All Business Jets articles – Page 715
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SIA sparks competition to replace Airbus A310 fleet
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) has given Airbus Industrie and Boeing until 31 May to submit tenders to meet its "Y-aircraft" requirement for a new regional-passenger jet airliner. SIA has asked for pricing on a firm order for 16 aircraft, plus options for a further 17. ...
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Team launches DC-10 upgrade
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has teamed with Alenia subsidiary Aeronavali to launch a DC-10 product-improvement programme ranging in scope from a completely new, two-crew, digital flightdeck to a full conversion from passenger to freighter. The plan is aimed mainly at the expected growth in ...
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Saab sounds off on noise
SAAB AIRCRAFT IS tackling sound at source to try to achieve the 76dB average cabin-noise level promised for the Saab 2000 high-speed regional turboprop. Launch customer Crossair criticised Saab earlier this year for failing to meet cabin-noise guarantees. The Swedish manufacturer says that the present average noise-level of ...
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Learjet
Roger Sperry has become vice-president of North American sales for Learjet, of Wichita, Kansas. He was previously with Cessna Aircraft. Gordon Carr becomes sales director at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, responsible for the northeastern USA. He was managing partner of the Rusk/Carr Aviation consultancy. Source: Flight International
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Strategy-split forces Reims president out
THE FUTURE OF French general-aviation manufacturer Reims Aviation has again been thrown into confusion by the sudden, apparently forced, resignation of company president Jean-Paul Pellissier. According to a communiqu, from the major shareholder in the Reims-based company, Compagnie Fran+aise Chaufour Investissements (CFCI), the board of directors decided on ...
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Bridging the gap
The launch of the PW500 series completes a turbofan product range for Pratt & Whitney Canada. Graham Warwick/MONTREAL In a single month in 1994, Cessna launched two business jets and gave Pratt & Whitney Canada the first two applications for its new PW500 small turbofan. ...
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Hughes wants more cash for Canadian ATC work
CANADA'S DEPARTMENT of Transport and Hughes Aircraft of Canada are renegotiating the terms of a C$659 million ($488 million) programme to install an integrated air-traffic-control system across the country. Hughes' portion of the project is now valued at C$420 million. In documents filed with Transport Canada, however, Hughes ...
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Final assembly of Gulfstream V wing starts at Northrop
NORTHROP GRUMMAN has begun final assembly of the wings for the first Gulfstream V long-range business jet at its Commercial Aircraft division, formerly Vought Aircraft, in Dallas, Texas. Northrop Grumman, along with its revenue-sharing partner, ShinMaywa Industries of Japan, is supplying Gulfstream with the complete wing assembly, including ...
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Low-cost measures
Agreeing to new training regulations is one thing - being able to afford them is another. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Regional airlines have long hoped for advances in technology, which would make flight simulation more affordable. Now US regulatory changes are planned which will make simulator training ...
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Learjet
Bombardier subsidiary-business-aircraft manufacturer Learjet has named Rolland ("Rollie") Vincent director of public relations and strategic planning. He was formerly director of international marketing for Bombardier Regional Aircraft division in Toronto. Nita Scrivner has been named director of marketing communications. She was most recently Learjet manager of public relations. Source: ...
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Europe splits from FAA over single-engine IFR rules
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE EUROPEAN Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) has distanced itself from North America and Australian authorities over allowing single-engine turbine-powered aircraft to be operated commercially under instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) and at night. JAA operations-committee director Richard Yates says that the authority is unlikely ...
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AlliedSignal in APU kit talks with Raisbeck
ALLIEDSIGNAL AND Raisbeck Engineering are in preliminary talks on the possibility of fitting external auxiliary power units (APUs) to business jets. The companies' scheme would allow an AlliedSignal APU to be attached to the rear fuselage of an aircraft without cutting into the structure. The APU ...
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Turbofan Service
Jet Aviation's Teterboro, New Jersey, maintenance base has been appointed an authorised service centre for the AlliedSignal TFE731 turbofan which powers Dassault Falcon, Learjet, Israel Aircraft Industries Astra and Raytheon Hawker business jets. Source: Flight International
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Gulfstream V on schedule for first flight
The long-range Gulfstream V business aircraft is on schedule to be flown in November. Certification and the beginning of production deliveries by Gulfstream Aerospace are still scheduled for late 1996. Northrop Grumman will deliver the first wing for the Gulfstream V in July. The risk-sharing GV partner will ...
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ESA set to double GIV-SP order
Ramon Lopez/ DALLAS/FORT WORTH EXECUTIVE JET Aviation (EJA) is to buy as many as 40 Gulfstream IV-SP business jets and is surveying the market for an aircraft able to supplement its fleet of Hawker 1000 business aircraft. Early this year, EJA ordered seven Gulfstream IV-SPs ...
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Competition conference
Europe is less than two years away from completing the single European air market, yet bitter disputes continue to rage over issues ranging from airport access and slot allocation, through to state aid and US open-skies deals. To help address these crucial issues, Flight International has been invited ...
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Cessna decision drives move to unleaded fuelfuel move
Efforts to develop unleaded aviation-gasoline (avgas) have been boosted by Cessna's decision that, when it restarts production of piston singles in 1996, it will use engines which can be run on low-octane unleaded fuel. New Cessna 172s and 182s will be powered by Textron Lycoming low-compression-ratio engines, able ...
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Cargo boosts long-haul economics
TWO OF AIRBUS Industrie's long-haul customers are using their aircraft to fly pure-freight services. Cathay Pacific has found the A330 and A340 sufficiently efficient to operate as lower-deck-only freighters once their day-time passenger duties are completed, and Aer Lingus says that it converts one of its three A330-300s ...
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Tan battles on for control of PAL
Philippine Airlines (PAL) chairman Lucio Tan is threatening to take the Government to the country's Supreme Court in his battle to retain majority control of the flag carrier. The Philippine tobacco tycoon controls PAL by virtue of his 51% stake in PR Holdings, which in turn owns 67% ...
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FAA Flight Safety Award
The US Federal Aviation Administration has awarded nine business-aircraft pilot training contracts to FlightSafety International. The three-year contract for pilot and recurrent training includes the Cessna Citation, Learjet 55, Westwind 1124, Beechjet 400 and Sabreliner 40. Additional deals covering the Gulfstream II and IV and Canadair CL-600 are in place, ...