All articles by Kate Sarsfield – Page 39
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Gulfstream G500 certification effort making 'significant progress'
Gulfstream says its new large-cabin, long-range G500 is making “significant progress” towards its anticipated entry-into-service target of late 2017, with the five aircraft in the flight-test campaign having logged more than 2,600h to date in 600 sorties.
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FAA predicts mixed fortunes for US business and GA fleets
Business jets are set to outperform all other general aviation aircraft types in the USA over the next 20 years, according to a new forecast published by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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EBAA appoints Brandon Mitchener as its chief executive
The European Business Aviation Association has appointed Brandon Mitchener as its chief executive.
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Tecnam delivers 200th P2006T to Poland's Bartolini Air
Tecnam’s P2006T piston-twin reached a programme milestone on 10 March, with the handover of the 200th unit to Polish flight training academy and long-time customer Bartolini Air.
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Lisa prepares second Akoya prototype for flight testing
Lisa Airplanes is readying its second and final Akoya prototype for flight testing in April, and plans to launch production of the light, amphibious piston-single in the fourth quarter of this year.
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Third Cessna Citation Longitude enters flight-test
Cessna's Citation Longitude programme has taken another step forward, with the debut flight on 17 March of its third prototype.
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Tecnam founder and president Luigi Pascale passes away
Professor Luigi Pascale, co-founder, president, and chief preliminary design officer of Europe's largest general aviation aircraft manufacturer, Tecnam, died unexpectedly on 14 March after a brief illness, aged 93.
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Gulfstream sells G550 to Beijing 999
Chinese medical evacuation provider Beijing Red Cross Emergency Medical Center (Beijing 999) has acquired a Gulfstream G550 to support its disaster relief and medevac efforts.
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XTI teams with Bye Aerospace on hybrid TriFan 600
US start-up XTI Aircraft has switched to hybrid-electric propulsion for its planned TriFan 600 ducted-fan, vertical take-off and landing business aircraft.
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Piper prepares M600 for its European debut
Piper Aircraft’s flagship model, the M600, will make its European debut from 5-8 April at the Aero Friedrichshafen show in Germany.
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Embraer Executive Jets performance set for 'gradual' improvement
Embraer predicts a “gradual” improvement in the performance of its executive jets division from 2017, on the back of growing economic confidence and increased profit margins, but says the sector’s recovery is being hampered by a stubbornly large inventory of used aircraft.
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Cessna Citation Latitude and Sovereign+ secure steep approach approvals
Textron Aviation has secured steep-approach approvals from the European and US civil aviation authorities for its Cessna Citation Latitude and Sovereign+ business jets.
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Third and final Pilatus PC-24 enters flight testing
Pilatus Aircraft’s PC-24 business jet has entered the final stages of its certification programme, following the maiden sortie of its third and final test aircraft – the first in a production-standard configuration – on 6 March.
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Second Global 7000 enters flight-test campaign
Bombardier has marked another major milestone in the development of its ultra-long-range Global 7000, following the debut flight on 4 March of its second flight-test vehicle.
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Flexjet launches European operation
Flexjet has launched its European operation, unveiling the first of three Nextant 400XTi light business jets at a dedicated event on 1 March at TAG Farnborough airport in the UK. The remaining units will be handed over to the Birmingham, UK-headquartered operator before the end of the first quarter.
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FAI records record profits for air ambulance division
German business aircraft services company FAI rent-a-jet has posted a record turnover for its air ambulance operation in 2016, but the company’s overall performance for the year was flat, mainly because of a fall in demand for its special-missions services.
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Flexjet records 20% hike in new business
Flexjet, the world’s second-largest fractional ownership company, recorded a 20% surge in new business in 2016, reflecting the increasing popularity of premium, bespoke business aircraft programmes among high-end travellers.
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EASA poised to publish CS-23 rewrite in the second quarter
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is expected to publish in the second quarter its long-awaited rewrite of the CS-23 regulations governing small business and general aviation aircraft.
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Second Gulfstream G600 enters flight test programme
Development of the Gulfstream G600 took another major step towards certification on 24 February, with the introduction of the airframer’s second test aircraft into the flight test campaign.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: GAMA reports mixed performance in 2016 for fixed-wing market
There were mixed fortunes for the business and general aviation market in 2016, with the turboprop sector one of the few bright spots.