All Business Jets articles – Page 124

  • News

    Daher drops Socata brand from the TBM line

    2015-03-04T04:07:58Z

    ​French industrial conglomerate and aerostructures company Daher, has dropped the Socata branding from its TBM line ending a 26-year association between two well-known names in the business and general aviation industry.

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    Air Methods launches Bell 407GXP with blockbuster order

    2015-03-04T03:56:14Z

    ​Bell Helicopter launched a slightly heavier weight variant of the 407GX with an blockbuster order for 200 aircraft from Air Methods, a helicopter emergency services company.

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    Bristow endorses AW609 for commercial ops

    2015-03-03T23:47:44Z

    ​Helicopter services provider Bristow has agreed to work with AgustaWestland to optimise the AW609 for commercial operations, as it endorses the capabilities of the first civil tiltrotor aircraft to enter certification testing.

  • Robinson R66
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    Robinson Helicopter sees R66 bounce-back in 2015

    2015-03-03T22:51:07Z

    ​After a steep drop in production in 2014, Robinson Helicopter expects sales and deliveries to rebound this year and remain at least steady for the long-term.

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    MD Helicopters to redesign MD902 Explorer

    2015-03-03T22:44:49Z

    MD Helicopters has announced plans to redesign the MD902 Explorer light-twin utility helicopter with new parts developed in-house as part of a campaign to boost sales by making the aircraft more affordable.

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    Aeris launches Eclipse 550 shared-ownership programme

    2015-03-03T13:50:17Z

    ​Aeris Aviation – the independent European distributor for the Eclipse 550 – has launched what is believed to be first shared ownership programme in Europe for the very light jet, and hopes to sign up the scheme’s first owners before the end of the month.

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    ​Bell Helicopter sees success in 2015 for clean-sheet commercial rotorcraft

    2015-03-03T00:46:33Z

    Bell Helicopter is betting on two clean-sheet commercial rotorcraft to boost its presence in the civilian helicopter market, and, while neither has entered production, the company has hundreds of customers lined up for the light-single and super-medium offerings.

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    Solar Impulse 2 completes 12h training flight

    2015-02-26T17:46:29Z

    ​Only days before launching a historic, round-the-world flight, the Solar Impulse 2 staged a 12h test flight on 26 February from Abu Dhabi.

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    National Police Air Service to close ten bases

    2015-02-26T16:07:39Z

    ​The National Police Air Service (NPAS) of England and Wales is closing ten bases over the next two years a following hefty cut to its budget. The publicly-funded service will operate 23 aircraft from 15 sites strategically located across the two regions.

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    Many pilots 'medically-impaired' due to toxic cabin air

    2015-02-26T08:09:05Z

    ​The Global Cabin Air Quality Executive heard at its annual conference in London yesterday that at least 3% of airline pilots are flying with degraded physical and mental performance caused by repeated exposure to neurotoxins in the aircraft cabin air, and may become actually incapacitated during flight if their exposure ...

  • Surf Air Pilatus PC-12NG
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    Surf Air takes delivery of the 1,300th PC-12 and plots expansion

    2015-02-25T14:38:45Z

    The 1,300th Pilatus PC-12 entered service on 24 February with US members only VIP airline Surf Air. The Santa Monica-based operator is now plotting expansion to cater for the booming demand for its all-you-can-fly, single-engined turboprop-based scheduled service.

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    SyberJet SJ30i first flight slips to fourth quarter

    2015-02-25T12:49:20Z

    ​SyberJet Aircraft has pushed back first flight of its SJ30i to the end of the year following its decision to bring the electronic engineering work to incorporate the light business jet’s redesigned cockpit, in house.

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    Flying Colours completes first VIP S-92

    2015-02-25T11:50:19Z

    Canadian maintenance, repair and overhaul company Flying Colours has completed its first VIP refurbishment of a Sikorsky S-92, marking its first foray into the large/heavy-twin helicopter completions business.

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    AVALON: Viking sells Twin Otter Series 400 to Walker

    2015-02-24T13:42:00Z

    ​Sydney-based Walker Corporation has ordered a DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft from Viking Air of Canada via Australasia sales representative Utility Air for operation on guest transport services at a new resort in Fiji.

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    AVALON: Pilatus displays 'super versatile' PC-24

    2015-02-24T13:39:03Z

    Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus has brought a full-scale mock-up of its new PC-24 “Super Versatile Jet” to the Avalon show, for which the manufacturer already holds orders from Australian customers.

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    Australia grounds some R44s on rotor blade concerns

    2015-02-24T13:29:35Z

    ​Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has issued an airworthiness directive grounding Robinson R44 helicopters fitted with C016-7 main rotor blades.

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    AVALON: Business jet manufacturers expand presence in Australia

    2015-02-24T13:26:05Z

    ​A number of business aircraft manufacturers have boosted their presence at this year’s Australian International Airshow, acknowledging that the small but growing local market is a significant one in the region.

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    AVALON: ​Mahindra works towards Airvan 10 certification

    2015-02-24T12:50:42Z

    Mahindra Aerospace is aiming to submit certification documents for its new Airvan 10 to Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority in the third quarter of this year.

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    Extended service: top 10 long-range business jets

    2015-02-20T16:48:41Z

    ​The news this week that Pratt & Whitney Canada has ​received certification for the engines that will power Gulfstream’s new G500 and G600 business jets has naturally turned attention to the long-range, large-cabin market sector those two aircraft will be contesting.

  • BA 777-300ER
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    BA and CAA ordered to act on cabin air contamination

    2015-02-20T15:34:00Z

    ​British Airways and the UK Civil Aviation Authority have been given 56 days (until 13 April) to reply to a Coroner’s “Report to Prevent Future Deaths”, that the December 2012 death of a BA pilot, Richard Westgate, was associated with the presence in his body of organophosphate toxins that are ...