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BUSINESS AVIATION HUSHKIT CENTRES Jet Aviation has been appointed to install Quiet Technology Aerospace (QTA) hushkits for Gulfstream lis, IIBs and Ills at its maintenance centres in Geneva and Singapore and in the USA at Teterboro and West Palm Beach. QTA recently received a US supplemental type certificate for the installation of its Stage 3 hushkit into all models of Rolls-Royce Spey-powered Gulfstreams. PREMIAIR WORK Raytheon Aircraft has appointed the UK's PremiAir Aircraft Engineering as an authorised service centre for the Premier I entry-level business jet. Simultaneously, PremiAir has received European Joint Aviation Authorities and US Federal Aviation Administration approvals covering Premier I maintenance activities. PremiAir Aircraft Engineering, formerly Air Hanson Engineering, is also an authorised service centre for other Raytheon types, including the Beechjet and King Air range. WOODWARD REPAIRS Woodward Governor has licensed Honeywell to repair, overhaul and exchange Woodward-manufactured pro peller governors and engine controls for general aviation and commuter turboprops at Honeywell's Prince Edward Island, Canada, centre. Honeywell expects to reduce repair turn times, while Woodward will focus on manu facturing. MARKETING DEAL Corporate charter reservation service Bombardier Skyjet and charter operator Air Canada Jetz have signed a joint marketing agreement. The Air Canada subsidiary operates four Boeing 737s with 48-60 seats in all-busi ness class seating. JET CARE ANALYSIS UK-based Jet Care International has been designated an analy sis centre for Pratt & Whitney Canada's engine condition trend monitoring programme. Jet Care also provides online engine- monitoring software. CERTIFICATION KATE SARSFIELD / LONDON Piaggio seeks markets as it waits for JAA approval Company aims $5m twin pusher at growing eastern European interest in business aviation Piaggio Aero Industries is aiming for European Joint Aviation Authorities certification of its $5 million P180 Avanti by year-end as it seeks to stimulate orders for the twin pusher from within Europe's existing and emerging markets. While the Italian manufacturer admits the USA is its largest mar ket, accounting for around 60% of sales, Europe accounts for much of the remaining share with interest in the business aircraft gathering pace in former Eastern bloc coun tries and established markets, par ticularly the UK, where certifica tion has so far proved a stumbling block for Piaggio. "The Avanti has received certification in numerous European countries including France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. With our first UK delivery scheduled next month to Euroskylink and growing interest from other customers, we are keen to get JAA approval as soon as pos sible," says Piaggio vice-president of sales Massimo Isidori. As an interim measure, start-up Euroskylink will operate under Italian charter company Fox Air's air operator's certificate (AOC). Piaggio says it wants to be pre pared for the market rebound, Production this year is set at 20 Avantis, up from 16 aircraft last year which it expects could begin by the middle of next year. "We are con sidering a number of improve ments to the Avanti, but we cannot reveal our plans yet," says Isidori. He suggests the company is performing well despite the weak market, with production this year set at 20 Avantis, up from 16 air craft last year, 12 in 2001 and six in 2000. More than 60 Avantis have been delivered to date, including 18 to the Italian armed forces. French regional airline Pan European is also scheduled to take delivery of its first Avanti next month, as will a private customer in Germany, says isidori. Coventry-based Euroskylink has placed orders and options for five Avantis that will be used for ad hoc charter and medical evacuation operations. "As soon as the aircraft receives JAA certification and the UK Civil Aviation Authority approves our AOC, we will take delivery of the second aircraft," says Euroskylink managing director Philip Pardoe. The first Avanti will be delivered in quick change con figuration, but as demand grows a dedicated air ambulance-equipped Avanti will be added to the fleet, Pardoe adds. COURT BATTLE Meigs Field gets stay of execution A Chicago appeal court has issued a temporary restraining order until 4 June barring the city from any further destruction of Meigs Field airport. The move came within hours of a state court decision to dismiss a lawsuit by Friends of Meigs Field, filed against the city for bulldozing the general aviation airport's single runway in the early hours of 31 March. The US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is fearful that the fate of the lakefront airport has already been decided following a decision by a federal judge to decline its request for a restraining order immediately after the state court action. "One of the reasons cited by the judge was that AOPA would not prevail in its lawsuit against the city," says AOPA. The judge also cited the inaction on the part of the US Federal Aviation Administration, says the association. "He suggested, if the destruction of Meigs was something that concerned the FAA, why have they not moved aggressively to enforce and enact their regulations?" AOPA adds. Before the court case, AOPA pro posed that the city of Chicago pur chase Meigs from its current owner, the Chicago Park District and reopen the airport using funds from the FAA's airport improve ment programme. AOPA says the funding would provide a "win-win" situation for everyone, with resources to improve existing parks and create a new one on Northerly Island "where there's adequate space for a park and the airport". 20 3-9 JUNE 2003 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL www.flightinternational.com
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