PrivatAir unveiled at last week's European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) what it claims is the first interior concept that could plug the gap in the airline market vacated by Concorde and the decline in scheduled first class services. Each cabin would have a wash area, plasma screen TV, DVD, satellite communications and airborne internet access.
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Source: Flight International
French investigators have found that a Cessna 525A Citation departed Paris Le Bourget after personnel failed to realise nose-gear maintenance was incomplete, forcing the jet to return for a gear-up landing.
Textron Aviation now says it will exhibit at this month’s NBAA business aviation exhibition in Las Vegas, reserving course after last week backing out of the event amid a machinists strike in Wichita.
Textron Aviation’s machinists walked off the job on 23 September after members of the 5,000-strong work group voted down the company’s proposed new employment contract. The Wichita-based aircraft manufacturer, which owns the Cessna and Beechcraft brands, confirms that workers represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM) went on strike. ...
