NetJets Middle East aircraft portfolio and orderbook to $760 million. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia-based NAS, which operates Executive Jet' s NetJets fractional ownership programme in the Middle East, Turkey and Cyprus, will take ...
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Bombardier cuts metal for first Continental airframe
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Bombardier has cut the first metal for its super-midsize Continental twin-engined jet, passing the first production milestone in the development of its all-new business jet "ahead of schedule". The event, marked by the machining of an "uplock fitting for the nose landing gear", also finalised the completion of ...
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Airports
A major refurbishment of Tashkent Airport's international terminal will begin in December, with Donald Smith, Seymour & Rooley as engineering consultant. Work is scheduled to be completed in June 2001. Belgian regional airports Liège-Bierset and Charleroi-Gosselies (rebranded as "Brussels South"), both operated by the country's regional government for the Walloon ...