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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.

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May 22, 2007

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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May 22, 2007

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

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May 22, 2007

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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May 21, 2007

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

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May 21, 2007

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

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May 21, 2007

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

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May 21, 2007

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

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May 21, 2007

Grob claims more than 60 firm orders for its SPn

Grob Aerospace (Booth No.

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May 21, 2007

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.

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May 21, 2007

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.

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May 21, 2007

Embraer’s Phenom 100 preps for flight

Cessna and Eclipse are about to feel some Brazilian heat.

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May 21, 2007

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

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May 21, 2007

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

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May 21, 2007

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

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May 21, 2007

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

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May 21, 2007