All articles by Kate Sarsfield – Page 61
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NewsPilatus posts record profits
Pilatus Aircraft, the Swiss manufacturer of the PC family of business aircraft and military trainers, has posted its strongest-ever annual bresults.
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EBAA joins forces with CEPA to co-host annual Prague-based expo
The European Business Aviation Association has joined forces with fellow trade body Central European Private Aviation to organise and promote the annual CEPA Expo in Prague, the Czech Republic. The collaboration will help raise the international profile of the regional event, the first of which was held in 2010.
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NewsComlux America breaks ground on widebody completions facility
Comlux America, the US completions and service centre arm of the Comlux Group, has broken ground on an extension to its VIP completion hangar. The new construction is expected to be completed in six months, and will raise the footprint of the hangar to 14,600m² (160,000ft²) – large enough to ...
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NewsHondaJet powers up for worldwide demo tour
Honda Aircraft is preparing to begin a world tour with its HondaJet light business aircraft, ahead of planned US type certification and service entry of the $4.5 million twinjet in the coming months.
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NewsGrob SPn owner prepares to revive light business jet
The owners of the Grob SPn are looking to resurrect the light business jet programme, seven years after the project was halted following the insolvency of its developer, Grob Aerospace.
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Biggin Hill airport's extended opening hours cleared for take-off
Biggin Hill Airport – one of Europe's busiest business aviation hubs – has received provisional local government approval to extend its operating hours. This is a welcome development for the facility, situated around 20km from central London, which has been arguing for some time that its shorter opening hours place ...
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Epic readies E1000 turboprop single for June first flight
Epic Aircraft is preparing the first E1000 single-engined turboprop for its first flight in June and plans to deliver the first of the six-seat, high-speed types early next year.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Is Europe's General Aviation industry turning a corner?
Things are looking up for Europe’s embattled general aviation community.
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NewsBack to life: nine civil types revived
As our report on Viking’s Twin Otter shows, reviving civil aircraft programmes that have foundered can be a gamble that pays off – or, not.
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GE Honda Aero engines receives US approval for HF120 production
GE Honda Aero Engines has cleared a key milestone for its HF120 turbofan, which powers the HondaJet light twin-engined business jet, with the US Federal Aviation Administration granting production approval for its new manufacturing plant in Burlington, Massachusetts.
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Royal Jet sets sights on FBO expansion
VVIP charter operator Royal Jet is planning to add its third fixed-base operation to its portfolio this year and is also eyeing three other possible destinations, which currently have little or no aircraft and passenger handling provision.
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Daher opens new North American TBM headquarters
Daher has moved the North American headquarters for its TBM aircraft business to a much larger facility nearby, in response to the growing demand for new aircraft after-sales support for its high-speed single-engined turboprop from within its largest market.
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Evektor nets MOUs for four EV-55 Outbacks
Czech Aircraft manufacturer Evektor has secured memorandums of understanding from two Malaysian companies for the purchase of four EV-55 Outbacks.
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PlaneSense acquires Nextant 400XTis
US fractional ownership provider PlaneSense has acquired up to five Nextant 400XTis which will mark its foray in to the business jet and multi-engine market when the first two aircraft are handed over in the second and fourth quarter.
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Linear Air seeks million-dollar investment to fund expansion
US charter operator Linear Air is seeking up to $2 million of investment to fund a marketing campaign, designed to raise awareness of its online booking platform amongst the country’s lucrative yet under-utilised piston-engined aircraft operator community.
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NewsJet Aviation secures completion contract for two BBJ 777-300ERs
Boeing Business Jets has selected Jet Aviation to complete two BBJ 777-300ERs at its facility in Basel, Switzerland. Work on the widebody airliners, owned by a undisclosed Asian customer, will commence imminently and the project is expected to take over three years to complete.
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NewsNew Polish ultra-light jet begins taxi tests
Polish engineering company Metal Master began taxi tests of its second Flaris LAR-1 prototype (MSN2) on 20 February, and is now preparing the ultra-light personal jet for its maiden flight.
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NewsGulfstream gears up to deliver first Brazilian-registered G280
Gulfstream is poised to deliver the first Brazilian-owned and registered G280 business jet, following validation of the super-midsize type earlier this month by the country's civil aviation authority, ANAC.
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Stratajet secures funding to roll-out business jet booking platform
UK technology start-up Stratajet has secured $5 million of investment to fund the roll-out of its real-time, online business aircraft booking platform across Europe in the third quarter, as well as its expansion into the US market.
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NewsGE Aviation's Strother facility to house Passport engine manufacture and support
GE Aviation has selected its Strother, Kansas facility as the manufacturing base for its new Passport engine, which will power Bombardier’s in-development Global 7000 and 8000 ultra-long-range business jets.