All Business Jets articles – Page 622
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NASA pressed to fund business jet X-plane
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Fractional ownership pioneer Executive Jet (EJI) has joined Lockheed Martin and Gulfstream in pressing NASA to fund an X-series research aircraft that could form the basis of a supersonic business jet (SSBJ). They are trying to rescue enough funding from NASA's cancelled High Speed Research ...
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Brazilians buy Twin Pandas for Amazon
Canadian Aerospace Group International (CASG) has received a $58 million firm order for 15 Twin Panda 19-seat twin turboprops from a Brazilian transport consortium. The aircraft - including seven float-equipped models - will be used to transport passengers and freight throughout the Amazon basin. The Canadian company has firm ...
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Boom ahead for business aircraft, says analyst
Nearly 4,900 business aircraft worth more than $62 billion will be built during the next decade, according to the latest forecast by US-based Teal Group. "After spending the late 1980s and early 1990s in the doldrums, the business jet market continues to be in the middle of a tremendous growth ...
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Hermes knowhow lives again
Dassault Aviation is talking to NASA on conducting further aerodynamics design work on the International Space Station (ISS) Crew Research Vehicle (CRV) and the X-38 reuseable spaceplane, using technology from its ditched Hermes programme. NASA chief Daniel Goldin says the work carried out so far by the French company ...
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Falcon 900C approval
Dassault received French certification for its Falcon 900C business jet on 15 June. The trijet "combines the performance value and comfort of the Falcon 900B [which it replaces] with the advanced Honeywell Primus 2000 Avionics System of the Falcon 900EX", according to Dassault. Source: Flight International
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Lear 45 improved
Bombardier has enhanced the airfield performance and payload of its Learjet 45, with improved nosewheel steering and brake-by-wire systems, a 135kg (300lb) increase in maximum take-off weight and a new approach flap setting. The 2,000th Learjet, a Model 45, will be delivered to Parker Hannifin in August. Source: Flight International
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Airbus expects bigger share of corporate business with A319CJ
Max Kingsley-Jones/PARISAirbus Industrie is gearing up to take a bigger slice of the business jet market with its A319 Corporate Jetliner (ACJ), as the first one is prepared for service with UK sales and leasing company Twinjet. Airbus vice-president, commercial operations, Paul Mason says that 14 commitments have been made ...
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Embraer pushes stretch plan
Embraer has advanced development of the planned 108-seat stretch version of the ERJ-170/190 regional jet on the back of a massive $4.9 billion order from Crossair and will complete the selection of all remaining subsystem and structural suppliers within the month. Crossair's launch order comprises 30 ERJ-170s and an ...
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Dassault discusses Falcon re-engining
Dassault aviation has confirmed that it is talking to engine manufacturers on possible re-engining of the twin-engined Falcon 2000 business jet to give the aircraft more range. A company source says the studies are at a "preliminary level" and would not result in the aircraft being offered with a ...
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Gulfstream aims for international growth with London base
Gulfstream is basing its international sales team in London in an attempt to increase sales outside North America. "The London office will be a vital first step in expanding the strength of our international sales team," says Gulfstream president and chief executive Bill Boisture. The move comes in ...
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East African airlines plan joint operations to serve Dubai
Michael Wakabi/KAMPALA Gulf Air, Uganda Airlines and Air Tanzania are negotiating a tripartite agreement under which the three carriers will offer joint operations to Dubai out of East Africa. The East African airlines will gain access to Gulf Air's world route network. Signing is expected at the end of ...
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Boeing aims extended range 737 at transatlantic business traffic
Boeing is firming up plans for an extended range 737-700ERX that would carry a typical load of around 60 business class passengers on "thin market" routes up to 7,400km (4,000nm) in length. "This aircraft is 'offerable' and the development time to do that is less than two years," says ...
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$2bn orders take ERJ-135/145 sales to over 900
Seven airlines placed orders for up to 103 Embraer ERJ-135s and 145s worth almost $2 billion during the show . The orders from InterCanadian, KLMexel, Rheintalflug, Proteus Airlines, Skyways, Alitalia and Crossair take the total orders and options for the 37/50-seat regional jet family to over 900. Canadian Airlines' ...
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Interiors by design
At just two years old and exhibiting at Paris for the first time, Ozark Aircraft Systems is a newcomer in every sense of the word. But the American company has used those two short years to acquire some big-name customers for its distinctive aircraft interiors, including RWR, the Boeing ...
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Ferranti shows precision electronics
Ferranti Technologies (FTL) is exhibiting its range of electronic, electrical and precision electro-mechanical equipment in Hall 2B/8 at the Consortium of Lancashire Aerospace Stand. The display includes the company's FTS-10 inertial grade accelerometer for strap-down navigational systems and missile guidance systems. FTL's power conversion products are also on ...
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Arabian Gulf to get new air services
Two new airline ventures are planned in the Arabian Gulf, one based in the UAE and one in Qatar. Qatar's Gulf Falcon Group plans to use Dubai 2000 as the launchpad for its as-yet-unnamed airline. Group chairman Sheikh Hamad Al Thani says the airline, one of a number of ...
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Boeing offers transatlanticall-business class 737NG
Graham Warwick Airlines are being offered a version of the 737-based Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) that could be used to fly 50-60 all business-class passengers across the Atlantic. The proposed 737-700ERX is "fundamentally a BBJ," John Roundhill, vice-president product strategy and development said at the show. The ...
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Surf an aircraft
Buy your aircraft on-line - that's the deal being offered by Gulfstream, allowing potential customers to preview pre-owned aircraft from the comfort of their own homes. By accessing www.gulfstreampreowned.com, visitors will be able to obtain photographs, aircraft specifications, features and maintenance history. The site will also feature a video ...
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Customer customising
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has landed an order to complete cabin interiors for two Boeing Business Jets (BBJs) and a Boeing 777-200. The deal is with an unnamed Saudi Arabian customer. LHT offers business aircraft users a turnkey concept which it calls XXL Class to customise either of two basic ...
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Links extended
Dassault Aviation and FlightSafety International are to extend their long-term business relationship, the two companies said yesterday. An agreement, signed at the show, covers the training of Dassault Falcon pilots and maintenance technicians at Le Bourget until the end of 2011. FlightSafety International says advanced flight simulators and ...