All Business Jets articles – Page 634
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New British Airways pilots' deal throws doubt on virtual airline
The future of British Airways' London Gatwick-based "virtual airline" Airline Management (AML) is looking doubtful as BA pilots prepare to vote on a new employment deal. AML was set up by Flying Colours boss Errol Cossey in association with BA to function as its low-cost long haul division. It ...
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PC-12 heads for US commercial history
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Start-up US regional carrier Community Air hopes to begin scheduled passenger services in April, with the single-engined 10-seat Pilatus PC-12. The small carrier is the first to exploit recent US Federal Aviation Administration legislation that allows the carriage of fare-paying passengers in single engined aircraft under ...
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COPA completes deal for 12 new Boeing 737-700s
COPA has finalised a deal to acquire 12 new Boeing 737-700s through order and operating leases. The carrier will re-equip its fleet completely and expand services to Central and South America. The privately owned Panamanian carrier has ordered eight 737s from Boeing and will lease a further four aircraft, ...
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NBAA sets fractional safety rules
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON The US National Business Aviation Association (NBAA)has published safety and operational guidelines to owners and programme managers of fractional ownership schemes to "-enhance the safety culture" of this burgeoning market sector. "The document is part of an evolution towards a culture of safety. It will be ...
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Command decisions
Julian Moxon/PARIS Any doubts about the safety and cost effectiveness of fly-by-wire (FBW) flight control systems on civil aircraft were long ago dispelled with the success of Airbus Industrie's single-aisle A320 and, later, the European consortium's twin-aisle models. The justifications used by Airbus for introducing FBW were several, ...
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Airports
-The French minister of transport has confirmed his intention to restrict flights from Paris' second airport, Orly, to those with a range of less than 5,000km (2,700nm). The move, which is expected to take effect in 2001, means that a few slots (2.5% of the total) will be released for ...
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DaimlerChrysler Airbus will link headquarters
DaimlerChrysler has ordered an Airbus A319 Corporate Jet (CJ) for delivery in early 2000. The aircraft will be operated by a new subsidiary company, DaimlerChrysler Aviation, based in Stuttgart, to ferry employees between the German city and the conglomerate's second headquarters in Detroit, USA. Before it receives the International ...
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737 rudder safety checks planned
The US Federal Aviation Administration plans to issue an airworthiness directive (AD) requiring mandatory inspections for potential valve cracks in some Boeing 737 rudder power control units (PCUs). The FAA has also issued a directive covering the Rolls-Royce Allison AE3007 affecting Embraer RJ-145s and Cessna Citation X business jets. ...
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Pin plug problems prompt Lycoming/Cessna IO-360 inspections
Dave Higdon/WICHITA An unusually high number of reported piston-pin plug problems in the past three years has prompted Textron Lycoming to urge all US-registered owners, to inspect closely oil filter elements on their IO-360 piston engines and to have used oil analysed at every change. Cessna also plans ...
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SAS opts for A330/A340s but order awaits cost cuts to bite
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH SAS has selected the Airbus A330/A340 family for its planned long-haul fleet renewal but is holding off signing a firm order until its internal cost cutting targets have been met. The airline has decided to reject Boeing's offer of 10 Boeing 777-200ERs in favour of a ...
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FAA sends US 727F operators $192 million bill
The US Federal Aviation Administration has finalised airworthiness directives (AD) which impose severe payload limits on Boeing 727s that were converted into freighters by third party maintenance organisations. The restrictions remain in effect until floor structures on 270 US-registered 727Fs are modified at an estimated cost of $192 million, ...
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Solair sale complete
Kellstrom Industries has completed its $57 million acquisition of Solair from Banner Aerospace. Solair sells a wide range of aircraft components, including flight data recorders, electrical and mechanical equipment, radar and navigation systems. Kellstrom provides after-market airborne equipment, including avionics, engines and engine parts. Source: Flight International
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Software problems delay WAAS implementation
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has delayed initial fielding of the Raytheon Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) by at least 14 months because of software development problems. The WAAS was to have entered service in July 1999, but the FAA says this has been pushed back to September ...
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Orenda wraps up Turkish deal
Canada's Orenda Recip has clinched its first original equipment manufacturer contract after a multimillion dollar deal with Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI). Orenda will supply and install its OE-600 V-8 piston engine for a multimission aircraft, under development at TAI's Ankara, Turkey-based factory. "The agreement is expected to result in ...
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Boeing takes wraps off Wedgetail contender
Boeing has unveiled its Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) based contender for Australia's Project Wedgetail airborne early warning requirement. The competition is also being contested by Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. The BBJ (combining the fuselage of the 737-700 and the wing of the 737-800), with a mock-up of the 7m-long Northrop ...
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ATR team sets tight deadline for regional jet project talks
Andrew Doyle/TEL AVIV ATR partners Aerospatiale and Alenia are trying to wrap up, by the end of March, a deal with either Fairchild Dornier or Embraer for the joint development of a family of regional jets. Talks with Fairchild Dornier, which began last month, are to continue through ...
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DeCrane Aircraft Holdings plans to acquire PATS
DeCrane Aircraft, a growing US avionics components manufacturer and integrator, has agreed to acquire Columbia, Maryland-based PATS, which manufactures and installs auxiliary fuel tanks and other equipment for corporate and commercial aircraft. DeCrane, based in El Segundo, California, declines to reveal any acquisition details, saying only that "-the closing ...
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Niche accidents
David Learmount/LONDON Despite a worldwide campaign to reduce it, controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) increased in 1998 for the second year running, both among jet and non-jet flights, confirming the reversal of a previously favourable trend. There were five jet CFIT accidents and eight involving propeller-driven commercial aircraft. This ...
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BBJ order
Saudi Aramco has ordered five Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) to replace its fleet of Boeing 737-200s. Two aircraft will be sold in "quick-change" passenger/freight variants. The Dharan-based oil company is scheduled to take delivery of the aircraft in September 2000. Source: Flight International
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Premier I completes first flight
Raytheon Aircraft completed the first flight of its Premier I light business jet on 22 December from its Beech Field, Kansas, base. The aircraft flew "-general manoeuvres that tested its flying qualities, engine operations and basic systems at altitudes of up to 14,500ft", says the manufacturer. During its 62min ...