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Growth predicted for MEBA as show returns for round two

The prolific growth of the Middle East market for business aviation is expected to be very evident at the second Middle East Business Aviation (MEBA) confe
Cabin Interior and Electronics

The Perfect Espresso Must Be Italian

Italian cabin supplier Iacobucci HF Electronics has introduced a new espresso maker designed for use in an aircraft galley.
FBOs

Avitat FBO touts HPN as attractive alternative to TEB

Sometimes your best business asset is your location.
Regulations and Government

Isle of Man registry M-eets demand

In the year since it was created on May 1, 2007, the Isle of Man aircraft registry has established itself as a popular offshore registry for business jet o
ATC

SESAR’s benefits for GA need further study

The SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) program to define and implement a new air traffic management system for the Single European Sky (SES) presents

Satcom1 joins the battle for in-flight PDA shares

The race is on for market share in a communication system that will allow the in-flight use of personal cellphones and personal digital assistants (PDAs),

Barcelona Gets Improved Bizav Terminal

The Spanish airports and air navigation authority (AENA) has granted Executive Airlines a license as one of two companies to manage Barcelona El Prat Airpo
Charter & Fractional

Executive Airlines soars on charter growth curve

Executive Airlines (Booth No.

FSI debuts Europe’s first full-flight VLJ simulator

Next month, the first very light jet (VLJ) full-flight simulator to enter service outside the U.S.
ATC

Swiss drones to monitor football fans from above

For the upcoming European football championship, jointly hosted by Switzerland and Austria, the Zurich police department has decided to supplement its crow

Lufthansa soars, despite early growing pains

When Lufthansa started offering executive jet flights through its subsidiary Lufthansa Private Jet in March 2005, the intention was to carry first-class pa
Charter & Fractional

Air Alsie eyes the backlog fleet in response to industry decline

The next two years seem certain to see a softening in demand for business and private aviation, according to aircraft management and charter group Air Alsi
Charter & Fractional

As European charter cools, brokers assess their options

Early 2008 has seen muted interest, if not a full-blown downturn, in demand for executive charter service in Europe, according to leading charter brokers.

AMAC to enter completions market

AMAC Aerospace (Booth No.

EASA gathers data on SE-IMC safety ahead of ’09 rulemaking

According to a study by UK research contractor Qinetiq for the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), commercial air transport flights by single-engine ai

Dassault aims to ramp up customer support

To support the 1,015 worldwide Falcon operators who fly an average 1.7 aircraft, logging 360 hours each year, Dassault has launched a renewed customer-supp

Farnborough airshow looks forward to 60th anniversary

For any business aircraft manufacturers that have so far resisted the temptation, it is not too late to book space to display products and services at the
Charter & Fractional

UK air-taxi service ready for ‘the VLJ revolution’

Blink has set the bar pretty high for itself in pledging to radically overhaul the business model for air taxi services in Europe with a fleet of Cessna Ci
Aircraft

Upgraded Pilatus PC-12 makes European debut

At the Pilatus shareholder meeting earlier this year, triumphant chairman Oscar Schwenk declared, “In 2007, we sold more aircraft, we achieved a higher tur

Financiers uncertain amid credit upheaval

Business aviation financiers exhibiting here at EBACE’08 have arrived in Geneva largely uncertain about the full implications of the ongoing squeeze on the

EBACE showcases broadband options

Following a somewhat protracted rollout, the availability of end-user airborne broadband services now appears ready to meet the burgeoning demand from busi
Charter & Fractional

After changes, PrivatAir looks to future

Late last year, PrivatAir sold its U.S.

Russian UBAA sees ‘significant’ growth

Compared with its presence at previous EBACE shows, the Russian business aviation contingent this year has grown to such an extent that it includes two ind
FBOs

European FBO Survey Report

European FBOs have once again scored highly in the annual survey of international FBOs conducted by Aviation International News (sister publication of EBAC
Charter & Fractional

ExecuJet Aviation wants clients to ‘Simply Fly’

ExecuJet Aviation will receive the first aircraft for its new Simply Fly program within the next three to four months, and expects to have 10 large-cabin j
Engines

PW810 finds its niche via airliner industry’s back door

What presented the impetus for the PW810’s development?When we started to talk about the PW800 family [in the late 1990s], we were talking abo

Piaggio marks milestone, while increasing output

Piaggio Aero is about to deliver the 150th P180 Avanti II to a customer and the Italian airframer at last seems to be coming to grips with an unacceptably

Honeywell pursues new greener, safer technology

Honeywell Aerospace is a major provider of business aircraft engines but the focus of its efforts to reduce aviation’s environmental footprint is at least

Bombardier predicts rise in deliveries, fall in orders

The number of deliveries of new business aircraft is expected to increase substantially in the next 10 years, but this will be accompanied by a reduction i