All Business Jets articles – Page 95
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News737 Max 7 review could lead to 7,000nm BBJ: Boeing
Boeing Business Jets is already considering the potential longer-range version of the 737 Max 7 to fill a pre-existing gap in the VIP version of the single-aisle family, even as the airframer's Commercial Airplanes unit studies the proposed redesign.
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EBACE: First Legacy 450 with full interior lands in Geneva
An Embraer Legacy 450 has touched down at Geneva Airport, carrying the first full production interior for the mid-size jet to display at the EBACE convention.
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EBACE: Comlux makes widebody move
Comlux is undaunted by the slump in the completion market that has coincided with the unveiling in April of a widebody extension to its Comlux America centre in Indianapolis.
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NewsEBACE: Gulfstream accelerates first flight of G600
Gulfstream announced today that the scheduled first flight the G600 business jet should come a few months early in the fourth quarter of 2016.
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EBACE: NetJets Europe takes Latitude on tour
As EBACE begins, fractional ownership giant NetJets Europe has launched a demonstration tour of its latest midsize offering – the Cessna Citation Latitude – and says the jet is already proving “extremely popular” with customers.
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NewsFlexjet demonstrates London steep approach with Legacy 500
On the eve of the EBACE convention, Flexjet demonstrated its newly-acquired Embraer Legacy 500 business jet has mastered the steep approach required to land at London City airport.
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EBACE: The Business of Safety
Long-term business aviation accident rates are on a gentle downward trend, but there are areas of weakness that keep showing up
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NewsDiamond launches DART-450 certification campaign
Austria's Diamond Aircraft launched the certification campaign for its DART-450 single-engined turboprop on 17 May, when the two-seat civilian and military reconnaissance trainer made a 60min maiden sortie from the airframer’s Wiener Neustadt base.
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NewsEBACE: Large cabin jet fortunes swing to decline
Not so long ago, it seemed nothing could stop demand for large-cabin business jets, not even a global financial crisis. As the market for light and mid-sized jets fell victim to a global recession in 2008, deliveries of the industry’s largest and most expensive offerings continued apace. Speculators could take ...
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Embraer clinches US approval for Sorocaba service centre
Embraer has secured Federal Aviation Administration approval for its service centre in Sorocaba, São Paulo, paving the way for the company-owned facility to perform maintenance and support services on N-registered business jets across the airframer’s portfolio.
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NetJets Europe gears up for Citation Latitude demonstration tour
NetJets Europe has taken delivery of its first Cessna Citation Latitude from a 2012 order for 25 of the midsize business jets to be distributed amongst the Lisbon, Portugal-headquartered fractional ownership operation and its US sister company.
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Cirrus Vision on final approach as P1 takes flight
Cirrus Aircraft’s Vision SF50 has entered the final stages of a 10-year certification effort, following the maiden sortie on 5 May of the first production model.
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NewsPilatus PC-24 to make show debut at EBACE
Pilatus's PC-24 business jet will make its international show debut on 24 May, when the first test aircraft – P01 – makes a brief appearance on the static display at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition at Geneva.
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NewsAMAC set to expand maintenance offering to Turkey
Swiss maintenance and interiors specialist AMAC Aerospace has acquired 6,400m² (69,000ft²) of land at Milas Bodrum airport in Turkey, on which it plans to build a new aircraft maintenance hangar.
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NewsGE Aviation enters experimental, kit-built market
GE Aviation is entering the market experimental-rated kit-built aircraft, supplying the H80 turboprop for a high-performance remake of the Turbine Aircraft Legend.
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EBACE: Embraer caps 16-year run with 1,000th delivery
Sixteen years is not such a long time in the aviation business. It might only cover the entire production of a single aircraft type, such as the Cessna Citation CJ2, for instance, which ceased production in January after a 16-year run.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: George Galanopoulos, managing director, London Executive Aviation
George Galanopoulos, managing director, London Executive Aviation
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Business aviation 'can wake sleeping giant' of Nigerian economy
For a hint of Africa’s potential as a business aviation market, look to Nigeria. The country is home to 174 million people and has a landmass of 923,768km² but only 35,900km of often-dangerous roads. This vast oil-rich nation has an installed fleet of 140 business aircraft, surpassed on the continent ...
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OpinionOPINION: How Perlan mission evokes spirit of adventure
Riding a mountain wave is a lifelong dream for many glider pilots. Once detected, these invisible, oscillating wind currents streaming down from the tops of mountain ranges can loft unpowered aircraft high into the stratosphere. Later this year, the partly Airbus-sponsored Perlan project plans to reach 90,000ft with a two-member ...
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FLIGHT TEST: 8X, a Falcon formidablé
By the time Flight International publishes this article on the eve of the EBACE show, Dassault’s new flagship business jet, the ultra-long-range Falcon 8X, will be just days away from its planned joint European Aviation Safety Agency (CS 25) and US Federal Aviation Administration (FAR 25) certification. Its entry into ...