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More Articles from Aviation Information: MORE RESOURCES: UK airline Eastern Airways is beefing up its bespoke charter offering in an attempt to bolster its share of the flourishing large-group transportation market. Of all the people with cause to be relieved at the resoundingly successful maiden flight two weeks ago of Europe's new rocket, Vega, few will be as relieved as Francesco Caio. Embraer has delivered the 300th Phenom business jet to an unnamed US customer. ST Aerospace has unveiled a new brand, AERIA Luxury Interiors, as part of the global branding programme for its VIP completion and refurbishment business.... NetJets Europe has launched the first direct financing product for the European fractional ownership market. There was a touch of glamour at the Singapore air show with the presence of movie star Jackie Chan's brand new Embraer Legacy 650 business jet. Street-level aviation outlet The Jet Business has got off to a flying start. After only five weeks of opening the doors of its Belgravia-based London showroom, its founder and owner Steve Varsano has secured a letter of intent for a Boeing Business Jet from an unnamed multinational conglomerate and is midway through discussing the purchase of an Airbus ACJ319 VIP airliner for another. Honeywell this quarter will launch a pilot programme to offer tracking and messaging services to helicopter operators through its Global Data Center (GDC)... Sikorsky president Jeff Pino said the company is studying how to position itself in the offshore market with respect to seating capacity as competitors... Bell Helicopter will directly confront AgustaWestland and Eurocopter in the upper-medium helicopter class beyond 2014, following the 12 February unveiling... Fleet replacement and addition expectations from operators in Asia and South America are highlights in an otherwise mildly positive five-year turbine helicopter forecast issued by Honeywell at this year's Heli-Expo show in Dallas. LCI sets up helicopter division with AgustaWestland order Lease Corporation International (LCI) has signed a purchase agreement with AgustaWestland... Business aviation services provider ExecuJet plans to boost its European-managed fleet by almost 25% this year, with almost half the growth expected to come from the UK market. Gulfstream Aerospace and FlightSafety International have opened a new learning centre in Hong Kong. The centre will train operators of Gulfstream... Singapore general aviation services firm MAJ Aviation has officially opened its General Aviation Centre (GAC) at Seletar Aerospace Park, which includes the... Cessna Aircraft has increased the range of its yet-to-be launched Citation Latitude mid-sized business jet by 15%. Piaggio has sold its first Chinese-registered P180 Avanti IIs to Chinese operator CAEA Aviation Investment of Beijing, which will also act as its exclusive sales agent for the country. Booming passenger numbers and expansion of low-cost carriers across Asia-Pacific are foring airports in the region to scale up their facilities to raise throughput. The Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank of the United States spent $250m in financing around 25 business-jet and helicopter purchases last year. Gulfstream plans to introduce the G280 mid-size business jet into service by mid-year, but the programme continues to face an unexpected rash of design changes... Hawker Beechcraft has appointed American International Group (AIG) chairman and self-proclaimed "Turnaround Kid" Robert "Steve" Miller as chief executive of the Wichita-based airframer, keeping former chief executive Bill Boisture on as chairman of subsidiary Hawker Beechcraft Corp. Gulfstream Aerospace has launched a brokerage service to help owners of existing mid- and large-cabin Gulfstreams to sell their aircraft. Bombardier has begun sending crews of newly purchased Challenger, Learjet and Global Express aircraft to a three-day, in-aircraft upset prevention and recovery... Quest Aircraft is seeking to almost double the production rate of its $1.75 million Kodiak single-engined unpressurised turboprop -` from 16 in 2011 to 30 this year. Victor has expanded its realtime business jet booking platform to the lucrative German-speaking market six months after its official launch in the UK. Expansion to other European and international markets - notably the USA and the Asia Pacific region - is also planned. Cessna's 400th Citation Mustang has rolled off the production line in Independence, Kansas, about five years after the entry level business jet entered service. The US National Transportation Safety Board said it will complete a comprehensive study of experimental amateur-built (E-AB) aircraft this spring. Business aviation services provider The Private Jet Company has broken ground on the Isle of Man's first dedicated VIP passenger terminal at its base at Ronaldsway airport. Airbus Corporate Jets is hoping for a better 2012, as it looks to recover from several cancellations last year and aims for 200 total sales for its airliner-derived business aircraft. Moscow-based tourism company Aviamost plans to acquire up to 300 GECI Skylander SK-105 twin-engined turboprops in a bid to become a major player in the local air transport market. The hot large cabin sector continues to lift Gulfstream Aerospace despite continued poor performance at the company's Jet Aviation completions business and a "soft" midsize market. German flag carrier Lufthansa has expanded its top-end Lufthansa Private Jet (LPJ) brand to North America through an agreement with leading US fractional ownership and charter company NetJets. Services are set to start 1 February. Qatar Executive is seeking to become a "truly global player" in the business aviation services industry and is set to expand its fleet of large-cabin and long-range aircraft to exploit demand for business aircraft in the flourishing markets of the Middle East, Russia, West Africa and Asia. Hawker Beechcraft has received Russian validation for its Hawker 900XP business jet, bringing the number of countries where the midsize aircraft is cleared to operate commercially to more than 50. Abu Dhabi's only dedicated business aviation airport Al Bateen Executive recorded an 11% hike in commercial aviation movements in 2011 and a 50% surge in business aviation traffic, bringing the total number of take-off and landings for the period to 8,775. Fractional operator Jet-Share Canada has added a third Cessna Citation to its fleet, bringing the total number of managed aircraft for the Toronto-based company to four. Comlux foresees a modestly growing charter market for corporate versions of widebody passenger jets as more governments turn from owning aircraft in the...
