All Business Jets articles – Page 617
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Boeing hints at new models
Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) is considering following up its launch of the BBJ and BBJ2 derivatives of the Next Generation 737 with new models. Steven Hill, Boeing's vice-president customer services, says other models should follow the first two product launches as the market requires. While not elaborating on what BBJ ...
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Jet buys Gulfstreams for charter
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Jet Aviation has invested $100 million in a fleet of business jets for a dedicated charter operation, aiming to bridge the gap between charter management and fractional ownership. The aviation services company has placed five refurbished Gulfstreams into service in the USA - two GIIs ...
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Kenyan Cessna
A Cessna Citation Bravo air ambulance has entered service with Nairobi, Kenya-based Phoenix Aviation. The aircraft is equipped with dual stretchers, but can be converted to a corporate interior for charter operations. Source: Flight International
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Prométhée goes to second phase
Julian Moxon/PARIS The French defence ministry and Aerospatiale Matra are discussing the funding of a second phase of the Prométhée research effort to explore the feasibility of a hypersonic air-to-ground missile. The work could include flight testing an experimental vehicle by 2004. The first phase of the three-year programme ...
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Airports
All 565 US airports regulated by the US Federal Aviation Administration have passed millennium bug safety and security system compliance tests. The US Department of Transportation says it has achieved Y2K compliance objectives for its mission critical systems, including the FAA's air traffic control system. A $70 million upgrade of ...
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European milestone in BBJ outfitting
Jet Aviation arrived at Dubai 2000 with the announcement of the delivery of the first Boeing Business Jet outfitted in Europe. The BBJ was delivered from Seattle to Jet Aviation Basel, the Boeing-designated completion centre in Switzerland at the beginning of the year. Interior design and completion of ...
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Bombardier scoops rivals with Challenger sales
The Royal Jordanian Air Force and a fast-growing Turkish executive charter business have switched from long-established agreements with other manufacturers and ordered Challenger 604 business jets. The deals, announced at the show yesterday, were part of more than $200 million worth of sales revealed by Bombardier. "In the ...
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Cessna reaches Skyhawk milestone
Cessna has delivered its 1,000th 172R Skyhawk since production restarted in July 1996 and announced initiatives to stimulate sales of its light aircraft. The company has introduced a leaseback programme which allows buyers to lease their aircraft back to their local Cessna affiliates for hourly rental by other pilots. ...
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Cocooned in comfort
An aircraft 'super' seat, appropriately called the Cocoon, is on display in the Avio Interiors stand (W648). The executive mini-suite is described as "the bed in the sky" by Stefano Pozza, regional director of Avio Interiors. He adds: "The Cocoon seat converts into a flat bed, complete with privacy ...
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Testing complete
Century Aerospace has completed a low-speed windtunnel test of its CA-100 Century Jet small business jet. Results met expectations, including docile wing stall, says the company, which is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The placement of the engine nacelles is to be fine-tuned and another series of windtunnel tests conducted ...
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Icelandair set to grow in corporate revamp
Icelandair has unveiled its new branding on a Boeing 757-200, marking the launch of a wide-ranging corporate revamp. This will include improvements in in-flight service such as entertainment and catering, new staff uniforms and aircraft interiors. The airline, poised for expansion with its current fleet of three Boeing 737-400s and ...
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UAE offset deal makes Dassault a fish-farmer
Mike Martin/DUBAI If you think that sea bream and sea bass are naval missiles, you should change your diet. They play a modest but important role in the $3.4-billion deal in which the UAE is buying 30 Dassault Mirage 2000-9s. Fish farming, not to mention flowers and a business ...
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RJ makers outline growth plans
Regional Jet manufacturers Embraer, Bombardier and Fairchild Aerospace are pressing on with planned larger 70- to 120-seat programmes, despite uncertainty over industry consolidations, mergers and scope clause limitations in the USA. Embraer plans to start a second phase of subsonic wind tunnel tests on the 70-seat ERJ-170 later this ...
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Raytheon chalks up $170m Hawker sale
Alan Peaford/DUBAI A deal worth $170 million for 14 Hawker 800XP business jets broke the drought of sales at Dubai 2000 yesterday. And the announcement means good news for potential business aircraft users in the region as the Saudi-based National Air Services (NAS) has added the aircraft to the ...
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Avatar shops for spares
Some companies build aircraft, others pull them apart. Avatar (E701) falls into the latter category and has come to the show having just added a Boeing 737 to its already large parts inventory. The aircraft, which was bought from Jet Capital/UAM, is currently being stripped down and all strategic ...
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Learjet sale is music to Bombardier ears
Music and dancing spilled out over the apron alongside the Learjet 45 as Bombardier handed over the all-new business jet to South African customer Aaron Searll, chairman of Seardel Investment, part of the Execujet programme. The local dancing, tea, fresh dates and Arabic music were there to celebrate the ...
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Gulfstreams sold to Saudi charter
Gulfstream added to the sales celebrations yesterday when it announced the sale of two Gulfstream IV-SPs to a Saudi Arabian customer. The two aircraft, bought by Sheikh Salman bin Hethlain, president of the Executive Group, will be registered in Saudi Arabia for charter operations. Delivery is scheduled for 2000 ...
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Face The Facts with...Manfred Schindler
The Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) defined a new market for large corporate/VIP aircraft and its success surprised even Boeing. The Middle East is a key market for the aircraft and more so for the recently-announced BBJ 2, a larger aircraft based on the Boeing 737-800 fuselage. First orders for the ...
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Gulfstream visual system is major safety advance
Steve Nichols/DUBAI Bad visibility may not seem to be a problem at Dubai 2000, but don't be deceived. For three months a year, in the late autumn and winter, fog can force diversion of flights. But a Gulfstream V or IV-SP equipped with its new Enhanced Vision System (EVS) can ...
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Lufthansa Technik welcomes B777 challenge
The first Boeing 777 to be used as a corporate jet has arrived for cabin completion at Lufthansa Technik's new VIP Center at Hamburg. The unnamed Saudi Arabian customer has also ordered two Boeing Business Jets which will also be completed at Hamburg. Source: Flight Daily News