All Business Jets articles – Page 692
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AlliedSignal Engines
AlliedSignal Engines revealed earlier this year that it is studying the economic feasibility of regional jets with fewer than 50 seats. The company hopes that its LF507, the AS309 derivative, or a new-centre-line engine, could potentially find applications in this sector of the market. Meanwhile, AlliedSignal is involved ...
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Allison Engines
Allison Engines, acquired by Rolls-Royce in 1995, is studying a growth version of the AE3007 turbofan which powers the Embraer EMB-145 regional jet and Cessna Citation X business jet. Designated the AE3012, the engine would be offered as a potential power plant for the planned Aero-International (Regional) 70-seater. ...
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Jet Aviation expands to run USA's biggest charter fleet
Jet Aviation has completed the purchase of K-C Aviation's Transportation Services (KCTS) and Jet Professionals businesses, establishing it as the largest corporate-aircraft charter company in the USA. The West Palm Beach, Florida-based aviation-services company expects to fly 30,000 charter hours in the USA in 1997. The acquisition of ...
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BMW Rolls-Royce
The BMW Rolls-Royce BR710 turbofan was certificated by Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities on 14 August, one day ahead of the original development schedule. Initial applications are the Gulfstream V, first customer deliveries of which are due by the end of the year, and the Bombardier Global Express business ...
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Pratt & Whitney Canada
Two new applications for Pratt & Whitney Canada's (P&WC) best-selling PT6 turboprop/turbo shaft engine have been announced in 1996. The PT6B-37 turbo shaft has been selected by Agusta for its A119 Koala single-engined helicopter. Certification of the PT6B-37 is scheduled for late-1996, with production engine deliveries beginning during early 1997. ...
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Groen signs to supply China with gyroplanes
Groen Brothers Aviation (GBA) has signed a contract potentially worth $40 million, to supply 200 Hawk III gyro planes to Shanghai Energy and Chemicals (SECC) of China. SECC plans to establish an air-taxi company using the three-seat auto gyro. The contract is contingent on GBA receiving Chinese certification ...
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NASA picks contractors for GA engine R&D
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC NASA's Lewis Research Center has selected Williams International and Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) to develop powerplant technology for next-generation light aircraft. Williams International and NASA will share equally the cost of developing an advanced turbine engine as part of NASA's General Aviation Propulsion ...
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Dassault service
Dassault Aviation has named Hawker Pacific as its authorised Falcon service centre in Singapore. Its Seletar Airport site will provide after sales service and support for Dassault's range of business aircraft. Source: Flight International
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LucasVarity investment dispels doubts
Lucas Aerospace is to acquire the Boeing Georgia cargo handling systems operation, in a move, which appears to dispel speculation that the newly merged LucasVarity group would quit the aerospace sector. The acquisition will bring sales of around $90 million, taking the Lucas cargo-handling business above the $200 ...
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Universal
Rolf Bickel has been promoted to director of international marketing at Universal Avionics Systems, of Tucson, Arizona. Bickel, formerly manager of international marketing, will continue to oversee the company's European office, which was recently relocated to Zurich, in Switzerland. Source: Flight International
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Boeing may use propulsion control on 747-500/600X
Guy Norris/BEVERLEY HILLS BOEING IS considering use of the experimental propulsion-controlled aircraft (PCA) concept as a back-up flight-control system on the next-generation 747-500/600X, following the company's decision to adopt fly-by- wire (FBW) flight controls. NASA, which completed successful flight tests of the PCA system in 1995 ...
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Boeing predicts future supersonic transport could 'create turmoil'
BOEING PREDICTS that the introduction of a future supersonic transport (SST) could cause "turmoil" in the airliner market, by increasing passenger-market segmentation. Borge Boeskov, president of Boeing Business Jets, said in London that a 300-seat SST would attract first, business and full-economy-fare pas sengers who account for two-thirds of revenue ...
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FBO industry reshapes
From the USA to the UK, fixed-base operators have been changing hands as industry consolidation continues. In August, Mercury Air Group completed the acquisition of five FBOs from Raytheon Aircraft Services for $8.25 million. The sites involved are at Ontario International Airport in California; Georgia's Hartsfield International and Peachtree-DeKalb Airports ...
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Taxing times ahead
Finally, business is getting better for fixed-base operators, but there are new threats to their survival. Karen Walker/ATLANTA If prizes were to be handed out to those industries which have seemed most without hope in recent years, then the fixed-base-operator (FBO) business would probably walk away with ...
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Learjet locker
Bombardier Aviation Services, has delivered the first Learjet 31A light business jet, to be equipped with Raisbeck's aft luggage-locker, to a customer in Milan, Italy. Already fitted to several Learjet 35s, the $75,000 locker adds a total of 3.7m3 (130ft3) and 136kg of baggage capacity. Source: Flight ...
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Aircraft News
Ansett Worldwide has ordered 10 Boeing 737-700s, for delivery from 1998 onwards, as well as six B737-300s and nine B767-300ERs, while International Lease Finance Corporation has ordered five B757-200s, five B767-300ERs and five B737s. British Airways has ordered four B747-400s, three B777-200s and three B757-200s and has brought forward orders ...
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Chinese certification
Hainan Airlines has taken delivery of a new Learjet 60 business jet, to be used for charter work inside China, alongside a used Learjet 55. The Learjet 60 is the first new business jet to be certificated in China for operation by the private sector, the manufacturer says. ...
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Czech-mate
Prague-based Czech Aerospace has been appointed to sell Cessna Citation business jets in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Cessna believes that there is a significant market in the Czech Republic, where the economy is growing and most firms are now in private hands. There is now only one Citation III ...
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Flying Colours
Following the appointment of Terry Soult as managing director and Carolyn Quintaba as commercial-services director, newly launched Flying Colours Airline, of Manchester, UK, has announced four more appointments. Terry Michaels becomes flight-operations director. He joins from Air 2000, where he was fleet captain for the Airbus Industrie A320 fleet, as ...
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FedEx commits to MD-10 effort
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES US FREIGHT giant FedEx and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) have launched the MD-10 programme with an agreement covering conversion of a minimum of 60 (MDC) DC-10s to two-crew cockpit configuration (Flight International, 3-9 July). The two-phase MD-10 project was launched after a complex deal ...