May 24, 2007

Geneva Confab

In six years as host city, Geneva remains a favorite on the trade show circuit. EBACE is experiencing some growing pains that have forced organizers to split the exhibits into two halls, but the venue remains a broad hit with visitors. A big part of the reason is easy access to the static display area. more

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Eclipse hits the big time in Euro sales

By Matt Thurber

Eclipse Aviation’s announcement of a 180-airplane order yesterday signaled the launch of a very light jet (VLJ) air-taxi operation that will be based in Turkey. The Eclipse 500 order–including 120 firm sales and 60 options–was placed by Eclipse Eastern European distributor Etirc Aviation and is Eclipse’s largest European order to date. The Eclipse order book now stands at just under 2,700 airplane more

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JetAlliance places $280M Citation order

By Bernard Fitzsimons

JetAlliance CEO Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer signed a contract here yesterday for 25 Cessna Citations valued at $280 million. Some of the aircraft will be used by Austrian Business Jet, a new operation launched on Monday by JetAlliance and Austrian Airlines to integrate regional private jet and intercontinental airline travel.

Based in Oberwaltersdorf, near Vienna, JetAlliance already has 22 Ce more

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EBACE 2007 gets a 9.5 from the judges

By Bernard Fitzsimons

The European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition, which hosted its inaugural event here just six years ago with relatively modest ambitions, has blossomed into what some exhibitors now regard as the most important event on their show calendar.

Cessna Aircraft chairman, president and CEO Jack Pelton, standing next to a freshly signed contract for hundreds of millions of dollars w more

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Safe Flight powerline detector gets EASA nod

By Thierry Dubois

Paris-based operator Trans Helicopter Service (THS) has its twin-engine Eurocopter AS 355 Ecureuil II available here at EBACE 2007 for demo flights of Safe Flight’s helicopter powerline detection system (PDS). The system has just been awarded certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on the AS 355. THS conducted the certification work on behalf of Safe Flight, based in White Plai more

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BBJ chief pilot retires after 25 years with Boeing

By Ian Goold

Making a final show appearance here is Boeing Business Jets chief pilot Capt. Mike Hewett, whose BBJ flight to EBACE saw him pass the 12,800 flying-hour mark (including more than 4,000 hours in the U.S. Navy flying mostly Grumman A-6 Intruders). He has pilot-in-command time on 24 types (including all Boeing jetliners except the original Model 707), and was authorized to fly North American F-86 Sab more

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VIP jet interiors take time

By Bernard Fitzsimons

It can take up to two years to outfit a VIP widebody jet. Even the video featuring the Andrew Winch Designs scheme for a Boeing 787 on the Lufthansa Technik (LHT) booth here (No. 1240) took four months to complete. LHT has a widebody slot open in September, but it is already the subject of negotiations and may be taken soon. The next availability is at the end of 2009 and, as EBACE Convent more

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Cabin dreams for the Dreamliner

By Kirby J. Harrison

Computer-generated virtual cabin concepts for Boeing’s latest large bizliners are appearing with some regularity as the order book for the executive/VIP versions of the company’s 787 and 747-8 grow.

One of the most recent is a 787 interior from BMW Group DesignworksUSA, created for a fictitious Russian client in his mid-30s–a global traveler who would be spending a significant amount of more

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New Asian Aerospace to talk business aviation

By Gunter Endres

The expanding business aircraft market in the Asia Pacific region will be one of the key issues that will be debated at the Asian Aerospace International Expo and Congress, which will be staged for the first time at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong from September 3 to 6.

Clive Richardson, senior v-p of organizer Reed Exhibitions Aerospace and Defence Group Asia, said, “The use of corporate more

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Biggin Hill to have private-jet enclave

Almost 70 years after contributing to the aerial security net around London during the Battle of Britain, Biggin Hill Airport is again to secure the safety of aircraft. Air Partner has signed an 80-year lease with the airport for a 115,000-sq-ft site on which to develop an almost $10 million high-security private-jet enclave.

Local government authority permission has been obtained to d more

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