Content Archive: May 2007

European bizav told to equip for EGNOS

One of Eurocontrol’s senior navigation managers says the business aviation community should be acting now to prepare for the introduction of the EGNOS (Eur
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Fortis offers structured finance to buy a plane

Given the bucks or the ability to borrow them, buying a business jet ought to be a straightforward affair.
Aircraft

EASA Certifies the Citation Mustang

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified the Citation Mustang, not only for registration in Europe but for flying steep approaches as well.

Bombardier extends its European reach

Bombardier Aerospace is another manufacturer celebrating the rapid growth of European business aviation, announcing that Zug, Switzerland-based VistaJet ha

Feras increases facilities in Eastern Europe and Russia

Feras, the American-founded executive flight support company active since 1992 in Eastern Europe, Russia and CIS countries, has inaugurated new facilities

Nothing like a brisk breakfast flight over the Swiss Alps

For the past six years at EBACE, Gulfstream has given groups of aviation journalists the opportunity to experience the cabin amenities of one of its busine

EBACE 2007 gets a 9.5 from the judges

The European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition, which hosted its inaugural event here just six years ago with relatively modest ambitions, has bl
FBOs

Encore Euralair builds FBOs

Next month’s June opening of the new Encore Euralair FBO at Aéroport Côte d’Azur in Nice, France, brings more U.S.-style FBO services to the European busin
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