EBACE Convention News 2007

All EBACE Convention news

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

New jet financing firm is created

Guggenheim Partners and UBS have formed Guggenheim Aero Finance, a corporate jet financing company that will combine worldwide reach with a streamlined app
FBOs

Gestair to invest $115 million in its fleet

Gestair Private Aviation has announced a $115 million investment over the next four years to further expand its 30-aircraft fleet.
Avionics

Honeywell flight display may be adaptable to 3-D airport maps

Future versions of Honeywell’s integrated primary flight display (IPFD) may include 3-D airport maps that would give pilots a clear view of the entire airp

Spectrum aims its bizjets at airline passengers

Spectrum Aeronautical, the California-based start-up manufacturer, said it is taking orders for its all-composite business jets “faster than we can build t
Engines

Venerable King Air 200 is refreshed with new engines

The newest version of the 12,500-pound-mtow Beechcraft King Air B200 already boasts Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics, which the smaller 10,000-pound-m
Aircraft

Proponents say VLJs will revolutionize Euro air travel

Eurocontrol plans to launch a so-called Very Light Jet Integration Platform (VIP) to discuss issues relating to the introduction of the new generation of b
Avionics

Universal upgrades EFB trip planning

Universal Weather and Aviation is demonstrating its new electronic flight bag CD-ROM and online editions of its UVTripPlanner airport information database
Aircraft

Honeywell TFE731-50 to enter service on new Hawker 900XPs

Honeywell has delivered the first batch of 32 TFE731-50R engines destined for Hawker’s new 900XP midsize business jet.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Lufthansa Technik Combines Form and Function in First A318 Elite

The A318 Elite debut here also serves to showcase the airplane’s first interior by Hamburg, Germany-based interiors specialist Lufthansa Technik (LHT).