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    Tamarack files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

    2019-06-07T15:59:18Z

    Emergency airworthiness directives in Europe and the USA related to Tamarack Aerospace's Atlas active winglet system equipping certain Cessna Citation jets have pushed the Idaho-based supplier into seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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    Honeywell and Vertical Aerospace team up on eVTOL design

    2019-06-05T13:36:12Z

    Honeywell has joined forces with UK electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Vertical Aerospace to address what it calls "the technical, regulatory and business challenges of the emerging urban air mobility (UAM) segment".

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    Wheels Up acquires US charter company TMC

    2019-06-04T15:25:26Z

    ​US membership-based private aircraft firm Wheels Up has acquired charter operator Travel Management Company (TMC) in a move designed to broaden its fleet of “high quality” light business jets and enhance the service offering for its 5,000+ members.

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    Flexjet launches by-the-day-based fractional programme

    2019-06-04T11:16:56Z

    Flexjet, the world's second-largest fractional ownership operator, has introduced a by-the-day-based programme for the Gulfstream G650. The move is designed to give greater flexibility to shareholders of the ultra-long-range business jet and help boost the company's share of the high-end private jet travel market.

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    Gama plots MRO expansion with new flagship facility

    2019-05-28T11:45:19Z

    Gama Aviation – one of the largest business aviation services providers in the world – has its eyes set on rapid expansion in the maintenance sector, and sees the recent opening of a new flagship facility in Bournemouth, UK as crucial to achieving that ambition.

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    Textron showcases flush line-up of in-development jets and props

    2019-05-28T10:07:44Z

    Textron Aviation has no shortage of products to highlight at this year's EBACE, including its flagship Cessna Citation Latitude and a rich development pipeline.

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    VIDEO: Everything you need to know from day 3 of EBACE 2019

    2019-05-22T16:45:47Z

    Are hybrid electric vehicles the future of business aviation? That's one question on everyone's mind on the last day of EBACE 2019 as the industry looks to a more sustainable future.

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    HK Bellawings firms two more Global 7500 orders

    2019-05-22T15:02:33Z

    HK Bellawings has exercised two more options for the Bombardier Global 7500 and signed a letter of intent for an additional five of the type.

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    SEA Prime set to open second FBO in Milan

    2019-05-22T11:25:01Z

    Italian FBO operator SEA Prime is counting down to the opening of its new business and general aviation terminal at Milan Malpensa airport in July, which will coincide with the three-month closure of nearby Milan Linate for refurbishment works.

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    Luxaviation to expand in Zurich

    2019-05-22T11:23:01Z

    Luxaviation Group – one of the most notable non-exhibitors at EBACE – has chosen the show to announce a new hangar at its Zurich facility that will more than triple its capacity in the Swiss city.

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    Electric aircraft dominate discussion again

    2019-05-22T11:16:01Z

    Some people say the electric aircraft revolution has arrived. Others say: "Hogwash!"

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    European business aviation capacity faces multiple challenges

    2019-05-22T11:08:38Z

    ​Business aviation across European airspace will face a series of squeezes if the rapid growth of commercial air traffic continues and there is no major investment in infrastructure and procedures, warns the head of Eurocontrol.

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    Comlux rides out the completions storm

    2019-05-22T11:04:33Z

    Comlux has survived in the completions market when many of its North American counterparts have not. Alone among the big European business aviation services groups to have a US interiors operation, the Zurich-based company has run its Comlux Completion complex in Indianapolis since 2008 when it acquired a small maintenance, ...

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    TAG Farnborough set for another record year

    2019-05-22T11:00:05Z

    TAG Farnborough is expecting another record year for movements in 2019, on the back of rising demand for the UK's only dedicated business aviation airport, situated about 35 miles (56km) southwest of London.

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    Half of PC-24 positions sold in second order round

    2019-05-22T10:59:37Z

    Pilatus has sold half of its PC-24 positions within days of reopening the orderbook for the superlight business jet.

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    Piaggio bullish for its future

    2019-05-22T09:34:11Z

    Piaggio Aerospace may be down, but it is far from out. That is the message from the Italian airframer, which, despite going into administration last November, is here at EBACE with the P180 Avanti Evo and upbeat about its future.

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    Greenpoint tempts attendees with VIP-configured 777X

    2019-05-21T20:38:00Z

    Business aircraft buyers seeking a VIP-configured variant of Boeing’s newest widebody will not want to bypass Greenpoint Technologies’ booth.

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    Volocopter lays out vision for eVTOL taxis in business aviation

    2019-05-21T18:46:10Z

    ​Business aviation has a narrow opportunity to take the lead in a reputational battle with protesters by embracing new ideas that range from carbon-reducing fuels and new technologies to digital disruption.

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    Jet aviation details global FBO expansion plans

    2019-05-21T18:39:28Z

    Jet Aviation will relocate to a larger facility at Riyadh’s King Khalid International airport later this year, and has announced further investments across its FBO network as it embarks on a global expansion programme.

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    VIDEO: Catch up on day 2 of EBACE 2019

    2019-05-21T18:36:48Z

    Day 2 of EBACE 2019 began with a call to the business aviation community to embrace new technology that support environmentalism - and it didn't stop there!