All Business Jets articles – Page 631
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Dassault shelves supersonic jet
Julian Moxon/PARIS The lack of a suitable powerplant has forced Dassault Aviation to put its supersonic business jet (SSBJ) programme on hold. The move follows an intense effort with engine manufacturers to solve the fundamental technical problem of how to develop an engine that would meet Stage 3 ...
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German firm begins A320 shuttle service
Car manufacturer DaimlerChrysler has begun operating an Airbus A320 corporate shuttle between its headquarters cities of Stuttgart, Germany, and Detroit, Michigan. Operated by DaimlerChrysler Pentastar Aviation, the A320 is flying four scheduled round trips a week between Stuttgart International and Oakland County International airports. The aircraft, dubbed the Transatlantic ...
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Maverick Air completes initial Twinjet 1500 wing icing tests
Maverick Air has completed initial testing of wing ice protection for its six-seat Twinjet 1500 business kit-build aircraft, formally known as the Twinjet 1200. The wing section was tested in an icing windtunnel to stimulate in-flight icing conditions. Penrose, Colorado-based Maverick began developing the Twinjet-1500 in 1997. It plans to ...
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News in Brief
Top of the Props Hartzell Propeller has won new certifications for its Top Prop series of three-blade propellers. The design is now approved on Cessna's A188 Agwagon as well as on Raytheon Aircraft's Bonanza A36 and B36TC. Flexjet expands Customers for Bombardier's FlexJet business jet ...
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Eurocopter boosts its sales in USA
Eurocopter's US arm has announced a clutch of helicopter sales to North American air medical operators and law enforcement agencies. Corporate Jets, which operates 36 emergency medical service (EMS) bases across the USA, has taken delivery of its first EC135. Five more will be delivered over the next five ...
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More Asian woes loom for Boeing
South Korea's Asiana Airlines has confirmed it is in talks with Boeing on possible cancellations of aircraft orders. But the airline adds: "It is too early to say exactly how many we want to take or don't want to take." The Seoul-based carrier has 15 outstanding firm orders for ...
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EJI ponders adding to NetJets fleet
Executive Jet (EJI) is considering adding new aircraft types to its NetJets Europe business jet fractional ownership programme. Chairman Richard Santulli says that EJI is looking at the Cessna Citation X and Gulfstream IV, adding that "we are also talking to Dassault". EJI plans to add medium/large Dassault Falcon ...
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Bavaria Leasing eyes 328JETs for Mediterranean services
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Bavaria International Aircraft Leasing is studying the Fairchild Dornier 328JET 33-seat regional jet for operations between southern Germany and Mediterranean destinations, and expects to decide by April. The plan stems from a desire by Bavaria Leasing's 100% shareholder, the Schoerghuber family, to boost premium class flight ...
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Execujet Order
ExecuJet Aviation has signed a letter of intent with Bombardier to purchase an ultra-long-range Global Express and a mid-size Learjet 60 business jet. The deal, valued at R300 million ($50 million) "will befinalised in the coming weeks." Lanseria Airport, Johannesburg-based, Execujet is the sole sales agent and service centre for ...
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Power to the people
Guy Norris/PHOENIX AlliedSignal's RE220 auxiliary power unit is setting new standards in corporate aviation and is poised for big business in the regional jet market In a little over two months, the RE220 auxiliary power unit (APU) will make its first flight on Bombardier's Canadair CRJ-700 regional jet. ...
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Import Tax Review
The UK Civil Aviation Authority is reducing the additional requirements for import (ARIs) on a number of business jets weighing over 5,700kg, following pressure from the UK General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMTA). The trade body has been battling to make UK-registered aircraft competitively priced by removing the ARI levy. "Air-craft ...
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BBJ winglet tests begin
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Flight tests of the first Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) equipped with winglets began on 20 February at Mesa, Arizona. The tests are aimed at evaluating the structural loads created by the original 2.4m (8ft)-tall blended winglet and a shorter version which will be tested at ...
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Airports
* A new regional airport is under development at Pajalai in the Lapland region of northern Sweden, which will open with a single paved 1,420m (4,655ft) runway equipped with an initial NDB approach. This will be followed by an eventual global positioning system procedure. The airport is due to be ...
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Indian Airlines drops fleet renewal plans
State-owned Indian Airlines has shelved plans to replace its fleet of 11 ageing Airbus A300B2/B4s and 12 Boeing 737-200s, opting instead to pursue a refurbishment programme. The programme, which will include an interior refit, will allow the aircraft to be operated for "several more years", according to Indian Airlines. ...
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Safire proposes new aircraft
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Safire Aircraft is to develop two jet-powered aircraft aimed at business and private owners. Both aircraft are in the conceptual design stage. The first machine, the Safire S-26, is a six-seat, composite, entry-level business jet, powered by two Williams FJX-2 turbofans, and being developed as part ...
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AASI is on the brink of Jetcruzer certification
Advanced Aerodynamics & Structures (AASI) hopes to clinch US type certification for its Jetcruzer 500 low-cost corporate turboprop by mid-1999, with first deliveries beginning by year-end. The manufacturer, based in Long Beach, California, was originally due to begin deliveries by the end of 1998, but has suffered substantial delays ...
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Heli Expo hosts revamped S-55 Whisper Jet and S-61N Short
New versions of two older helicopters, Vertical Aviation Technologies' S-55QT Whisper Jet and Helipro International's Offshore S-61 Short, were displayed for the first time at the show. Certification of both conversions is imminent. Florida-based Vertical Aviation has completed flight testing of a five-blade rotor on its turbine conversion of ...
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Air France and Lufthansa poised for A318 launch commitments
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Airbus Industrie is aiming to launch its A318 twinjet by the end of the month, with European flag carriers Air France and Lufthansa being prime targets to boost the new 100-seater's commitments beyond the 100 mark. Subject to a commercial launch at Farnborough last September, Airbus ...
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Aeroflot Plus takes delivery of refurbished Tupolev Tu-134
Russian business aircraft charter operator Aeroflot Plus has taken delivery of a refurbished Tupolev Tu-134 airliner in corporate configuration. Sheremetyevo, Moscow-based Aeroflot Plus, a subsidiary of Aeroflot Russian International Airlines, operates domestic and international charter services for VIP and corporate clients. To date, the company has operated leased ...
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PAL pays and wins time
Philippine Airlines (PAL) bought more time from its creditors' lawsuit in January with its first payment to lenders since June. The carrier made the $37.9 million payment to fully secured aircraft creditors on 29 January to avoid having 19 aircraft seized. In doing so, it won agreement that there ...