All Business Jets articles – Page 666
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Galaxy breaks ground
Galaxy Aerospace broke ground for its new Fort Worth Alliance Airport, Texas, headquarters on 23 September. The $12 million site, to be completed inSeptember 1998, will include completion and service centres for the company's Astra SPX and Galaxy business jets. Source: Flight International
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Bombardier ponders super mid-size launch
Bombardier will decide within a year whether to launch development of a "super mid-size" business jet to fill the gap between the mid-sized Learjet 60 and large Canadair Challenger 604, says business-aircraft division president Michael Graff. Market research and engineering analysis are "well advanced", he adds. If Bombardier ...
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Dassault Aviation plans supersonic business jet
Dassault Aviation is considering development of a supersonic jet (SSJ) business jet, six years after rival aircraft manufacturers Gulfstream Aerospace and Sukhoi aborted the last project aimed at the supersonic corporate-jet sector. "The time is now right to talk about a Falcon SST - the so-called global twins ...
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Busy K-C Aviation fails to complete Global Express deal
K-C Aviation says that its business-aircraft completion bookings are "at an all time high" and the Dallas-based firm is being forced to turn some refurbishment work away. It is, however, making little progress in its bid to undertake completion work on the Bombardier Global Express. K-C president John ...
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Japan approves hypersonic cash
Andrew Mollet/TOKYO An aircraft-industry panel advising Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) has approved a budget request for fiscal 1998 which includes ´3.2 billion ($26 million) for continued research and development on a Mach 5 engine known as HYPR. In 1996, the ministry spent ´3.75 billion ...
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AlliedSignal study forecasts bright outlook
Business-aircraft manufacturers can expect to sell about 5,300 new business aircraft, worth around $60 billion, over the next ten years, according to AlliedSignal's annual Business Aviation Market Outlook. The forecast is based on the results of telephone interviews with 1,125 business-aircraft users operating 2,160 aircraft in the Americas ...
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Airbus and Boeing begin tussle for corporate-jet supremacy
Airbus Industrie has signed the first customers for its A319CJ (corporate jet) as orders for the rival Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) continue to swell. Boeing announced at the show that it holds 25 orders for its aircraft, which combines the fuselage of the 737-700 with the strengthened wing ...
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Air Liberte signs allies in major consolidation
Julian Moxon/Deauville France's second-largest airline, Air Liberté, has signed deals with American Airlines, Regional Airlines and three smaller French regionals in what company president Marc Rochet describes as the "first steps" in a major consolidation aimed at "strengthening our position in an extremely tough operating environment". ...
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Standard Aero boosts maintenance presence in USA with Alliance
Engine-maintenance specialist StandardAero is expanding support for the Allison AE3007 turbofan following its acquisition of Alliance Engines. Winnipeg-based Standard is now the only North American centre authorised to overhaul the AE3007, which powers the Cessna Citation X business jet and Embraer EMB-145 regional jet. Alliance, based in Maryville, ...
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Adding EVS
Flight Visions has introduced the Night Hawk head-up display for corporate aircraft, with 30degree field-of-view, for use with enhanced-vision systems (EVS). The Sugar Grove, Illinois-based company is working with EVS sensor developers FLIRSystems, Kollsman and Lear Astronics. Source: Flight International
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Boeing hints at MD-95 family commitment
Boeing has hinted strongly that it is committed to continuing with the former McDonnell Douglas MD-95 and is likely to introduce derivatives of the 100-seat aircraft. The news comes as ValuJet - the only MD-95 customer so far, with 50 on firm order - says that it expects to exercise ...
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Garuda is forced to defer 737 deliveries
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Garuda Indonesia has been forced to postpone taking initial deliveries of 17 new Boeing 737-300/500 passenger jets on order, because of continuing problems in raising lease finance. The Indonesian carrier had been due to take delivery of the first 737 in August, but the ...
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Learjet 45 wins approval with improved range
Bombardier has announced increased cruise performance for the Learjet 45 and is working to improve field performance following final US certification of the light business jet on 22 September - one day before the show opened. Lower-than-predicted aircraft drag and better-than-expected fuel efficiency have increased range from the ...
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Corporate market beckons for 328JET
Fairchild Dornier expects an annual market for as many as 16 of the corporate version of its 32-seat 328JET regional aircraft. The company launched the executive aircraft project at the NBAA show (Flight International, 24-30 September). No orders are yet in hand, but the first Pratt ...
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Alitalia brings A320s into Airbus contract
Marco Massela/ROMEJulian Moxon/PARIS Alitalia is negotiating with Airbus Industrie for the conversion of its 23 outstanding A321 orders to include some smaller A320s, which would be the Italian carrier's first order for the 150-seat member of the Airbus narrowbodied family. The airline is also examining its longer-term strategy ...
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Pilatus boosts PC-12 output after IFR approval
Pilatus is stepping up production of its single-turboprop PC-12 in anticipation of increased sales following recent US approval of commercial single-engined operations in instrument-flight-rules (IFR) conditions. Production was increased from three to four a month in August and will reach five aircraft a month by early 1998. ...
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Falcon Jet
Falcon Jet of Teterboro, New Jersey, has named Marc Valle, formerly programme manager for the Falcon 900 and 900EX at Dassault Aviation in Velizy, France, vice-president of programmes. Carlos Mejia becomes field service representative to support Falcon operations in Mexico and Central America. He was formerly a Falcon maintenance instructor ...
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Jet Aviation award
Jet Aviation has added three hangars to its fixed-base operation at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport, bringing the total hangar capacity to more than 4,700m2 (52,000ft2). The Swiss business-aviation service company has received two awards in recognition of its contribution to the Las Vegas economy. Source: ...
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Embry-Riddle establishes regional-pilot programme
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has established the first direct-hire programme for its student pilots under an agreement with US regional carrier Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA). Candidates selected in joint screening by the airline and university will be given a conditional offer of employment and provided training ...
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Raytheon steps up Horizon drive
Raytheon Aircraft is to step up marketing of the Hawker Horizon "super mid-size" business jet with the unveiling of a full-scale mock-up at the NBAA. The company has booked "about a dozen" orders for the $14.6 million aircraft since its 1996 launch. In contrast, Raytheon expects to book ...