All Business Jets articles – Page 637
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Flying Colours integrates Airworld
Flying Colours has begun to integrate the fleet of fellow UK charter airline Airworld, following the merger of the two airlines' parents earlier this year. For its 1999 summer season, Flying Colours will operate four ex-Airworld A320s (pictured) but has decided to return two A321s to lessor International Lease Finance. ...
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Green light shows for Quiet Skies 707 hushkit
The first Quiet Skies-developed Stage 3 hushkit for a Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B-powered Boeing 707-300 is due to be delivered to the inaugural customer, a private European owner, by the end of this month. The delivery follows the award of a supplemental type certificate (STC) by the US Federal ...
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Emery examines 767 and A300 freighters as DC-8 replacements
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Emery Worldwide Airlines is evaluating the Airbus A300 and Boeing 767-200 as potential replacements for its fleet of McDonnell Douglas DC-8 freighters. It expects to finalise its long-term fleet plan during 1999. The Dayton, Ohio-based airline division of US freight forwarder Emery Worldwide (itself a division ...
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New interior
Sabreliner has introduced a composite interior for the Sabreliner 40, 60 and 65 business jets. The modification provides 100mm additional head and shoulder room, reduces weight and improves maintenance access. Source: Flight International
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Piper autopilots
The System 55 autopilot produced by Texas-based S-TEC will be available on New Piper aircraft from 1999. Those fitted include the Saratoga II HP and II TC, which will have it as standard. The system will also be offered as an option on the Piper Archer III. The autopilot will ...
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Total tests environmental radar
Total Aircraft Services (TAS) is completing the installation of a novel synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system on a Gulfstream II, which will be available for land use research and environmental resource management from late 1999. The TAS aircraft, expected to undergo initial test flights by the end of this ...
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Executive Jet gets amber light for Middle East venture
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Executive Jet's plan to set up a Middle East version of its NetJets fractional ownership programme is taking shape, following a Saudi Arabian Government decision to approve involvement by the programme's major risk-sharing partner, the Jeddah-based National Company for Air Services (NAS). The company, owned by private investors, ...
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First 777 for private operator
Boeing has completed work on the first private 777. The aircraft, a -200ER powered by General Electric GE90s, has a VIP interior and is expected to be operated by Mid East Jet. Although Boeing declines to confirm the identity of the owner, Mid East Jet is the most likely ...
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FMS certification
Rockwell Collins' new FMS-6100 flight management system (FMS) has been certificated on the Dassault Falcon 2000 business jet. The system, standard on the Falcon 50EX, will also be available for retrofit on the Falcon 20 and 50. Features include the ability to view proposed flightplan changes before execution. Source: ...
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Muscular Malibu
Dave Higdon/WITCHITA In developing the Meridian, a turboprop derivative of its Malibu high-performance piston single, New Piper Aircraft is counting on the fact that customers will find the transition to turbine power both attractive and manageable. To test this premise, Flight International evaluated the Malibu turboprop conversion developed by JetProp ...
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Dassault first
The first of 38 Dassault Falcon 2000 business jets for Executive Jet's NetJets and NetJets Europe fractional ownership programmes is in completion, and will be delivered in January. Zimex Aviation is appointed a Falcon authorised service centre. Source: Flight International
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Universal targets corporate jet market with flightdeck family
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Universal Avionics has launched a bid to become a major supplier of flightdeck equipment for corporate and commercial aircraft with the introduction of its System-1 product line. Building on its UNS-1 flight management system (FMS), Universal's System-1 includes flat panel displays, a terrain awareness and warning system ...
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China Airlines shares will go on the market
Taiwan's state-controlled China Aviation Development Foundation (CADF) has approved the proposed sale of half of its 71% majority stake in China Airlines (CAL) to yet to be identified local or foreign investors. CADF plans to reduce its holding in CAL to 35.5%, as part of a move to revamp ...
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717 initial tests reveal unexpected benefits
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Early results from the Boeing 717-200 flight test effort are indicating "nominal or better" drag and specific fuel consumption (sfc) performance, leading to expectations that the baseline range and payload may be increased, says the company. The build-up of 717 test hours and sorties is ...
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Airbus steps up its efforts to market A319 Corporate Jet
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Airbus Industrie is to dedicate up to 12 A319 delivery positions a year to its Corporate Jet, in a bid to convince customers that it is serious about the business aviation market. The European consortium has booked commitments for 12 aircraft since launching the A319CJ ...
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First Tu-204s delivered to Air Cairo
New Egyptian carrier Air Cairo became the first airline to take delivery of the RB211-535E4-powered Tupolev Tu-204-120 on 2 November. Two aircraft were delivered to Cairo - one passenger model and one freighter - at the start of a seven-year lease. They are the first new generation Russian aircraft ...
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Lufthansa Interiors
Lufthansa Technik has been appointed, to complete and maintain its Boeing Business Jet ordered by Michael Chowdry, chief executive of US cargo airline Atlas Air. The Hamburg, Germany-based company, will customise the aircraft with its XXL class Executive Jet cabin. Source: Flight International
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Upgrade offer
AlliedSignal is offering to upgrade TFE731-3 turbofans powering the Learjet 55 to improve reliability and durability. Meanwhile, operators of Dassault Falcon 50s, Raytheon Hawkers and other 731-3-powered types can now pay for a similar upgrade under AlliedSignal's hourly rate maintenance plan. Source: Flight International
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Boeing bullish on cargo expansion
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Boeing continues to predict a near-doubling of the world's jet freighter fleet by 2017 despite a short term slowdown in growth in the Asian market because of the spread of the current economic crises. The company's biennial world air cargo forecast says 75% of the growth ...
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American Utilicraft Freight Feeder makes progress
American Utilicraft has selected several subcontractors for its FF-1080-200 Freight Feeder, a twin-turboprop cargo aircraft which is being designed specifically for overnight package carriers. The UK's Meggitt Avionics will supply the flat panel flight and engine displays, and fuel quantity gauging and engine fire detection systems. Securaplane of Tucson, ...