All Business Jets articles – Page 655
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Ultra makes loud attack on active-noise market
Ultra Electronics is launching an aggressive marketing campaign aimed at convincing turboprop operators that active noise control could make inroads into operators' increasing preference for regional jets. Ultra produces UltraQuiet, a noise control system already standard on new Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8s and Saab 2000s. Ultra estimates there ...
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Vantage takes voice control
VisionAire has revealed new details of its teaming arrangement with Iowa State University to develop a voice control system for its Vantage single-engined composite business jet. The work is aimed at developing a voice recognition and synthesis system for cockpit control of secondary switching functions such as navigation and ...
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Public offering cuts down Forstmann's
Gulfstream Aerospace has announced a $775 million public offering that will reduce investment firm Forstmann Little's remaining stake in the Canadian business aircraft manufacturer to less than 25%. Forstmann, its affiliates and Gulfstream management, hold 43.2% of the company, and will own 25.3% after the stock sale. New ...
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Embraer studies market for larger regional jet
Graham Warwick/SAO PAULO Embraer will decide within a year whether to develop a larger member of its regional jet family. Speaking at the roll-out of the 37-seat ERJ-135 on 12 May, president Mauricio Botelho said: "We think there is a market, but we are not sure if it is ...
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Jet gains JAR-Ops 1
Jet Aviation has become one of the first European companies to receive an air operators certificate under the Joint Aviation Authorities' Joint Aviation Requirement Ops 1 rules, which require implementation of an ISO 9000-standard quality system. Source: Flight International
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Colour sale
UK tour operator Sunworld is reported to be close to succeeding in a £40 million ($64 million) bid for UK charter airline Flying Colours, despite an initial asking price of £100 million by owner Flying Colours Leisure Group. The airline operates four Boeing 757s from its Manchester base and London ...
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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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Continental ERJ-135 order leads regional move to 30-seat jets
Ramon Lopez and Guy Norris/WASHINGTON DC Continental Express is set to be the first major US regional airline to switch to an all-jet fleet, with the confirmation of its move into the 30-seat market with a contract for up to 75 Embraer RJ-135s. The deal includes a $315 million firm ...
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Digital F-16XL tests complete
A new digital flight control system (DFCS) fitted in NASA's F-16XL research aircraft by Lockheed Martin has successfully completed flight trials at NASA Dryden Research Center, California. The updated DFCS, also fitted in Block 40 F-16s, replaces the aircraft's previous analogue system and will allow NASA to cut the ...
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Antonov seeks help with An-225
Antonov, in conjunction with Air Foyle, has put together a proposal to re-activate the giant An-225 Myria cargo aircraft to satisfy outsize cargo demands that require an aircraft larger than the An-124 Ruslan. Bruce Bird, director of the charter division of An-124 leasing specialist Air Foyle, has been working ...
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RBA chooses V2500 for A319s
Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) has selected the International Aero Engines V2500 turbofan to power its planned new fleet of Airbus A319s, an initial order for which is due to be finalised shortly. The carrier is understood to have opted for the 105kN (23,500lb) thrust V2524-A5 engine over the competing ...
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TNT prepares for large fleet of dedicated A300 freighters
Max Kingsley-Jones/PARIS TNT Express Worldwide will introduce the first dedicated widebody freighter on to its European network later this year, marking the start of a plan to acquire a large fleet of Airbus A300B4 freighters to feed its new European hub in Liege, Belgium. The Amsterdam-based express parcels carrier has ...
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IAM union trades its Learjet 35A for a 60
The International Association of Machinists (IAM), the labour union representing US aerospace workers, has traded in its 18-year-old Learjet 35A for a Model 60 built by its members at Bombardier Learjet. With more than 750,000 members scattered across Canada, Guam, Canada and the USA, the IAM's international officers travel ...
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717 first flight decision awaits engine testing
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON The First flight of the Boeing 717-200 looks set to slip into late July or August, as the US manufacturer waits for BMW Rolls-Royce to complete testing of modifications to its BR715 engines. Although Boeing hopes that there is sufficient cushion in the flight test programme to ...
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Airborne 767 freighter set for certification
Flight Structures (FSI) and Timco expect the Boeing 767-200 cargo modification developed for Airborne Express to receive its supplemental type certificate (STC) from the US Federal Aviation Administration within the next two months. According to Michael Hugill, president of Seattle-based FSI, the modification of the first 767, one of ...
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Gulfstream/Chrysler launch aircraft management service
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Gulfstream has teamed with Chrysler Pentastar Aviation to provide an aircraft management service designed to "simplify aircraft ownership" and stimulate business jet sales. Called Gulfstream Management Services, the programme is aimed at new and existing Gulfstream owners and offers a turnkey aircraft service. "We will offer ...
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ATR seeks ways to revive Airjet
Julian Moxon/PARIS The Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR regional aircraft consortium is "urgently" studyingways of resurrecting the Airjet regional jet programme following the collapse of the Aero International (Regional)partnership with British Aerospace, according to ATR president Patrick Gavin. He says that CASA of Spain remains a potential partner in any programme, ...
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China plans new cargo carrier
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE China Eastern Airlines (CEA) and partner China Ocean Shipping (Cosco) are planning to launch the country's first international air cargo carrier, equipped with a fleet of converted Boeing MD-11 freighters. Local industry sources say the carrier is to be named China Air Cargo and will be a ...
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Cessna and Learjet certificate 'superlights'
The era of the "super-light" business jet has arrived, with final certification of the Cessna Citation Excel and full approval for the competing Bombardier Learjet 45, achieved on 1 May. Next begins the delivery race for Cessna and Learjet, both of which boast large order backlogs for their respective products. ...
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Continental vindication
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Continental Express' order for 25 firm plus 50 option 37-seat ERJ-135s validates Embraer's decision to derive a family of regional jets following the successful introduction of the 50-seat ERJ-145. The Brazilian manufacturer hopes that other airlines will be attracted by the "substantial" savings in training, maintenance and ...