All Business Jets articles – Page 203
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OpinionComment: Business jet market fails to pay the Piper
The demise of Piper Aircraft's great hope for the future, the Altaire personal jet, may signal a new sensibility in the aerospace industry: just because you can afford to build something does not mean you should.
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NTSB: American pilots had trouble deploying thrust reversers in Wyoming overrun
The pilots of an American Airlines Boeing 757-200 that overran the runway on landing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in December 2010 could not deploy the aircraft's...
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NewsBoeing completes 747-8I certification flight testing
Boeing has completed certification flight testing on its 747-8 Intercontinental test fleet, setting the jumbo on a path to US Federal Aviation Administration approval later this quarter.
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Canada works to reduce landing gear noise
Canada is set to carry out detailed research on reducing landing gear slipstream noise - a significant contributor to an aircraft's overall noise footprint on its landing approach.
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NewsLufthansa Group close to selling BMI Regional
UK-based investors are near to an agreement to acquire UK carrier BMI Regional, a division of the mainline airline owned by Lufthansa Group. If a deal...
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NewsPiper ices Altaire jet; begins layoffs
After an internal review of its signature Altaire business jet programme announced last week, Piper today revealed that it will “suspend further development” on the six-seat single-engine jet.
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NewsATR offering new Armonia cabin for -500 turboprops
ATR is offering its Armonia cabin interior as a line-fit option for new customers of its -500 series turboprops - a cabin originally developed for the new -600 variant.
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Boeing delays first 747-8I and 787-9 deliveries
Boeing will push back delivery of the 747-8 Intercontinental to the first quarter of 2012, and of the 787-9 to early 2014. "The 747-8 remains on track...
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NewsBAA soars on Chinese desire for business jets
Aircraft management company Business Aviation Asia (BAA) expects its fleet of privately-owned business jets to increase to 43 by the end of 2012, as the appetite for executive aircraft in its core Chinese market continues to swell.
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ANA completes 787's maiden service
All Nippon Airways' (ANA) first Boeing 787 Dreamliner has completed its maiden revenue service from Tokyo's Narita Airport, arriving at Hong Kong's Chep...
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NewsPanasonic taps MRO firm SR Technics to install Internet system
MRO company SR Technics said it has become a turnkey solution provider for the installation of Panasonic Avionics' new Ku-band satellite-supported global...
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NewsChina, Russia make inroads with narrowbodies
Manufacturers behind China and Russia's emerging narrow-bodies are progressing full steam ahead with development of their aircraft programmes, although it remains to be seen whether they will be viable competitors against a new breed of re-engined narrow-bodies from Boeing and Airbus.
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NewsSouthwest ponders retrofitting its fleet with Boeing’s Sky Interior
Southwest Airlines is studying retrofitting a portion of its fleet with elements of Boeing's Sky Interior featured on its new 737-700s. Carrier chief...
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Empire plans to double business jet fleet with two years
Empire Aviation Group , the Dubai-based business aviation charter and management company is aiming to double the size...
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NewsHondaJet picks up flight testing with modified HF120 engines
The GE Honda Aero Engines team has shipped two HF120 turbofan engines with modified fan blisks for Honda's F2 flight test aircraft in North Carolina following a redesign of the titanium components after icing tests earlier this year.
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NewsRockwell Collins: Reining fusion in Vegas
Rockwell Collins dominated the avionics game at Las Vegas, scoring forward-fit applications for its Pro Line Fusion integrated fight deck on the Bombardier Global 7000 and 8000, retrofit selection on Hawker Beechcraft's King Air line and signing its first dealer in the emerging China market.
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Brussels Airlines signs up for LHT Malta maintenance
Belgian carrier Brussels Airlines has entered into a maintenance contract with Lufthansa Technik (LHT) Malta for its services on the carrier's fleet of Airbus...
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NewsAltaire personal jet at stake after Piper shake-up
Piper Aircraft has ousted the senior management team at its Vero Beach headquarters in Florida and launched an internal review of its flagship Altaire single-engine jet, a project that was aiming at a 2014 certification.
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NewsBoeing plots 787 line ramp up
Opening of second Dreamliner assembly line in Charleston to bring 10-a-month production target within airframer's sights
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ASDE-X now complete at 35 US airports
Deployment of the Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE-X) ground-movement surveillance system has been newly completed following commissioning of the...