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Cabin Interior and Electronics

VistaJet Orders Three Airbus ACJs

VistaJet, a Swiss-based on-demand charter and aircraft management specialist with operations in Austria and Germany and expected to open in Asia in the nea

BBJ logged 30 sales since last NBAA Convention

After celebrating its 10th year with record sales of 19 aircraft, Boeing Business Jets has logged 30 sales since last year’s NBAA Convention, said Steve Hi
Aircraft

Honda Plans To Build 100 HondaJets Per Year

Honda Aircraft plans to ramp up to an annual build rate of 100 HondaJets within two years of starting its production line, company CEO Michimasa Fujino sai
Rotorcraft

Primp My Ride: Eurocopter Teams with Hèrmes

Eurocopter and the house of Hermès revealed their “l’Hélicoptere par Hermès,” an EC 135 with a decidedly up-market interior, today at the NBAA Convention.
Avionics

SmartDeck Unveiled, Cirrus Jet Is Launch Platform

Amid much fanfare, L-3 Communications this morning introduced its SmartDeck Integrated Flight Controls and Display System at the NBAA Convention in Atlanta

After Long Search, Sino Gets New Investors

Sino Swearingen Aircraft is poised to leave the financial holding pattern it has been in while the Tawainese government sought to sell its majority stake i
Regulations and Government

DOT Secretary: House FAA Bill Flawed

Perhaps she didn’t know what crowd she was addressing, but Transportation Secretary Mary Peters voiced disapproval of the recently passed House FAA reautho
Charter & Fractional

TAG USA Reports Continued Growth

TAG Aviation USA’s charter brokerage volume is up more than 10 percent over the past year, according to Paul Class, the company’s vice president of charter
Avionics

LHT makes NICE with Challenger 300s

Lufthansa Technik’s NICE (Network Integrated Cabin Equipment) system became standard equipment on Bombardier Challenger 300s delivered from the Montreal ma
Engines

Newest P&WC PT6A receives Canadian TC

Transport Canada has granted type certification for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67P that will supersede the PT6A-67B on the Pilatus PC-12 production li
Charter & Fractional

CharterMatrix wants to sell empty-leg trips

Melbourne, Fla.-based CharterMatrix has targeted the empty-leg market with the launch of its updated Web site, which includes a map-search function, reques
Aircraft

Epic Elite visits NBAA’07

The Epic Elite made its public debut at EAA AirVenture this summer after achieving its first flight on June 7.
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Training and Workforce

SimCom adds to its simulator training

SimCom Training Centers, which operates training facilities in Orlando and Vero Beach, Fla., and Glendale and Scottsdale, Ariz., announced additions to its
Maintenance and Modifications

Honeywell Mexico facility to cut weight, fuel burn

Two weeks ago Honeywell opened a $35 million advanced aerospace systems integration laboratory designed to make next-generation aircraft, including medium
Maintenance and Modifications

Tankering fuel calls for extra tire vigilance

Ship It AOG (Booth No.
Avionics

Collins Upgrades Airshow 4000

Rockwell Collins is adding several new features to its Airshow 4000 moving-map display and flight-information system.
Avionics

Switch Panels Are Now Programmable

Rockwell Collins recently announced a new line of software programmable switch panels that will provide business jet passengers with more user-friendly con
Cabin Interior and Electronics

‘Venue’ replicates home entertainment in cabins

Rockwell Collins yesterday announced the arrival of Venue, its next-generation, high-definition cabin management system.“Venue will take the pa

LHT will refurb special-mission German aircraft

The German government’s Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement (BWB) has named Lufthansa Technik AG the prime contractor for modernization of
Security

Air Security establishes ASI Global

It can be a dangerous world out there, and Houston-based ASI Group (formerly Air Security International) continues to expand on that premise.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Collins making business jet cabins more iPod friendly

Rockwell Collins (Booth No.

Innotech Begins Montreal Expansion

Innotech Aviation (Booth No.

Cessna Expanding Georgia Facility

Wichita, Kan.-based Cessna Aircraft (Booth No.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Collins Teams on Cabin Entertainment

Rockwell Collins (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

Carejet Debuts Paint Protection System

Atlanta-based CareJet Services International has debuted an appearance-enhancing polymer paint protection system that was developed by Dow Corning and Prog

Author’s First Book Garners Aviation Award

The National Aviation Hall of Fame (Booth No.
Aircraft

Pilatus Showing its Next Generation PC-12 This Morning

Making good on its promise made last year at the NBAA Convention in Orlando when it announced the program, Pilatus Business Aircraft will today present a r
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Training and Workforce

CAE targets bizjets as it expands its training

 Canadian training specialist CAE SimuFlite (Booth No.

Beechcraft focused on new corporate culture

Formerly a subsidiary of Raytheon Company, Raytheon Aircraft was bought earlier this year by Onex and GS Capital Partners and promptly renamed Hawker Beech

Cessna signs intent to buy Columbia Aircraft

Cessna Aircraft signed a letter of intent (LOI) yesterday with Columbia Aircraft of Bend, Ore., to acquire selected assets and certain liabilities of the m