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Maintenance and Modifications

Crane STCs Falcon 20, 50 Wireless Tire Pressure System

Crane Aerospace & Electronics will be offering an STC for its SmartStem wireless tire pressure system for the Dassault Falcon 20 and Falcon 50 starting nex
Maintenance and Modifications

Hawker Beechcraft Opens Dubai Office

Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) has opened an expanded office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) staffed with six employees–a tech rep and five sales, contract a
Charter & Fractional

Comlux Is Launch Customer for Airbus ACJ321

Comlux Aviation placed the first-ever order for an Airbus ACJ321 at the Dubai Air Show yesterday, expanding the Airbus Corporate Jet offerings.
Aircraft

STC in Works for Falcon 7X OnAir System

OnAir is working on an STC that will make the Dassault Falcon 7X the first purpose-built business jet to receive its onboard cellphone system.

JetEx Introduces Flight Explorer Enterprise Edition

JetEx Flight Support has upgraded its Flight Explorer so that the product’s operations control center can link with FBOs
Charter & Fractional

Limited-time Flexjet 25 Jet Card Program Offers Baja Experience

A special-edition Flexjet 25 Jet Card features a getaway to Los Cabos, Mexico, created by luxury travel experts at Abercrombie & Kent.
FBOs

Jet Aviation Appoints Senior Manager at Abu Dhabi FBO

Jet Aviation Abu Dhabi appointed Peter Lewis as senior manager of its new operations at Al Bateen Executive Airport.
Aircraft

Action Aviation Becomes Nextant 400XT Sales Agent

Nextant Aerospace appointed business aircraft sales group Action Aviation as the exclusive sales agent for the Nextant 400XT
Rotorcraft

Robinson Delivers 10,000th Helicopter

Robinson delivered its 10,000th helicopter last Friday. The milestone comes less than four years after the company delivered its 8,000th helicopter
Aircraft

HyperMach Now Aiming for Mach 4 Bizjet

HyperMach Aerospace’s planned 20-seat supersonic business jet (SSBJ), dubbed the SonicStar, will be able to fly at Mach 4.0, the company said
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Rotorcraft

UAE Company Launches Twin Rotor Helicopter

UAE-based Quest Helicopters, a new entrant in the rotorcraft industry, launched a tandem-rotor, light-twin helicopter–the AVQ–at the Dubai Air Show
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Security

Bizav To Have Voice on TSA Panel Again

The Obama Administration has notified NBAA that it will continue to have a seat on the Transportation Security Administration’s Aviation Security Advisory

Dubai Firm To Acquire Major Share of Diamond Aircraft

Medrar Financial Group of Dubai and Diamond Aircraft Holdings of London, Ontario, signed an agreement yesterday at the Dubai Air Show
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Aircraft

Bombardier Lands C Series LOI with Turkey’s Atlasjet

Turkish low-fare carrier Atlasjet signed for 15 C Series CS300 narrowbodies.
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You Went to the Dubai Air Show and You Saw...What?

Is this the latest design from "Belikorsky?"
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UAE AEW Rivals Line Up at Dubai 2011

Three competitors have brought AEW aircraft to Dubai 2011–the Boeing 737AEW&C, Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye and Saab 2000AEW&C.
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Low-cost Carrier flydubai Signs MRO Agreements

Honeywell has signed a 10-year, $20 million maintenance cost agreement to support APUs on flydubai’s Boeing 737 fleet.

Taking the Long View in Dubai

Like so much of the growth seen in the Middle East, aviation interests have raced ahead at an alarming pace.
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AIN: Four Decades of Service

AIN celebrates its 40th anniversary
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Aircraft

L-3 Spins SPYDR's Web at Dubai Air Show

The SPYDR aircraft here is similar to the MC-12W, but Smith claims that L-3 is unique in being both sensor and platform-agnostic.
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Charter & Fractional

VistaJet Commits Three Long-range Bizjets to ME Operation

VistaJet Commits Three Long-range Bizjets to ME Operation

GE Aviation Assists with Emirates Overhaul Shop

GE Aviation will help oversee the design and construction of a new $120 million engine overhaul shop that Emirates Airline plans to build in Dubai.

Dubai Financial Company To Secure Major Share of Diamond Aircraft

Medrar Financial Group of Dubai will acquire a majority interest in Diamond Aircraft of Austria.
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Charter & Fractional

Princely Jets Buys Eurocopter EC130 B4

Princely Jets Buys Eurocopter EC130 B4

FedEx Expands at JAFZA

FedEx Express, a FedEx Corp. subsidiary, announced the launch of a 48,000-sq-ft facility in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA).
Aircraft

Eurofighter, Rafale or Neither for UAE?

Has the Eurofighter Typhoon really unseated Dassault’s Rafale as the UAE Air Force’s fighter-of-choice for a 60-plane order?
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Aircraft

Falcon 7X To Get OnAir Cabin Phone System

OnAir is working on a supplementary type certificate for the Dassault Falcon 7X.
Charter & Fractional

Comlux Places Airbus ACJ321 Launch Order

Comlux Aviation placed the first-ever order for an Airbus ACJ321 at the Dubai Air Show.
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Aircraft

Pilatus Selects AMAC As Exclusive Distributor

Pilatus Aircraft has selected Amac Aerospace as its fully authorized service center and exclusive sales center for the Pilatus PC-12 in the Middle East.