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‘Nice’ work boosts LHT to OEM status

Lufthansa Technik (Booth No.
Aircraft

FSI adding Hawker 750 sim at F’boro Airport

FlightSafety International (FSI) plans to build a Hawker 750 simulator for installation at its UK training center at Farnborough Airport an hour southwest
Aircraft

Lufthansa, Bombardier seek expansion in Germany

Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) celebrated its 10th birthday in Berlin on Saturday night with news of an expansion plan that will see the joi
Avionics

Gulfstream switches to Collins HUD

Rockwell Collins’ new HGS-5860 is the first head-up display (HUD) system with an LCD projector to be certified on a business jet–Dassault’s Falcon 7X.
Aircraft

EASA delivers Mustang’s certificate

Cessna has received European Aviation Safety Agency airworthiness approval for the Citation Mustang, the first very light jet to be certified on this side
Aircraft

Vaunted Eclipse VLJ takes EU road trips

Eclipse Aviation president and CEO Vern Raburn did not wax eloquent with regard to the Avio NG (next generation) avionics upgrade program for the Eclipse 5
Aircraft

Embraer’s Phenom 100 preps for flight

Cessna and Eclipse are about to feel some Brazilian heat.

Adam invades China with order for 50 A700 VLJs

Hainan Zhong Hangtai General Aviation Airlines Company, the China-based operating entity of Los Angeles, California company Ameritec, placed a firm order f
Aircraft

Skytime inks a Lear 40XR and a 45XR

Bombardier yesterday announced the sale of two Learjets here at EBACE to European Skytime of Gloucestershire in the UK.
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.

EBACE 2007 could break 10,000 in attendance

Show exhibitors here at EBACE 2007 are expecting to break last year’s attendance records.

Peter Edwards takes controls at Jet Aviation

On May 20, Peter Edwards, formerly president of Bombardier’s Business Aircraft Division, took over as group CEO at Jet Aviation, succeeding interim CEO Car
Aircraft

Grob claims more than 60 firm orders for its SPn

Grob Aerospace (Booth No.
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

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
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
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).
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
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
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

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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EBACE Opens Doors on Tuesday

The annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) opens in Geneva Tuesday and will run through Thursday of next week.
Regulations and Government

Low-airspeed Warning System Mandated for Caravans

FAA Airworthiness Directive 2007-10-15, e
Regulations and Government

…Senate Finance Committee On Deck

The final vote tally of 12-11 against the amendment means that the bill will move to the next step in the Senate with user fees attached.
Regulations and Government

New User-fee Bill Changes Narrowly Approved…

At the culmination of two days of intense activity, the Senate purged from its new version of the FAA’s funding bill an amendment that would have stricken
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky To Build Technology Demonstrator

Sikorsky Aircraft yesterday disclosed at the American Helicopter Society International annual technical forum in Grapevine, Texas, plans to build and test
Regulations and Government

UK: Reduce Exhaust Emissions or Pay

The UK intends to push for carbon dioxide emission trading for aviation while it holds the office of presidency of the European Union for six months, begin
Aircraft

Bombardier Expands Completions Network

Midcoast Aviation and Savannah Air Center were selected as factory authorized preferred completion centers to conduct interior completions for the Bombardi
Aircraft

Eclipse Buyers Bite the Price-increase Bullet

An Eclipse spokesman told AIN that "very few, if any" Eclipse 500 buyers asked to have their deposits refunded after learning of