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World Fuel Offers New Online Training Course For FBOs
May 20, 2013, 2:55 AM
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World Fuel Services (Booth 359) has announced the availability of a modular online learning program for employees of its partner FBOs worldwide. World Fuel oversees the Air Elite and World Fuel Network member FBOs, and makes the e-learning program available to member companies’ employees free of charge.

Eastern Growth Spurs Handling Specialist Euro Jet
May 20, 2013, 2:45 AM
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Euro Jet

Ground-handling specialist Euro Jet Intercontinental is here at the EBACE show marking its fifth anniversary in business. At face value, the young Czech Republic-based company did not pick an optimum year to kick off operations, but in practice its decision to focus on the challenges faced by operators in the growing, but underserved, regions of Eastern Europe and Central Asia have paid off.

Falcon Fortunes Mixed, But Good Overall
May 20, 2013, 2:25 AM
2013

The market for Dassault Aviation’s Falcons is “still convalescent,” according to CEO Eric Trappier. Speaking at the company’s press conference in March, Trappier gave details on its performance in 2012 and delivered a conservative market outlook. In April, at the ABACE show in Shanghai, Dassault Falcon Jet CEO John Rosanvallon expressed confidence in Asian sales growth.

Dassault Display New Falcons
May 20, 2013, 2:24 AM
2013

Falcon 2000S

Range (M 0.80, 6 pax, NBAA IFR reserves, 85 percent Boeing annual winds)

3,350 nm

Mtow 41,000 lb

Balanced field length (SL, ISA, Mtow) 4,325 ft

Approach speed 107 kt

Price $25M

Falcon 2000LXS

Range (M 0.80, 6 pax, NBAA IFR reserves, 85 percent Boeing annual winds)

4,000 nm

Mtow 42,800 lb

Balanced field length (SL, ISA, Mtow) 4,675 ft

Approach speed 107 kt

Price $33M

FalconBroadcast Airborne Health Monitoring Service For EASy Falcons
May 20, 2013, 2:24 AM
2013
Falcon 7X

FalconBroadcast, an airborne health monitoring service that provides real-time notification of in-flight events, is now available as an option for all Falcon 900 and Falcon 2000s equipped with the EASy cockpit. In-service aircraft can have the service activated in an estimated one hour of downtime. FalconBroadcast entered into service in June on the Falcon 7X.

Service Network Is Cessna’s European Stronghold
May 20, 2013, 2:20 AM
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For Cessna Aircraft, this year is bringing the culmination of efforts that began during the economic downturn and now are bearing fruit. In 2013, the company (here at Booth 7091) is incorporating into production six new aircraft models and highlighting its six factory-owned service centers in Europe.

Reborn Beechcraft Makes EBACE Debut
May 20, 2013, 2:15 AM
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Hawker Beechcraft emerged from bankruptcy in February, restructured and rebranded as Beechcraft (Booth 7060), and the message it brings to EBACE is that it has refocused on the business of building and selling airplanes, and servicing and supporting what it builds.

Beechcraft has two “significant” elements to its show presence here. The stand in the main hall, said executive v-p of sales and marketing Shawn Vick, “is branded universally as Beechcraft and we are represented there by members of our African, European and Middle East teams.”

Dassault Aviation Celebrates 50th Anniversary
May 19, 2013, 10:00 AM
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Marcel Dassault

“Engineered with Passion” is more than a clever catchphrase. At Dassault Aviation, it effectively summarizes a company-wide culture. Even though the image of engineers doesn’t normally go hand in hand with passion, in this case, the apparent contradiction seems appropriate. Dassault Group has built a world-class family of companies; a strategically balanced portfolio, including design production and support of military and civilian aircraft; and the Group’s signature technology company, Dassault Systèmes.

European Bizav Stalled By Soft Market, Tough Rules
May 19, 2013, 5:00 AM
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This week’s EBACE show will be the second that Fabio Gamba has presided over since becoming chief executive of the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) in September 2012. He joined the bizav community after serving as deputy general secretary of the Association of European Airlines. The EBAA board specifically wanted to tap the political skills of the powerful airline lobby in a bid to avoid business aviation’s interests being overlooked by European authorities.

Business Aviation Forecasts From Bombardier, Embraer And Honeywell Point To Continued Fragility
May 19, 2013, 4:50 AM
2013
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This year’s early round of business aviation market forecasts–from Bombardier, Embraer and Honeywell–present a mixed picture where a moderately optimistic outlook for the U.S. still fails to outweigh economic uncertainty in Europe and slowing growth in Asia.

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