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Gulfstream Lands Middle East Order

Gulfstream kicked off EBACE with an order for three G450s (and options on another 17) from National Air Services (NAS) of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Aircraft

Eclipse Expands Upon Market Dominance

Eclipse Aviation announced at EBACE that it has won an order for 180 Eclipse 500s from a single customer.
Charter & Fractional

Spanish charter firm’s sales take off

Spanish aircraft charter and management firm Executive Airlines has seen its sales rocket from $12 million in 2005 to more than $26 million last year, and
Rotorcraft

Education is key to executive helo market

The market for executive/VIP helicopters is growing, according to Eurocopter representatives here at EBACE, but the biggest challenge to sales is still cul
FBOs

North Dakota FBO promotes Fargo as a stop

First-time exhibitor Fargo Jet Center (Booth No.
Avionics

Safe Flight powerline detector gets EASA nod

Paris-based operator Trans Helicopter Service (THS) has its twin-engine Eurocopter AS 355 Ecureuil II available here at EBACE 2007 for demo flights of Safe
Aircraft

PrivatAir’s jet card practically selling itself

PrivatAir has taken $10 million in deposits for its Select jet card, which enables customers to pre-buy blocks of flight hours.
Engines

Venerable King Air 200 is refreshed with new engines

The newest version of the 12,500-pound-mtow Beechcraft King Air B200 already boasts Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics, which the smaller 10,000-pound-m
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Jetalliance offers new kind of aircraft lease

Austrian-based operator Jetalliance announced here on Tuesday that it is now offering what it claims to be a new kind of business aircraft financing called
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

New jet financing firm is created

Guggenheim Partners and UBS have formed Guggenheim Aero Finance, a corporate jet financing company that will combine worldwide reach with a streamlined app
FBOs

Gestair to invest $115 million in its fleet

Gestair Private Aviation has announced a $115 million investment over the next four years to further expand its 30-aircraft fleet.
Avionics

Honeywell flight display may be adaptable to 3-D airport maps

Future versions of Honeywell’s integrated primary flight display (IPFD) may include 3-D airport maps that would give pilots a clear view of the entire airp
Aircraft

Dassault Expands Use of Winglets, Adds Them to 2000EX

Dassault revealed a new Falcon 2000 with winglets at EBACE in Geneva yesterday.
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Accidents

Legacy Cockpit Voice Recorder Strengthens Pilots’ Case

Cockpit voice recordings from the Embraer Legacy that collided with the Gol Airlines 737 over the Amazon last September indicate that the two business-jet
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Europe Orders 32 Hawker 4000s

Less than two months after completion of the sale of Raytheon Aircraft to the investment firms GS Capital Partners and Onex Partners for $3.3 billion, the
ATC

FAA Study Says NextGen Will Help Reduce Delays

An analysis of 56 airports’ operational capacities has concluded that the FAA must “move forward aggressively” to implement the NextGen system or risk furt
Safety

Study Claims Aviation Emissions Kill Hundreds a Year

FAA Administrator Marion Blakey said that “aircraft greenhouse gas emissions might become a serious barrier to aviation growth long-term” in a speech last
Aircraft

Proponents say VLJs will revolutionize Euro air travel

Eurocontrol plans to launch a so-called Very Light Jet Integration Platform (VIP) to discuss issues relating to the introduction of the new generation of b
Avionics

Universal upgrades EFB trip planning

Universal Weather and Aviation is demonstrating its new electronic flight bag CD-ROM and online editions of its UVTripPlanner airport information database
Aircraft

NetJets Europe signs for 32 Hawker 4000s

Less than two months after completion of the sale of Raytheon Aircraft to the investment firms GS Capital Partners and Onex Partners for $3.3 billion, the
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Aircraft

Dassault reveals winglet-equipped Falcon 2000LX

The three-engine, 5,950-nm-range Falcon 7X, certified on April 30, is Dassault Falcon’s proudest achievement (see story on page 6) and certainly it will be
Aircraft

Saudi Arabian operator inks $650 million deal for 20 G450s

Gulfstream kicked off its EBACE press conference yesterday with a contract signing for 20 G450s (three firm and 17 options) destined for National Air Servi
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Comlux arrives here in A318 Elite luxury

Amid fanfare and the sweet scent of jet fuel, Zurich-based charter operator and A318 Elite launch customer Comlux arrived in Geneva on Sunday with the firs
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Lufthansa Technik Combines Form and Function in First A318 Elite

The A318 Elite debut here also serves to showcase the airplane’s first interior by Hamburg, Germany-based interiors specialist Lufthansa Technik (LHT).
Aircraft

Frax operator Jetfly signs deals for 17 turboprops

Fast growing European fractional operator Jetfly will more than double its fleet of high-speed executive turboprops after announcing a number of orders her
Aircraft

Boeing Business Jets nabs seven new orders in 2007

Boeing Business Jets yesterday announced seven new orders since January–for six BBJs and one executive/VIP version of the 787-9 Dreamliner–valued at $478 m
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Versace/TAG partner to ‘dress’ an Airbus ACJ

An Airbus A319 Corporate Jet (ACJ) will be getting a touch of Italian haute couture when Versace, in collaboration with TAG Aircraft Interiors, designs its
Aircraft

Grob claims more than 60 firm orders for its SPn

Grob Aerospace (Booth No.
Aircraft

New King Air 90 to fly with Collins Pro Line 21

Hawker Beechcraft’s latest King Air, the model C90GTi, is joining its larger siblings with a new Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics suite.