All Business Jets articles – Page 652
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Simcom inaugurates first simulator for PC-12
Simcom International has begun operating the first simulator to be available for the Pilatus PC-12. The Orlando, Florida-based company is the exclusive provider of simulator training for the single-turboprop aircraft and built the training device in house. The simulator is qualified initially as a Level 5 flight training device, ...
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Learjet 45 order
Bombardier Aerospace has secured its third order for the Learjet 45 in South Africa. The undisclosed customer is buying the aircraft through Execujet, the company's agent in the country for distribution of Learjets and Challengers. Source: Flight International
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-International Aero Engines (IAE) has confirmed that it has won a $2.3 billion engine order from TACA, LanChile and TAM Brazil to power the 88 aircraft under firm order and 87 on option for the Airbus A320 family. TACA has orders and options for 60 aircraft, LanChile for 40 and ...
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L'Aéropostale expands
Julian Moxon/PARIS L'Aeropostale, the European cargo and passenger carrier owned jointly by Air France and the French postal system, is implementing a new three year strategic plan to boost its competitiveness and expand its business. The expansion will see the introduction of a small regional freighter and three ...
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EBAA concerned on European RVSM
Chris Yates/LUXEMBOURG Europe's business aviation community faces severe restrictions on its upper airspace operations when reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM) procedures come into force in Europe in November 2001, according to the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA). Speaking at the "RVSM for Europe" seminar held in Luxembourg from ...
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British Regional gets ready for June flotation
British Regional Airlines (BRAL) is gearing up for a stock market listing by the end of June, in a move which managing director Terry Liddiard says will help it make a final break from its former sister airline British Midland as it develops its role as the largest British Airways ...
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Bombardier sets Global Express delivery target
Bombardier plans to deliver 15 Global Express long-range business jets in its current fiscal year, which ends in January 1999. Together with the first 45-48 Learjet 45s planned for delivery this financial year, these will boost the Canadian company's business jet sales by about C$1 billion over last year. Bombardier ...
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More trouble hits Europe's singles in certification bid
Julian Moxon/PARIS Fresh attempts by the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) to settle the long-running controversy in Europe over the approval for commercial operations of single-engined aircraft in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) and at night have run into difficulties. The JAA is on the verge of taking the unusual ...
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Siberia Airlines plans revamp
Siberia Airlines is undertaking a comprehensive review of its operations and is studying the eventual addition of new aircraft to replace its ageing Russian fleet. The airline operates seven Ilyushin Il-86 widebodies, along with 16 Tupolev Tu-154 narrowbodies (three of which are leased to Iran). Its nine Antonov turboprops ...
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Hartzell urges early compliance with AD
Hartzell is urging operators to comply quickly with a US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive (AD) affecting older light aircraft types, by upgrading or replacing the propellers. The appeal follows discovery of more cracked components during inspections of so-called "V shank" propellers affected by the AD. Hartzell says that ...
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Boeing ponders PATS fuel tank acquisition
Boeing Enterprises is to decide by the end of next month whether to acquire the long range fuel tank manufacturing and installation business of PATS. Boeing confirms that it is conducting a feasibility study on the potential acquisition. Columbia, Maryland-based PATS holds a contract worth as much as $300 ...
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Eight join jet fleet
Jet Aviation has added eight aircraft to its managed fleet. The company will manage the operation of a Challenger 604, two Gulfstream IIs and a GIV-SP on behalf of their owners. Additionally, three GIIs and a Learjet 55 will be available for charter. The company now has over 145 aircraft ...
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Jet Squalus can rise as Phoenix
Dave Higdon/WICHITA A lingering legal issue over the rights to the Jet Squalus has been resolved, clearing an obstacle to efforts by Alberta Aerospace to produce the two-seat single-turbofan aircraft as the Phoenix Fanjet. The Canadian company has also announced an order for three examples of its planned ...
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Executive school
Executive Jet, the business aircraft fractional aircraft firm, has started its own flight school for employees. The company's Columbus, Ohio, centre will house the school, which has obtained two new Cessna 172R Skyhawks. The single-engined aircraft will join 75 Cessna Citations operated by Executive Jet. The company has more than ...
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Polar challenge
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Polar Air Cargo and its older competitors are facing tough times. The Asian economic engine that helped pump Polar rapidly into life is faltering and cargo traffic is down by almost one-third compared to 1997. Yet the five year old carrier is in good shape ...
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Galaxy business jet streaks to top speed and altitude in March test
Israel aircraft Industries (IAI) has revealed that its Galaxy business jet reached its planned maximum speed during a flight test on 27 March. The twin engined aircraft was flown at Mach 0.85 at 42,000ft (12,800m). The Galaxy also reached its planned maximum operating altitude of 45,000ft. The full-envelope flight ...
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FAA targets business aircraft EGPWS
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC The US Federal Aviation Administration plans to include business aircraft in new rules requiring installation of the enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS) in all turbine-powered aircraft with six or more passenger seats. Types as small as the Raytheon Beech King Air will be affected. The ...
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Quiet Wing 727 modification gets FAA approval
The US Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a supplemental type certificate (STC) to DuganAir Technologies for a modification package which allows Boeing 727-100 and -200s to meet Stage 3 requirements without hushkits. The "Quiet Wing System" has been under development for four years. It combines winglet technology developed by ...
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Reims clinches contracts for F406 Caravan IIs
France's Reims Aviation has secured two contracts worth Fr164 million ($27 million) for a total of six F406 CaravanIIs, the Cessna twin turboprop utility aircraft built in France. The Brazilian Government, a new F406 customer, has bought five aircraft, for unspecified purposes, while the UK's Direct Flight has ordered ...