All Business Jets articles – Page 86
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Citation Longitude completes first flight
Cessna’s newest and largest aircraft, the Citation Longitude, completed a first flight on 8 October in Wichita, Kansas.
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Honeywell paints bleak outlook for business jet sales
Honeywell executives have painted bleak outlook for business jet sales and aftermarket services for at least the next 15 months.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: P2012 takes Tecnam to a new dimension
Professor Luigi Pascale is a living link to the post-war heyday of Italian aviation. The sprightly 93-year-old still spends most of his days at the Capua premises and even flying the products of Tecnam, the light piston-aircraft manufacturer he co-founded in the mid-1980s and which has since produced 4,500 aircraft. ...
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NewsDassault delivers first Falcon 8X to Greece's Amjet Executive
Dassault Aviation has delivered its first Falcon 8X ultra-long-range business jet to Greek business aviation services provider and long-time Falcon operator Amjet Executive.
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First US-assembled Legacy 450 flies in Florida
Brazil-based Embraer has now flown the third type of business jet assembled in a five-year-old factory in Melbourne, Florida.
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NewsViking completes acquisition of Bombardier's amphibious aircraft programme
Viking Air has completed its acquisition of Bombardier’s amphibious aircraft programme, including the transfer of the type certificates for the CL-215, CL-215T and CL-415 water bombers.
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NewsGainJet plots expansion into Africa and grows VIP airliner fleet
Greek VIP charter and management provider GainJet Aviation is planning to expand into the African market, and has singled out Rwanda as a possible base for its operation.
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Bombardier secures US approval for Wave high-speed internet retrofit
Bombardier has secured US supplemental type certification to install its Wave Ka-band ultra-high-speed internet in pre-owned examples of the Global 5000 and 6000-series business jets. The first retrofit has already been completed on a Global 5000 at the airframer’s service centre in Singapore.
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NewsPacific Aerospace poised to open final assembly line in China
New Zealand aircraft manufacturer Pacific Aerospace is poised to open a new manufacturing facility for its P-750 XSTOL single-engined turboprop in Changzhou, eastern China, which will be dedicated to producing the extremely short take-off and landing type for the Chinese market.
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Gulfstream calls time on struggling G150
Gulfstream has called time on the G150 business jet, due to struggling sales of its midsize offering.
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NewsWijet's Blink buy creates largest VLJ air taxi company
France’s Wijet has acquired fellow European operator Blink to become the largest very light jet-equipped air taxi company in the world, with a fleet of 15 Cessna Citation Mustangs.
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Dornier Seawings prepares Oberpfaffenhofen for Seastar assembly
Dornier Seawings is preparing to take delivery at its site in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, of the first composite structures for its Seastar amphibian produced by Diamond Aircraft Industries (Canada) under an agreement signed earlier this year.
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NewsEpic readies production conforming E1000 for first flight
Epic Aircraft is assembling the first production-conforming E1000 test aircraft, FT2, at its Bend, Oregon headquarters, and expects the high-speed single-engined turboprop to join its flight test campaign before the end of this year.
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NewsDaher reaches TBM delivery milestone
Daher has handed over its 800th TBM single-engined turboprop – just over 25 years since the first iteration of the high-speed aircraft series, the TBM 700, entered production.
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NewsHawker 400XPR upgrade secures US approval
Beechcraft has secured US certification for the XPR upgrade package on its Hawker/Beechcraft 400 light business jet family, and says work on the first retrofit is under way with delivery planned later this year.
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NBAA: Air Force One - a history of the ultimate business jet
Whether it’s President Hillary Clinton or President Donald Trump, one of the perks of winning the top job is getting to fly in the world’s ultimate business jet – actually a pair of Boeing 747-200-derived VC-25s operated by the US air force and known by the call sign Air Force ...
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NewsPiaggio preparing milestone Avanti Evo for delivery
Piaggio Aerospace is preparing to deliver in early October the very first Avanti Evo to roll off the new production line at its Villanova D’Albenga headquarters.
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AAD: Superjet-based Sukhoi Business Jet goes on show
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) has displayed the executive version of its Superjet 100 at an air show for only the second time as the Russian-Italian partnership works to certificate an extended-range version of the business aircraft by the start of next year.
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Bookajet unveils new corporate identity as international expansion beckons
UK charter and management company Bookajet has unveiled a new corporate identity, designed to raise its international profile and shed its image as a UK-centric firm.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Wings Alliance chief executive Rod Wren
Rod Wren is chief executive of the Wings Alliance - a European trade association designed to encourage best practice within the training school industry and provide graduates from its member schools a path into employment