Latest Business Aviation news – Page 48
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Cirrus Vision Jet makes Middle East debut
Cirrus is showcasing its Vision Jet for the first time in the Middle East, as it seeks to drum up sales of the single-engined personal jet from the region’s owner flyers, training schools and charter operators.
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Diamond wins 60-unit order from Saudi training school SNCA
Diamond has secured an order from Saudi National Company of Aviation (SNCA) for up to 60 single-engined DA40 NGs and twin-engined DA42-VIs, with the first examples scheduled to arrive at a new training facility in February 2019.
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Falcon plans to open Dubai MRO base
Falcon Aviation Services is poised to open its first maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility dedicated to fixed-wing business aircraft outside its Abu Dhabi headquarters.
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Boeing Business Jets confident on 777X prospects
Boeing Business Jets is confident that its newly launched BBJ 777X will prove a big seller in the Middle East, justifying the unveiling of the VVIP airliner variant at the MEBAA show.
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Boeing launches BBJ 777X with concept interiors
Boeing Business Jets has launched a VIP version of its latest airliner, the 777X, unveiling three concept interiors for the type at the Middle East Business Aviation Association show in Dubai today.
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ADS-B out risk to European business jet fleet
Over one-tenth of Europe’s business jets could be grounded by the beginning of next decade, as upgrading certain older aircraft to meet new safety requirements will be prohibitively costly, a new study warns.
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Premium operator PrivatAir files for insolvency
Swiss premium charter specialist PrivatAir has filed for insolvency, along with its German subsidiary.
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Surf Air places European operation into liquidation
Surf Air has placed its European operation into liquidation, 17 months after launching in the region, blaming a lack of demand and limited funds to invest in the all-you-can-fly, subscription-based service.
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Epic readies E1000 for type inspection authorisation
Epic Aircraft expects to secure US type inspection authorisation for the E1000 single-engined turboprop in December, clearing the way for regulatory personnel to join flight-test activities.
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Greenpoint delivers second BBJ 787-8
US completions company Greenpoint Technologies has outfitted a second Boeing BBJ 787-8, with the undisclosed owner taking delivery of the VVIP-configured widebody in November.
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Lake Aircraft attracting 'serious interest' from potential buyers
Lake Aircraft parent Revo says five companies from Europe and the USA have shown "serious interest" in purchasing the light amphibious aircraft manufacturer and are now formally submitting their proposals.
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Pilatus hands initial PC-24 to Royal Flying Doctor Service
Pilatus has delivered the first of six PC-24s to Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), marking the debut of the superlight business jet in an air ambulance configuration.
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Nextant secures US approval for 604XT Fusion upgrade
Nextant Aerospace has secured US supplemental type certification (STC) for its Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion upgrade to the Bombardier Challenger 604.
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UK probe flags conspicuity failings after fatal training crash
UK accident investigators have determined that visibility limitations and an absence of suitable warning systems contributed to the fatal collision between a helicopter and a light fixed-wing aircraft in which four people died.
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VIDEO: ACJ320neo carries out maiden flight
Airbus has flown the first ACJ320neo, the corporate version of its re-engined twinjet, for the first time.
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Lockheed Martin starts work on X-59 Quiet Supersonic aircraft
Lockheed Martin began milling the first part for its X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology test aircraft at its facility in Palmdale, California, after earlier this year being selected by NASA to design, build and flight test a Low Boom Flight Demonstrator.
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Elit'Avia plots Asia expansion
Slovenian business aircraft management company Elit’Avia is expanding its presence in Asia to exploit the growing demand in the region for high-end business jets. The company, headquartered in Ljubljana, manages a fleet of 23 midsize, large-cabin and long-range jets including Dassault Falcon 7Xs, Gulfstream G550, G650s and Bombardier Global ...
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Jet Aviation prepares to open a second widebody hangar
Jet Aviation is scheduled to open a second widebody-capable completions hangar at its Basel, Switzerland facility on 21 November.
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Gulfstream G600 approaching the finishing line
Gulfstream has almost wrapped up certification tests on its G600, with flight into known icing, and function and reliability trials the only evaluations remaining before US approval is granted for the super-large-cabin, long-range business jet later this year.
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Samad's e-Starling enters preliminary design phase
UK start-up Samad Aerospace has entered the preliminary design review phase on its e-Starling hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, and has set out an ambitious plan to bring the six-seater to market by 2022, with a the 10-seat Starling Jet to follow two years later.