All Business Jets articles – Page 637
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Mesa/CCAir deal moves ahead
The Mesa Air Group expects to complete its $53 million acquisition of Charlotte, North Carolina-based CCAir in May. The two carriers, which have entered into a merger agreement, were linked through the Barlow Investment partnership, which has minority shareholdings in both. The all-stock transaction, announced last August, remains subject ...
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Crown Air opens Czech book for Citation X
Czech operator Crown Air has ordered a Cessna Citation X business jet for delivery in late May, the US manufacturer's first sale of the type to a European executive charter company. Based at Prague's Ruzyne Airport in the Czech Republic, Crown was formed in 1997 as Eastern Europe's first ...
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Bombardier Continental takes shape
Ramon Lopez/FORT LAUDERDALE BOMBARDIER has agreed a series of deals covering the construction of most of the airframe for Continental super mid-size business jets. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and two of the Canadian company's subsidiaries are to build sections of the eight-passenger aircraft. MHI becomes a risk-sharing partner to provide ...
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Executive Jet nets Zimex Netjets share
Executive Jet has acquired Zimex Aviation's holding in the Netjets Europe fractional ownership programme, for an undisclosed sum. The move is regarded as a further step by Warren Buffett to exercise control of the Netjets operation, since his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, acquired Woodbridge New Jersey-based Executive Jet in ...
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Airshow for BBJ
Garrett Aviation Services has selected Airshow's integrated cabin management system for the four Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) that it has under contract. The systems, which include audio and video equipment, custom plated switch panels, touchscreen control systems and amplifiers, will be installed at Garrett's Jet Center completion centre in Van ...
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First A319CJ
Airbus delivered its first A319CJ widebodied business jet on 31 December, 1998, to a private Middle East-based customer. The green aircraft is being outfitted at Jet Aviation's completion centre in Basle, Switzerland. The second A319CJ is scheduled for delivery to an unnamed customer in mid-1999. To date, the international consortium ...
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B/E Aerospace cuts jobs, closes sites
Chris Jasper/LONDON B/E Aerospace is to close seven manufacturing sites and plans to shed 500 jobs as part of a major restructuring that will cost the US cabin interiors specialist $70 million. The Florida-based company revealed details of the move while announcing a deal by which it will ...
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Slump leads to cuts in Air Canada fleet
Air Canada is cutting its fleet because of the slowing economy and the expected slump in airline travel. The Montreal-based flag carrier says it plans to retire most of its older aircraft, return a number of leased aircraft and postpone delivery of several new ones. The net effect will ...
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Floating airport trials to begin
A consortium of 17 Japanese steel manufacturers and shipbuilders is to start trials next year off the coast of Japan of a technology which could lead to the creation of a floating airport. Mega Float Technology Research Association will complete and test the construction of an off-shore aircraft landing ...
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Boeing delivery
Southern Aircraft Services took delivery of a "green" Boeing Business Jet in January. The Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based has appointed Associated Air Center' of Dallas Texas, to complete the aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Bombardier signs Rockwell Collins for Continental jet
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Bombardier's commitment to developing a super mid-sized business jet has progressed, with Rockwell Collins named as a key supplier for its Continental jet and a second supplier likely to be announced. This comes less than three months after AlliedSignal's AS907 turbofan was selected to power the twin-engined ...
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Rockwell Collins switches on inflight picture
Rockwell Collins has marked its entry in to the business aircraft inflight cabin systems industry, with the installation of its Airborne Satellite television unit on a Gulfstream V business jet. Collins provides the steerable direct broadcast satellite antenna and receiver decoders, while DirectTTV provides the satellite and content package. ...
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US firm designs Gulfstream hushkit
A new hushkit, designed to achieve Stage 3 noise compliance with less than a 1% aircraft performance loss, is being designed by a US company for the Rolls-Royce Spey-powered Gulfstream GII and GIII business jets. New York-based ReallyQuiet plans to begin certification testing of the hushkit on a GII ...
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The weasel game
Andrzej Jeziorski/TOKYO Japan's dominant Big Three carriers face radical change in domestic and international markets, at a time when the Asia-Pacific region is still wrestling with its economic woes. Japan Airlines (JAL) is the oldest of the three, and the biggest in revenue terms - in fiscal year 1997 (from ...
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Workshop
-Sabreliner's Dimension Aviation division at Phoenix Goodyear has begun heavy maintenance checks on the first of up to four FedEx McDonnell Douglas DC-10s. Maintenance and modifications will be carried out before the aircraft are converted to freighters. -Air India is reportedly opening up its recently completed R216 million ($5 million) ...
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Falcon 900C Flies
Dassault Aviation's Falcon 900C business jet is due for certification in the second quarter of this year, with first customer deliveries following soon after. The aircraft, which made its first flight from the company's Istres, France, test centre on 17 December, "-combines the performance, value and comfort of the Falcon ...
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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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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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Executive Jet begins Middle East marketing
Executive Jet is planning to launch a five-week marketing campaign, kicking off on 15 February, to promote its Middle East fractional ownership programme in the region. Operations are to start in the second quarter. Executive Jet vice-president of marketing Charlie Lynch says: "We will hit the market with large ...