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Solar Impulse stores energy for use after sundown

The Solar Impulse has made significant progress toward its aim of being the first solar-powered aircraft able to fly at night.
Rotorcraft

EC 135 sheds EMS flight suit for business attire

The twin-engine Eurocopter EC  135 helicopter, well established in the emergency medical services and law enforcement sectors, is gaining greater acce
Cabin Interior and Electronics

VIP jet interiors take time

It can take up to two years to outfit a VIP widebody jet.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Cabin dreams for the Dreamliner

Computer-generated virtual cabin concepts for Boeing’s latest large bizliners are appearing with some regularity as the order book for the executive/VIP ve
Charter & Fractional

First frequent flier program for Aviaxess air charter

French executive charter operator and broker Aviaxess has launched what it claims to be the first frequent-flier loyalty program in the business aviation m
Charter & Fractional

Prestige Jet wants to tap into Mideast charter market

Newly formed Gulf charter company Prestige Jet has been set up by principals previously involved in Dubai-based charter company Gulf Jet.
Training and Workforce

Sabena Flight Academy offers bizav pilot training, consulting

A new exhibitor here at EBACE, Brussels-based Sabena Flight Academy, is at Booth No.
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
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.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Citi helps buyers finance their business jets

The boom in demand for business jets is inevitably pushing prices skyward, and Citi Private Bank is here (Booth No.
Aircraft

Hawker Beechcraft Updates King Air Stable

Hawker Beechcraft hopes to continue to stave off competition from VLJs with two new upgrades to the stalwart King Air turboprop line, announced this week a
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.
Training and Workforce

Phenom Training Center Selected; Assembly on Schedule

Embraer, which is having a good sales week at EBACE with orders for 11 aircraft announced thus far, has selected the CAE Burgess Hill, UK training center a
Aircraft

Gulfstream Lands Middle East Order

Gulfstream kicked off EBACE with an order for three G450s (and options on another 17) from National Air Services (NAS) of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Aircraft

Eclipse Expands Upon Market Dominance

Eclipse Aviation announced at EBACE that it has won an order for 180 Eclipse 500s from a single customer.
Charter & Fractional

Spanish charter firm’s sales take off

Spanish aircraft charter and management firm Executive Airlines has seen its sales rocket from $12 million in 2005 to more than $26 million last year, and
Rotorcraft

Education is key to executive helo market

The market for executive/VIP helicopters is growing, according to Eurocopter representatives here at EBACE, but the biggest challenge to sales is still cul
FBOs

North Dakota FBO promotes Fargo as a stop

First-time exhibitor Fargo Jet Center (Booth No.
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
Aircraft

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.
Engines

Venerable King Air 200 is refreshed with new engines

The newest version of the 12,500-pound-mtow Beechcraft King Air B200 already boasts Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics, which the smaller 10,000-pound-m
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Jetalliance offers new kind of aircraft lease

Austrian-based operator Jetalliance announced here on Tuesday that it is now offering what it claims to be a new kind of business aircraft financing called
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

New jet financing firm is created

Guggenheim Partners and UBS have formed Guggenheim Aero Finance, a corporate jet financing company that will combine worldwide reach with a streamlined app
FBOs

Gestair to invest $115 million in its fleet

Gestair Private Aviation has announced a $115 million investment over the next four years to further expand its 30-aircraft fleet.
Avionics

Honeywell flight display may be adaptable to 3-D airport maps

Future versions of Honeywell’s integrated primary flight display (IPFD) may include 3-D airport maps that would give pilots a clear view of the entire airp
Aircraft

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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Accidents

Legacy Cockpit Voice Recorder Strengthens Pilots’ Case

Cockpit voice recordings from the Embraer Legacy that collided with the Gol Airlines 737 over the Amazon last September indicate that the two business-jet
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Europe Orders 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
ATC

FAA Study Says NextGen Will Help Reduce Delays

An analysis of 56 airports’ operational capacities has concluded that the FAA must “move forward aggressively” to implement the NextGen system or risk furt