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2009 New Business Jets: Composites, winglets and clean sheets

Despite the recession, a significant number of new aircraft programs remain largely on track.

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October 1, 2009

2009 New Business Jets: Recession raises the jet singles bar

Citing a combination of specific business challenges, market conditions and capital scarcity, the three leading single-engine VLJ contenders–Cirrus, Diamon

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October 1, 2009

2009 New Business Jets: Spiraling down: Goodbye Columbus & Epic meltdown

The recession has put the spike to some major new jet development programs, delayed others and shuttered some undercapitalized aircraft companies altogethe

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October 1, 2009

VLJs Neither ‘Revolutionary’ Nor ‘Disruptive’

The marketing hype surrounding very light jets (VLJs) has “largely subsided,” according to Brian Foley, president of business aviation consulting firm Bria

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October 1, 2009

China Orders Three Citation Sovereigns

Cessna Aircraft last month during Asian Aerospace 2009 in Hong Kong received an order for three Citation Sovereigns from the China Flight Inspection Center

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September 30, 2009

Embraer E190 Gains ISA+39 deg Approval

Embraer has received ISA+39-degrees C certification for the E190 airliner from Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) and the FAA, the company anno

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September 30, 2009

King Air 350i Gets Electric Shades

PPG Industries’ aerospace transparencies business and Gentex will be providing electrochromic window systems to Hawker Beechcraft as standard equipment for

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September 30, 2009

Cirrus Hiking Price of Vision Jet

Cirrus Aircraft last month raised the price of the single-engine Vision Jet, a personal VLJ, to $1.39 million for existing position holders and to $1.55 mi

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September 30, 2009

Airbus A380 Deliveries Decrease by One for 2009

Airbus confirmed to AIN today that it will build just 13 <link airshow-convention-news/paris-air-show/single-publication-story/article/flying-the-a

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September 30, 2009

First Flight 40 Years Ago Gave Lift to Citation Series

Cessna Aircraft last month celebrated the 40th anniversary of the maiden flight of the Citation 500, the first model in its now broad series of business je

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September 29, 2009

Emivest delivers its First SJ30

Emivest Aerospace, formerly Sino Swearingen Aircraft, on September 23 delivered its first SJ30 light jet and continues to ramp up production at its San Ant

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September 29, 2009

Gulfstream G650 Rolled Out, Under Its Own Power

Gulfstream Aerospace this morning rolled out the first wide-cabin G650 to much fanfare, and a crowd that completely filled the G650 production hangar, at i

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September 29, 2009

Citation Excel/XLSs OK’d for BoomBeams

LoPresti Aviation received FAA STC approval for BoomBeam high-intensity discharge (HID) lights on the Cessna Citation Excel/XLS.

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September 29, 2009

China’s Comac Makes Splash at Asian Aerospace

China signaled in clear terms its plans to mount a determined–and relatively prompt–challenge of Boeing’s and Airbus’s domination of the world’s single-ais

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September 28, 2009

WTO Subsidy Battle between Boeing and Airbus Still Unclear

Despite the partisan claims and counter-claims on both sides of the long-running dispute over alleged <link ain-air-transport-perspective/single-publicatio

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September 28, 2009

VH-71 Presidential helicopter teeters on the edge

The future of the VH-71 presidential helicopter program neared the wire last month as Congress worked to pass a final 2010 defense appropriations bill that

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September 25, 2009