All Business & General Aviation articles – Page 41
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NewsEquator Aircraft developing all-electric seaplane family
Norwegian start-up Equator Aircraft is developing a small family of all-electric amphibians to provide what it describes as a ”sustainable alternative to the noisy and costly types” now serving the owner-flyer and commercial passenger transport markets.
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NewsSupersonic jet maker Aerion to build manufacturing site in Florida
Supersonic business jet company Aerion will manufacture its in-development AS2 transport aircraft at a new facility in the Florida city of Melbourne, in the heart of the state’s aerospace cluster.
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NewsAvinode launches dedicated online emergency relief platform
Online charter market place Avinode has launched a dedicated emergency assistance platform, driven by the rise in demand for air ambulance and humanitarian flights following the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsCessna delivers first Latitudes configured for flight-inspection missions
The Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) has taken delivery of the first two Cessna Citation Latitudes from a January 2018 order for three of the midsize business jets. The pair are the first Latitudes to be configured for a flight inspection missions, with the final example scheduled to arrive early in 2021.
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NewsFirst Airbus airliner lands on St Helena
UK charter airline Titan Airways has become the first operator to land an Airbus airliner on the island of St Helena in south Atlantic following the arrival on 20 April of an A318.
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NewsPiaggio bid deadline extended for second time
Piaggio Aerospace’s administrator has extended for a second time the deadline for parties to submit expressions of interest in the Italian manufacturer.
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NewsBusiness jet shipments could halve year on year due to coronavirus impact, warns analyst
Deliveries of business aircraft could plunge by up to 50% this year, an analyst has warned, as the coronavirus crisis takes its toll on the industry.
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InterviewOriens Aviation general manager on creating a strong service centre business
Stuart Locke is general manager for aircraft maintenance at Oriens Aviation, sales and service centre for Pilatus in the UK and Ireland, where he is responsible for growing the business and its customer base
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NewsDeparting Phenom 300 business jet lined up with runway edge stripe at Manchester
Manchester airport in the UK is to modify a runway intersection after a second incident in which a business jet began its take-off roll lined up with the runway edge stripes rather than the centreline.
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NewsTranscend Air prepares to open funding round for Vy 400
Vertical take-off and landing aircraft developer Transcend Air is hoping to secure its first round of private investment before the end of the year, which it says should generate enough funding to build and fly the first full-scale prototype of its six-seat, tiltwing Vy 400 air taxi.
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NewsEquator Aircraft enters inaugural Air Race E all-electric racing championship
Norwegian electric seaplane developer Equator Aircraft has become the first Scandinavian company to enter world’s inaugural all-electric aircraft racing championship, known as Air Race E, with its competing design a modified Cassutt IIIM single-seat monoplane.
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NewsFAA proposes noise standards for new class of supersonic civilian jets
The US Federal Aviation Administration is moving forward with an effort to establish noise certification standards for supersonic aircraft, a development intended to set the US government on a path to permitting a new class of ultra-fast jets.
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NewsCTT to supply inflight humidification system for BBJ Max 9
Swedish cabin climate specialist CTT Systems has secured an order from AMAC Aerospace for an inflight humidification (IFH) system on a Boeing BBJ Max 9.
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NewsBusiness aircraft activity plummets in March
The coronavirus outbreak pummelled business aircraft activity in March across Asia, Europe and North America, according to German research company WingX Advance.
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NewsStruggling European business aviation industry calls for safeguards
Business aviation industry bodies are calling on European policy-makers and regulators to “protect the continuity and survival” of the sector in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsWinglet designer and pioneer Joe Clark passes away
Joe Clark, aviation pioneer and co-founder of Aviation Partners (API), manufacturer of blended winglets used on many business and commercial aircraft, passed away on 30 March. He was 78.
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NewsAirbus calls time on Voom
Voom, the Airbus-backed online helicopter booking platform, has ceased operations following disruption caused by the Covid-19 outbreak.
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NewsBell promotes potential of VIP V-22 tiltrotor
Bell has begun promoting a VIP version of the V-22 tiltrotor it produces in partnership with Boeing, designed for head-of-state transport missions. To date, the airframer has sold the Osprey solely for military applications, chiefly to the USA, where is it operated by the air force, marine corps and navy; ...
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NewsDassault aims to begin gradual restart of production at French sites after coronavirus shutdown
Dassault hopes to begin gradually recommencing production at its French facilities in the coming days following an agreement with workforce unions
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NewsEmbraer records 2019 surge in business jet sales, but cautions on coronavirus impact
Sales at Embraer Executive Jets in 2019 were the strongest for five years, and all the aircraft it produced in the 12 months were delivered to customers, leaving “zero white tails” in the firm’s inventory.