All General aviation articles – Page 594
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El Gavilan plans US assembly
El Gavilan is looking for a strategic partner in the USA to manufacture and sell its single-engine utility aircraft in the region. The company, which produces the piston-powered Gavilan 358 and is developing the 508T turboprop utility aircraft has already set up an office in Lockhaven, Pennsylvania, which is ...
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IPTN Phoenix falls before Australian competition decision
IPTN has abandoned its attempt to sell a variant of the CN-235, the CN-235-330 Phoenix, to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to meet the service's requirement for a tactical transport intended to succeed its de Havilland DHC-4 Caribous. The Indonesian aircraft manufacturer is blaming the withdrawal on International ...
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Eurocontrol free flight show PHAREs favourably
Julian Moxon/PARIS A key "free flight" element of Eurocontrol's ATM2000 air traffic management programme has been demonstrated. The exercise was part of the Brussels-based agency's programme for harmonised air traffic management research (PHARE), which is designed to enable aircraft to fly preferred flight paths in the proposed future ...
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Firing up for sales
Graham Warwick/WASHINTON DC With wildfires making headlines from California to Florida, Bombardier believes it has picked the right time to step up efforts to sell its CL-415 waterbomber into the USA. Although it is popular in Canada and with southern European nations that face the same seasonal battle against ...
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France tightens up noise regulations
The French Government has imposed strict new noise regulations at Paris Charles de Gaulle and Le Bourget airports as part of concessions won by the local community allowing it to build a further two runways. In the run-up to the European Union's total ban on older, non-Chapter 3 compliant, ...
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Canadian First
Cessna has received Transport Canada certification for the Citation X business jet and has delivered the first aircraft to a Canadian customer. Meanwhile, Innotech-Execaire, which operates Citation service centres in Montreal and Vancouver, is to establish a Citation X centre in Toronto. Source: Flight International
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Cessna representative
Cessna Aircraft has appointed XLA Services as an authorised sales representative for a variety of African countries. The Geneva-based company will market the Citation range of business jets. Source: Flight International
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Price rise
Cirrus Design is increasing the basic price of its SR20 four-seat, single-piston aircraft from 17 July by nearly $10,000. All orders for an SR20 will be at the standard price of $168,800. To date, the Duluth, Minnesota-based company has 156 firm orders for the SR20, which is scheduled for certification ...
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Making the move
The runway lights at Kai Tak will go out in the early hours of 6 July, bringing to a close a distinguished 73-year history. During the night, some 30 aircraft will make the short flight to Chek Lap Kok, 25km (13nm) to the west, in readiness for a 0630 start ...
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Jersey European adds five 146-300s to fleet
Jersey European Airways has added five British Aerospace 146-300s to its regional jet fleet following a deal to lease aircraft previously operated by Thai Airways International. The Exeter, UK-based airline is planning to use the aircraft on new routes, such as the service from London Luton to Belfast, starting ...
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Turkish navy will buy six CASA CN-235s
The Turkish Navy is to buy six CASA CN-235 Persuader maritime patrol aircraft (MPAs) to fulfil a naval aviation requirement. The aircraft will be manufactured by Tusas Aircraft Industries, which already has 52 CN-235s on order for the Turkish defence ministry, 48 of which have been delivered. Selection of mission ...
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Bombardier battles to retain funding for CL-415
Bombardier is fighting to keep funding for two CL-415 waterbombers in California's state budget. The Canadian company believes there is strong support for the move to bolster wildfire-prone California's firefighting capability, "-but we are not assured of success", says Amphibious Aircraft division president Tom Appleton. Los Angeles County already ...
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FAA issues an AD to slow down Bonanza
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) that restricts the speed of early model V-tail Raytheon Beech Bonanza general aviation aircraft because of the possibility of in-flight tail surface vibrations. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) says that the AD, which restricts flight ...
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Do-it-yourself weighing machine approvedTEXT: Ian Sheppard/LondonBritish Aerospace Regional Aircraft has dispatched the first raw material
A weighing device that uses aircraft landing gear struts as scales has won US Federal Aviation Administration approval. The weight and balance system (WBS) is made by Dallas, Texas-based Trinity Airweighs. It can measure the weight and centre of gravity (CG) of an aircraft without the need for traditional ...
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US alliances face scrutiny
The US General Accounting Office has planted serious seeds for concern in politicians' minds by claiming that proposed US domestic alliances could mean a reduction in competitive service to almost 101 million American passengers. The GAO highlights the Delta Air Lines/United Airlines partnership as especially worrying because of its ...
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Pilatus Britten Norman for sale
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Pilatus Britten Norman (PBN), the UK-based utility aircraft manufacturer, has been put up for sale by its parent company Pilatus Aircraft.The sale is believed to be part of wider rationalisation by Pilatus holding company Oerlikon-Buhrle. Although PBN, which produces the utility piston and turbine powered BN-2 Islander and ...
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Open for business
The success of Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok, due to open on 6 July, will depend on keeping costs down Paul Lewis/HONG KONG Hong Kong's new international airport makes its operational debut on 6 July - the culmination of a remarkable eight-year undertaking. The $20 billion infrastructure investment was initiated ...
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Taiwan curbs CAL growth
Taiwan's decision to ban new aircraft orders by China Airlines is viewed by industry insiders as designed more for public consumption than any real advance in air safety. Citing the fatal February crash of a CAL jet at Taipei's international airport, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications has temporarily ...
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Lessors tap public cash
A recent wave of public offerings by aircraft lessors signals a search for new ways to raise money in what has always been a capital-intensive business. Miami-based UniCapital represents the latest in the trend towards public offerings that started less than a year ago. UniCapital was formed last October ...
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A first class idea
While the rest of the airline industry promotes the idea of no-frills, virtually fat-free flying, Midwest Express is pampering its passengers with premium service. Meanwhile, in France Fairlines hopes to emulate this success. A handful of peanuts and a dribble of Coca-Cola never satisfied anyone, least of all an airline ...