All Business Jets articles – Page 638
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SIA wants slice of China Airlines
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI Singapore Airlines (SIA) wants to buy an equity stake of up to 30% in China Airlines (CAL), but the Taiwanese flag carrier will insist upon taking an equal share of SIA in return, according to CAL vice-president-commercial Sandy Liu. SIA has indicated a willingness to consider the 30% ...
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Bombardier chooses VIP aircraft motorised seat supplier
Canadian aerospace group Bombardier has selected B/E Aerospace's recently acquired Aircraft Modular Products division to develop the first motorised seats and side-facing divans meeting US Federal Aviation Administration 16g certification standards. AMP will supply the 16g seats and divans for installation in Bombardier's Global Express long-range business jet. ...
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Bombardier aims FlexJet plan at Europe
Canadian aerospace group Bombardier will expand its FlexJet fractional ownership programme to Europe from January. The company will begin operations with three core-fleet aircraft, a light Learjet 31A, mid-size Learjet 60 and large Challenger 604. Negotations are under way with potential partners which have the operating certificate needed to ...
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Bombardier refines 90-seater
Guy Norris/PALM SPRINGS Bombardier has refined its plans for the proposed BRJ-X regional jet family and says a launch decision is likely to be taken around October 1999, pending the conclusion of a solid business case. Bombardier is now outlining plans for two main family members, a 90-seater ...
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Orenda reveals plans for V-6 aero-engine study
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Orenda Recip is studying a smaller derivative of its new 450kW (600hp) OE-600A V-8 aero-engine for potential re-engineing of the Piper Malibu piston single and piston twins such as the Beech Duke. The proposed liquid-cooled V-6 would deliver between 225kW (normally aspirated) and 370kW (turbocharged). ...
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Samsung wins first order for licence-built Bell 427 helicopter
Seoul-based helicopter operator Heli Korea has placed the first firm order with Samsung for the Samsung-Bell SB427 eight-seat utility helicopter. Apart from this order for three aircraft, Samsung says that it has letters of intent (LoIs) covering 25 further potential sales, including five in China. Among possible Chinese customers ...
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Ilyushin sets target for Il-103 certification to emerge from shadows
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Ilyushin expects to have the US Federal Aviation Administration shadow certification of its ll-103 single engined light piston upgraded to full certification by the end of this year. The Russian design bureau confirms that the MAK (Interstate Aviation Committee) Avia Register has certificated the aircraft's manufacturer, ...
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Mesa unveils new look
As part of its uphill battle to regain its reputation and its financial feet, US regional Mesa Airlines unveiled a new livery in mid October, as well as a new corporate logo for the carrier's parent company, the Mesa Air Group. Jonathan Ornstein, who took over as president and ...
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Mega-merger cooks up charter consolidation
Consolidation in the UK holiday market has created a third vertically integrated giant, with the announcement that Thomas Cook is to grow again through a merger with the Carlson Leisure Group. Thomas Cook, which has only just swallowed Sunworld and Flying Colours, will now emerge as a $40 billion travel ...
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Against all odds
Kate Sarsfield/LAS VEGAS If one was asked to name a single individual who has changed the face of business aviation in recent years, Richard Santulli, pioneer of fractional ownership, would be at the top of the list. Santulli's concept of fractional ownership has revolutionised the market ...
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NetJets maintains order surge
Executive Jet continues to surge ahead of its rivals with three major orders for its Netjets fractional ownership programme. The contracts involve up to 161 aircraft with a combined value of nearly $3 billion. The first deal, with Boeing Business Jets (BBJ), is for nine BBJs, with an option ...
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New players open up jet ownership to untapped market
The US fractional ownership industry has added three new players to the line-up, each with the aim of filling a niche within this highly lucrative market. HeliFlight Shares of Fort Worth, Dallas, is the first US-based helicopter programme. The company has ordered two Bell 430 twin turbine helicopters which ...
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Galaxy keeps performance but puts on weight
The Galaxy will meet, and even exceed, its performance specification, despite growing in weight and encountering several handling problems, says Galaxy Aerospace. The aircraft, which had its US premiere at the show, has gained more than 320kg (700lb) as a result of greater allowance for the interior and "more ...
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Winning fractions
The business aviation community seems at last to be waking up to the ultimate win-win business solution - fractional ownership. So much so that the concept itself is on the cusp of driving one of the biggest transformations in business travel and the business aviation industry at large - and ...
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Honeywell predicts market of Epic proportions
Honeywell is predicting that "at least" 200 business aircraft will be retrofitted with its Primus Epic control display system (CDS) within the next five years. Many more aircraft, such as Cessna's Citation Sovereign and the Sino-Swearingen SJ30-2, will be fitted from new with the system, the company forecasts. Honeywell hopes ...
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Rolls-Royce predicts retirement and fractional effects
More than 9,880 business jets worth more than $130 billion will be delivered over the next 20 years, according to Rolls-Royce. The engine maker predicts that around 19,800 turbofans worth more than $30 million will be needed to meet the demand. For the first time in any Rolls-Royce (formerly ...
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Dassault jet options
Dassault Aviation continues to study engine options for its supersonic business jet (SSBJ), but revealed at the NBAA show that it doubts if derivatives of military powerplants can fulfil longevity requirements for long-range supersonic flight. President Serge Dassault said: "Aside from the engine issue, all of the SSBJ technologies are ...
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EVA considers Myanma buy-out
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE EVA Airways of Taiwan is in discussions to invest in and take over the operations of Myanmar Airways International (MAI) from the carrier's Brunei-backed Singapore joint venture partner Highsonic Enterprises. Senior sources within the Taiwanese airline confirm that a team has been dispatched to MAI to ...
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Avro joins corporate aircraft business
British Aerospace has joined the growing number of regional aircraft manufacturers in the corporate aircraft business by announcing plans to develop a variant of its Avro Regional Jet (RJ). The Avro Corporate Jet will be offered with seating for up to 60. "We will offer the interior of a ...
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FSI agreement
FlightSafety International and Executive Jet have agreed to build a new maintenance and crew training centre at the latter's operational headquarters at Port Columbus International in New Jersey. The $25 million centre will house up to three simulators, including a Cessna Citation V Ultra training system. The centre is scheduled ...