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Airports

Airport Infrastructure Improvements

One of the biggest problems for Spanish business aviation operations from Madrid is the thorny issue of Barajas airport.
FBOs

Spain continues development of business aviation network

Business aviation in Spain is a modest affair, with an estimated 70 executive jets for private use– very few for a country of 40 million people.
Airports

New players enter bizav market in South of France

While the major airports of Cannes and Nice on the Côte d’Azur, the French Riviera, are stepping up business aviation activity, the smaller gateways of Tou
FBOs

Signature Expands Presence at Paris Le Bourget

Signature Flight Support has announced the purchase of Le Terminal building at Le Bourget, giving the world’s largest FBO chain and distribution network fo
FBOs

Firms wrangle over Le Bourget FBO deal

European business aviation service companies Flying Group and Euralair are squaring off for a legal battle over a proposed takeover that appears to have go

Euroflight closing raises union ire

Euroflight, IBM’s European corporate flight department, will shut down by mid-year, resulting in the sale of its two Dassault Falcon 2000s despite their ea
Airports

Soccer traffic comes to Le Bourget

In the middle of last month downtown Paris was abuzz with soccer fever, as tens of thousands of fans relaxed at sidewalk cafes before the most important ma
FBOs

Battle Continues for FBO Facility at Le Bourget

Flying Group has lodged an appeal in Paris after a lower court rejected its complaint against the Le Bourget-based Euralair group in April.
FBOs

Belgian FBO chain sets sights on France

Antwerp, Belgium-based Flying Group has become a major business aviation player in France, with new sites at Cannes and at Paris Le Bourget.
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Aircraft

ERA 2006: Régional adds muscle with Europe’s first Embraer E190s

In the little more than five years since its formation, Air France domestic partner Régional has evolved from three distinct, ailing French domestic carrie

ERA 2006: Airlinair taking full advantage of its turboprop's cost benefits

Airlinair is one of those rare regional airlines that have thrived while maintaining a true regional identity, serving mainly French domestic routes and op
Airlines

ERA 2006: Mesaba’s loss is CityJet’s gain as Avros find way across Atlantic

Irish regional airline CityJet in a little more than a month expects to place into service the first of 23 Avro RJ85s acquired in a $221 million deal to re