All Business Aviation news – Page 109
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NewsDassault Falcon shipments fall again in 2016
Dassault Falcon business jet deliveries continued to slide in 2016, showing another year-on-year fall as a result of prolonged weakness in the large-cabin business jet market.
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NewsGama Aviation secures special mission contracts, as revenues rise
UK business aviation services provider Gama Aviation has secured two long-term special mission contracts, which it says will help to bolster revenues by more than £10 million ($12.2 million).
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NewsCanada's AirSprint adds first Legacy 450s
Canadian fractional ownership company AirSprint took delivery in December of the country’s first Embraer Legacy 450 business jets. Two examples of the superlight type were handed over to the Calgary, Alberta-based operator from a July 2016 order for 12. Another aircraft is scheduled for delivery this month.
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NewsMexico receives special mission Citations
Bird Aerosystems has supplied the Mexican air force with an undisclosed number of airborne surveillance intelligence and observation (ASIO) systems based on Cessna Citation aircraft.
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Garmin launches next-generation G1000 integrated flightdeck
Garmin has launched a new iteration of its 12-year-old G1000 integrated flightdeck, which it says boasts significant performance enhancements over the first-generation model.
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BBA and Gama merge US charter and management operations
Two UK-headquartered business aircraft services providers, Gama Aviation and BBA Aviation, have merged their US charter and management operations to form the largest aircraft management business in the country, with a combined 200-strong fleet.
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NewsREVIEW: Flight's top flight test reports, 2016
At Flight International, flight test reports are at the core of our reporting - and 2016 was a year when our test pilots got a crack at a string of innovative aircraft.
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NewsCirrus delivers first Vision Jet
Cirrus Aircraft delivered the first Vision Jet on 19 December to private owner and long-time customer, Joe Whisenhunt.
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NewsWanfeng acquires majority shareholding in Diamond Canada
Wanfeng Aviation Canada – a subsidiary of Chinese company Wanfeng Auto Holding – has acquired a 60% stake in Diamond Aircraft Industries Canada. The purchase is intended to inject much-needed investment into the London, Ontario-based company, allowing it to pursue new product development and evaluate a possible revival of the ...
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NewsGulfstream G600 takes to the skies
Gulfstream has kicked-off the certification campaign for its new G600 business jet, following first flight of the large-cabin, long-range twin on 17 December. Two more test aircraft have been inducted into the airframer’s flight-test centre in Savannah, Georgia, in preparation for their maiden sorties early next year.
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US approves long-awaited rewrite of Part 23 regulations
US airworthiness regulations for new aircraft under 19 seats will transition by next August to a new set of rules that give manufacturers more flexibility in showing compliance for emerging technology that improves safety or performance, Federal Aviation Administrator Michael Huerta announces on 16 December.
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Phenom 300 was travelling too fast for Blackbushe landing – UK AAIB
The Embraer Phenom 300 that crashed at Blackbushe airport on 31 July 2015, killing the passengers and crew, was travelling too fast when it came in to land, the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has determined.
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Embraer delivers first US-assembled Legacy 450
Embraer has announced the delivery of a Legacy 450 business jet from a US final assembly line for the first time.
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MEBAA: Dornier Seawings makes a splash in the UAE
Dornier Seawings is making a splash at MEBAA as it seeks to awareness within the UAE of its new-generation Seastar CD2 amphibian.
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Trump plans to renegotiate new Air Force One pricing
US President-elect Donald Trump says he will lead pricing negotiations with Boeing on a programme to replace two 747-200-derived VC-25As serving as executive transports also known as Air Force One.
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MEBAA: Empire swells Gulfstream fleet
Business aviation charter and management company Empire Aviation (EAG) has added a third Gulfstream G650 to its managed fleet. The ultra-long-range business jet was acquired by EAG for an existing owner who was upgrading from an undisclosed model.
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MEBAA: PICTURE - Royal Jet shows off new BBJ
VVIP operator Royal Jet is showcasing on the MEBAA static one of its recently delivered Boeing Business Jets. The show regular is the largest operator of the VIP airliner with a fleet of eight aircraft.
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MEBAA: Embraer sells second Legacy 500 to Cedar Executive
Lebanese operator and Middle East Airlines subsidiary Cedar Executive ordered a second Embraer Legacy 500 at MEBAA yesterday, to feed the growing appetite for business jet travel from companies and individuals within Lebanon.
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MEBAA: Piaggio and Al Saif join for Evo Middle East sales push
Piaggio Aerospace and its local sales agent Al Saif Aviation are out in force at MEBAA to promote the P180 Avanti Evo single-engined turboprop to the region’s VIP and special missions communities.
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MEBAA: AMAC bullish on PC-12's Middle East prospects
AMAC Aerospace is returning to MEBAA in bullish mood as acceptance of the Pilatus PC-12NG, for which it is exclusive sales agent for the Middle East, along with its in development stablemate, the PC-24 – is gaining momentum across the region.