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Satcom Direct is preparing for the 2015 launch of Inmarsat’s GX Aviation high-speed satcom system.

Acquisition of, and partnerships with, Western aircraft manufacturers ease the nation’s entry into the aviation market.

Embraer delivered 20 business jets during the first three months of 2014.

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Pilatus brought its PC-12 painted in Sauber F1 race team colors to ABACE, a few days before this weekend’s Grand Prix in Shanghai.

Business aviation aficionados will convene again in Geneva in May.

The EC135 P2+ simulator has received level-C certification from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB).

Vulcanair delivered the first P68 Observer 2 in China on March 17, just 12 days after the high-wing piston twin received CAAC approval.

China’s preference for larger, longer-range business jets will continue, according to market analyst Brian Foley.

Avion Pacific sold 16 helicopters last year and plans to add new services to continue growing.

Expansion mirrors growing economic ties between the two fastest growing business jet markets, China and Africa.

Metrojet will continue its philosophy of “disciplined growth, being the best, not necessarily the biggest.”

Freesky Aviation, which also offers aircraft charter and management services, introduced the first Avanti II twin turboprop to China in 2012.

Etihad experienced its strongest ever first quarter, as it awaits word on its proposed stake for Alitalia.

The system will be “connected and operating” at all 230 ATC facilities by 2019.

Deal covers 60 super-midsize and large-cabin Gulfstreams and 10 Bombardier Challenger 350s.

China had 189 general aviation firms at the end of last year, a 41-percent increase over 2012, while the fleet increased 23.4 percent to 1,654 aircraft.

Nextant Aerospace is currently developing the G90XT, a modified King Air 90 twin turboprop with new GE H80 engines and Garmin G1000 avionics.

The twinjet has already achieved its full performance envelope and completed ground vibration and flutter testing.

Under Sikorsky’s Matrix technology program, a modified S-76 is to perform a fully autonomous flight in an obstacle-rich environment this year.

Yunnan Jingcheng Group will be the first company in China to take delivery of an S-76D.

Beidahuang General Aviation plans to use the turboprop twin for personnel transport and aerial survey.

Plans include increasing inventory to 3,000 parts valued at more than $13 million, tripling the number of spares in China.

A strategic Alliance between CBA and JetNet will help improve JetNet’s aviation database.

He will be inducted into the Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame, as originally scheduled.

The prototype has flown to 30,000 feet and at 120 to 310 knots calibrated airspeed, with a maximum airspeed tested of 430 ktas.

The Asian Business Aviation Association has undergone a revitalization and is coming up with new ways to serve its members.

Minsheng Financial Leasing confirmed yesterday that it had placed big orders with both Gulfstream and Bombardier in the fourth quarter of last year.

Strong Falcon Sales In China Are Due To Large Investments In Product Support.

Honeywell is demonstrating key business and commercial aviation technologies at its ABACE 2014 stand.