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Continued Success for the Bell 407GXP in Africa

TrueNorth tunes in to a new cabin communications system

TrueNorth Avionics unveiled its latest cabin communications system, Simphonē Pro (pronounced 'symphony') today with a special upgrade programme for legacy Simphonē product owners. The new product delivers all the capabilities of the older systems with added performance and value, the company...

Iran Has Huge Potential for Bizav, but Hurdles Remain

The lifting of nuclear-related sanctions on Iran earlier this year won’t have immediate benefits for business aviation, since air transport is being opened up first, speakers said at Aeropodium’s Iran Aviation Conference in London on Monday. However, private charter flights could possibl...

Daher delivers first TBM 930 very fast turboprop aircraft to ba based in United Kingdom

Daher announced the delivery of a new TBM 930 to the first U.K.-based customer of this latest TBM very fast turboprop aircraft version, which also marks the initial TBM 930 sale by Flying Smart – the newly-appointed TBM Authorized Distributor for the U.K. and Ireland.  The TBM 930’s customer is Attila Balogh, an established American businessman in the United Kingdom, and who is...

Digital Copilot Designed To Improve Single-pilot Safety

In a simulation laboratory at Mitre’s Center for Advanced Aviation System Development in McLean, Va., researchers are testing digital copilot technology designed to help single pilots flying complex aircraft in busy airspace. The team’s goal is “to bring several of the safety benefits of Crew Resource Management to single-pilot operations,” according to Mitre. The research...

Lufthansa Technik signs contract for BBJ 787 engineering & parts provision services

Lufthansa Technik has been selected by an undisclosed customer to perform comprehensive cabin engineering services as well as initial parts  rovisioning for the entry into service on a Boeing BBJ 787-8. The engineering services consist of Service Bulletin (SB) and Airworthiness Directive (AD) monitoring, development and tracking of required maintenance planning dat...

Cuba Handling offers dedicated flight support to Cuba

Cuba has become a popular travel destination as the U.S. administration began relaxing restrictions against the communist country last year. Though commercial airlines now travel to various cities in Cuba, Americans are still not permitted to engage in pure tourism activity in Cuba, under the modified terms of the 50-year-old embargo that remains in effect today. Eric Norber, a C...

Tamarack active winglets given 100% value by Vref

Tamaracks Active Winglets are unique as they do not require structural reinforcement and include a wing extension making them three to four times more efficient than other winglet types. Tamarack has demonstrated a reduction in fuel burn of over 25% during hundreds of hours of flight-testing with a Cessna Citation CJ fitted with Active Winglets. COO Brian Cox stated 'We are extrem...

Bell Helicopter, to debut Bell 525 Relentless at Monaco Yacht Show

Bell Helicopter  will debut its much anticipated Bell 525 Relentless at the 26thannual Monaco Yacht Show (MYS), September 28 through October 1. As the only helicopter company on the ground at the show, Bell Helicopter will also display the Bell 429 and the Bell 407GX, both part of the company’s VIP modern luxury product line. Show attendees will experience the full-scale mockup of th...

Dassault Aviation to Show Fast Selling Falcon 7X at South African Air Show

Dassault Aviation will present its popular large cabin, long range Falcon 7X at the Africa Aerospace & Defence Expo, to be held at Waterkloof Air Force base, South Africa from  September 14-18. Dassault’s three engined Falcons are extremely popular among African operators, who highly value their legendary sturdiness, reliability and operating economy. Some 70 Falcon air...

ExecuJet becomes first Williams International approved maintenance facility in Africa

ExecuJet Africa  announced an agreement with Williams International, the world leader in the development and manufacture of gas turbine engines, which seals ExecuJet Africa’s maintenance facility as a Williams-approved service station for its FJ44-2A and FJ44-3AP engine models, also making ExecuJet Africa the first facility on the continent authorised to support FJ44-3AP engines. Sha...

Vector Aerospace highlighting its local capabilities at AAD 2016

Vector Aerospace, a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, will once again be highlighting its local capabilities at this year's Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition (AAD 2016), taking place at AFB Waterkloof, Centurion, in the City of Tshwane, South Africa during September 14-18. Vector's broad range of cost-effective service offerings...

Piper M600 achieves production certificate from FAA

Piper Aircraft, Inc. was granted a Production Certificate for its new advanced, single-engine M600 turboprop by the Federal Aviation Administration on September 1, 2016 at its Vero Beach, FL. headquarters.   "Being granted the Production Certificate is the latest in a series of significant milestones for this innovative aircraft," said Simon Caldecott, Piper Aircraft President and...

Babcock expands into major new Gloucestershire engineering facility

Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore has acquired a 20,000-square-foot hangar at Gloucestershire Airport as a base for its growing helicopter maintenance, repair, overhaul and installations operations. The facility – located very close to the company’s existing Staverton headquarters – will become a major new engineering base for the company. “The new facili...

WingX: Russia, Turkey Drag Down European Bizav Flying

Business aircraft activity in Europe relapsed last month by 0.9 percent year-over-year, “mainly due to private jet owners flying less, particularly from Russia and Turkey, with heavy jet activity in general falling sharply,” according to a report released today by WingX Advance. “There is no doubt some wariness of the elevated terrorist threat, reflected in markedly less activity...

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Air Charter Expo achieves third consecutive year of record‑breaking attendance

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Located alongside Dassault Aviation’s flagship manufacturing facility, Dassault Falcon Service Mérignac is celebrating a decade of dedicated support to Falcon operators around the world....

Airbus Corporate Jets survey points to a new wave of demand for large business aircraft in Asia

Confidence in Asia's business aviation market is on the rise, according to new research commissioned by Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ). Industry experts expect demand for business aircraft to grow st...

ExecuJet MRO Services Australasia successfully completes 20-Year heavy maintenance inspection on Indonesian Legacy 600

ExecuJet MRO Services Australia successfully completed a major 20-year scheduled airframe inspection on an Indonesian-registered Embraer Legacy 600 at its Sydney facility, further demonstrating t...

KlasJet receives key FAA approval to launch ACMI and charter services in the US market

KlasJet has achieved a significant milestone by obtaining Part 129 Operations Specifications (OpSpecs) approval from the FAA, paving the way for the company's expansion into the U.S. market. As pa...

Flexjet receives first-ever Embraer Praetor 600E as fleet launch customer

Embraer delivered the first Praetor 600E to Flexjet, marking the operator as the launch fleet customer for Embraer’s latest-generation super-midsize business jet. The inaugural aircraft joins Fl...