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NewsNBAA: Embraer Legacy 500 cleared for US flights
With the stroke of a pen on 21 October, an FAA official cleared the Embraer Legacy 500 jet for flights over US soil.
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NewsNBAA: Jet cabin controls going hands free
The proliferation of wireless electronics has revolutionized operation of business jet cabin systems by taking controls from consoles and seat arms into passengers’ hands.
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NBAA: Epic E1000 turboprop-single makes show debut
Epic Aircraft is making its debut at NBAA where it is also displaying its E1000 single-engined turboprop for the first time.
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NewsBoeing breaks ground on 777X wing centre
Boeing has broken ground on its new 777X composite wing centre in Everett, Washington.
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NewsNBAA: Beechcraft highlights King Air's long-range capability
Beechcraft has demonstrated the long-range capabilities of its King Air 350ER by making a nonstop trip between California’s Napa County airport and Honolulu International – a distance of 2,121nm (3,928km).
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NBAA: Comlux prepares for VIP widebody completions
Comlux America is preparing to expand into the widebody VIP completions market and is poised to break ground on a new hangar extension to accommodate the anticipated new business.
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NewsNBAA: Bombardier plans Challenger 605 avionics retrofit
Bombardier has unveiled a plan to retrofit the Challenger 605 with Rockwell Collins avionics that will enter service next year on the updated Challenger 650.
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NBAA: US business aviation depends on FAA reform
Business aviation's contribution to the US economy is being strangled by too much government red tape and the glacial pace of reform, according to a leading US congressman.
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NewsNBAA: Revolutionary rivals face-off in static park
After many delays and false starts, a long-promised revolution in the super-light and midsize cabin segments has finally arrived at the NBAA static park.
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NewsNBAA: Jet Aviation charts course for growth
Switzerland’s Jet Aviation has put all its previous troubles behind it and is now poised to aggressively grow all its business units, says company president Robert Smith.
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NewsNBAA: Sabreliner moves into aircraft remanufacturing
US maintenance repair and overhaul company Sabreliner Aviation is making its foray in to aircraft remanufacturing and hopes to launch its first programme next year.
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NewsWorld Airliner Directory: Airbus v Boeing is a war on two fronts
The campaign for market share between Airbus and Boeing is being fought on two fronts. In single-aisles, both airframers have adopted similar gameplans by re-engining existing models and – with bulging backlogs and plans to ramp up monthly production between now and the end of the decade – are in ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: NBAA: Cessna unveils new interior design with Latitude debut
Cessna enthusiastically launched what was then described the “light-midsized" Latitude programme three years ago, but was really playing catch-up. Rival Embraer had already stolen a scheduling lead in 2008 by unveiling the Legacy 500 and 450 jets. The Brazilian airframer had targeted the fat middle of the business jet market ...
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ST Aero secures new contracts worth S$450M in Q3
ST Aerospace has secured S$450M (US$354M) in contracts during the third quarter of 2014, down from the S$520M in the second quarter.
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NewsFLIGHT TEST: Citation X+ marks Cessna's bid for the high-speed crown
When Flight International last flew the Citation X in 2002, Boeing was still wrestling with the Sonic Cruiser concept, an effort to field a nearly supersonic transport aircraft. In the intervening 12 years, much has happened. The Sonic Cruiser was shelved in favour of the successful 787.
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Korean Air to codeshare with LAN Peru
Korean Air (KAL) has signed a codeshare agreement with LAN Peru, covering the Seoul Incheon-Los Angeles-Lima route.
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NBAA: With Legacy 450, Embraer unites entire family of business jets
With the Embraer Legacy 450 making its NBAA debut this week, the airframer’s entire business jet family is finally together in one place.
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NBAA: JSSI expands reach of maintenance services
After 25 years in the business of tip-to-tail private jet maintenance, Jet Support Services Inc. (JSSI) is expanding in several sectors, including the helicopter service market.
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NewsNBAA: GE Honda launches Cessna jet engine retrofit programme
GE Honda is partnering with Sierra Industries to retrofit Cessna CitationJet, CJ1 and CJ1+ models with its newly developed HF120 turbofan engine.
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NewsNBAA: Dassault reports strong performance in 2014
Sales are rebounding strongly for Dassault Aviation, with the French airframer notching up 67 firm Falcon orders in the first three quarters of 2014, more than in the whole of last year, says president Jon Rosanvallon.