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Avolar to market, manage Airbus ACJs

Avolar, the newly formed business aviation subsidiary of UAL Corp., reached an agreement with Airbus to market and/or manage, but not buy, up to 15 Airbus
Aircraft

BAE scraps RJX, to cease all RJ production

The UK’s BAE Systems has scrapped the RJX regional jet program and will shut down all future RJ production after it finishes four airplanes currently in pr
Avionics

Thales HUD certified in Global Express

The FAA and Transport Canada have certified the $450,000 Head-up Flight Display System (HFDS) developed by Thales Avionics of France as an option on Bombar
Cabin Interior and Electronics

GE to sell off Garett Santa Barbara

A General Electric spokesman confirmed the sale of its Garrett Santa Barbara completion center to Yankee Pacific and WestCap Partners Private Equity Fund.
Charter & Fractional

Travel Air pilots move closer to unionizing

Last month the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) filed with the National Mediation Board (NMB) for an election to allow the pilots at fractional
Security

Bizav security card prepared for tests

A “smart” security identification card that can be used by aircraft passengers and another that would be used by flight crews, aviation employees and stude
Aircraft

Playing the percentages, Dassault reveals Falcon 7X

Dassault Falcon Jet describes its new 5,700-nm, $35+ million Falcon 7X three-engine business jet as providing 30 percent more range and 20 percent more cab
Security

Getting back to normal, whatever that may be

Almost three months after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, people still talk–perhaps now more wistfully than hopefully–about “when things
Accidents

Dual Flameout

MITSUBISHI MU-2, LEWISTON, IDAHO, FEB.
Accidents

King Air crashes on foggy approach

KING AIR B-200, PIQUA, OHIO, AUG.
Accidents

Learjet crashes on foggy takeoff

LEARJET 25, ITHACA, N.Y., AUG.
Avionics

Gedera Shows Environmental Control Systems

Gedera, Israel-based TAT Technologies (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

GroWing Gets CAMO Plus Certification

The Swiss aircraft service provider groWing is Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization (CAMO) certified since last year.
Aircraft

Boutsen Takes Delivery of Airbus Corporate Jets

Monaco-based Boutsen Aviation, whose president is former Formula 1 racing driver Thierry Boutsen, will take delivery today (if all goes to plan) of an Airb
Avionics

NAT Unveils Live In-flight IPTV

Cabin electronics specialist NAT Seattle (Booth No.
Avionics

Zodiac To Create Global Service and Support

Zodiac has announced the implementation by September of a global customer service and support network for all its products sold under 12 different brand na
Avionics

Moving Terrain Eases European Flight Planning

Moving Terrain (Booth No.
FBOs

Feras handling plans to open its first FBO in Zadar, Croatia

International handling company Feras (Booth No.
Aircraft

Spectrums boast low emissions

Spectrum Aeronautical (Booth No.
Airports

Fliteport opens new handling service

First-time EBACE exhibitor Fliteport is here to launch a new trip-planning service for the Middle East, Asia and Africa regions.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Converting CRJs to executive use may be a boon to completion shops

Divergent conditions in the regional airline business and the business jet realm have conspired to create a potential boon for completion companies involve
Regulations and Government

Bizav encouraged to be more vocal in making slot requests

Business aircraft operators should be more vocal when requesting slots at congested European airports, according to presenters yesterday at an information
Charter & Fractional

Soccer in Moscow drives jet charters

If parts of northern Europe were overshadowed yesterday by large numbers of aircraft flying east, it was not the much-vaunted arrival of very-light jets bu

Aircraft orders announced at EBACE

LET’S DO THE NUMBERS .
Rotorcraft

AgustaWestland AW101 adopts bizjet-like interior

Helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland is here showing a mockup of an AW101 cabin in a luxury layout, probably the ultimate for a VVIP helicopter, as it is
Maintenance and Modifications

Russian Operator Takes PT6 Support

Russian charter operator Dexter Air Taxi has signed a fleet management program with Pratt & Whitney Canada covering eight PT6A-67P engines on its fleet of
Maintenance and Modifications

P&WC is fine-tuning its global customer support

As part of ongoing initiatives to boost global customer support, Pratt & Whitney Canada (Booth No.
FBOs

Abelag is an EBACE newbie

Abelag is here at EBACE Booth No.
Aircraft

Leopard VLJ ahead of its time

For 100 years now, taxiways have borne metaphorical (and sometimes material) testimony to the “wannabe–really, really wannabe” aspirations of prospective a
Avionics

Sagem GII Cockpit Nears Approval Finish Line

After months of waiting, Sagem Avionics says it is tantalizingly close to receiving its first FAA supplemental type certification (STC) for the company’s I