All Business Jets articles – Page 108
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DUBAI: ACJ320neos gaining market traction
Airbus Corporate Jets arrives at Dubai in bullish mood, with the re-engined Neo variants of its VVIP narrowbody family beginning to gain traction in the marketplace since their May launch.
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NewsBritish Antarctic Survey looks towards whole fleet modernisation
The British Antarctic Survey is in the process of updating its scientific research fleet, including the addition of an unmanned air vehicle and cockpit and sensing upgrades to its manned aircraft.
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NewsEmirates Academy orders $40 million of trainers
Emirates Flight Training Academy is to acquire 27 aircraft from Cirrus and Embraer in a deal valued at nearly $40 million.
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Cirrus breaks ground on customer centre in Knoxville
Cirrus has broken ground on a new aircraft-delivery centre in Knoxville, Tennessee as it splits customer delivery and service work from its assembly and design operations in Duluth, Minnesota.
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NewsTraveller takes shape as Tecnam sticks to timeline
Italian aircraft manufacturer Tecnam is readying its P2012 Traveller for rollout by March 2016, saying it remains on track for a maiden flight of the new 11-seat piston-twin in the second quarter of next year.
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NewsBombardier offers first glimpse of Global 7000 production system
Bombardier on 3 November briefly opened the Global 7000 assembly line to journalists, showcasing a revitalised facility with “game-changing” manufacturing technology for the business aviation market.
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NewsGulfstream clinches Fans 1/A+ certification for GV
Gulfstream has clinched US supplemental type certification (STC) for its Future Air Navigation System (FANS) 1/A+ on the out-of-production GV business jet, and is now working on similar approvals for its GIV and GIV-SP stablemates.
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Flying Colours hands over first ADS-B Out-compliant Challenger 605
Engineering and completions company Flying Colours has delivered its first Bombardier Challenger 605 business jet to be upgraded with an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast – out (ADS-B Out) system.
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Nextant G90XT certification "imminent"
Nextant Aerospace has completed certification testing of its G90XT twin-engined turboprop, and says US approval for the remanufactured Beechcraft King Air C90 is “imminent”.
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NewsHAV airship receives helium lift ahead of delayed return to flight
Hybrid Air Vehicles has inflated its Airlander airship with helium ahead of its highly anticipated but long delayed return to flight.
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NewsBombardier cancels Learjet 85 with $2.6bn loss
Bombardier has formally cancelled the Learjet 85 programme with a $1.2 billion write-down 10 months after placing the programme on an indefinite pause, citing market weakness in the midsize segment for business jets.
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One Aviation launches into China with Eclipse
One Aviation is making a push for the China market ahead of the Eclipse 550's anticipated certification in the country. The company behind the pioneering very light jet, as well as the in-development Kestrel turboprop single, has appointed its first distributor in China.
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Embraer boosted by business aviation
Embraer boosted revenues from executive jets by almost 100% in the third quarter thanks to a doubling of deliveries to 30 aircraft.
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Italian style: 10 iconic aircraft from Italy
To coincide with our focus on Italy’s aerospace industry, we highlight 10 memorable aircraft the country has produced from the 1940s to the present day, from highly successful exports to the downright quirky. As with almost all Italian products, few of these examples lack in style.
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NewsReport says Northolt does not comply with civil aerodrome safety rules
Competing business-aircraft aerodromes in the London area have renewed their attack on the safety of RAF Northolt in northwest London for civilian operations, on the grounds that the results of a safety audit of Northolt was withheld from a judicial review of their case in January.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Piaggio moves from transformation to consolidation
It has been a busy 30 months for Piaggio Aerospace. Since breaking into the defence market with the unveiling of its unmanned P.1HH HammerHead surveillance platform at the 2013 Paris Air Show, the Italian airframer has opened a plush new factory and switched chief executives. It has severed its remaining ...
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Midsize and light jet deliveries rebound as new designs stimulate demand
The slump in the global oil price, coupled with a fall in demand from emerging markets, led to a steady decline in deliveries of high-end business jets between January 2014 and June 2015, according to the latest research from Flightglobal’s Ascend consultancy.
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NewsDassault delivers first customer-owned Falcon 8X to Little Rock completion centre
Dassault’s Falcon 8X development programme has reached another milestone with the handover of the first customer aircraft to its US completion centre in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Firefighters: 10 water-bombing amphibians
This week came the sad news that Bombardier has paused the CL-415 amphibious water-bomber programme pending further orders. In firefighting, true amphibians are an exclusive breed. Here are 10.
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CEO Garrison leaving Bell for non-aerospace company
Bell Helicopter chief executive John Garrison is leaving the company to take over the top leadership post at a non-aerospace company, parent Textron announced on 15 October.