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Gore Design Completions (Booth No.

Italian cabin supplier Iacobucci HF Electronics has introduced a new espresso maker designed for use in an aircraft galley.

The race is on for market share in a communication system that will allow the in-flight use of personal cellphones and personal digital assistants (PDAs),

Townsend Leather is here at EBACE unveiling its new Cosmopolitan Collection, featuring three product lines in “a coordinated, sophisticated color palette.”

zLeki Aviation, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based company providing product support and services to the aviation industry has come to EBACE’08 (Booth No.

The European General Aviation Manufacturers Association (EGAMA) was launched at EBACE’07 in a bid to more closely coordinate the industry’s interests at a

Cessna Aircraft is here at EBACE, sailing high after the successful first flight of its Citation CJ4 prototype early this month.

Flying Service NV has signed an agreement with Aviapartner Belgium to perform all third-party ground handling at Antwerp Airport until the end of September

Lufthansa Technik (Booth No.

Executive charter group Air Partner has received a green light to proceed with its plans to create a purpose-built business aviation enclave at London Bigg

After low-cost carriers, business aviation now ranks number two in Eurocontrol’s latest traffic statistics.

On April 22, Airbus’ new Corporate Jet Center (ACJC) delivered its first aircraft–a VIP-configured A320 to a private customer.

François Chazelle is the new vice president in charge of Airbus’ Executive and Private Aviation division, following the recent departure of Richard Gaona t

The IRMA relates to airplanes approved for a total of at least eight seats, helicopters with at least five seats and engines rated with a minimum of 1,750

Gulfstream Aerospace’s choice of Stork Aerospace to be a major partner for its new G650 large-cabin business jet is not surprising, given the long-st

Responding to increased demand for its parts throughout the Middle East and India, Hawker Beechcraft has named Kolkata, India-based Arrow Aviation Services

Palm Aviation, the on-demand flight support provider, has announced plans for a new $12 million FBO at the massive urban aviation development project, Duba

Savannah, Georgia-based Gulfstream has named Sumi Fonseka the new general manager of its Luton Service Center, located at the UK’s London-Luton Airport.

The potential impact of new environmental restrictions is high on the EBACE conference agenda here in Geneva this week.

According to the European Union’s CO2 emission trading scheme (ETS), each affected facility is allotted a certain number of CO2 emission permits, based on

The need to demonstrate environmental responsibility while remaining operationally viable has been identified as the biggest single challenge facing busine

French cabin electronics specialist PGA Avionics (Booth No.

In March, Socata appointed Stéphane Jacques as its new chief test pilot.

Representatives of Lyon Bron Airport (Booth No.

“Tool on Time” is exactly what it sounds like–a maintenance support program that will make maintenance tools and ground support equipment readily available

In October 2006, the Embraer board of directors authorized expenditure of $100 million on customer support.

Embraer announced creation of its executive jets division in the spring of 2005, simultaneously revealing the launch of its first “clean-sheet” business je

Piaggio Aero Industries, which emerged from receivership in 1998, found a new lease on life for its sleek P.180 Avanti business turboprop with the establis

This year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo is history, and indications are that the show has weathered its initial growing pains.

If aviation is essentially an Anglo-Saxon industry, and the rest of the world adopts safety measures that Anglo-Saxons devise, are these practices equally