EBACE Convention News » May 17, 2011

EBACE 2011: Bombardier announces new suppliers for Global 7000 and Global 8000 programs
May 16, 2011 - 11:10am

Bombardier has selected four additional suppliers for the new Global 7000 and 8000 business jets. The companies join General Electric Aviation, which will provide the integrated propulsion system to the aircraft.

First, France’s Aerolia will design and manufacture the center fuselage. The contract is the first major external order win for the EADS subsidiary.
EBACE 2011: Australia’s Burbank Group Orders AgustaWestland AW109
May 16, 2011 - 11:00am

Australia’s Burbank Group has ordered an AgustaWestland (Stand 7010) AW109 Power light twin helicopter. The Melbourne-based company has also taken an option for a GrandNew light twin helicopter.
EBACE 2011: Jet Aviation Introduces Maintenance Program for BBJ and Shows Falcon 2000 Interior
May 16, 2011 - 10:45am

Owners and operators seeking new options to maintain Boeing Business Jets (BBJs) or to refurbish Dassault Falcon 2000s are the target of new offerings from Switzerland-based Jet Aviation Basel (Stand 963) here at EBACE.
EBACE 2011: Software Developer Skynet Signs Up Jet Aviation
May 16, 2011 - 10:35am

Skynet (Stand 860), an online provider of FBO pricing and booking services, has signed up Jet Aviation to trial its software at the latter’s London Biggin Hill facility. It also has signed contracts with Austria’s Caeroscene Flight Support, UK charter operator Synergy Aviation and two service providers–First Class Cars and Cuisine Air.
EBACE 2011: Airbus Rebrands Corporate Jet Family as ACJs
May 16, 2011 - 9:20am

Airbus has rebranded its corporate jets division as Airbus ACJ, with new aircraft colors and clearer, more consistent names. Each model in the company’s stable of corporate jet offerings will now be preceded by “ACJ,” with the A318 becoming the ACJ318 and so on, all the way up to the mega-mother of all bizliners, the ACJ380.
EBACE 2011: Nextant 400XT Makes EBACE Debut, Nears FAA Certification
May 16, 2011 - 9:10am

The first production-conforming Nextant Aerospace 400XT is making its public debut on the EBACE static display, just days after the type’s Williams FJ44-3AP engines received U.S. FAA technical standard order (TSO) approval.
EBACE 2011: Gulfstream Sees Growing Orders, Product Support Business
May 16, 2011 - 7:05am

Gulfstream Aerospace is well on its way to achieving certification of two new jets this year–the G250 and G650–as utilization of the nearly 2,000-strong, in-service Gulfstream fleet grows, new orders exceed deliveries and the product support business continues to expand.
EBACE 2011: JSSI appoints Louis Seno as chairman, adds advisory board
May 16, 2011 - 3:30am

Jet Support Services Inc. (JSSI) has appointed CEO Louis Seno as chairman of its board of directors. The Chicago-based maintenance management group put in place a high-level advisory board and added technical services personnel in Europe.
EBACE 2011: Dassault Introduces Lower Cost Falcon 2000S
May 16, 2011 - 3:30am
Dassault unveiled the lower-cost Falcon 2000S, which has inboard slats for be...

Dassault unveiled its latest Falcon business jet today here in Geneva on the eve of the EBACE show. The new Falcon 2000S is very much aligned with the tough economic times, being a lower cost derivative of the Falcon 2000 that replaces the slow-selling Falcon DX, and may even compete with competitors’ smaller super-midsize jets.
EBACE 2011: Honeywell’s HTF7500 Engine for Embraer’s Legacy 450/500 Series of Executive Jets Reaches Testing Milestone
May 16, 2011 - 3:10am

Honeywell’s new HTF7500E engine has reached a flight-test milestone of 20 flights and more than 140 test hours on the OEM’s B757 flying test bed. The energy-efficient engine will power Embraer’s new Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 series aircraft, and test flights will start on the jets during the second half of 2011.

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