Singapore-based maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) firm ST Aerospace will build a new hangar to focus on general aviation work.
To make room for... Bombardier has received a firm order for up to 10 CSeries CS100 aircraft from PrivatAir, which will be delivered in an all-business class configuration. The... First flight for Cessna 'Ten' prototype Kestrel Aircraft chief executive Alan Klapmeier said the inability of Maine officials to come up with the full slate of agreed economic development funds led to the company's decision to build a $100 million production plant with 600 potential jobs for the Kestrel single-engine turboprop elsewhere. Luxury charter operator VistaJet plans to double its fleet and revenues within four years as it targets expansion across the fast-growing countries of Brazil, Russia, India, Nigeria and China (BRINC). Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has issued airworthiness directives that ground all Beechcraft Bonanza, Debonaire and Baron aircraft pending mandatory inspections of flight control cables. Although Dubai is the undisputed hub of the Middle East's business aviation sector - with the free zone next to its international airport housing a cluster of brokers, charter providers and fixed-base operations - Richard Gaona had no hesitation in choosing Bahrain two years ago as Comlux's Middle Eastern base. VistaJet has announced plans to double in size within four years as it targets expansion across BRINC (Brazil, India, Nigeria, China) countries and other fast-growing markets. Lebanese fractional ownership and charter company ImperialJet plans to more than quadruple its fleet during the next three years as part of a wider strategy to exploit flourishing demand for business aircraft in its target regions of Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Russia. Victor, the realtime booking platform for business jet travel, is seeking to raise ÂŁ1.5 million ($2.3 million) to fund the next phase of its expansion programme. The pilots of a 1995 Cessna Citation VII (N877G) that experienced severe roll control problems on departure from Fort Lauderdale Executive airport on the morning of 28 December used a combination of alternative control techniques to bring the twin-engine business jet, with eight people on board, back to the airport. Space Jet, the business aircraft charter start-up of Indonesian low-cost carrier Lion Air, will begin operations later this year with Hawker 900XP twin jets, but said it may add other types to the fleet at a later date.
OXFORD GROWTH
London Oxford airport recorded a 12% rise in its movements in 2011 to 6,000 take-off and landings and says it now ranks fifth in the... Five hundred years ago, Portuguese pioneers ventured to Brazil to seek their fortune in the young colony. Now Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer is on a transatlantic mission in the other direction to create its first overseas manufacturing outpost. The Avicopter AC313 has achieved type certification in China, clearing the way for it to enter the commercial market. The helicopter underwent four... Although Piper Aircraft's new owner lives halfway around the world, new chief executive Simon Caldecott never has to look farther than his conference room wall in Vero Beach to see who he works for. PPG Industries has developed a water-based corrosion protection primer that is applied to aircraft metal parts using an electrocoating dipping process, eliminating... The instrument rated private pilot of a Socata TBM 700 that crashed shortly after departure from Teterboro airport near New York City on the morning of 20 December was attempting to climb out of icing conditions at 17,000ft (5,185m) minutes before the aircraft spiralled into the ground, killing all five on board. Domestic and international business jet operations continued to ramp up in 2011 as part of an ongoing upward trajectory that began in early 2009, according to the US Federal Aviation Administration's enhanced traffic management system count database. Boeing Business Jets has delivered a BBJ to Chinese charter operator Nanshan Jet, rounding off a strong year of orders and deliveries to Chinese customers for the US airframer. Anti-competitive aspects of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) discriminate against the business aviation community on several grounds and must be addressed, said the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA).
Hunters' 60th anniversary
The Hawker Hunter (Mk. 3) celebrated the 60th anniversary of its first flight on 20 July. This aircraft is now displayed at the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, West Sussex.
RIAT 40th Air Show
The Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) marked its 40th anniversary with exceptional flying displays, involving aircraft from various nations. A Da
This image of the first Qantas A380 being rolled out in Hamburg is the most downloaded image on AirSpace in 2011.
Qantas Airbus A380 VH-OQA in full livery at Hamburg ...uploaded by user Rear Loader. Image courtesy Airbus/C. Brinkmann
2011 – The Year in Review: Air Shows
Flightglobal travels to all the major air shows all year, every year to bring you news and industry gossip. The team works around the clock to deliver news on the web with our dedicated show pages that showcase videos, blogs, Twitter, images as well as iFlight, the interactive digital daily magazine that features heatmapped cutaways and videos.
Asian Aerospace
Asian Aerospace returned to Hong Kong's Asia World Expo from 8-10 March, reflecting the region's booming market in civil aviation and commercial aerospace.
