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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.
Charter & Fractional
Leggier jets from Bombardier key to Gold Air’s growth plans
Gold Air International has ordered two new Bombardier Global 5000s in a deal valued at close to $80 million.
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Spain’s second-largest charter firm expanding
Executive Airlines, Spain’s second-ranking executive charter operator, has increased its fleet from four aircraft to seven and expects to add five more in
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China regional jet market remains on slow simmer
Last month’s order for five ERJ 145s placed by China Eastern Airlines no doubt came as welcome news to the management of the Brazilian-Chinese joint manufa
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Asia/Pacific Forms Bedrock of ATR’s Good Year
Customers from the Asia/Pacific region played a big part in the banner year European airframer Avions de Transport Regional posted in 2005.
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Raptor in the running for Japan’s next fighter
Japan’s Air Self Defence Force (JASDF), which is accustomed to having the most modern variants of U.S.
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UAVs bring their own set of stealth challenges
Four decades after the first truly stealthy air vehicles were secretly flown in the U.S., the technology has matured and proliferated.
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USAF Counts the True Cost of B-2 Stealth
Brian Kilburn of the Boeing B-2 System Program Office presented insights into the true cost of a stealth operation at the Stealth Conference conducted rece
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Boeing speeds into AA06 on a road to redemption
Boeing employees who remember the sorry state of the airline industry and, frankly, their company during the last Asian Aerospace exposition in 2004 should
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India’s airlines confident but wary
Remember the days not too long ago, when any aspiring young computer whiz with a domain name and a smile could convince a venture capitalist to invest six
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Kingfisher Airlines brews up ‘value-added’ recipe for flying
Aviation International News traveled from Delhi to Mumbai for the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) conference on Kingfisher Airlines, because
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Cessna sells three bizjets here
Cessna sold three Citation business jets here at Asian Aerospace yesterday.
First, Japan Aerospace Corp.
First, Japan Aerospace Corp.
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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
