All Business Jets articles – Page 690
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AI(R) steams ahead on planned 70-seater
Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) is on the verge of announcing the two shortlisted engine manufacturers for its planned AI(R) 70 regional jet. The announcement at the Show, is due "close to October", with final selection in the second quarter of 1997, says new CEO Patrick Gavin. The company ...
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Astra features new interior
The new Mach 0.87 Astra SPX has arrived in Farnborough as part of a marketing drive for the European market. Although not taking part in the flying display, the six-seater corporate jet has undergone an interior redesign with the aircraft's long-range capabilities clearly in mind. The Astra - ...
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Airbus fights back with $2.5 billion sales
Airbus Industrie has announced two new orders for a total of 14 aircraft worth nearly $1.5 billion. The company also has a long-awaited $950 million order from Asiana Airlines for 18 A321s. But, despite the celebrations, Airbus did not miss the chance to attack Boeing's previous day's announcement ...
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Flying display
14.15 A330/A340; 14.26 Kamov Ka-50; 14.31 Embraer 145; 14.38 Firefly; 14.45 Super Tucano, Hawk 100; 14.56 Eurofighter 2000; 15.02 Tornado GR1; 15.09 Gripen; 15.16 Harrier GR7; 15.24 Aero L159; 15.31 Grob 115TA; 15.37 F-16; 15.43 Yak-52; 15.49 MD-90; 15.56 Zlin 242; 16.01 Royal flight; 16.12 Dassault Rafale; Dassault Falcon 2000; ...
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Raytheon buoyed by Hawker plans
Raytheon is to unveil plans for a new super-mid-sized Hawker jet at the NBAA in Orlando this year. Roy Norris, president of Raytheon Aircraft, says the next-generation Hawker will be "...bigger, faster and have a longer range than any of its predecessors". He stresses that it ...
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Extended CRJ launch delayed to end of year
Page 8 Bombardier Regional Aircraft Division (BRAD) announced at Farnborough yesterday that the formal launch of the extended Regional Jet project, the 70-seater CRJ-X has been delayed until later in the year. However, BRAD can begin offering the aircraft for sale and can confirm performance specifications. The ...
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Gulfstream blows whistle on Bombardier
Gulfstream is pulling no punches in its on-going battle with Bombardier over sales figures of each company's rival ultra long-range business jets. Bryan Moss, Gulfstream's vice-chairman and president, has emphasised that firm orders and letters of intent (LoI) for the new Gulfstream V are valid sales to end-user customers. ...
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Difficult journey
Competition is heating up in the regional-jet market. Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE RACE TO build Asia's first regional passenger jet is warming up, with as many as four competitors now in the contest. Given the hefty entry fee demanded of newcomers and the limited worldwide demand being ...
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Second Comanche flight completed
BOEING SIKORSKY has completed the second flight of the first prototype RAH-66 Comanche scout/attack helicopter, some seven months after the first flight. The 54min flight took place at Sikorsky's West Palm Beach, Florida, flight-test centre on 24 August. The first flight took place on 4 January. The second ...
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FLS launches cargo-conversion project
FLS Aerospace has received its first contract for the conversion of a Boeing 727 to cargo configuration, launching its participation in this market. The Stansted, UK-based aircraft-maintenance company has received a contract from Dublin-based aircraft-management/leasing company European Capital/ Naabi, for the conversion of an ex-Continental Airlines Boeing 727-200 ...
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Cessna lights up Citation V cabin with fibre-optics
A CESSNA CITATION V has become the first business jet to be fitted with fibre-optic cabin lighting. The aircraft was equipped by lighting-system developer Avtec and cabin light-levels have increased, the Cahokia, Illinois-based company says. Fibre-optic lighting systems are now approved for installation on any aircraft, says Avtec. ...
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Orders roll in as Bombardier rolls out its Global Express
Graham Warwick/TORONTO BOMBARDIER CHAIRMAN Laurent Beaudoin is "pleased" with the 52 firm orders which the Canadian company holds for the Global Express ultra-long-range business jet. Gulfstream has announced 63 firm orders for the rival GV, but the Global Express was launched a year later, Beaudoin says. The ...
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Bombardier gains approval to offer stretched Regional Jet
BOMBARDIER REGIONAL Aircraft division has been given approval to offer to airlines the CRJ-X 70-seat stretched Canadair Regional Jet. The company had hoped to launch the aircraft at the Farnborough air show, but did not receive Bombardier board approval in time. The Canadian manufacturer now hopes to launch ...
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AOPA is unhappy with wake-vortex
NEW WAKE-VORTEX approach-separation standards imposed by the US Federal Aviation Administration fail to consider general aviation (GA), says the US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). The GA group joins the US Air Transport Association and the Regional Airline Association in criticising the aviation agency's rule changes which ...
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Large order revives R-R Tu-204 programme
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDONPaul Duffy/CAIRO KATO GROUP of Egypt has revived the Rolls-Royce-powered Tupolev Tu-204 programme with a contract for 30 aircraft, as part of a planned commitment for 200 examples of the Russian twinjet. Kato will set up an international aerospace group to market and support the aircraft ...
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Regional converts EMB-145 options
Regional Airlines has converted options on two Embraer EMB-145 regional jets into firm orders, and taken options on an additional five aircraft - the deal brings firm orders for the type to 26. Certification is scheduled for later this year. The French carrier, which already has three EMB-145s on firm ...
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Flying display
Today's flying display (current at time of going to press) 14.00-16.30: A340; Kamov KA50; Embraer 145; Firefly; Tornado; Super Tucano Hawk 100; Eurofighter 2000; Tornado GR1; Gripen; Harrier GR7; Aero L59; Grob 115TA; F18 Hornet; Yak 52; Dassault Rafale; Dassault Falcon 2000; Dassault Falcon 900; F16; ZLIN 242; MiG ...
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Business jet battle focuses on service
The war of words between Gulfstream and Bombardier continues over their respective new generation business jets. With the rollout of Bombardier's Global Express last week, Gulfstream vice-chairman Bryan Moss moved the battle to the service and support the aircraft will receive. "We've got a big advantage in terms ...
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French buy three RJs
Bombardier Regional Aircraft, having just enjoyed a record-breaking week of new orders, kicked off Farnborough ‘96 with another $60 million worth of business. Brit air of Morlaix, France took the opportunity of a visit to the Show to sign a contract for three Canadair Regional Jets and indicated that ...
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Face the facts with...Michael Graff
Michael Graff is the newly appointed president of Bombardier Aerospace's business Aircraft division with responsibility for the global marketing of Canadair and Learjet aircraft and the fractional ownership programme. A graduate of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Graff has worked in London and the USA, with ...