All articles by Murdo Morrison – Page 31
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ANALYSIS: The Gulf's breakneck airport development
Drive for a little over an hour and a half along the UAE’s highway E311 and you will pass no fewer than four international airports, each at a very different stage of development. Starting at Sharjah – base of one of the Middle East’s leading low-cost airlines, Air Arabia – ...
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NBAA: Pilatus shows PC-24 again as it prepares for first delivery
After its blink-and-you’ll-miss-it one-day appearance at NBAA last year – two years into its flight campaign – Pilatus has again brought the PC-24 to the convention, this time with expected certification and entry into service with launch operator PlaneSense just weeks away. The Swiss manufacturer is in the final stages ...
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NBAA: The campaign steps up against ATC privatisation
The biggest threat to the future of our industry we have ever seen: that is how NBAA chief Ed Bolen this morning described airline-backed moves to privatise the US air traffic control system.
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NBAA: Gulfstream announces range extensions for G500 and G600
Gulfstream is showing off its latest types – the G500 and G600 – with full interiors at the static this week, as it completes the final stages of the G500’s flight test campaign, ahead of entry into service early next year. It has also announced range extensions for the two ...
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NBAA: VistaJet plans to double US fleet
Three years after launching in the USA, VistaJet – one of the world’s largest charter operators – plans to increase its N-registered fleet of 11 to at least 16 in the “next few months” to reflect demand in the booming Stateside market.
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NBAA: Biggin's big in London
Bosses at London's Biggin Hill airport say a new 5,600m2 (60,300ft2) hangar – due to open by the end of the year – extended hours, and an increasingly popular helicopter link to the city centre will give it the edge over the capital's half dozen or so rival business aviation ...
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NBAA: Paynode in tie-up with WorldFirst
PayNode – the business aviation payment platform unveiled at NBAA in Orlando last year by the company behind the Avinode online charter marketplace – has introduced a third method by which its clients can move funds.
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NBAA: Alnaqbi spreads the word for business aviation
From terrorist threats to the spat with Qatar and civil war in Yemen and Syria, there may be problems aplenty across the Arab world. However, Ali Alnaqbi believes he is succeeding in his mission to bring the region closer together when it comes to business aviation.
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NBAA: Global Jet Capital promotes end-of-lease remarketing programme
Global Jet Capital – the business aviation financing house headed by former Hawker Beechcraft boss Shawn Vick – is at NBAA to promote its new programme, redeploying its end-of-lease aircraft.
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NBAA: Web Manuals doubles US client base
Web Manuals, which offers an application that allows business aircraft operators to store operating manuals and other documents in the cloud – says it has doubled its US client base since the last NBAA convention in Orlando.
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NBAA: Boeing Business Jets' 'fast and furious' year to date
Boeing Business Jets has upped its sales tally for 2017 to 13, adding six since the EBACE business aviation show in May, in what new BBJ president Greg Laxton calls a “fast and furious” year to date.
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ANALYSIS: ADS-B high on agenda at NBAA
Technology that allows air traffic controllers in the USA to more accurately chart the position of aircraft becomes compulsory in just over two years’ time, and the race to ensure operators are compliant will be a major focus of avionics providers exhibiting at this year’s National Business Aviation Association convention. ...
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ANALYSIS: Big troubles in the large-cabin segment
For the three main rivals in the large-cabin, long-range segement, 2017 has brought encouraging news from a programme perspective. After a near three-year hiatus caused by problems with its Safran Silvercrest engine, Dassault’s Falcon 5X made its first flight in July – with a preliminary version of the powerplant. At ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The A320neo race for power in Europe
CFM International continues to lead rival Pratt & Whitney in the race to power Airbus A320neo-family aircraft ordered by European customers, by 524 to 439 aircraft, according to Flight Fleets Analyzer data collated ahead of the MRO Europe event kicking off in London on 3 October.
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Romanian order critical to launching local H215M production
Airbus Helicopters says a launch commitment from Bucharest for at least 16 H215Ms will be its signal to begin production of the Super Puma variant at its new factory in Brasov, Romania.
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ANALYSIS: Romania's Blue Air aims for 50-strong fleet
Blue Air is targeting a fleet of 50 aircraft within "three or four years" as it builds on its reputation as Romania's leading airline brand by consolidating its presence at foreign bases in Larnaca, Liverpool and Turin.
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ANALYSIS: Top 100 aerospace companies grow more profitable
Last year proved highly profitable for most of the world's biggest aerospace companies. Despite near-stagnant revenues, the industry's largest 100 businesses significantly boosted returns, with profits soaring more than 17% in dollar terms over the previous financial year, and operating margins averaging 9.3%.
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Franco-German defence pact does not threaten UCAV initiative: Dassault chief
The pact between France and Germany to develop a next-generation fighter does not threaten the Franco-British unmanned combat air vehicle project on which Dassault and BAE Systems are partnered, the French company’s chief executive insists.
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Aviation's concerns 'high on the radar' as UK negotiates Brexit
The UK government is "taking seriously" aviation industry concerns about Brexit, transport secretary Chris Grayling has declared.
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Piaggio resumes flight testing of P.1HH HammerHead UAV
Piaggio Aerospace yesterday resumed flight testing of its P.1HH HammerHead, more than 13 months after the first prototype of the unmanned air vehicle was destroyed in a crash off Sicily.