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EBACE Showcases Bizav Growth

New EBAA CEO Brandon Mitchener points to progress on all fronts in recent months.
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FBOs

Air Elite Network Sees Strong Growth in 2017

The World Fuel-sponsored FBO network has seen banner expansion so far this year, with the addition of 13 new locations.
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Safety

APG Adds Dynamic Curtailment to W&B Calculations

Dynamic curtailment is an important factor for larger business jets where passengers and equipment move around during flight.
Charter & Fractional

FAI Looks to Expand Managed Fleet Through Acquisitions

FAI is one of the world’s biggest operators of medium/long-range air ambulance flights and also is expanding in aircraft management and charter.
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FBOs

Jet Aviation Adds to Global FBO Network

Locations in San Juan, Puerto RIco and Washington, D.C. are the latest to carry the General Dynamics subsidiary's banner.
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Avionics

Airbus Helicopters Puts Focus on Quality, Improvements

Winning a greater share of a much contracted market can be achieved through greater quality, believes Airbus
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Avionics

Wabnet’s Aviator Wifi Offers Low-cost Satcom

Owners of smaller business aircraft have been looking for low-cost satcom systems, and Wabnet's Aviator Wifi fills that need.
Avionics

Satcom Direct Offers New SmartBox

SD comes to EBACE on company’s 20th anniversary, with a new customer and two new boxes on offer.
Aircraft

Business Aircraft Deliveries Largely Subdued in 1Q 2017

GAMA reported an overall 6.5 percent increase in business aircraft deliveries for the first quarter of 2016, but results varied among manufacturers.
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Charter & Fractional

Flexjet's European Operation To Add Legacy 600s by Year-end

Legacy 600 was chosen for its super-midsize cabin and nearly 3,800-nm range, allowing flights from London or Paris to Northern Africa and Middle East.
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Charter & Fractional

Integration of Luxaviation and ExecuJet Reaches a New Level

The combined companies now benefit from a new central operations support department, based in the UK.
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Charter & Fractional

FAI Earns EBAA Gold Safety Award

The Gold Safety of Flight Award is presented to operators that earn either 40 accident-free years or 80,000 hours.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Flying Colours, Inairvation Team on Refurb

First cabin overhaul incorporating Inairvation’s pre-engineered components is performed on a Bombardier Global Express
Aircraft

Outfitted Gulfstream G500 Makes European Debut

Aircraft flew from Savannah to Paris in 7 hours and 40 minutes, covering the 3,788-nm/7,015-km distance at an average speed of Mach 0.90.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault Adds Polar Aviation to Support Network

The company can perform line maintenance for the Falcon 900, 2000, and 7X and send go teams to respond to AOG situations.
Security

Custom Jet Charters Approved For DCA Security Access

Exclusive group's Custom Jet Charters has completed DASSP certification allowing access to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Vision Systems, PPG Team for New Windows

The two companies have considerable experience supplying electronically dimmable window shading systems.
Rotorcraft

Airbus Helicopters Rolls Out 700th H130

The light single fleet has accumulated more than 1.8 million hours since the helicopter's 2001 service entry.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

City Jet to Install BizjetMobile’s Chiimp Smart

City Jet is the second fleet operator to install the airborne connectivity system in its fleet.
Regulations and Government

The Air Law Firm Celebrates First Year with New Hires

Rob Mellor joins the firm as senior associate and Pam Chambers as consultant.
FBOs

Signature Elite Service Now on Tap at Luton

The business aviation support provider is looking to bring the luxury back to commercial aviation.
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Avionics

Textron Piston Line Receives EASA Certification for G1000 NXi

Textron can now install the flight deck into newly manufactured Cessna 172s, 182s, T206s, Bonanza G36s and Baron G58s.
Maintenance and Modifications

JSSI Celebrates First Regional Airline Customer Anniversary

The fixed-cost maintenance program provider cares for the engines on Sun-Air's fleet of Dornier 328s.
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Charter & Fractional

PayNode Ready for European Launch

PayNode is now available in Mexico, Avcard has been added, and the payments system will be availabe in Europe from mid-June.
Aircraft

Textron Starts Fabricating Cessna Denali Test Articles

Engineers have started fabrication of the first static, fatigue test articles and initiated testing with the fuel system iron bird.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Aero Dienst Vienna Named Dassault Authorized Service Center

The facility is now approved to work on all models of the Falcon 900 and 2000.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Visions Systems Unveils New Dimmable Windows

The French compwill display its revamped electronically dimmable window Nuance V2, its interactive window for bizav Acti-Vision Window and its IFE systems.
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Engines

Rolls Royce Bolsters Its Strong Position in Bizav Market

British aero engine maker admits it can’t defend its near-monopoly in the large bizjet engine market, but this won’t stop it trying.
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Engines

Castle & Cooke Makes EBACE Debut

The U.S. aviaton services provider chain is a recent addition to Avfuel's global dealer network
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Regulations and Government

AfBAA Seeks to Play Wider Role

African bizav association is preparing its next major event at Lanseria near Johannesburg as it focuses on gathering data on key markets.