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May 14, 2009

Jet Aviation chief: worst appears over

By Stephen Pope

Jet Aviation president Peter Edwards said it’s still too early “to call the market bottom,” but he pointed to positive signs emanating from nearly all corners of the industry as an indicator that perhaps the worst of the economic downturn is over.

“Utilization from our managed customers is rising and some charter is coming back from the financial and banking segments, so that’ more

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Next Stop: Bahrain

Abu Dhabi-based executive charter operator Prestige Jet this week became the latest business aviation company to sign up as an exhibitor at the new Bahrain International Air Show to be held in the Arabian Gulf state next year (January 21-23). Pictured here right after the deal was done and holding an airshow brochure are Bahrain’s ambassador to Switzerland HE Abdulla Abdullahtif Abdulla (left) a more

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Beech Premier IA Sets Speed Record

A Beechcraft Premier IA set a speed record flying from Hawker Beechcraft’s facility in Chester, UK, to Geneva in one hour, 13 minutes and 30 seconds with an average speed of 445 knots over the distance of 545 nm. The airplane, owned by British customer Robert Kay, was flown by former astronaut Robert “Hoot” Gibson, who also holds altitude records in piston single-engine aircraft. The record more

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Cessna, StandardAero Sign Service Agreement

StandardAero has entered into an agreement with Cessna Aircraft to support the global Citation service center network. The agreement involves support of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F powering Cessna’s Mustang and the Rolls-Royce AE3007C/C1 powering its Citation X. StandardAero has received EASA and FAA approval for full hot-section repair of the PW615F at its European facility in Tilburg more

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Arinc Direct Now Offers eAPIS Filing

Business aviation flight services provider Arinc Direct has started offering electronic APIS (advanced passenger information system) reports for flights arriving or departing the U.S. and its territories. Effective May 18, U.S. Customs and Border Protection will require pilots of general aviation aircraft to electronically transmit passenger manifests at least 60 minutes before departure. APIS com more

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StandardAero Wins F2000 Winglet Installation

Aviation Partners signed up a customer for its new Falcon 2000 winglet modification here at the EBACE show yesterday. The company (Booth No. 1655) also has appointed StandardAero (Booth No. 370) as its first authorized installer for blended winglets. Details of the EASA- and FAA-approved “high-Mach” winglets on Dassault’s Falcon 2000 family were revealed here at EBACE. They add about 260 nau more

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Avjet gets FAA blessing for BBJ charter flights

By Paul Lowe

Avjet has received FAA approval to operate its first Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) under the FAR Part 135 regulations for both domestic and international charter travel. The approval concludes a rigorous, seven-month process to demonstrate that Avjet meets the stringent financial and operational targets set forth by the FAA and the U.S. Department of Transportation.

“With this approval, A more

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Sennheiser shows off new headset

Sennheiser Aerospace (Booth No. 1196) is exhibiting its newest aviation headset, the HME 26/HMEC 26, for which the company guarantees reliable voice transmission in the cockpits of jets and propeller airplanes. It is the successor to the HME/HMEC 25 family of headsets and provides the same professional audio as well as improvements in comfort while also incorporating the modular microphone boom an more

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Jeweler tries his hand at bizjet design

Jeweler Patrick Mauboussin is going into partnership with Sparfell Aviation Technologies, a holding company of Masterjet, to launch Patrick Mauboussin Aircraft Design for the creation of highly personalized business aircraft.

Mauboussin is a sixth-generation jeweler and president of Mauboussin Jewelers of Paris. As an interior designer, Mauboussin is said to be working from a “flying more

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Pelton: Cessna will maintain the civil aircraft speed crown

By R. Randall Padfield

When the Cessna Citation X received FAA certification in June 1996, it officially became the fastest business aircraft, with an Mmo of Mach 0.92. Only the Concorde was a faster civil airplane at that time. So when British Airways and Air France announced in April 2003 that they had decided to ground the Concorde for good, the Citation X assumed the mantle of fastest civil aircraft, as well.
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