All Business Jets articles – Page 618
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Pegasus Aviation has leased 15 ex-British Airways Boeing 737-200s to Argentinian flag carrier Aerolineas Argentinas. Fortis Prop Jet, the turboprop remarketing division of Fortis Aviation Group, has completed the sale and delivery to International Airline Support Group of two Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias for Bank America Leasing and Capital Group of ...
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Poland issues RFI for VIP transports
The Polish Ministry of Defence has issued a request for information (RFI) covering its purchase of up to six VIP transports and set a response deadline of the end of this month. The country is understood to require up to two large, long-range business jets and four smaller transports ...
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GII operators to get RVSM help
Honeywell and Garrett Aviation Services have teamed to develop a reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM) compliance package for Gulfstream II and IIB operators. They are also evaluating a similar package for ageing Cessna Citation and Learjet business jets. "As RVSM airspace expands [across Europe and the Pacific], we want ...
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Gold delivery
Gold Air has taken delivery of a refurbished British Aerospace HS-125-800, which will join the company's 14-strong charter aircraft fleet. This includes one BAe HS125-700 and two Cessna Citation SIIs. "As there is a limited number of mid-size business aircraft available for charter in the UK, interest from the industry ...
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First Century Jet risk-sharer signs
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Century Aerospace has signed the first of five risk-sharing partners to help fund and develop its Century Jet CA-100. The remaining contractors will be announced at the US National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention in October, a year after the six-seat aircraft was transformed from a single to ...
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Falcon approval
Dassault Aviation has won US certification for the improved Falcon 900C business jet. The aircraft combines the 7,400km (4,000nm)-range Falcon 900B airframe with the Honeywell Primus 2000 integrated avionics of the longer-range 900EX. Dassault, which has an "18-month order backlog for every Falcon", including 51 Falcon 2000s for Executive Jet's ...
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Kiwi and Community slide as Pan Am perks up
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Kiwi International Airlines has moved closer to extinction, with bankruptcy trustee Charles Stanziale requesting US court permission to liquidate the few remaining assets of the carrier. Chapter 7 liquidation is expected to be approved this month. Newark, New Jersey-based Kiwi ceased operating on 24 March and ...
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Jet acquisition
Jet Aviation has signed a letter of intent to acquire privately owned Jet East, a fixed-base operator (FBO) at Dallas Love Field, Texas. The transaction is expected to close this month, when Jet East, a Bombardier Learjet and Cessna Citation service centre, will join three other US Jet Aviation FBOs. ...
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BAe to relaunch regional jet family with update of RJ85
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC British Aerospace expects to launch development of the re-engined Avro RJ-X programme with the RJ-85 as a result of stronger market interest in the smallest version of the regional jet family. Two unbuilt RJ airframes have been allocated to the development programme, aircraft serial numbers ...
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Workshop
Wood Group Aero has won a five-year, $100 million contract to maintain 84 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17/17A engines powering American Trans Air's Boeing 727s. Air Jamaica has signed a total technical support contract with Lufthansa Technik for its recently acquired Airbus A340-300. The aircraft is leased from International Lease Finance ...
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Routes
British Airways will codeshare with Swiss regional Crossair on the London Heathrow-Basle, Switzerland, route from next month when the major drops its own services. Boeing MD-83s will fly the service, which is one of a number of underperforming routes BA is dropping. US low-fare carrier Pro Air will launch the ...
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Indian Falcon
India's Megapode Airlines is subleasing a Dassault Falcon 2000 from TATA finance. It will be available for charter from December. The nine-seat twinjet will join Mumbai-based Megapode's eight British Aerospace 125-700s. Dassault is negotiating with an unnamed Indian customer for the sale of a Falcon 900EX. Source: Flight International
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Raytheon output rise may not be enough
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Raytheon Aircraft has increased planned production of its new Premier I and Hawker Horizon business jets to meet demand, but faces challenges meeting the programmes' schedules. Production of the entry-level Premier I will be increased by 25% to 60 a year, while production of the ...
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Learjet shot down
A Bombardier Learjet 35A, being flown by ExecuJet Aviation, was shot down in Ethiopia on 29 August, killing its two crew. The twin-engined business jet, owned by an "American customer", was being flown from Naples, Italy, to ExecuJet in Johannesburg for refurbishment. Source: Flight International
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Boeing focuses on cargo with conversion programme
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing Airplane Services (BAS) plans to launch 757-200SF (special freighter) and 767-200SF passenger to freighter conversion programmes by the end of the year as part of plans to mount a broad attack on the cargo conversion market. It estimates the market could be worth up to $15 ...
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Safety suite set to make Atlanta NBAA debut
AlliedSignal's new flight information service (FIS) is the centrepiece of a general aviation (GA) safety avionics suite to be unveiled at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention in Atlanta, Georgia, in October. The system will combine colour weather graphics received via the FIS datalink with the enhanced ground ...
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DC generator for Learjets approved
US parts distributor Corporate Rotable & Supply (CRS) has certificated a replacement DC generator for Bombardier Learjet 35, 36 and 55 series business jets. Manufactured by Auxilec, the generator offers a 3,000h time between overhauls, three times that of the current AlliedSignal unit, says Ft Lauderdale, Florida-based CRS. The ...
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America West considers A318 for its expanding Airbus fleet
America West is looking at adding Airbus Industrie's new A318 and possibly an uprated A321 to the carrier's expanding fleet of A319/A320 aircraft. The Phoenix, Arizona-based carrier is understood to be discussing an order for between 15 and 30 A318s including options, according to industry sources. America West declines ...
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United offers more business legroom
Jane Levere NEW YORK Battling, like every other carrier, for the higher-yield market, United Airlines is installing improved seating at the back of the cabin in its domestic fleet in order to reward its most frequent or full-fare economy passengers. The carrier is reconfiguring the first six to 11 rows ...
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RVSM approval
Sabreliner has received reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) certification for the Sabreliner 65 business jet. The company expects to complete four RVSM-capable aircraft by October. Source: Flight International