All Business Jets articles – Page 680
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TNT looks at large freighters
TNT Express Worldwide is aiming to introduce its first large freighter aircraft in 1998, if a strategic analysis of the market which it is now undertaking concludes that such a move is required. The express-parcel company, acquired by Dutch postal company KPN late in 1995, is timing the ...
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European team takes laminar-flow nacelle to windtunnel
A consortium of European aerospace companies is preparing to begin full-scale windtunnel testing of what it claims is the world's first complete laminar-flow engine-nacelle system, aimed at reducing dramatically the amount of drag produced by wing-mounted engine installations. The team hopes the ground-based trials will lead to further ...
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Dassault Falcon launches in China
DASSAULT FALCON JET has formed a joint venture with China Xinhua Airlines and Avion Pacific to begin charter operations in China with a Falcon 50 business jet. The Dassault-owned, Chinese-registered aircraft will be based in Beijing and operated by China Xinhua. Hong Kong-based Avion will provide marketing support. ...
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Cessna names piston-singles dealers
CESSNA HAS NAMED the first overseas distributors for its new piston singles. Three sales representatives have been appointed in Australia, one in New Zealand and one in Mexico. All five are Cessna service stations. Perth-based Airflite has been made the distributor for Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia; Australian ...
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Bombardier expands Wichita flight-test centre
BOMBARDIER HAS officially opened an expansion of its Wichita, Kansas, flight-test centre to accommodate large aircraft such as the Global Express long-range business jet. The first Global Express is already at Wichita, and the second of four test aircraft will arrive there shortly. The $10 million expansion doubles ...
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Embraer seeks Paris show launchfor new 37-seat regional turbofan
Embraer has confirmed its intentions to develop a family of small regional jets which would include new 37- and 70-seat aircraft on either side of its EMB-145 50-seater. The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer hopes to be able officially to launch the 37-seater, which will be known as the EMB-135, ...
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MDC reveals FedEx MD-10 freighter-conversion sites
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has chosen US and European sites to convert up to 60 ex-United Airlines and American Airlines DC-10-10s to phase 1 of the MD-10 freighter specification. The aircraft are destined for FedEx. Phoenix, Arizona-based Dimension Aviation, a division of Sabreliner (previously SabreTech/ DynAir Tech), has been ...
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Workshop
++ Pemco World Air Services of Copenhagen, Denmark, is to undertake ad hoc line maintenance on Icelandair's Boeing 757-200s when they are flown to the Danish capital's airport. ++ Shannon Aircraft Motor Works has been approved by the Irish Aviation Authority as a certified design organisation. Shannon has developed its ...
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Making markets
DEVELOPMENT OF THE Canadair Regional Jet Series 700 promises to be less difficult than launching the 70-seat aircraft, jokes John Holding, group executive vice-president, engineering and product development, at Bombardier Aerospace. Certainly, the Canadian company has been talking about stretching its 50-seat Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) for almost as long ...
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The importance of independence
Sir - Andrew Tetley, in his letter about the UK Civil Aviation Authority-proposed stick-shaker for the Dassault Falcon 2000 (Flight International, 12-18 February, P55), refers to an important matter of principle which has received little or no public debate. It concerns the ability, or otherwise, of national airworthiness authorities of ...
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Flying Colours paints long-haul fleet plans
Flying Colours Airlines is planning to increase its narrowbody fleet to eight Boeing 757-200s within three years, and has begun evaluating the Airbus A330-200 and Boeing 777 for its long-haul expansion plans, according to chairman Errol Cossey. The new UK charter carrier took delivery of its first aircraft, ...
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Business-aircraft deliveries rise
BUSINESS-AIRCRAFT manufacturers have reported broadly increased deliveries for 1996, boosted by first shipments of several key new-aircraft types. Cessna led the field, with deliveries of 122 Citation business jets, plus 107 Caravan utility turboprops. Second-placed Raytheon delivered 164 corporate aircraft - 58 business jets and 106 turboprops - ...
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Kestrel begins light-aircraft fabrication
KESTRELAIRCRAFT HAS begun fabrication of the first of three flight-test aircraft and two-ground-test models required for US certification of its K-250 all-composite light aircraft. Norman, Oklahoma-based Kestrel has completed flight tests of a proof-of-concept prototype previously designated the KL-1. The K-250 is the first in a planned family ...
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Ireland plans expansion with ATP
Ireland Airways is close to finalising a lease deal with Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) for three new British Aerospace ATP aircraft to enable it to expand its Irish domestic services. The airline, a spin-off of Dublin-based freight carrier EI Air Exports, began scheduled services in 1996, when it ...
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In search of the new jet age
Time was when the regional-aircraft industry was focused on who would win the battle to build a family of 70- to 120-seat jet-powered aircraft. Strategists toiled to demonstrate how such a family would sit beneath the fleets of the majors. Much has changed since then. Now, the focus ...
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Corporate Aircraft Directory 1997
Last year was an important one for the business-aircraft fraternity, with several landmark events, including roll outs, first flights and certification approvals. There were also some important new-aircraft developments. The main focus of attention during 1996 was again the large-cabin, long-haul market. Bombardier kicked off flight-testing of its ...
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Fokker hopes focus on Malaysian rescue
Fokker's assembly lines face final closure in May, unless administrators running the bankrupt Dutch manufacturer succeed in pulling off a last-ditch rescue plan. Hopes of saving the company centre on talks with a coalition of Malaysian and Dutch investment groups. The latest report from the Fokker administrators says ...
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Brit'Air order launches Canadair stretched CRJ
FRENCH REGIONAL airline Brit'Air is the launch customer for the stretched, 70-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ)Series 700, with a firm order for four aircraft. The Canadian company says that it has options and conditional orders for a further 28 aircraft, plus memoranda of understanding for another 35, ...
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Air Niugini hit by sackings
Papua New Guinea's (PNG) deputy prime minister and finance minister Chris Haiveta suddenly sacked all but two members of the seven strong Air Niugini's board of directors during a meeting in February, leaving final negotiations stalled for the acquisition of two new Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200s, and other corporate ...
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Greenwich absorbs UNC to create overhaul giant
Greenwich Air Services is poised to make its biggest acquisition to date with agreement to take over UNC. The combined group will become the world's largest independent engine-services operation, with annual sales of around $1.8 billion and more than 10,000 employees. Greenwich chairman Eugene Conese says that the ...