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The single-engined six-seat PiperJet had been scheduled to be...</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gulfstream unfazed by weak G250 orderbook</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334428/gulfstream-unfazed-by-weak-g250-orderbook.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334428/gulfstream-unfazed-by-weak-g250-orderbook.html</guid><description>General Dynamics officials have indirectly acknowledged weak sales for Gulfstream's newest mid-cabin business jet, the G250, but are confident orders will...</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>JetSet ponders launch of stretched Paris Jet</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/04/334319/jetset-ponders-launch-of-stretched-paris-jet.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/04/334319/jetset-ponders-launch-of-stretched-paris-jet.html</guid><description>JetSet Aviation - the US company that is resurrecting the 1950s Morane-Saulnier MS760 Paris Jet - is mulling the development of a stretched version of the...</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Business aviation briefs</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/03/334322/business-aviation-briefs.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/03/334322/business-aviation-briefs.html</guid><description>Middle East and UK-based business aircraft charter and management company Rizon says it is working...</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NetJets celebrates milestone with Falcon 2000LX delivery</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/03/334328/netjets-celebrates-milestone-with-falcon-2000lx-delivery.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/03/334328/netjets-celebrates-milestone-with-falcon-2000lx-delivery.html</guid><description>NetJets Middle East will take delivery on 14 November of the first Dassault Falcon 2000LX to be operated commercially...</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Flairjet set to start commercial operations within weeks</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/03/334321/flairjet-set-to-start-commercial-operations-within-weeks.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/03/334321/flairjet-set-to-start-commercial-operations-within-weeks.html</guid><description>UK business aircraft charter start-up Flairjet has taken delivery of the first UK-registered Embraer Phenom 100 business...</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Boom time on planet Honda</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/03/334502/boom-time-on-planet-honda.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/03/334502/boom-time-on-planet-honda.html</guid><description>While rivals cut back and hope for the best, Michimasa Fujino is busy throttling up </description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Working Week: Addicted to these beautiful birds</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/03/334209/working-week-addicted-to-these-beautiful-birds.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/03/334209/working-week-addicted-to-these-beautiful-birds.html</guid><description>Olivier Froment joined Dassault Aviation in 2000 to help Falcon customer services develop a flight operations support unit. Today, with a Falcon 2000 type rating under his belt, he is a demonstration and support pilot</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bombardier upgraded to 'outperform' by Raymond James</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/02/334301/bombardier-upgraded-to-outperform-by-raymond-james.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/02/334301/bombardier-upgraded-to-outperform-by-raymond-james.html</guid><description>Patient investors will be rewarded in the long-term by owning Bombardier shares through the full economic cycle, Raymond James reported today in newly updated...</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:08:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Aircell's high-speed Internet unit attracts US business aviation</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/02/334298/aircells-high-speed-internet-unit-attracts-us-business-aviation.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/02/334298/aircells-high-speed-internet-unit-attracts-us-business-aviation.html</guid><description>US repair station Constant Aviation has begun the supplemental type certificate (STC) process to install Aircell's high-speed Internet system on five aircraft types - the Embraer Legacy, Gulfstream IV, Citation X, Beechjet and Piaggio Avanti aircraft.Aircell's ATG 4000 high-speed Internet unit for business aviation operates over an air-to-ground (ATG) link in the United States. It interfaces with the company's network-neutral Axxess cabin system, which supports multiple channels of worldwide voice and narrowband data service via the Iridium satellite network."After completing the first Aircell Axxess installation with high-speed Internet on the Embraer Legacy 600 earlier this month, we demonstrated our commitment to providing our customers with access to cutting edge technology and are now ready to launch to a broader customer base," says Stephen Maiden, president of Constant Aviation, which has locations at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and Birmingham Intern</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:39:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rizon readies VIP faciliities for 2010 completion</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/02/334286/rizon-readies-vip-faciliities-for-2010-completion.html</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Competing Cirrus operators rush to fill SATSair void</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/29/334157/competing-cirrus-operators-rush-to-fill-satsair-void.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/29/334157/competing-cirrus-operators-rush-to-fill-satsair-void.html</guid><description>While questions remain as to whether the shutdown of the US's largest SR22-based air taxi company, SATSair, on 24 October is more than temporary, competing...</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Newfoundland orders new waterbombers</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/29/334160/newfoundland-orders-new-waterbombers.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/29/334160/newfoundland-orders-new-waterbombers.html</guid><description>The government of Newfoundland and Labrador is to replace part of its aerial firefighting fleet with four new Bombardier 415 amphibious aircraft, to be delivered...</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Eurocopter boosts R&amp;D, slashes costs</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/29/334093/eurocopter-boosts-rd-slashes-costs.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/29/334093/eurocopter-boosts-rd-slashes-costs.html</guid><description>Eurocopter has launched a three-pronged Shape programme to cut costs, reduce inventories, redeploy workers and boost technology to maintain competitiveness...</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>FAA to mirror EASA S92 emergency directive</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/29/334092/faa-to-mirror-easa-s92-emergency-directive.html</link><guid 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production</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/28/334091/cirrus-not-yet-ready-to-increase-production.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/28/334091/cirrus-not-yet-ready-to-increase-production.html</guid><description>Piper Aircraft is planning an increase in production for 2010, citing improved demand, but rival Cirrus Aircraft says the market is not yet ready to support...</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bombardier ‘will build’ VIP CSeries</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/28/334102/bombardier-will-build-vip-cseries.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/28/334102/bombardier-will-build-vip-cseries.html</guid><description>Bombardier is talking to potential customers about building a VIP version of its 110/130-seat CSeries small airliner. 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