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Dassault Waiting for Business Jet Recovery
May 20, 2013, 3:10 PM
May 20, 2013

Dassault is still waiting for a recovery of the U.S. business aircraft market–a market that has “no reason not to be back,” company officials said today at EBACE. They are perplexed by worldwide sales trends. “In 2013, we had a good early start in January and February but then things were disappointing,” said Dassault Falcon Jet president and CEO John Rosanvallon. In the U.S., CEOs say they are confident about the economy “but the dynamics in Washington are not helping,” he said. In Europe, flying hours show no sign of recovery yet.

TAG Farnborough Announces Expansion Plans at EBACE
May 20, 2013, 3:05 PM
May 20, 2013

TAG Farnborough Airport unveiled plans today at EBACE for new facilities that will include additional premium office space available for rent, and a customer-dedicated second entrance to the airport. Plans for the expansion follow the company’s recent purchase of a 38,000-sq-ft office building and associated land on the airport’s northeast boundary. The expansion will provide space in the TAG terminal for additional passenger lounges and enhanced facilities, with further details due to be announced later this year.

Harrods’ London FBOs Join Air Elite Network
May 20, 2013, 3:00 PM
May 20, 2013

World Fuel Services announced today at EBACE that Harrods Aviation, located at Stansted and Luton airports, is joining its Air Elite FBO network, becoming the first facility in the UK to do so. The deal brings the total number of FBOs in the network, established by World Fuel in late 2011, to 29 worldwide. Both of Harrods’ FBOs provide convenient access to London.

Industry Remains Complacent Over Safety, Says Goglia
May 20, 2013, 2:48 PM
May 20, 2013

The aviation industry is not as safe as it likes to believe, according to former NTSB board member John Goglia. “Everyone these days tells you [our aviation system] is much safer than before, but that’s driving a lot of complacency, which is the exact opposite of what we need today,” he told AIN. “We should be stepping up the pace of our safety efforts and be even more vigilant.”

Gulfstream G650’s Wide Cabin Has Wider Appeal
May 20, 2013, 2:40 PM
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Gulfstream G650’s cabin interior

EBACE attendees can finally get a glimpse of the Gulfstream G650’s cabin interior–the “widest and longest of any dedicated business jet,” according to the manufacturer–in an actual airplane.

Last year, the ultra-long-range twinjet made its EBACE debut sans interior, meaning show-goers could view it only from the outside, although a cabin mockup was at the company’s booth. This time around Gulfstream (Booth 7061) has brought a G650 with a full production interior to Geneva, and it is available for viewing during EBACE in the static park.

Investigators: Lion Air Pilots Ignored Standard Procedures
May 20, 2013, 2:37 PM
May 20, 2013

Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee’s preliminary report on the April 13 Lion Air accident in Bali appears to leave little doubt that pilot error was the primary cause, specifically a failure by the crew to follow standard instrument approach procedures.

New FOD Detection System Now Operational in Israel
May 20, 2013, 2:32 PM
May 20, 2013

The new FODetect foreign object debris (FOD) detection systems went operational last week at Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion International Airport (LLBG). The equipment, developed by Israeli company Xsight Systems, was certified after an evaluation process and soft launch on Ben Gurion’s primary Runway 8/26.

New Thunderstorm Research Begins in Colorado
May 20, 2013, 2:27 PM
May 20, 2013

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) began a month-long test last week aimed at better predicting when and where thunderstorms might tear their way across Colorado’s Front Range and adjacent Great Plains region. The research uses high-altitude aircraft to improve storm lead times, especially in the crucial six- to 24-hour window before storm formation.

Don’t Stall Our Recovery, Bizav Tells Europe
May 20, 2013, 2:20 PM
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Tough business conditions in Europe have gone on much longer than anyone here at this year’s EBACE show would have liked, but the continent’s business aviation community is putting those concerns to one side this week as it seeks to convince policy-makers of the value the sector delivers. The value of the show itself is in no doubt, with the amount of exhibit space occupied at Geneva’s PalExpo center matching last year’s record numbers and the static display having to be increased in size to accommodate 52 aircraft.

DOT Will Audit FAA on Runway Incursions
May 20, 2013, 2:20 PM
May 20, 2013

The Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) is to examine the FAA’s Runway Safety Program in the light of a steadily increasing number of runway incursions and evaluate the agency’s progress in implementing initiatives to prevent further incursions.

Prevention of runway incursions and ground collisions has been on the NTSB’s “Most Wanted Transportation Safety Improvements List” since 1990.

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