http://www.flightglobal.comen-gbTue, 13 May 2008 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/13/223661/embraer-to-set-up-phenom-production-line-in-florida.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/13/223661/embraer-to-set-up-phenom-production-line-in-florida.htmlEmbraer has announced plans to set up its first aircraft assembly line in the USA, selecting Melbourne, Florida for production of its Phenom 100 and 300 business jets. The Brazilian manufacturer plans to invest an “estimated $50 million" to construct a 13,900sqm (150,000sqft) factory, which will also incorporate a paint shop and a delivery and customer design centre. If the proposal gains state and local government approval, Embraer expects to create “approximately 200 skilled positions by 2011". Embraer president and CEO Frederico Fleury Curado says the US factory is required to enable the company to “respond to the growing demands of its executive jets business”. Embraer had previously announced plans to manufacture ERJ-145s in Jacksonville as part of its successful <A href="http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2006/01/24/204296/cancellation-is-blow-to-emTue, 13 May 2008 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/13/223566/european-atm-readies-for-vlj-onslaught.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/13/223566/european-atm-readies-for-vlj-onslaught.htmlEurope is bracing itself for an influx of very light jets. But how will the continent's air traffic management system cope with the extra flights at jet altitudes? Tue, 13 May 2008 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/13/223624/business-aviation-start-ups.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/13/223624/business-aviation-start-ups.html The strength of the business aircraft market has spawned a new wave of independent start-ups, each hungry to carve a slice of this lucrative market and eager...Tue, 13 May 2008 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/13/223617/missing-ingredients-retard-supersonic-jet-setters.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/13/223617/missing-ingredients-retard-supersonic-jet-setters.htmlWould-be supersonic business jet makers continue to advance their designs while awaiting certain key ingredients despite indicators that the executive market...Tue, 13 May 2008 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/13/223623/single-engine-turboprops-prosper.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/13/223623/single-engine-turboprops-prosper.htmlThe single-engined turboprop sector is riding high. Continued hikes in the price of oil worldwide, coupled with their unrivalled operational flexibility,...Tue, 13 May 2008 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/13/223621/frontrunner-in-personal-jets-contest-could-be-delivered-before-julys-airventure-show.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/13/223621/frontrunner-in-personal-jets-contest-could-be-delivered-before-julys-airventure-show.htmlNone are certificated yet, but a frontrunner in the new competition between personal jets could be delivered as a kit before July's AirVenture show in Oshkosh,...Tue, 13 May 2008 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/13/223620/what-crisis-business-aviation-continues-to-ride-high.-we-look-at-manufacturers-latest-offerings.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/13/223620/what-crisis-business-aviation-continues-to-ride-high.-we-look-at-manufacturers-latest-offerings.htmlBuoyant business aviation appears immune to global economic turbulence...for now. On the eve of EBACE in Geneva, we look at what the manufacturers have in store Tue, 13 May 2008 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/13/223626/diesel-pioneer-goes-it-alone.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/13/223626/diesel-pioneer-goes-it-alone.htmlAfter long flying in formation with troubled engine maker Thielert, Diamond Aircraft is designing its own jet-fuel powerplant Tue, 13 May 2008 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/12/223612/a-mountain-too-high.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/12/223612/a-mountain-too-high.htmlWhy did Adam Aircraft and ATG find the jet manufacturing terrain so tricky? Production and timing foiled the best-laid plans of the Colorado-based start-ups Mon, 12 May 2008 17:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/12/223625/will-the-emergence-of-vljs-as-air-taxis-transform-air-travel.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/12/223625/will-the-emergence-of-vljs-as-air-taxis-transform-air-travel.htmlThe VLJ revolution is spawning a wave of low-cost charter start-ups in Europe, all aiming to transform air travel. But will people take to the concept of flying taxis? Mon, 12 May 2008 15:30:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/12/223583/diamond-to-avert-thielert-crisis-with-own-diesel-engine.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/12/223583/diamond-to-avert-thielert-crisis-with-own-diesel-engine.html Diamond Aircraft is launching its own diesel engine as an alternative to the Thielert Centurion 2.0 in its single-engine DA40 and DA42 twin. The announcement - which will be formally made at this month's ILA show in Berlin - comes just three weeks after Thielert Aircraft Engines filed for insolvency, but Diamond had been working on the project long before the German engine builder's financial troubles became widely known and hinted at its plans during the past year. Diamond hopes the 170hp (125kW) Austro engine will be certificated by July and aims to introduce it on all new-build DA42s and diesel-powered DA40s, as well as its new, larger DA50, from September or October. From the first quarter of next year, it will offer a retrofit package on the around 500 DA42s and 360 diesel-powered DA40s Mon, 12 May 2008 14:30:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/12/223616/flight-test-new-avionics-are-at-the-heart-of-the-updated-pilatus-pc-12-ng.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/12/223616/flight-test-new-avionics-are-at-the-heart-of-the-updated-pilatus-pc-12-ng.html I had not flown the Pilatus PC-12 or -12 NG single turboprop, received no simulator training or computer-based training on the upgraded aircraft's Honeywell...Mon, 12 May 2008 10:58:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/12/223614/embraer-phenom-300-bolder-big-brother.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/12/223614/embraer-phenom-300-bolder-big-brother.html When Embraer polled the aviation community about the viability of launching a very light jet in the early 2000s, the...Mon, 12 May 2008 10:52:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/12/223610/demand-for-business-aviation-is-growing-in-russia.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/12/223610/demand-for-business-aviation-is-growing-in-russia.htmlMore and more Russians are getting the taste for business aviation. But can barriers blocking the sector's growth be removed so it can expand even further? Mon, 12 May 2008 10:43:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/12/223548/business-jet-growth-continues-to-climb.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/12/223548/business-jet-growth-continues-to-climb.htmlGrowth in non-US markets is expected to drive business jet deliveries to 1,320 yearly between 2008 and 2017, compared with the industry average of 620 yearly...Mon, 12 May 2008 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/10/223547/execujet-sets-up-offices-in-asia-and-russia.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/10/223547/execujet-sets-up-offices-in-asia-and-russia.htmlExecuJet Aviation has established corporate offices in China, India and Russia in an effort to exploit...Sat, 10 May 2008 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/08/223540/picture-embraers-phenom-100-completes-cold-soak-tests.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/08/223540/picture-embraers-phenom-100-completes-cold-soak-tests.html Embraer completed "cold soak" tests of its Phenom 100...Thu, 08 May 2008 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/08/223524/dnata-ties-up-with-dubais-empire-aviation-to-offer-luxury-air-travel.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/08/223524/dnata-ties-up-with-dubais-empire-aviation-to-offer-luxury-air-travel.html Emirates Group's ground services division Dnata is expanding its business jet charter business...Thu, 08 May 2008 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/07/223523/dayjet-lays-off-staff-in-the-face-of-funding-shortfall.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/07/223523/dayjet-lays-off-staff-in-the-face-of-funding-shortfall.html The hiring frenzy has reversed at DayJet , where ill-timed financing has come up short and led the Florida-based air...Wed, 07 May 2008 17:30:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/07/223532/moscow-to-start-vnukovo-3-helicopter-air-taxi-scheme.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/07/223532/moscow-to-start-vnukovo-3-helicopter-air-taxi-scheme.htmlMoscow's Vnukovo airport is setting up a new facility at its business terminal for a helicopter air taxi...Wed, 07 May 2008 16:00:00 GMT