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Airports

Fliteport opens new handling service

First-time EBACE exhibitor Fliteport is here to launch a new trip-planning service for the Middle East, Asia and Africa regions.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Converting CRJs to executive use may be a boon to completion shops

Divergent conditions in the regional airline business and the business jet realm have conspired to create a potential boon for completion companies involve
Regulations and Government

Bizav encouraged to be more vocal in making slot requests

Business aircraft operators should be more vocal when requesting slots at congested European airports, according to presenters yesterday at an information
Charter & Fractional

Soccer in Moscow drives jet charters

If parts of northern Europe were overshadowed yesterday by large numbers of aircraft flying east, it was not the much-vaunted arrival of very-light jets bu

Aircraft orders announced at EBACE

LET’S DO THE NUMBERS .
Rotorcraft

AgustaWestland AW101 adopts bizjet-like interior

Helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland is here showing a mockup of an AW101 cabin in a luxury layout, probably the ultimate for a VVIP helicopter, as it is
Maintenance and Modifications

Russian Operator Takes PT6 Support

Russian charter operator Dexter Air Taxi has signed a fleet management program with Pratt & Whitney Canada covering eight PT6A-67P engines on its fleet of
Maintenance and Modifications

P&WC is fine-tuning its global customer support

As part of ongoing initiatives to boost global customer support, Pratt & Whitney Canada (Booth No.
FBOs

Abelag is an EBACE newbie

Abelag is here at EBACE Booth No.
Aircraft

Leopard VLJ ahead of its time

For 100 years now, taxiways have borne metaphorical (and sometimes material) testimony to the “wannabe–really, really wannabe” aspirations of prospective a
Avionics

Sagem GII Cockpit Nears Approval Finish Line

After months of waiting, Sagem Avionics says it is tantalizingly close to receiving its first FAA supplemental type certification (STC) for the company’s I
Aircraft

Partners and, perhaps, competitors]

Eyebrows were raised in January when Grob was named as the single source for the Learjet 85’s entire primary and secondary composite structures.
Maintenance and Modifications

Ruag to link its six shops into one maintenance network

Ruag (Booth No.

Women in Aviation Meet in Geneva

Women in Aviation International is attending EBACE for the first time this year due to the increasing number of its members in Europe.
Avionics

Honeywell’s In-flight BlackBerry Link Now Available

Honeywell said here at EBACE that an in-flight messaging service for Wi-Fi-compatible BlackBerrys it launched recently is now available as part of its OneL

NetJets’ Mark Booth Gets EBACE Award

Mark Booth, chairman and CEO of NetJets Europe, received the EBACE 2008 European Business Aviation Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to
Aircraft

Like the green jacket, trying the G650 on for size

Here at EBACE, Gulfstream signed an agreement with Australian-born professional golfer Adam Scott to promote the company’s business jets in the Asia-Pacifi
FBOs

Jet Aviation Signs LOI for Utah Facility

Jet Aviation (Booth No.

Baron Bound for Poland

Hawker Beechcraft (Booth No.
Aircraft

Falcon order book fattened by NetJets

For the past four days, the skies over EBACE have been gray, but the overcast and rain have not dampened the spirits of John Rosanvallon.

You’d think it would sell itself

Hamish Harding, owner of Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 Serial No.

Mesingers trading on a global scale

The market for business jets–both new and used–has taken on a decidedly more global complexion in the past three years in the estimation of Jay and Josh Me
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Gore Books Green 777 Completion

Gore Design Completions (Booth No.
Airports

Business aviation community must help keep small airports operating

With scheduled airline traffic, holiday charter and business flying growing at euphoric rates, airport capacity shortage lurks at many of Europe’s conurbat
Aircraft

Alps flight marks 200th G200

Although a gloomy sky hung over Geneva Palexpo Center, the view could hardly have been better yesterday morning for a group of aviation journalists invited
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Aircraft finance firms striking gold here

Noticing that aircraft finance companies were more prominent here this year, EBACE Convention News did a quick walkabout to see when they first had booths

Business aviation industry is less dependent on U.S.

Ask former Bombardier Aerospace senior vice president for worldwide sales Jahid Fazal-Karim about the current state of the business aviation market and you
FBOs

New FBO Planned for Malaysia’s Subang Airport

ExecuJet Aviation Group (Booth No.

Executive AirShare Doubles Its Embraer Order

Embraer has taken a new firm order for a pair of Phenom 300s from Executive AirShare, effectively doubling the number of airplanes on firm order from the K
Aircraft

Fill ’Er Up with Biofuel

Honeywell Aerospace, along with Honeywell subsidiary UOP, Airbus, JetBlue and International Aero Engines (IAE), are joining efforts to develop a sustainabl