All Business Jets articles – Page 624
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Association broadcasts live TV plan
The World Airline Entertainment Association's (WAEA) technical committee will turn its attentions to live broadcast satellite service once it completes the specification for the in-flight use of digital versatile disk (DVD) next month. With several airlines interested in offering passengers live television services, the WAEA is keen to resolve ...
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Integrity plans single-engined derivative of BN Trislander
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS New Zealand-based Integrity Aircraft is in discussion with Britten-Norman (BN) about the development of a single-engined, turboprop-powered derivative of its BN-2A Mk 3 Trislander, powered by an AlliedSignal TPE331. Integrity Aircraft says it has been issued with a manufacturing licence by BN to enable it to ...
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Colour change for Caledonian
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Flying Colours will begin absorbing its sister charter carrier Caledonian Airways in November, with the two airlines to officially become one next summer. A rebranding of the entire Thomas Cook travel group, which owns Flying Colours, is expected to be revealed early next month. The merger ...
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Explorer considers Canadian production
Explorer Aircraft, the Colorado-based developer of a new single-engined family of utility transport aircraft, will complete its start-up business plan by September. This could include setting up a production site in Canada. The Explorer is a high-wing single, aimed to fill the niche between piston singles and larger turboprops, such ...
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French collision sparks VFR/IFR debate
The fatal mid-air collision last July between a Cessna 177 and a Proteus Airlines Beech 1900D off the French coast raises questions about procedures for separating public transport aircraft operating under visual flight rules (VFR) and instrument flight rules (IFR) in the same area, says France's accidents investigation bureau (BEA). ...
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Gulfstream considers engine upgrade for GIV-SP
Gulfstream Aerospace is studying re-engining or improving the powerplant of the GIV-SP business jet as part of ongoing efforts to improve the performance of the aircraft. The manufacturer is understood to be looking at a number of potential candidate engines, including the BMW Rolls-Royce BR710, General Electric CF34 or ...
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Marketplace
Fairchild Aerospace has delivered the first two 328JETs to launch customer Skyway Airlines. Skyway has five aircraft on firm order with 10 options. It will put the 32-seat regional jet into revenue service following completion of pilot training in San Antonio, Texas. Continental Airlines has revised its fleet retirement plan, ...
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Boeing and Swissair will share damages for MD-11 accident
Boeing and Swissair have agreed to share financial responsibility for all proven damages resulting from the Swissair Boeing MD-11 crash in which all 229 people on board died. The announcement was made on 5 August, the opening day of a pre-trial conference in Philadelphia designed to "clarify procedural questions" ...
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BAe/Dasa cargo aircraft merger anti-competitive
After reading the article "BAe/Dasa hold cargo aircraft merger talks" (Flight International, 26 May-1 June, P7), I found it imperative to respond from a customer perspective. DHL Airways is converting six Airbus A300B4s from passenger to freighter, using the British Aerospace conversion. We acquired the aircraft from Airbus Industrie and ...
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Gulfstream expands in Caribbean with codeshares
US Regional carrier Gulfstream International Airlines will begin Caribbean codeshare operations for Continental and United Airlines from its new San Juan, Puerto Rico, hub on 1 November. Miami, Florida-based Gulfstream will relocate 19-seat Raytheon Beech 1900C/Ds to San Juan for the new operation. Plans call for six aircraft to ...
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'Virtual cockpit' teams picked
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC NASA has selected six industry teams for its Synthetic Vision programme to develop "virtual-reality" cockpit displays that improve safety in low visibility operations. Synthetic Vision will combine satellite navigation with terrain databases and three-dimensional displays to show the aircraft's flightpath in relation to traffic, weather, terrain, ...
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New finance plan drawn up to jump-start stalled Vantage jet
Dave Higdon/WICHITA VisionAire's stalled Vantage development programme will resume in six to eight weeks' time - if the company can raise the funds to begin work on a new prototype of the single-engined business jet, according to chairman Jim Rice. VisionAire reviewed the Vantage design late last year, following problems ...
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IFE revenues soar
The world in-flight entertainment (IFE) market generated revenues totalling $1.52 billion last year, a 19.8% increase on 1997 figures, says a report from analyst Frost & Sullivan. The report lists as major IFE revenue drivers increased airline profitability, fractional ownership programmes for business jets, high-price complete cabin interactive IFE ...
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Marketplace
Midwest Express Airlines is to acquire four Boeing MD-80 series aircraft operated by SAS. After refurbishment and modification, three are expected to enter service in 2001 and one in 2002. The Milwaukee-based airline operates six MD-80s; four more are scheduled to enter service by mid-2000. Chile's Ladeco has acquired an ...
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Texas Turbine flies TPE-331 DHC Otter
Texas Turbine Conversions has begun test flying an AlliedSignal TPE331-10 turboprop-converted de Havilland Otter, for which it hopes to win a supplemental type certificate by the end of the year. The 670kW (900hp) engine will replace the Otter's current 450kW Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial piston engine, offering a ...
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Boeing stamps its mark on business billings
Increased deliveries of business jets boosted US general aviation manufacturers' shipments and billings substantially in the first half of the year. Jet deliveries were up by more than 32% over the same period last year, to 225 aircraft, says the US General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). One of ...
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Swiss lessor boosts Galaxy orderbook
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV Galaxy Aerospace has reached an agreement in principle with Swiss leasing company ILI Aviation for the purchase of seven Galaxy super mid-size and two Astra SPX mid-size business jets, valued at about $146 million. The deal includes options for another 15 Galaxys and two SPXs which, if ...
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GV tests low visibility landing system
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DCGulfstream will begin flight testing an enhanced vision system (EVS) low-visibility landing aid on a Gulfstream V business jet later this month. The company plans to certificate the EVS on the GV by year-end, and on the GIV-SP later next year. Gulfstream believes it will be the first ...
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Marketplace
International Aircraft Investors is acquiring an Airbus A320 leased to Caledonian Airways until April 2002, a Boeing 737-400 leased to GB Airways until April 2001 and a Boeing 757 leased to Canada 3000 until May 2002. GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has purchased three Rolls-Royce Trent 890-powered Boeing 777-200ERs ...
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MD-10 speeds up as passenger version is studied
Boeing is talking to potential customers about developing a passenger version of the MD-10, as it considers accelerating the cargo-led programme by up to three months. US express carrier FedEx is so far the only customer for the MD-10 conversion of the DC-10, with orders and options for 120. ...