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Partners and, perhaps, competitors]

Eyebrows were raised in January when Grob was named as the single source for the Learjet 85’s entire primary and secondary composite structures.
Maintenance and Modifications

Ruag to link its six shops into one maintenance network

Ruag (Booth No.

Women in Aviation Meet in Geneva

Women in Aviation International is attending EBACE for the first time this year due to the increasing number of its members in Europe.
Avionics

Honeywell’s In-flight BlackBerry Link Now Available

Honeywell said here at EBACE that an in-flight messaging service for Wi-Fi-compatible BlackBerrys it launched recently is now available as part of its OneL

NetJets’ Mark Booth Gets EBACE Award

Mark Booth, chairman and CEO of NetJets Europe, received the EBACE 2008 European Business Aviation Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to
Aircraft

Like the green jacket, trying the G650 on for size

Here at EBACE, Gulfstream signed an agreement with Australian-born professional golfer Adam Scott to promote the company’s business jets in the Asia-Pacifi
FBOs

Jet Aviation Signs LOI for Utah Facility

Jet Aviation (Booth No.

Baron Bound for Poland

Hawker Beechcraft (Booth No.
Aircraft

Falcon order book fattened by NetJets

For the past four days, the skies over EBACE have been gray, but the overcast and rain have not dampened the spirits of John Rosanvallon.

You’d think it would sell itself

Hamish Harding, owner of Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 Serial No.

Mesingers trading on a global scale

The market for business jets–both new and used–has taken on a decidedly more global complexion in the past three years in the estimation of Jay and Josh Me
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Gore Books Green 777 Completion

Gore Design Completions (Booth No.
Airports

Business aviation community must help keep small airports operating

With scheduled airline traffic, holiday charter and business flying growing at euphoric rates, airport capacity shortage lurks at many of Europe’s conurbat
Aircraft

Alps flight marks 200th G200

Although a gloomy sky hung over Geneva Palexpo Center, the view could hardly have been better yesterday morning for a group of aviation journalists invited
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Aircraft finance firms striking gold here

Noticing that aircraft finance companies were more prominent here this year, EBACE Convention News did a quick walkabout to see when they first had booths

Business aviation industry is less dependent on U.S.

Ask former Bombardier Aerospace senior vice president for worldwide sales Jahid Fazal-Karim about the current state of the business aviation market and you
FBOs

New FBO Planned for Malaysia’s Subang Airport

ExecuJet Aviation Group (Booth No.

Executive AirShare Doubles Its Embraer Order

Embraer has taken a new firm order for a pair of Phenom 300s from Executive AirShare, effectively doubling the number of airplanes on firm order from the K
Aircraft

Fill ’Er Up with Biofuel

Honeywell Aerospace, along with Honeywell subsidiary UOP, Airbus, JetBlue and International Aero Engines (IAE), are joining efforts to develop a sustainabl
Maintenance and Modifications

ScanTech Installs Raisbeck EPIC on King Air

Denmark’s ScanTech has outfitted a King Air 200 from Swedish air ambulance operator Svensk Flygambulans AB with five Raisbeck EPIC Performance Systems at i
Avionics

Boeing Starts Work on First BBJ3

Boeing (Booth No.
Avionics

Thales wants bigger slice of bizjet avionics

Thales announced it is aiming to become a major supplier of avionics systems to the business aviation market, challenging the likes of Honeywell and Rockwe
Regulations and Government

EBAA outlines CO2 proposal

EBAA here on Tuesday outlined its proposal for carbon offset pooling as an alternative means of compliance for the European Union emission trading scheme (
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
Accidents

OTS navaid lef to CFIT fatal

KING AIR C90, SOMERSET, KY., JAN.
Accidents

Fatigue, Drugs and WX don't mix

CESSNA 525, BRANSON, MO., DEC.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Revamped Arizona tax law benefits state aviation fund

Business aviation operations in Arizona stand to benefit from new legislation that returns certain aviation tax revenues to the state’s airport improvement
Airports

Missouri airport first to use new AAAE financing

The Springfield-Branson Regional Airport (SGF) in Missouri has become the first borrower under a new $300 million airport projects pooled loan financing pr
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: August 2001

As Washington pundits predicted, the change from a Republican to a Democrat majority in the Senate and the shift in leadership from Sen.

Washington Report: Former NHTSA boss named to NTSB

President Bush nominated former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration administrator Marion Blakey to the NTSB.