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Aircraft

Skytime inks a Lear 40XR and a 45XR

Bombardier yesterday announced the sale of two Learjets here at EBACE to European Skytime of Gloucestershire in the UK.
Charter & Fractional

Charter firm finds work for single-engine t-props

JetFly, a Luxembourg-based company set up in 1999, is offering fractional ownerships in single-engine turboprop aircraft.Civil aviation authori
Aircraft

Business, military products keep Pilatus flush with orders

For the first time in many years, Pilatus Aircraft has full order books for both its general aviation business unit–with the PC-12 executive/utility
Charter & Fractional

Investment firm has big plans for DaimlerChrysler Aviation

DaimlerChrysler Aviation, conceived as a corporate flight department in 1998 to transport the German-U.S.
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Aircraft

PrivatAir flies high with large jets

In the 30 years since its founding, PrivatAir (Booth No.
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Avionics

King Air altimeter approval latest from Swiss firm Revue Thommen

Revue Thommen, the Swiss avionics manufacturer (Booth No.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Ruag purchases Pilatus subsidiary

Swiss group Ruag Aerospace is here at EBACE (Booth No.
Airports

Switzerland’s smaller airports want more business traffic

Spurred by representatives from St.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Jet Aviation expands its successful completions business

Jet Aviation is here at EBACE’07 (Booth No.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Jet Aviation expands its successful completions business

Jet Aviation is here at EBACE’07 (Booth No.
Engines

Fairchild Dornier 328 and 728 get new leases on life

AvCraft CEO Ben Bartel in late January announced the restart of Dornier 328JET production at the company’s plant in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, just outside
Accidents

Pilot blamed in Crossair crash; others implicated

Switzerland’s Federal Bureau of Air Accident Investigation, known as the BFU, identified pilot error as the cause of a Crossair Avro RJ100 accident on Nov.
Accidents

Poor pilot skills downed Zurich Citation

The Swiss Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau blamed insufficient pilot proficiency and repeated interference of a passenger occupying the cockpit right
Airports

WEF traffic portends capacity woes

The World Economic Forum (WEF), held every year in January at the alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland, attracts an impressive number of high-ranking politi

AvCraft’s German unit falls into bankruptcy

AvCraft Aerospace GmbH, the German subsidiary of AvCraft Aviation of Leesburg, Va., has declared insolvency at a German court at Weilsheim, near the compan
Aircraft

Avionics confusion had hand in Crossair Saab 340 accident

Nearly four years after the accident, the Swiss Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (BFU) published its final report on the Jan.

Israel seeking international cooperation in export plans

An impressive array of innovative, advanced and sophisticated products and systems mark a significant increase in Israel’s presence at the Paris Air Show t
Aircraft

Piaggio is showcasing its Avanti II

Piaggio Aero Industries is showcasing the new Avanti II version of its distinctive twin pusherprop here at Dubai 2005 this week.

Strong sales in a niche market propel Pilatus to prosperity

Demand for the Pilatus PC-12 pressurized business/utility single turboprop remains at unprecedented highs.
FBOs

After 10 years, Jet Aviation sees business double at S’pore FBO

Plenty of major players have voiced high expectations for the eventual flowering of business aviation in the Asia/Pacific region, but Jet Aviation is one o

World Cup brings crowds, slot headaches to Germany

Special slot procedures are scheduled at about 20 German airports during the World Cup football tournament to be held this summer from June 9 to July 9.

Jet Aviation keeps growing

Jet Aviation, founded almost 40 years ago in 1967 by the late Carl Hirschmann as a modest one-hangar FBO in Basel, Switzerland, has enjoyed constant gro
Maintenance and Modifications

Revue Thommen outlines plans for business aviation

Following a management buyout of its avionics division last year, Swiss manufacturer Revue Thommen decided to seek business in new markets more aggressivel
Aircraft

Pilatus PC-12 world’s best selling business turboprop

Swiss airframer Pilatus last year achieved a sales record for its PC-12 single turboprop aircraft, logging 80 orders.

RUAG consolidates its civilian maintenance business

Pieced together from many companies in an evolution that commenced in 1999, the Swiss Ruag group is progressing at its cruising speed.
Aircraft

European air-taxis join VLJ revolution

German charter operator Cirrus Aviation is to operate Eclipse 500s on behalf of UK-based group JetSet Air, which ordered up to 50 of the new very light jet
Maintenance and Modifications

API to expand in Europe and China

Aerospace Products International (API) of Memphis, Tennessee, will open a new facility in June at Shanghai, China, to serve Asian customers, and another fa

Switzerland relies on Ruag for defense work

Aerospace and defense group Ruag (Hall 1 Stand A21) currently has two major domestic defense orders in process.
Aircraft

Pilatus feeling pressure for a PC-21 payoff

Swiss airframer Pilatus is riding high on a sustained wave of success of its PC-12 pressurized single-engine executive/utility aircraft.
Accidents

Pilot error blamed in Swiss Citation crash

A Cessna 560 Citation V, registered HB-VLV and operated by Eagle Air of Bern, Switzerland, crashed on takeoff at Zurich Airport on Dec.