All Business Jets articles – Page 642
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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, ...
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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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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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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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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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Certification work will delay Jetcruzer 500 by 12 months
Advanced Aerodynamics & Structures (AASI) says certification work on the Jetcruzer 500 turboprop pusher will not be completed until the "second half of next year", meaning a delay of more than 12 months over the company's original predictions. AASI says the delay is part of a conscious effort to ...
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Envoy 7 expands Fairchild's corporate family plans
Fairchild Aerospace's commitment to produce a family of corporate aircraft is steadily being realised with the Envoy 7 launch. The widebody aircraft, a variant of the Fairchild Dornier 70-seat 728Jet regional airliner, which was launched earlier in the year, will join its smaller Envoy 3 stablemate which is now ...
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Asian woes force Cathay to withdraw 747 Classic fleet
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways is to begin phasing out of service all six of its Boeing 747-300s within 12 months and is close to finalising a deal to dispose of a further two 747-200s, as the Hong Kong carrier continues to cut capacity in the face of a ...
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AlliedSignal plots targets for AS907
AlliedSignal's next generation AS907 business aircraft and regional engine will begin test runs in mid-1999, says the company as it completes negotiations with risk and revenue partners on the $300 million development programme. The AS907 is the first member of a new engine family that was formerly launched with ...
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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 ...
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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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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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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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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 ...