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Citation X with winglets lands at Wallan Aviation
November 16, 2009
Here at the Dubai Airshow yesterday, Cessna delivered the first Citation X business jet retrofitted with Winglet Technology’s elliptical winglets to Wallan Aviation of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The modification cuts drag to reduce fuel consumption, while also boosting speed and range–especially when operating from the exceptionally hot conditions that operators...
moreNews Clips from Dubai 2009
November 16, 2009
Golf Champ Garcia To Visit Hawker Beech Chalet
Professional golfer Sergio Garcia plans to visit Hawker Beechcraft (Chalet A9) at the show this afternoon to talk about his experience operating his Hawker 4000. Garcia, who turned professional in 1999 and plays on the PGA U.S. and European tours, recently traveled aboard his Hawker 4000 to Shanghai for the...
moreEmbraer, CEVA now supply bizjet parts in Dubai
November 16, 2009
Embraer yesterday announced that spare parts for its business jets are now available in Dubai through a partnership with the UK’s CEVA Logistics. The latter company’s facility in Jebel Ali provides parts for customers in the Middle East, North Africa and India. Some 3,000 spares for the Legacy and the Lineage are already available to customers and...
moreExecutive Charter Offered on Challengers
November 15, 2009
In mid-2009, Qatar Airways received two 4,000-nmi-range Bombardier Challenger 605s and a Challenger 300 for new charter subsidiary Qatar Executive. The airline wants a piece of what it believes is still rising demand for on-demand, private charter services. “Despite the current global economic climate, there remains a strong need to travel to...
moreFirst BBJ outfitted by Jet Av with designer cabin interior
November 15, 2009
Jet Aviation Basel has delivered the first of three Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) with Andrew Winch Designs cabin interiors to an undisclosed customer. London-based Andrew Winch has been a specialist in the VIP aircraft and yacht interiors since 1996. The aircraft is the first BBJ to be outfitted at the company’s new widebody hangar, which was completed in May...
moreVistaJet seeks partner to build charter business in ME region
November 15, 2009
The business aircraft charter market is down by at least 15 percent this year, but VistaJet (Stand E540) expects to achieve 20-percent growth for 2009, and it wants to establish a more permanent presence here in the Middle East through a local partner that would help it to connect with prospective charter clients. It is investigating options to expand into...
moreMiddle East’s bizav community reports growth is no mirage
November 15, 2009
Around the time of the last Dubai Airshow in November 2007, the prospect of getting into the Middle East’s burgeoning business aviation market must have seemed like a license to print money. Even though financial storm clouds had already gathered over North America at that point and seemed very likely to cross the Atlantic to Europe, the consensus in this...
moreMarket has not dodged impact of financial dip
November 15, 2009
In the business aircraft market, the oil-rich Middle East has been an extremely important source in recent years of wealthy customers with a seemingly insatiable appetite for the largest, most sophisticated (and expensive) business jets available. As the economic slowdown turned into recession in the more mature North American and European markets over the...
moreMideast is primed for stylish Piaggio Avanti
November 15, 2009
Dubai Airshow shoppers looking to buy an aircraft made by a locally owned company need look no further than the Piaggio Avanti II. The eye-catching twin turbo-prop exudes the Italian style of its origins but Piaggio Aero Industries itself is exhibiting here under the auspices of its one-third shareholder Mubadala Development Co. of Abu Dhabi (Stand...
moreForecast sees ME as leader in upturn
November 15, 2009
The Middle East could lead the troubled business aviation industry out of its lingering downturn. This was one of the headline projections from the latest edition of Honeywell Aerospace’s (Stand A470) annual market forecast published last month at the National Business Aviation Association Convention in the U.S.The engine and avionics manufacturer has...
moreLineage 1000 starts life in Arabian Gulf service
November 15, 2009
Embraer’s first Lineage 1000 executive jet is making a debut here at the Dubai Airshow, six months after it was delivered to launch customer Aamer Abdul Jalil al Fahim of Abu Dhabi at the EBACE show in Geneva in May. Eight more of the new $42.9 million airliner-class twinjets are set to be delivered to customers in the Middle East–almost half of the 20...
moreAerion envisions SSBJs plying ME skies
November 15, 2009
Aerion is here in Dubai to tap what it believes could be strong market for the supersonic business jet (SSBJ) it intends to have certified in 2015. According to the U.S. company, it still holds letters of intent for about 50 of the aircraft and has had to refund only two deposits since the start of the financial crisis. Meanwhile, it is continuing its...
moreAvdata biz to reach $2.2B
November 15, 2009
PMI Media predicts that expenditures on aeronautical information system (AIS) and aeronautical information management (AIM) equipment and services will reach $2.2 billion between 2009 and 2018. The UK-based aviation market research company said the market will be driven by a rapid growth in data required per flight to support performance-based navigation...
moreWeb-based aircraft values available 24/7
November 15, 2009
UK-based International Bureau of Aviation (IBA) is offering an aircraft valuation tool called Jet Values 2. This Web-based product (www.jetvalues2.com) provides 24/7 information to customers needing current and forecast aircraft values. One-time use of the product costs £120 ($195), while a one-year, unlimited-use subscription costs £3,500 ($5,730); pricing...
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