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Flight Display’s Jet Jukebox Is An Inflight Toolbox
May 22, 2013, 10:00 AM
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Jet Jukebox

In 1890, Louis Glass and William Arnold invented the nickel-in-the-slot phonograph, or as those who grew up in the 1960s might remember it, the jukebox. Cabin electronics supplier Flight Display Systems (Booth 1925) has reintroduced that icon of music history by the same name–the Jet Jukebox–but with a lot of new bells and whistles, not to mention a monster server with 500 gigabytes of storage.

Yasava Takes Cabin Design In A New Direction
May 22, 2013, 10:00 AM
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Yasava Astral executive seat

In a joint venture with MCM DesignStudio, Lausanne-based Yasava Solutions (Booth 971) is taking business jet cabin design in a new direction based on “intelligent ergonomics and socio-cultural design.” The cabin design and engineering firm is initially introducing its Astral Design Series interior proposals for large-cabin business jets. According to CEO Christopher Mbanefo, the company is currently in talks with major OEMs and focused on Dassault’s Falcon 7X, Bombardier’s Global 6000 and Gulfstream’s G650 as platforms.

XJet Signs Deal With Dubai World Central
May 22, 2013, 9:45 AM
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Since 2007 XJet has been operating its award-winning XJet Club and FBO at Denver’s Centennial Airport, opening up the facility to transient customers in 2009. The facility offers “seven-star” service that has ranked the FBO top for two years running in AIN’s U.S. FBO Survey service provider category. Now, that service is to be extended to a new base at Dubai’s Al Maktoum International Airport, part of the huge Dubai World Central (DWC) development.

Hubstart Paris Touting CDG Area For EBACE Attendees
May 22, 2013, 9:30 AM
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The Hubstart Paris alliance (Booth 1565) is here at EBACE 2013 promoting the Greater Roissy region, with opportunities for business aviation players to get established in this area north of Paris, near Charles de Gaulle airport. Anchored by the Paris Le Bourget platform, the region also comprises Pontoise Cormeilles-en-Vexin and Melun Villaroche airports.

Innovative Advantages Adds Associated Air Center As Preferred Completion Center
May 22, 2013, 9:15 AM
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Innovative Advantage (Booth 1655) has designated Associated Air Center of Dallas, Texas, as a preferred completion center for the installation and certification of its audio/video distribution systems (AVDS) on Boeing BBJ and Airbus ACJ platforms. The partnership follows the installation of Redmond, Washington-based Innovative Advantage’s AVDS as part of a high-definition (HD) upgrade for the refurbishment of a BBJ for a West African head of state at Associated Air Center (Booth 2047) earlier this year.

JetSupport Adds More Indoor GA Parking At Schiphol
May 22, 2013, 9:00 AM
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Finding an indoor parking spot for your business jet at the notoriously congested general aviation section of Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport just got easier. Aviation technical services provider JetSupport (Booth 1937, with KLM Jet Center) announced here at EBACE that it has gained access to 8,000 sq m (86,000 sq ft) of hangar space it plans to use exclusively for indoor aircraft parking.

Satcom Direct To Become Inmarsat Ka-band Distributor
May 22, 2013, 9:00 AM
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Satcom Direct (Booth 455) has signed an agreement with Honeywell to be a distributor for the Inmarsat GX Aviation Ka-band service, for which Honeywell itself is a value-added reseller. The Florida-based communications specialist will also be a distributor of GX avionics equipment. The service is scheduled to be commercially available early in 2015 and is designed to offer “consistent, high-capacity broadband coverage around the world.” For example, users should be able to stream Internet content live or hold uninterrupted video calls from 30,000 feet.

Aeropole of Payerne Lands Deal With Boshung
May 22, 2013, 8:45 AM
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Aeropole of Payerne (Booth 650) has signed its first contract for a company to settle on its Swiss airport site. Boshung, a Swiss specialist in airport cleaning and maintenance equipment, has bought 10 acres of land to build its headquarters and a technology center. It will employ 150 in Payerne. Aeropole is also talking to other potential customers, one of them being executive charter operator Speedwings, which might build three hangars.

Stratajet Announces Launch Of Stratafleet Services
May 22, 2013, 8:30 AM
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Online charter portal Stratajet (Booth 673) announced at EBACE that it’s ready to add European charter operators to its platform and will begin offering its Stratafleet online booking services to charter customers in the third quarter.

Aviobook EFB Solution
May 22, 2013, 8:15 AM
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AvioVision (Booth 933) and Web Manuals have jointly developed an electronic flight bag (EFB) app called Aviobook. Designed as a cross-platform solution, Aviobook runs on Microsoft Windows-based and Apple iPad devices. Web Manuals of Sweden brings its expertise in developing cloud-based tools for writing, reviewing and publishing manuals to the joint EFB solution. AvioVision, a Belgian company, developed the EFB functionality, which includes display of charts and documents, flight logging and performance calculations.

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