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Engines

Honeywell Continuing Falcon Upgrades

Honeywell (Booth No.

New Directors at Nordam

The Nordam Group (Booth No.
Charter & Fractional

Beech 1900 Supports NetJets Euro Ops

NetJets Europe has bought a pre-owned Raytheon Beech 1900D twin turboprop to ensure timely positioning of flight crews, aircraft technicians and spare part
Rotorcraft

Premier Aviation signs first European deposit for S-76D

Irish helicopter and jet management and sales company Premier Aviation Services has signed for three Sikorsky S-76D corporate helicopters.
Safety

CAE boosts UK bizjet training

CAE (Booth No.
FBOs

Universal Weather adds to European FBO chain

Universal Weather & Aviation, which provides a variety of preflight and in-flight services, has also set up FBO facilities at 15 locations in Europe over t
Aircraft

Eclipse founder sees air taxis changing travel

Eclipse founder, president and CEO Vern Raburn likens the potential for the mass air-taxi market that he envisions to the network effect that took hold as
Aircraft

Dassault says efficiency fuels Falcon 7X orders

“Last year, we did not expect any new 7X sales since we thought that long lead times would slow down the sales activity,” said Charles Edelstenne, Dassault
Aircraft

Still larger BBJs are on Boeing drawing boards

Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) has been sending out initial proposals for “green” corporate versions of the proposed 747-8 jetliner, for which parent company B
Aircraft

Jet Aviation builds luxury into 787 and A350

Business aviation devotees are increasingly tapping into the expertise of other industries catering to the high-end marketplace to find news ways to improv

Exhibits have outgrown Palexpo’s Hall 7

In order to keep the annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) here in Geneva’s Palais d’Expositions, show organizers have shifted

Euro business aviation facing profound changes

This morning’s EBACE 2006 Opening General Session, starting at 10:30 in Ballroom B, promises to provide important “need to know” information about the stat
FBOs

TAG Engineering adds

TAG Farnborough Engineering (Booth No.
Aircraft

Lineage 1000 targets European market

Embraer believes that the new Lineage 1000 business jet may well find a significant market in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) sales region.
FBOs

TAG opens opulent terminal at Farnborough

TAG Aviation has inaugurated a business aviation terminal that is arguably the finest in Europe.
Aircraft

Embraer reaches for the big league with Lineage 1000

Embraer is breaking into the business jet big league with the launch here at the EBACE show today of the new Lineage 1000 jet derived from its 190 regional
Charter & Fractional

Jet Aviation is launching new charter group

Jet Aviation yesterday announced the introduction of its Skylliance charter program that it hopes will eventually expand into a wide network of charter ope

Marines extol V-22’s performance

General Michael Hagee, commandant of the U.S.

Nimrod Gets the Nod

After a development that could only be described as protracted, the BAE Systems Nimrod MRA 4 maritime patrol aircraft finally won a production contract yes

Emirates-CAE Wins New Customers

Emirates-CAE Flight Training here announced the signing of three contracts for its training center in Dubai.
Aircraft

Air Deccan To Get Honeywell Avionics

Air Deccan has selected Honeywell’s full avionics suite and auxiliary power unit (APU) for the 60 Airbus A320s it has on order, the equipment manufacturer

Alenia May Expand Superjet Role

Alenia CEO Giovanni Bertolone said that his company’s partnership with Sukhoi for the Superjet 100 regional airliner could expand to include other business

EMS To Supply OnAir’s Broadband

EMS Technologies will supply broadband satcom system hardware for OnAir’s in-flight cellphone and Internet service through a collaboration with Thales.
Aircraft

Boeing predicts 747-8 freighter preferment

Boeing believes that its latest 747 iteration–the 747-8F–could become the freighter of choice among cargo airlines.
Aircraft

EASA approval means E-195 deliveries begin

The European Aviation Safety Agency has presented Embraer with a type certificate for its E-195 airliner, the largest airplane in its stable and the last m

Boeing boom may trigger takeovers

Boeing’s booming airliner programs are boosting the stock values of its suppliers and making them much more visible.
Aircraft

Japanese enter regional jet market

The Mitsubishi interest in the next generation of regional jets is evident from a model displayed at Hall 2 Stand C17.

Jepp paperless cockpits grow

Jeppesen has announced the addition of three more airlines to the growing list of carriers that are moving away from paper in favor of electronic navigatio

Selex PicoSAR maps urban and rural areas

Selex Sensors & Airborne Systems (Outside Exhibit 2) has flown its new PicoSAR synthetic aperture radar, demonstrating the system’s ability to map both urb