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Avionics

Japanese put Connexion in official 747s

Japan Airlines will equip two government-owned Boeing 747-400s used to carry the country’s emperor and high-ranking officials with the Connexion by Boeing
Avionics

CMC satcom antenna designed for bizav

A compact satellite communications high-gain antenna system developed by CMC Electronics (Booth No.
Training and Workforce

Glennair steps up bizav Mx training

To address the shortage of qualified business aircraft maintenance technicians, the UK’s Glennair Training Centre is stepping up its capabilities in the pr
Charter & Fractional

Las Vegas Operator Orders More EC 130 B4s

Maverick Helicopters of Las Vegas, Nevada, has placed an order for nine Eurocopter EC 130 B4 helicopters.
FBOs

Preflight Planning Eased with Ac-u-Kwik

Flight planning guide publisher Ac-u-Kwik (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

Embraer Inks Indian Support Contract

Under a freshly signed contract, Embraer will provide the Indian government with a complete support package for its five Legacy 600 business jets.
FBOs

ExxonMobil Fuel Services Spread to Milan

ExxonMobil Aviation (Booth No.

New GM for Jet Aviation Singapore

Michael Sattler, presently director of quality and technical services at Jet Aviation Basel, will take over as vice president and general manager of Jet Av

New Manager for Jet Av

Michael Girps is the new vice president and general manager of Jet Aviation’s FBO at London Biggin Hill Airport, succeeding Stephen Koss.
Avionics

Satcom Direct simplifying in-flight dialing processes

Satellite communications service provider Satcom Direct (Booth No.
Airports

Airports near London attract the bizjet crowd

Expansion plans for both Biggin Hill and Southend Airports promise important benefits for business aircraft operators making for the UK capital.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Stratas seats, LED lights are displayed

B/E Aerospace (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

At last, a legal cover-up

A lightweight, easy-to-use jet inlet and exhaust protection system called Jet\Brella is being promoted here by Granitize (Booth No 1357), but may be seen i
Charter & Fractional

U.S. Charter Thrives Post-Part 91K, Says Bolen

A decade ago, many U.S.
Charter & Fractional

EBAA Struggles To Get Consensus on Fractional Rules

As the debate within EBAA has raged over the past 12 months, opponents of the IWG-BAO’s recommendations for a European version of the Part 91K rules for fr
Charter & Fractional

Fractional regs remain contentious

The leadership of the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) believes it has now reached a workable consensus on the complex and contentious issue o
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
Charter & Fractional

Sovereign on display here toils for Bookajet

Still factory fresh from Cessna is the new Citation Sovereign being shown in the EBACE static aircraft park by UK business aircraft charter and management
Aircraft

Spectrum is shoring up support for its new bizjet

Spectrum Aeronautical (Booth No.
Aircraft

Launch Customer Can't Wait To Get Flying

Socata’s owner customer survey shows that 63 percent of typical TBM pilots regularly fly more than 500 nm and 15 percent regularly fly more than 1,000 nm.
Aircraft

Customers asked Socata for speed, more speed and even more speed

EADS Socata is confident that it has the answer to the challenge of the very light jet (VLJ) threat in its latest single turboprop, the six-seat TBM 850.
Aircraft

Airbus pilot tests TBM 850

“Handling is good in pitch but a little hard on bank.

Wireless Wonder

Bernhard Conrad, Lufthansa Technik senior vice president, demonstrates the wireless touchscreen remote control that is part of his company’s Nice (networke
Training and Workforce

Falcon 7x Training

Dassault and CAE have held the first meetings of the Falcon 7X training advisory board in Burgess Hill, UK, and Dallas, Texas.

Business aviation goes primetime with bbc

Business aviation is enjoying a higher profile worldwide, as evidenced by the presence of BBC television here at the EBACE show this week to film a documen
Charter & Fractional

ExecuJet and Pilatus: Why They Split

When ExecuJet and Pilatus simultaneously announced on February 8 that they were progressively phasing out their sales agreements for the PC-12, the two com

As 6th EBACE opens, business aviation fights misconceptions

Environment, access and security are still the three main challenges that business aviation has to address in Europe, EBAA CEO Brian Humphries said yesterd