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News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.
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For A318, standard cabins mean faster completions
Airbus has found a ready market for its latest corporate jet, and exclusive cabin outfitter Lufthansa Technik (Booth No.
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Avanti II Offers Generous Space and Jet-like Speed
Piaggio markets the P180 Avanti as offering close to jet speed and a generously proportioned cabin that can seat up to nine passengers (but more typically
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Ferrari Glamour Helps Piaggio Win Back Market
Almost 20 years since the P180 Avanti made its first flight in August 1986, the eye-catching twin pusherprop at last seems to have established itself in th
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Avanti Time Machine Cuts Across Airline Schedules
During a recent visit to Piaggio’s Italian home, EBACE Convention News got a first-hand demonstration of how the P180 Avanti can enable business people to
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SJ30-2 took a long, circuitous flight path to EBACE 2006
Twenty years after it was conceived by legendary aircraft designer Ed Swearingen, the Sino-Swearingen SJ30-2 is making its European debut here at EBACE.
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Technology reshaping Aviation Partners’ winglets
New wingtip technology that “will raise eyebrows” is being developed by Aviation Partners and may be revealed at the EBACE show this week.
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BBJ cargo door a possibility
Boeing is here at EBACE floating the idea of adding another new member to its Boeing Business Jet family.
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The Spectrum 33 may be light, but its also surprisingly roomy
The recently unveiled Spectrum 33 business jet can be categorized as “very light” in terms of weight and yet its cabin is roomier than that of a Cessna Cit
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Collins offers Pro Line retrofit for Avanti
Owners of Piaggio Avanti twin-pusher turboprops were presented with some good news yesterday in the form of an announcement by avionics maker Rockwell Coll
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Embraer broadens its bizjet ambitions
Embraer wants to change the face of the business aviation market to the same degree that it has already revolutionized the regional airliner sector.
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Mikado gives mothballed Dornier 328s new lives
New Germany-based engineering and maintenance organization 328 Support Services has signed an agreement with Mikado Capital to return four previously store
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Gulfstream set order record for non-fractional aircraft last year
Gulfstream Aerospace president Bryan Moss had hard numbers here at the EBACE show yesterday as evidence of business aviation’s improving fortunes.
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Europe suits Premier IA, Hawker 850XP just fine
While the Premier IA and Hawker 850XP business twinjets are targeted at very different buyers, Raytheon (Booth No.
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Adam Aircraft expects Euro sales for A500/A700 to grow
Adam Aircraft president and COO Joe Walker is about to appoint a factory direct sales representative to promote sales in Europe and sees this region as hav
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Honeywell Apex will guide Grob SPn business jet
The Grob SPn light business jet will feature an enhanced Apex cockpit, provided by Honeywell.
Charter & Fractional
Zurich start-up is just Phenom(enal)
Embraer’s European unveiling of its Phenom 100 very light and 300 light jet full-scale cabin mockups here yesterday provided a platform for the Phenom’s fl
Charter & Fractional
Airbus Corporate Jet makes a JetAlliance
Austrian charter operator Jet-Alliance (Booth No.
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G150 claims Tel Aviv/GVA city-pair record
Gulfstream Aerospace is claiming a record for a G150 flight from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Geneva on May 1.
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Customers asked Socata for speed, more speed and even more speed
EADS Socata is confident that it has the answer to the challenge of the very light jet (VLJ) threat in its latest single turboprop, the six-seat TBM 850.
