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Dassault offers extensive support for worldwide Falcon fleet

Dassault entered the world corporate jet market in 1963 with the launch of the highly successful Falcon 20 midsize twin.

Swiss-Nepalese Team Wins Golden Hour Award

This year’s Eurocopter Golden Hour Award went to a rescue crew formed by captain Daniel Aufdenblatten and rescue specialist Richard Lehner of Air Zermatt,

Swiss regionals consolidate

Swiss regional airline Baboo, based in Geneva, and Darwin Airline, headquartered at Lugano Airport in southern Switzerland, an-nounced in late November tha
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Amac opens new hangar to cope with bizliner demand

Amac, the Swiss MRO company founded in 2007, opened a 90,500-sq-ft widebody hangar at Euro Airport Basel on December 2.
Safety

Premier I Crashes in Snow at Samedan

A German-registered Hawker Beechcraft Premier I crashed on Sunday during approach to Samedan Airport in Switzerland, killing the 48-year-old captain and th
Maintenance and Modifications

Amac Gains Additional EASA Subpart Approvals

Amac Aerospace received EASA Part 21 Subpart G Production Organization Approval in late August, a few months after it was awarded the EASA Part 21 Subpart
FBOs

TAG Geneva expands maintenance hangar

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Aircraft

After a profitable FY2009, Pilatus confirms new model

In Pilatus’ 2009 annual report, chairman and CEO Oscar Schwenk had good news for shareholders who might have expected negative results as a consequence of
Charter & Fractional

Leaner PrivatAir set for Middle East expansion

Geneva-based PrivatAir has gone through a restructuring aimed at making it a leaner, but still profitable company ready to embark on expansion in the Middl
Maintenance and Modifications

Ruag reorganizes MRO ops, consolidates bizav facilities

The Ruag group has streamlined its business aircraft maintenance facilities as part of its response to posting a net loss in that sector of approximately $
Maintenance and Modifications

AMAC Aerospace adds hangar at Basel airport

AMAC Aerospace is stepping up its expansion plans and expects to open its second hangar at Basel’s EuroAirport this summer.

Pilots charge Lufthansa with scope violations

Lufthansa pilots continued negotiations with airline management at press time over what they claim amount to scope-clause violations by the German flag car
FBOs

Improved Landing Aids Coming to Lugano Airport

The Swiss government has approved Lugano Airport’s plan to install more visual aids, including a lead-in light row with strobe lamps for Runway 19.
Aircraft

Pilatus To Resume Full Working Schedules

In a hopeful sign, Pilatus said it will return to full work schedules by February 1.
Maintenance and Modifications

Air Service Basel completes new facility at EuroAirport

EuroAirport, which serves the cities of Basel, Switzerland; Mulhouse, France; and Freiburg, Germany; is home to a considerable maintenance and completion i

Swiss regionals stare down the recession

Switzerland’s regional scheduled airlines seem relatively well prepared to face a passenger slump expected to last through next year.
Environment

Industry makes progress toward ‘greener’ aviation

Aviation will become greener in small steps rather than the giant leaps hoped
for in the recent past, but the aviation community is committed to redu

More networking, site services to strengthen F’boro airshow

The organizers of the biennial Farnborough International Air Show announced several improvements for the next edition, scheduled to take place July 19 to 2
Charter & Fractional

FlyingGroup expands over borders

Charter operator FlyingGroup has opened new bases in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam and also in Luxembourg.

Zelouf leaves big legacy at Jet Aviation

A man who has witnessed just about every step of business aviation’s development over the past four decades finally began a very well earned retirement ear
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Ruag, List team on bizav mx & completions facility

Ruag, the Swiss aerospace and defense group, announced a joint venture with List of Austria to offer customers a one-stop shop for simultaneous maintenance
Aircraft

Falcon 7X sports new interior

Dassault Aviation unveiled a new interior for its Falcon 7X jet here at EBACE yesterday.
Aircraft

Versatile PC-12 holds solid market niche

One year after the first major upgrade since its inception in the early 1990s, the Pilatus PC-12 NG remains the best seller in the pressurized single-engin
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completions backlog boosts business at Jet Aviation Basel

Jet Aviation Basel, one of Europe’s largest completion facilities, has to live with the long lead times unavoidable in its business, but they can be a bles
Cabin Interior and Electronics

AMAC’s new hangar is open for business in Basel

Earlier this year, AMAC Aerospace started operating from its new hangar at Euro Airport near Basel, Switzerland.
Maintenance and Modifications

Start-up AMAC opens hangar, begins completions servicen

AMAC Aerospace inaugurated the main hangar of its new business aviation completions and maintenance operation at Switzerland’s EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-F
Maintenance and Modifications

AMAC Celebrates Grand Opening in Basel

AMAC Aerospace officially opened for business in early February at the EuroAirport in Basel, Switzerland.

Pilot Strike Disrupts Lufthansa Regional Network

Most of the 125 pilots of the German regional airline Con-tact Air went on a limited strike today, disrupting parts of the Luf-thansa Regional European net
Aircraft

Two Buyers Interested in Acquiring Grob

Grob Aerospace insolvency administrator Dr.
Maintenance and Modifications

With Basel shop, LHT expands maintenance and completions

Lufthansa Technik, the MRO and completions arm of the German flag carrier, has taken over the maintenance shop of Swiss European Air Lines at Basel EuroAir