All Business Jets articles – Page 649
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-Gulf Aircraft Maintenance (GAMCO) and Pratt & Whitney Eagle Services have signed a memorandum of understanding to "-further define business arrangements" to incorporate GAMCO into its global engine support operation. -Rotables management specialist Arinmar has signed a three-year agreement with British Aerospace RegionalAircraft to manage the repair and overhaul of ...
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Supersonic rising sun
Paul Lewis/MITIKA Japanese engineers have long displayed a distinctive flair for futuristic transportation thinking. While there may be a tendency in the West to confine many such notions to the realms of science fiction, it is worth remembering that Japan is the home of the Shinkansen "bullet train" and the ...
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New finance programmes developed for Cessna singles
Cessna Finance (CFC) has developed a new set of finance programmes to help boost slower than expected sales of the recently relaunched Cessna single products, including the 172R Skyhawk, 172S Skyhawk SP, 182 Skylane and 206/T206 Stationairs. CFC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Textron Financial, has developed the packages to ...
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IATA seals Afghanistan deals
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The Afghanistan Government and national carrier Ariana Afghan Airlines have concluded a series of wide ranging agreements with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to overhaul local air traffic communications as well as to improve aircraft and airport safety. Under an $8 million deal concluded with ...
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Corporate A319
Airbus Industrie has selected Switzerland's Jet Aviation and Germany's Lufthansa Technik as approved cabin outfitters for the A319CJ corporate aircraft. The European companies will offer a choice of six standard cabin layouts ranging from 10 to 39 seats, with prices starting at about $4 million. Source: Flight International
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Trace VIP A310
Trace Worldwide has completed the installation of its VIP interior conversion kit in the business class section of an Airbus A310. The kit can be carried in the hold in a modified LD6 container. The Biggin Hill, UK-based firm has been discussing the concept of "quick change" kits with Airbus ...
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Cat III Falcon 2000
Dassault Aviation has received US Category IIIa low-visibility approach certification for the Flight Dynamics' Head-up Guidance System in the Falcon 2000. More than half of the business jet's operators have specified the optional head-up display since European approval for the system was given in August 1996. Source: Flight International
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250th CitationJet
Cessna has completed the 250th CitationJet. The light business jet has entered service as a company demonstrator and will be used for a US sales tour. CitationJet deliveries began in March 1993 and Cessna plans to deliver 60 this year. Source: Flight International
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Second Galaxy
Israel Aircraft Industries has flown the second Galaxy and says that certification of the mid-size business jet is on schedule for year-end. A third aircraft, complete with interior, will join the flight test programme in August. Source: Flight International
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Marketplace
-Air Europa has leased an ex-Carnival/Pan Am Boeing 737-400 from International Lease Finance (ILFC) for four years. The Spanish carrier leases two 737-300s and two 737-400s from ILFC. -KLM uk has extended the terms on five British Aerospace 146-300s on lease from BAe Asset Management - Jets, but is returning ...
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Regulators get tough on Canada's taxi operators
Canadian air taxi operators have been presented with a list of 71 recommendations designed to improve safety by a task force set up by air transport regulator Transport Canada. The Safety of Air Taxi Operations (SATOPS) task force was set up in January 1996 following a Transport Canada review ...
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CAL pursues big fleet revamp
Paul Lewis/Singapore Brent Hannon/Taipei China Airlines (CAL) has issued airframe and engine manufacturers with a fresh request for proposals for up to 36 new widebody aircraft, while rival Taiwanese carrier EVA Airways has postponed its decision on a new fleet of ultra long haul passenger aircraft. CAL has ...
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Boeing tests winglets for BBJ
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Flight tests of blended winglets on a 737-800 have started so that performance benefits from eventual incorporation on the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) can be evaluated. The tests are part of Boeing's efforts to stretch the BBJ's range by around 5% beyond the current 11,100km (6,000nm) ...
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Boeing studies supersonic BBJ
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Construction of a supersonic business jet (SSBJ) is under study by Boeing. The company has opened talks with the Sukhoi Design Bureau in Russia over possible joint studies. Few details about the study have been released by Boeing, which is handling the evaluation through its ...
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Costa Rican start-up chooses A300 freighter
Costa Rican start-up carrier JHM Cargo Airlines has leased seven Airbus A300B4 freighters from C-S Aviation Services (CSAS) for all-cargo operations to begin by the end of June. The carrier plans to start with twice-daily services between San Jose and Miami, Florida, says general manager Capt Roberto Escalante. The ...
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MD-11 line will halt in early 2000
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing has decided to terminate production of the MD-11, with the last delivery, possibly the 200th aircraft, scheduled for February 2000. The move was expected, even though the tri-jet gained a surprise seven-month reprieve last November when Boeing elected to continue marketing the freighter version ...
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Cessna deliveries
Cessna has delivered its first uprated Caravan 675 to Riversville Aviation. The single turboprop is fitted with floats for flights from the company's 23rd Street dock in New York to the owner's Connecticut home. Source: Flight International
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French Learjet 60
Bombardier has sold its first Learjet 60 in France, for use as an executive jet and air ambulance. The Canadian company, meanwhile, has sold its 75th Challenger 604 business jet. The 604 was approved in September 1995. Source: Flight International
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Top of the props
Guy Norris/MONTREAL Later this month Pratt & Whitney Canada will receive Transport Canada certification for its PW150A turboprop. Flat-rated at 3,780kW (5,070shp) for take-off on Bombardier's de Havilland Dash 8Q Series 400, the engine has virtually double the power of any other member of the PW100 family from which it ...
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Gulfstream seeks Russian secondhand market
Gulfstream is looking to tap into a developing market for secondhand business jets in Russia by certificating its more elderly models there. Joe Walker, senior vice-president of international sales, says that the GIII, produced between 1980 and 1987, has already received Russian certification. The 1966-79 GII should be certificated there ...