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Charter & Fractional

Start-up Swiss charter firm awaits Phenom 100 deliveries

JetBird, the planned low-cost air charter service, caused quite a stir at the 2006 EBACE exhibition when it ordered 50 of Embraer’s Phenom 100 very light j
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Rotorcraft

Helicopter makers buoyed by sales surge

Helicopter manufacturers have come to EBACE 2007 riding high on the wave of some $732 million in new orders announced at the industry’s Heli-Expo held in O
Aircraft

Very Light Jets

Of more than 30 new business jet designs now in various stages of development, no fewer than seven are very light jet (VLJ) projects represented here at th
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Stork refurb business extends to large aircraft

Business aviation is not new to Stork Aerospace (Booth No.
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Safety

Bombardier brings ‘war on error’ to Europe

Bombardier is to hold its first Safety Standdown event in Europe at the end of this week’s European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition here in Genev
Charter & Fractional

Flying Group introduces jet-card option for the not-so-frequent flier

“Not everyone can or wants to own a private jet, and even the most affordable co-ownership or ad hoc chartering package is not always suitable,” Flying Gro
Aircraft

PrivatAir flies high with large jets

In the 30 years since its founding, PrivatAir (Booth No.
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Charter & Fractional

Business booms for Air Partner

Air Partner, the company that describes itself as the world’s largest aircraft charter broker, is seeing a surge in business.
Charter & Fractional

Investment firm has big plans for DaimlerChrysler Aviation

DaimlerChrysler Aviation, conceived as a corporate flight department in 1998 to transport the German-U.S.
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Engines

P&WC eyes market for even larger engines

Pratt & Whitney Canada’s (P&WC) progress in developing a powerplant for the proposed Bombardier C Series is contributing to research and development of eng
Engines

Honeywell eyes European engine market

With Europe continuing to be one of business aviation’s key growth markets, it should not be surprising that Honeywell Aerospace has chosen to position its
Engines

Elliott Makes EBACE Debut

Business aviation services provider Elliott Aviation is making its EBACE debut this week.
Accidents

Brazil’s Federal Police Blames Pilots for Midair

Brazil’s Federal Police has concluded that ExcelAire Legacy pilots Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino were responsible for the September collision with a Boein
Regulations and Government

Reaction to New User-fee Bill Swift and Strong

As interested parties begin to delve into the newest FAA funding bill to arrive on Capitol Hill, reaction has been strong.
ATC

Lawmakers Question NextGen Efforts

Although a “road map” for the next-generation ATC system will be released June 23, members of the House aviation subcommittee at a hearing yesterday expres
Regulations and Government

FAA Proposes OEI Standard ‘Harmonization’

The FAA has proposed a number of revisions to the rotorcraft one-eng
Charter & Fractional

Union: Flight Options Fired Pilots for Traffic Violations

The Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 1108, which represents pilots for fractional provider Flight Options, said this week that some pilots were fired for th
Charter & Fractional

European charter programs vie for market dominance

Block charter has evolved as the primary alternative to fractional ownership in Europe, with providers continuously vying to offer greater flexibility and
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Jet Aviation expands its successful completions business

Jet Aviation is here at EBACE’07 (Booth No.
Regulations and Government

Europe mulls new rules for aircraft with HUD and EVS

New regulations being developed by Europe’s Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) may soon enable operators of HUD-equipped aircraft to hand-fly Cat II and Cat
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Europe to boost fleet and pilot numbers

Back in 2001, NetJets Europe might have considered a shortage of suitably qualified pilots to be a nice problem to face.
Aircraft

Socata’s speedy TBM 850 takes on VLJ competitors

A couple of years ago, the imminent arrival of the new-generation very light jets posed a real threat to EADS Socata’s (Booth No.
Engines

Manufacturers eye market for larger engines

A titanic battle appears to be shaping up in the 10,000-pound thrust segment of the aero engine market, where there is a need for powerplants to drive the
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FBOs

Shell Card a part of broader market push

Shell Aviation (Booth No.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Science of the sound of silence

The prototype personal stereo was famously developed in 1978 to help Sony founder Masaru Ibuka listen to opera while airborne on business trips.
Regulations and Government

Cape Town Treaty to permit registration of aircraft shares

Operators who own a share of a fractional aircraft are to be given the same Cape Town Treaty protection as sole owners have had since March 2006.
Airports

Switzerland’s smaller airports want more business traffic

Spurred by representatives from St.
Charter & Fractional

Austrian charter company maintains a global presence

Tyrolean Jet Services of Innsbruck is here at EBACE for the sixth time, exhibiting its charter expertise to attendees (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

Ruag purchases Pilatus subsidiary

Swiss group Ruag Aerospace is here at EBACE (Booth No.
Avionics

King Air altimeter approval latest from Swiss firm Revue Thommen

Revue Thommen, the Swiss avionics manufacturer (Booth No.
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