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News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.
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Aussies will need quick decision on C-17 buy
Australia is mulling the acquisition of four Boeing C-17s, but will probably have to make its mind up by the end of June.
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TCAS 2000 Now Standard on Cessna Bizjets
Aviation Communications & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), a joint L-3 Communications and Thales company, has announced that Cessna has selected the TCAS 2
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Midcoast Delivers Corporate Global 5000
Midcoast Aviation has delivered the first corporate Global 5000 to be completed outside Bombardier’s own factory completions center.
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Embraer Phenoms To Fly with Thales
Embraer has selected Thales’ integrated electronic standby instrument (IESI) for the Phenom 100 and 300 business jets.
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European air-taxis join VLJ revolution
German charter operator Cirrus Aviation is to operate Eclipse 500s on behalf of UK-based group JetSet Air, which ordered up to 50 of the new very light jet
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The First Shall Become the Latest
Bob Pond, who owns the first production Piaggio P.180 Avanti, has ordered a new Avanti II to replace it.
Charter & Fractional
Eurofly using A319 as ‘club car’
Giving “club class” a new meaning, Italian carrier Eurofly is about to begin charter operations with an Airbus A319LR “business liner” on static display he
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JSSI Provides Maintenance Coverage for Piaggio Avanti II
The first delivered Piaggio Aero P180 Avanti II will be covered by Jet Support Services, Inc.’s (JSSI) Tip-to-Tail hourly maintenance cost program.
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For A318, standard cabins mean faster completions
Airbus has found a ready market for its latest corporate jet, and exclusive cabin outfitter Lufthansa Technik (Booth No.
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Avanti II Offers Generous Space and Jet-like Speed
Piaggio markets the P180 Avanti as offering close to jet speed and a generously proportioned cabin that can seat up to nine passengers (but more typically
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Ferrari Glamour Helps Piaggio Win Back Market
Almost 20 years since the P180 Avanti made its first flight in August 1986, the eye-catching twin pusherprop at last seems to have established itself in th
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Avanti Time Machine Cuts Across Airline Schedules
During a recent visit to Piaggio’s Italian home, EBACE Convention News got a first-hand demonstration of how the P180 Avanti can enable business people to
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SJ30-2 took a long, circuitous flight path to EBACE 2006
Twenty years after it was conceived by legendary aircraft designer Ed Swearingen, the Sino-Swearingen SJ30-2 is making its European debut here at EBACE.
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Technology reshaping Aviation Partners’ winglets
New wingtip technology that “will raise eyebrows” is being developed by Aviation Partners and may be revealed at the EBACE show this week.
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BBJ cargo door a possibility
Boeing is here at EBACE floating the idea of adding another new member to its Boeing Business Jet family.
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The Spectrum 33 may be light, but its also surprisingly roomy
The recently unveiled Spectrum 33 business jet can be categorized as “very light” in terms of weight and yet its cabin is roomier than that of a Cessna Cit
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Embraer reaches for the big league with Lineage 1000
Embraer is breaking into the business jet big league with the launch here at the EBACE show today of the new Lineage 1000 jet derived from its 190 regional
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Lineage 1000 targets European market
Embraer believes that the new Lineage 1000 business jet may well find a significant market in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) sales region.
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Jet Aviation builds luxury into 787 and A350
Business aviation devotees are increasingly tapping into the expertise of other industries catering to the high-end marketplace to find news ways to improv
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Still larger BBJs are on Boeing drawing boards
Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) has been sending out initial proposals for “green” corporate versions of the proposed 747-8 jetliner, for which parent company B
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Dassault says efficiency fuels Falcon 7X orders
“Last year, we did not expect any new 7X sales since we thought that long lead times would slow down the sales activity,” said Charles Edelstenne, Dassault
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Eclipse founder sees air taxis changing travel
Eclipse founder, president and CEO Vern Raburn likens the potential for the mass air-taxi market that he envisions to the network effect that took hold as
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Collins offers Pro Line retrofit for Avanti
Owners of Piaggio Avanti twin-pusher turboprops were presented with some good news yesterday in the form of an announcement by avionics maker Rockwell Coll
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Embraer broadens its bizjet ambitions
Embraer wants to change the face of the business aviation market to the same degree that it has already revolutionized the regional airliner sector.
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Mikado gives mothballed Dornier 328s new lives
New Germany-based engineering and maintenance organization 328 Support Services has signed an agreement with Mikado Capital to return four previously store
