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In the Works: American Utilicraft FF-1080-200

In the seven months after September 11 American Utilicraft Corp.
Avionics

Sandel Shipping Collins-compatible Display

Sandel Avionics (Booth No.
Aircraft

In the Works: Aerostar FJ-100

The search for funding, aggravated by the infarction of the private financial markets after the dot-com meltdown in 2000 and made worse by September 11, ha
Maintenance and Modifications

Canada’s Innotech Opening High-tech Paint Shop

Innotech Aviation plans to open a new 41,000-sq-ft paint preparation and application facility this July.
Charter & Fractional

Long and healthy life forecast for fractionals

The demise of Avolar before it really got started is not an omen for the fractional aircraft provider industry.
Charter & Fractional

Dedicated crewing?

One of Flight Options’ claimed advantages over the competition is what it calls “dedicated crewing,” a dispatch system under which captains are assigned a
Charter & Fractional

A pilot's life at Flight Options

Flight Options pilots work eight days on, seven days off, a schedule that for the most part is popular with crews.
Charter & Fractional

Factory-supported pricing

Flight Options’ foundation since its launch in October 1998 has been the tenet that a fractional share in a pre-owned jet makes better financial sense than

IPS Providing Starter/Generators for Learjet 85

Bombardier Aerospace has selected Innovative Power Solutions to provide its brushless starter/generator (BS/G) system for the new Learjet 85.
Charter & Fractional

‘ShAirForceOne’ plans ‘frax’ BBJ2 ops by pax hours, not aircraft hours

“The ShAirForceOne program will deliver the ultimate corporate flight experience with respect to safety, security, comfort and productivity,” Art Brown, pr

New startups count on ‘anti-airline’ sentiment

Phil Garfinkle has nothing to fear but the lack of fear itself.
Avionics

Sabena Takes EFB Software To New Level

Sabena Flight Academy Consulting is debuting its newly developed integrated electronic flight bag (EFB) software here at EBACE.
Aircraft

Piiots Take Solar Impulse Sim on 25-hour Flight

Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg recently spent their first 25 hours at the controls of a flight simulator that replicates the cockpit in the first So
Charter & Fractional

Prestige Jet buys five G650s

Prestige Jet of Abu Dhabi signed a letter of intent at EBACE for the purchase of five Gulfstream G650 long-range executive jets to be delivered in 2012.
Avionics

Avidyne has datalink Wx for Europe

Hoping to duplicate the success of in-flight datalink weather services that have exploded in the U.S., Avidyne (Booth No.
Aircraft

Single-engine version of Falcon 7X is remote-controlled

Remote-controlled model specialist Aviation Design has started offering 1/7th model kits of the Dassault Falcon 7X business jet and expects many of the cus

Rolls-Royce forecasts steady bizjet growth

Rolls-Royce has again peered into its crystal ball and is predicting steady growth in business jet deliveries through the remainder of the decade, it said
Charter & Fractional

XOJet starting joint venture in Middle East

XOJet, the fast-growing on-demand charter company operating a fleet of Cessna Citation X and (starting this fall) Bombardier Challenger 300 aircraft, has s
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Florida-based Banyan Air Service is expanding its capabilities

Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Banyan Air Service is expanding its capabilities to include avionics installations in large-cabin business jets.
Maintenance and Modifications

Eco-friendly APU under development for business jets

Microturbo, a subsidiary of Safran Group company Turbomeca, has finalized a partnership with Triumph Gear Systems of Park City, Utah, for the development o
Aircraft

BAe 146/RJ put in corporate livery

This morning, BAE Systems Regional Aircraft (Booth No.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Fortis Offers Executive Aircraft Service

Following an earlier initiative in the luxury-yacht market, international banking and insurance financial-services provider Fortis (Booth No.
Aircraft

Apex Is Spectrum’s Choice for Freedom

Would-be business jet OEM Spectrum Aeronautical (Booth No.
Charter & Fractional

FlyingGroup To Offset Carbon Dioxide

Executive charter operator FlyingGroup (Booth No.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

New Flight Display LCD Allays Dealer Concerns

Flight Display Systems, a leading manufacturer of in-flight entertainment equipment, has unveiled at EBACE the updated version of its 7-inch widescreen LCD
Maintenance and Modifications

CRS Jet Spares Going Green in Florida

Following a review of its operations by efficiency consultants, CRS Jet Spares has revealed a range of measures that will help the Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Slots, emissions and economy problematical

The 2008 EBACE show will be the biggest yet, but it isn’t size that sets the event apart, according to Eric Mandemaker, new chief executive of the European
Avionics

Embraer selects Safe Flight stall warning for Phenom 100

Embraer has chosen Safe Flight Instrument Corporation’s Stall Warning and Protection System (SWPS) for the Phenom 100 very light jet.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Gore Design targets both narrow and widebodies

Gore Design Completions (Booth No.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Jet Aviation swings doors open on widebody super hangar

Jet Aviation inaugurated a new hangar at its Basel completion facility on May 16, just days before the opening of EBACE.