All articles by Murdo Morrison – Page 49
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MEBA: No such place as home, says VistaJet's Flohr
Thomas Flohr, founder of VistaJet - which last month placed the sector's biggest ever transaction, for 56 Bombardier Global aircraft with 86 options - yesterday...
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Interview
Working Week: Morten Kjellesvig
As an F-16 pilot for Norway's air force on the Cold War frontline, Morten Kjellsevig led the way in intercepting Soviet Flankers. Now flying A340s for Scandinavian Airlines, he also runs his own safety training company.
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NewsMEBA: Dubai's Empire Aviation takes Challenger 300 as first managed aircraft in India
Empire Aviation (stand 624) has taken its first business jet under management in India. It comes as the Dubai-based charter and management specialist targets...
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MEBA: Jet Aviation opens Al Maktoum airport facility during show
At least half of all Jet Aviation's business aviation passengers who fly into Dubai will "very soon" be opting for Al Maktoum airport instead of the city's...
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MEBA: Show kicks off in unfamiliar surroundings but with expected visitor numbers up
Check-in desks, duty-free shops and departure lounges, signs for passport control and baggage reclaim: this year's stopgap venue for MEBA is an air-show...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Flightglobal unveils business aviation simulator census
Acquire a business jet in the Middle East - as in most emerging aviation regions - and you will most likely have to send your pilots for training to Europe or North America - the two traditional big markets for business aviation still dominate when it comes to simulator centres.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Middle East's business aviation operators cautiously upbeat
The Middle East business aviation market has not exploded in the way some predicted a few years ago. As with Dubai's overheated economy, forecasts for executive...
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Marshall Aerospace rebrands its business aviation activities as Jetability
Marshall Aerospace is aiming to become a much bigger force in UK business aviation following a rebrand of its activities as Jetability. The Cambridge-based...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Centre of gravity shifts for business aviation in Middle East as rivals to Dubai airport emerge
When the Middle East's business aviation market began taking off in the mid-2000s, Dubai International airport was very much its epicentre.
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EADS discusses future shareholding structure
Airbus parent EADS is discussing a potential chance in its shareholding structure, but has yet to disclose any details on new ownership. A statement...
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NewsIN FOCUS: MEBA prepares for biggest-ever exhibition as it moves to new venue
For Ali Al Naqbi, the fortunes of the Middle East Business Aviation convention and the association he heads are intertwined.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Saab restructures to better target export markets
For a European defence and security company to be talking about switching focus from its domestic customer to export markets is hardly rare these days.
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NewsIN FOCUS: AgustaWestland exploits buoyant civil helicopter market
Whether transporting engineers to offshore rigs, providing police with eyes in the sky, or whisking VIPs between appointments over traffic-choked cities, the world's appetite for civil helicopters in all their guises is growing - and the reason AgustaWestland has remained one of the strongest performing units within Finmeccanica for the ...
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IN FOCUS: How Italy's Mecaer hauled itself up the value chain through helicopter landing gear and interiors
Mecaer Aviation Group is a classic tale of how the lowliest components shop can haul itself up the aerospace supply chain if it has enterprising owners who...
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NewsCHINA CAREERS: Shenzhen Airlines trawls Europe for captains
In a small, basement conference room in a Rome hotel, 15 middle-aged Italian airline pilots are watching slides of family excursions to Lotus Mountain and smiling expats celebrating Halloween and Christmas in one of China's most modern and prosperous cities.
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NewsCHINA CAREERS: Xiamen seeks foreign captains to fill growing fleet
Xiamen Airlines is typical of many of China's burgeoning home-grown carriers in that it has no shortage of young first officers among its flightcrew, but...
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NewsCHINA CAREERS: 'Career airline' Cathay looks for second officers with an eye to promotion
Like its counterparts on the other side of China's internal border, Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific will be aggressively recruiting pilots over the next three...
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NewsNBAA: Eagle Creek gives new life to Twin Commander with Garmin G1000 glass cockpit
Eagle Creek Aviation Services is giving a new lease of life to venerable Twin Commander turboprops, exhibiting at the static the first version retrofitted with a Garmin G1000 glass cockpit.
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NBAA: Organisers of MEBA predict business up 15% at this year's show
The organizers of Middle East Business Aviation (booth 1578) are at NBAA to do some last-minute marketing for the Dubai-based show, which takes place on...
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NBAA: Narita at show to welcome business aviation to Tokyo
Japan has a reputation for being corporate jet unfriendly, but representatives of Tokyo's Narita International Airport (booth 3831) and the country's government...