Content Archive: May 2008

Business aircraft deliveries set record

Worldwide shipments of business aircraft in the first six months of the year set a record as the industry’s best first half ever.

Rolls-Royce Forecasts Steady Bizjet Growth

In its latest business jet forecast, released today at EBACE, Rolls-Royce predicts demand for 39,000 new aircraft, ranging from very light jets to bizliner
Charter & Fractional

Avinode Picks UVTripPlanner for Power

Universal Weather’s (Booth No.
FBOs

Gestair’s Growth Is Taking Off

Madrid-based Gestair Private Aviation (Booth No.

CommutAir shedding aircraft, employees

Plattsburgh, N.Y.-based CommutAir has notified its employees that it will return 12 of its remaining 26 leased Beech 1900D turboprops to Raytheon Aircraft
Avionics

Learjet 85 gets Pro Line Fusion avionics suite

Further strengthening its relationship with avionics maker Rockwell Collins, Bombardier has selected the Pro Line Fusion cockpit for its composite Learjet
Engines

Snecma Silvercrest engine completes core tests

Snecma announced here at EBACE that the core demonstrator of its Silvercrest business jet engine has completed a series of tests.
Maintenance and Modifications

Universal to draw for year’s free ground support

Although already rated as “the best handling service in the world,” Universal Aviation (Booth No.
Aircraft

Dassault launches leggier Falcon 900

Here yesterday Dassault introduced a new version of the Falcon 900 large business jet–the 900LX, which features a 4,800-nm range thanks to the addition of
Aircraft

Hawker Beechcraft Premieres the Premier II at EBACE

This afternoon at EBACE Hawker Beechcraft announced the $7.365 million (2010 $) Premier II, a long-awaited performance-enhanced version of the Premier IA.