Heli Expo
ANA makes maiden 787 flight
All Nippon Airways' (ANA) first Boeing 787 took off from Tokyo's Narita airport on its inaugural flight.
The special charter service departed from Narita at about 12:40 loc We bring you the most popular image stories in 2011.
1. VIDEO: AIR France A380 hits CRJ while taxiing
Video footage emerged showing an Air France Airbus A380 colliding with a Comair Bombardier CRJ700 during taxiing at New York JFK in April. The A380 “clipped the tail fin” of the parked Comair jet, causing only “material damage”.
2. Embraer delivers China's first Lineage 1000
Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer has delivered its first Lineage 1000 executive jet to an unnamed customer in China.
"It is inspiring news to...
China's CITIC Offshore Helicopter (COHC) has ordered seven Eurocopter EC225 LP helicopters, to be used in COHC's airlift duties for the offshore oil and... London Oxford airport recorded a 12% rise in its movements in 2011 to 6,000 take-off and landings and says it now ranks fifth in the UK for business aviation activity at civil airports, ahead of rival London Stansted airport. Gulfstream has rolled out its final G200 super midsize business jet at the company's Dallas completion centre, making way for the soon-to-be-certified G280... The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) to operators of Socata TBM 700s following the rupture of a bolt attaching... Honda Aircraft says its third production conforming aircraft, F2, is now taking part in the HondaJet flight test programme along with the first conforming... It's been another gloomy 12 months for the business aviation industry. As the economic downturn tightened its grip on the world's economies, demand for business aircraft and services - especially in the established markets of Europe and the USA - remained soft. Jet Solutions' yearly tradition of offering its Flexjet 25 jet card members something special during the holiday season continues in 2011, this time with... A German charity aims to return the curiously shaped HFB 320 "Hansa Jet" to the air Aviation in 2010 proved to be the vehicular travel mode with the lowest fatalities in the US, according to year-end... Italian airframer Tecnam says first flight of its new four-place, Lycoming-powered single, the P2010, will take place in early January. Featuring... Charter broker Air Partner describes business as encouraging in a "very difficult trading environment", especially in private jet and freight broking, but says economic conditions are providing too little visibility to indicate future financial performance. Embraer said there were no anomalies in the 2.5h first flight of a US-built Phenom 100 business jet from Melbourne International Airport, Florida, on 8 December, marking a trouble-free start for the company's first US-based production plant there. The Hawker 200 as become another business aircraft casualty at the hands of the crippling and protracted global economic crisis following Hawker Beechcraft's... Canadian aircraft completion company Flying Colours delivered its fourth Chinese-registered aircraft - a Bombardier Challenger 850 business jet - to Shenyang-based air charter company Lily Jet late last month. An air tour helicopter pilot flying four passengers on a Part 135 sightseeing trip from Las Vegas to the Hoover Dam deviated from the standard air tour route...
Russian Helicopters has opened a representative office in Hanoi to access new markets in Southeast Asia and Australia.
"As one of the rapidly developing... Tim Procter is Managing Director of charter business Air Charter Travel Ltd. Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, the company has built a solid reputation... Embraer says there were no anomalies in the 2.5h first flight of a US-built Phenom 100 business jet from the Melbourne international airport on 8 December,...
Eurocopter made several announcements at Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA), including the production rollout of Royal Malaysian... The decision by Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) at the start of the month to "slow development" of its Hawker 200... Embraer has completed its three-year, $50 million project to bring business jet production and a global executive aviation customer to Melbourne international airport in Florida Piaggio's sleek new canard is attracting admiring glances as the manufacturer eyes emerging markets such as Russia Flightglobal's WEBBIES Awards are back once again to celebrate and acknowledge the best and brightest aviation websites and online activities during the...
Indonesia has ordered five Bell 412 helicopters and has the option to buy two more.
The five aircraft will be delivered to PT Dirgantara Indonesia... Capitalised by its new China-based owner - China Aviation Industry General Aircraft (CAIGA) - Cirrus plans to reveal certification and production plans for... The UK's new plans for replacement search and rescue helicopters will bring to an end military provision of services from 2016 ... LIZ MOSCROP HONG KONG Where in the world can you practise tai chi in the morning, eat dim sum at midday, and wind up with a wild night in Wanchai?... REBECCA SPRINGATE LONDON One of the biggest decisions facing any newly arrived expatriate with a young family is where to send your children to school.... Arrive at Hong Kong's impressive modern airport and you get a sense not only of the city-territory's status as one of the world's great crossing points,... Dragonair may have been under the wings of Cathay Pacific for the past five of its 26 years, but when it comes to recruiting and training pilots its approach... EXPATRIATE PROFILE Headline in herexy Australian Guy Malpas joined Cathay Pacific as a Boeing 747-400 second officer in 1995. Now a senior captain... Evergreen Airlines in December will begin equipping the first of six Boeing 747 freighters with a Universal Avionics flight management system that boosts... Licences for general aviation pilots will be valid across the European Union from April. At the same time, qualifications for instructors, examiners and... The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has completed a workshop with a number of general aviation associations aimed at developing a partnership to advance... Business aviation operators and advocates are touting victory over unnecessary government intrusion after President Barack Obama signed the Consolidated... |
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