All Business Jets articles – Page 248
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WORLD AIRLINERS: Mixed messages from Russia and China on regional programmes
A focus on regional jets has meant that development of small turboprops has all but been forgotten in China and Russia
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NewsDelta defers first 787 delivery to 2020
Delta Air Lines has reconfirmed its order for 18 Boeing 787-8s but has deferred deliveries to between 2020 and 2022. Ending extended uncertainty around...
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NBAA: Bombardier Globals get Nexcelle treatment
GE has selected Nexcelle to provide the nacelle and thrust reverser for Bombardier's newly announced Global 7000 and Global 8000 business jets.
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NBAA: ATP launches online version of Navigator
Welcome to the web: veteran maintenance information aggregator Aircraft Technical Publishers announced at the show an online version of its Windows-based Navigator information service
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NBAA: Bombardier boosts global support network
Bombardier has expanded its global customer support network by three centers, to bring its worldwide total to 60.
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Wagner plans to launch 767 cargo conversion programme
Wagner Aeronautical is preparing to launch a passenger to freighter (P2F) conversion programme for the Boeing 767-300ER, providing a third PTF option for...
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A320 passenger to freighter conversion deal secured despite second delay
Airbus Freighter Conversion's launch customer for the A320 passenger-to-freighter (PTF) conversion programme has found a client to lease three of the jets, but target certification has been pushed back to late 2012.
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NBAA: Scimitars to differentiate Aviation Partners winglets
Aviation Partners by year end will begin offering Hawker 800 and Hawker 800XP winglets with a visual flair that the company says "further separate our winglets from the other ones out there."
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Embraer mulls over new types
Embraer's chief executive has revealed an aspiration to enter the markets for ultra-long-range and very-large-cabin business jets. "We have no firm...
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Huge NetJets order hints at fractionals revival
NetJets has made a firm order for 50 Embraer Phenom 300 light jets and taken 75 options on the type, in a deal that marks its return to expansion after the...
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NBAA: NetJets to help FAA verify efficiency gains with WAAS
A series of pilot programs are beginning to generate data the US FAA hopes will confirm what it says are "dramatic savings in fuel, reductions in flight times and less variability in navigation."
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NBAA: PICTURE: Airbus assembles VIP customers
Airbus Corporate Jetliners assembled some of its key customers at the show to celebrate reaching the milestone of 10 operators offering the A318 Elite, Airbus Corporate Jetliner and A320 Prestige for private charter.
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NBAA: Universal partners with CICS to offer European emissions trading service
Universal Weather and Aviation has announced a partnership with CICS, a leading Greenhouse Gas verifier, to offer European Union emissions trading system (EU-ETS) compliance, verification and reporting service
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NBAA: HBC to offer tracking and health reporting as original equipment
Hawker Beechcraft is to be the first airframer to offer as original equipment a real-time aircraft tracking and health reporting system, on Hawker 125 series jets.
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NBAA: Hawker Beechcraft strengthens ties with ExecuJet
Hawker Beechcraft has expanded its agreement with business aviation services provider ExecuJet to allow the Zurich-headquartered company to maintain the entire Hawker product line
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NBAA: French firm offers virtual security guard
A French company at NBAA is helping flight departments and operators all over the world to protect their business jets.
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EU's Dream engine project unlikely to finish on time
Completion of a European Union project to investigate open rotor engines and alternative fuels is likely to slip to the end of 2011 from its proposed conclusion...
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Viking Hellas washes hands of ailing affiliate
Greek charter carrier Viking Hellas insists it is unaffected by the closure of Viking Airlines, and is taking steps to distance itself from its namesake. Viking...
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NewsNBAA: Piaggio looks to launch jet at EBACE 2011
Piaggio plans to formally announce its long-awaited jet and to unveil program partners and suppliers at next May's EBACE show in Geneva, Flight Evening...
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NBAA: GE TechX fan blisk is all the buzz
GE Aviation has revealed that its 16,500lb thrust (712kN) engine for the new Bombardier Global 7000 and Global 8000 business jets will have a single-piece 52in (132cm) diameter metal fan blisk, the first for an engine of this size.