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Avionics

Primus Apex for Viking Twin Otters

Viking Twin Otter series 400 airplanes will be equipped with an integrated suite of Primus Apex avionics from Honeywell Aerospace.
Maintenance and Modifications

VIP Boeing 757s Get Aviation Partner Winglets

No fewer than 10 Boeing 757-200s–both VIP and head-of-state aircraft–now benefit from Aviation Partners’ Performance Enhancing Blended Winglet Systems, th
Charter & Fractional

Skylliance Charter Adds Two New Members

Skylliance, the charter jet program of Jet Aviation, announced here that it will add JetNetherlands and Elite Jets of Dubai, effective June 1.
Maintenance and Modifications

Midcoast To Upgrade Falcon 50s

Premier Aircraft, a joint venture between West Star Aviation and Yankee Pacific Aerospace, has named Midcoast Aviation as an authorized distributor for 50D

NetJets Europe Hiring Tomorrow in Hall 1

NetJets Europe is here at EBACE holding its first company-wide career fair tomorrow.
Aircraft

See You at LBA2009

NBAA president Ed Bolen, left, peeked in on Cirrus CEO Alan Klapmeier yesterday as he sat behind the controls of the Minnesota lightplane maker’s single-en
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Aircraft

Aerion SSBJ by 2014 unlikely, despite 40 LOIs

Aerion is still hoping to convince an OEM partner to join it by the end of this year in its quest to build a supersonic business jet capable of sprinting f
Aircraft

In the Works: Explorer 500T/500R/750T

Graham Swannell, CEO; Donald Joseph, president; and Geoffrey Danes, director of operations, research and development–the three principals of Explorer Aircr
Aircraft

In the Works: Century Jet CA-100

New  life could be breathed into the Century Jet program if owner Bill Northrup and Roy Norris, chairman and CEO of AASI, can reach an agreement.
Safety

Bombardier will continue its Safety Standdown Europe

Bombardier Aerospace marked EBACE eve with its second annual day-long European Safety Standdown, and made it clear that the program in Europe will continue
Aircraft

In the Works: American Utilicraft FF-1080-200

In the seven months after September 11 American Utilicraft Corp.
Avionics

Sandel Shipping Collins-compatible Display

Sandel Avionics (Booth No.
Aircraft

In the Works: Aerostar FJ-100

The search for funding, aggravated by the infarction of the private financial markets after the dot-com meltdown in 2000 and made worse by September 11, ha
Maintenance and Modifications

Canada’s Innotech Opening High-tech Paint Shop

Innotech Aviation plans to open a new 41,000-sq-ft paint preparation and application facility this July.

IPS Providing Starter/Generators for Learjet 85

Bombardier Aerospace has selected Innovative Power Solutions to provide its brushless starter/generator (BS/G) system for the new Learjet 85.
Avionics

Sabena Takes EFB Software To New Level

Sabena Flight Academy Consulting is debuting its newly developed integrated electronic flight bag (EFB) software here at EBACE.
Aircraft

Piiots Take Solar Impulse Sim on 25-hour Flight

Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg recently spent their first 25 hours at the controls of a flight simulator that replicates the cockpit in the first So
Charter & Fractional

Prestige Jet buys five G650s

Prestige Jet of Abu Dhabi signed a letter of intent at EBACE for the purchase of five Gulfstream G650 long-range executive jets to be delivered in 2012.
Avionics

Avidyne has datalink Wx for Europe

Hoping to duplicate the success of in-flight datalink weather services that have exploded in the U.S., Avidyne (Booth No.
Aircraft

Single-engine version of Falcon 7X is remote-controlled

Remote-controlled model specialist Aviation Design has started offering 1/7th model kits of the Dassault Falcon 7X business jet and expects many of the cus

Rolls-Royce forecasts steady bizjet growth

Rolls-Royce has again peered into its crystal ball and is predicting steady growth in business jet deliveries through the remainder of the decade, it said
Charter & Fractional

XOJet starting joint venture in Middle East

XOJet, the fast-growing on-demand charter company operating a fleet of Cessna Citation X and (starting this fall) Bombardier Challenger 300 aircraft, has s
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Florida-based Banyan Air Service is expanding its capabilities

Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Banyan Air Service is expanding its capabilities to include avionics installations in large-cabin business jets.
Maintenance and Modifications

Eco-friendly APU under development for business jets

Microturbo, a subsidiary of Safran Group company Turbomeca, has finalized a partnership with Triumph Gear Systems of Park City, Utah, for the development o
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Fortis Offers Executive Aircraft Service

Following an earlier initiative in the luxury-yacht market, international banking and insurance financial-services provider Fortis (Booth No.
Aircraft

Apex Is Spectrum’s Choice for Freedom

Would-be business jet OEM Spectrum Aeronautical (Booth No.
Charter & Fractional

FlyingGroup To Offset Carbon Dioxide

Executive charter operator FlyingGroup (Booth No.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

New Flight Display LCD Allays Dealer Concerns

Flight Display Systems, a leading manufacturer of in-flight entertainment equipment, has unveiled at EBACE the updated version of its 7-inch widescreen LCD
Maintenance and Modifications

CRS Jet Spares Going Green in Florida

Following a review of its operations by efficiency consultants, CRS Jet Spares has revealed a range of measures that will help the Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Slots, emissions and economy problematical

The 2008 EBACE show will be the biggest yet, but it isn’t size that sets the event apart, according to Eric Mandemaker, new chief executive of the European