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New investment brings a new name for Sino Swearingen

The Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corporation, manufacturer of the SJ30 light jet, announced a name change yesterday.

Embraer ready to take on major bizav players

It was just a few short years ago that Embraer, with only one business jet in its stable and the market for 50-seat regional jets maturing, made the decisi
Aircraft

With all-composite Seastar, Dornier revives the seaplane

German seaplane manufacturer Dornier Aircraft on Sunday announced plans to manufacture and sell the Seastar flying boat in the U.S.
Avionics

Elliott shows off G1000 in King Air

Elliott Aviation is showing a Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200 at the Orlando Executive Airport static display that sports a new Garmin G1000 integrated avi
Safety

Safety System Available from ARG/US

Aviation Research Group/US (Booth No.
Training and Workforce

Aviation Integration Will Train on Millennia

Users of the Millennia scheduling software program designed by Aviation Information Services (AIS) will now turn to Aviation Integration (AI) for training

Harrison Ford to chair Cessna 2010 Special Olympics Airlift

At a press conference here yesterday, actor/pilot Harrison Ford accepted the appointment of honorary chairman of Cessna’s 2010 Special Olympics Airlift.
Maintenance and Modifications

NAC OK’d To Install Blended Winglets

Aviation Partners (API, Booth No.
Training and Workforce

FAA Approves Frasca Mustang FTD

Frasca International (Booth No.
Avionics

Collins eXchange coming to BBJ

Business aviation support company Arinc Direct and Rockwell Collins have been awarded a contract for the installation and certification of the Rockwell Col
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Gore Design Picked for Green BBJ Completion

Few segments of the completion and refurbishment industry are as busy as that of narrowbody and widebody cabin finish work, and Gore Design Completions (Bo

In talks with new investor, Grob pulls out of show

Grob Aerospace is holdings talks in Europe this week with an undisclosed prospective new investor.
Aircraft

Oklahoma firm breathes new life into Challengers

Capital Aviation in Bethany, Okla., is at Booth No.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Jet Aviation Takes Orders for A350-900 XWB Interiors

Jet Aviation recently signed two letters of intent with customers for the interior completion of two Airbus A350-900 XWB (extra-widebody) executive/VIP jet
Aircraft

Orders remain strong for Airbus bizliners

Airbus reports no downturn in orders for its bizliners this year.
Aircraft

Transport Canada certifies Gulfstream’s midsize G150

Gulfstream Aerospace yesterday said its midsize G150 received type certificate validation from Transport Canada, allowing operators of the twinjet to regis
Charter & Fractional

First XOJet Challenger 300 enters service

The first of what could be as many as 80 Bombardier Challenger 300 super-midsize jets has entered service with block charter operator XOJet.

New management team in place at Fiber Art

Composites manufacturer Fiber Art (Booth No.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

German interiors firm expands capacity abroad

Lufthansa Technik, one of the world’s largest centers for interior completion and refurbishment of narrow- and widebody aircraft is expanding in a move des

Tata To Buy One-third Stake in Piaggio

Tata Ltd., a UK-based subsidiary of India’s Tata Sons, announced today at the NBAA Convention that it will buy a one-third share of Italy’s Piaggio Aero In
Avionics

Dassault Makes EASy Even Easier

Dassault Falcon today announced the long-anticipated upgrade to the Honeywell Primus Epic-based Enhanced Avionics System (EASy) flight deck–the EASy Phase
Aircraft

Hawker 450 Gives New Life To Old Design

Hawker Beechcraft today launched the Hawker 450XP, a derivative of the Hawker 400XP (née Beechjet 400A) with new cockpit avionics and engines.

Honeywell Forecast: Bizav Outlook Healthy

Even taking into account the most recent upheaval on Wall Street, engine and avionics manufacturer Honeywell Aerospace’s just released 17th annual business
Aircraft

Gulfstream Launches ‘Best in Class’ G250

Gulfstream Aerospace this morning unveiled the G250 to succeed the G200 (née Galaxy), which was the first super-midsize business jet to enter service–back
Aircraft

Aerion continues to search for OEM partner on SSBJ

Aerion executives still hope they will secure an OEM partner by the end of the year to build the company’s supersonic business jet, but vice chairman Brian
FBOs

Jet Aviation Hong Kong expands operations

Jet Aviation Hong Kong has received maintenance repair station approval from the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department, allowing it to provide locally regist
Airports

Gulfstream showing EVS II aboard G150

Gulfstream Aerospace is demonstrating its second-generation enhanced-vision system (EVS II) on its G150 experimental flight-test aircraft here at the NBAA
Charter & Fractional

First XOJet Challenger 300 enters service

The first of what could be as many as 80 Bombardier Challenger 300 super-midsize jets has entered service with block charter operator XOJet.

NBAA volunteers build Orlando playground

Continuing what is expected to become an annual tradition, NBAA once again partnered with the nonprofit organization KaBOOM to build an aviation-theme play