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Bombardier Global 7000 Flight Test Program Ramps Up with Maiden Flight of Third Flight Test Vehicle

Sky Atlas: All-inclusive package for business aviation

From 1 May, Sky Atlas introduces a brand-new price list for ground handling and passenger services in Russia, based on the all-inclusive fixed-price package principle. In Russia, when business aircraft owners and operators receive their bills for ground handling, they are often confronted with a...

Download the EBACE2017 Mobile App Before Heading to Geneva

The official EBACE mobile app allows attendees to prepare for the show, enhances their event experience in Geneva and serves as a useful reference all year long. The free mobile app – available for the iPad, iPhone and Android smartphones – includes the following: Full confe...

Cofrance SARL Becomes First Charter Broker in France to Earn ARGUS Registered Broker Rating

ARGUS International, Inc. (ARGUS) is pleased to announce Cofrance SARL, a leading charter broker for Russian speaking clients worldwide, as the first French charter broker to earn the ARGUS Registered Charter Broker Rating. As the most recognized and trusted source of information on the charter business around the world, the ARGUS Charter Broker Program raises the bar to meet the high expectat...

Satcom Direct and Lufthansa Technik extend nicemedia® in-flight entertainment service to all platforms

The nicemedia® premium content service launched by SD at MEBAA 2016 for aircraft equipped with nice®HD cabin systems is now available for all IFE/CMS platforms. Together with Lufthansa Technik, SD has expanded the types of jets which can benefit from the nicemedia SmartBox system, which delivers Hollywood blockbuster movies and contemporary TV shows to the cabin. SD will be booking appoint...

Deer Jet Exhibits 787 Dream Jet in the UK

On 4th May, Deer Jet, a leading global business aviation company, marked its European debut of the world’s first 787 ‘Dream Jet’, making a brief stop at London Stansted Airport (Harrods Aviation FBO) before continuing with a series of exhibitions:- ‘Dreams Encounter the World,’ across the globe. This B787-8 Dream Jet is capable of flying non-stop for 18.5 hours or...

Heli-One completes two H225 inspections for South Korean rescue agency National 119

Heli-One, a leading global provider of helicopter maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services, has completed inspections for two Airbus H225 aircraft (1-year and 8-year inspections) for South Korea’s National 119. The inspections were completed simultaneously (ten days for 1-year and 7 weeks for 8-year inspection) at two Korean bases in Seoul and Busan, allowing the aircraft to return t...

Falcon Aviation achieves GCAA approval for line maintenance support at Dubai South

Falcon Aviation, the UAE’s leading business aviation services, charter and aircraft management Company, has achieved approval from the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to perform third party line maintenance at its new Dubai South facility at Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) base in Dubai. This facility is co-located along with its FBO facility in the VIP Terminal. &...

Jeppesen and ForeFlight form alliance to deliver industry leading apps and flight information to pilots worldwide

Jeppesen, a Boeing Company and a leader in aviation navigation and operational efficiency solutions, and ForeFlight, the innovative provider of mobile and web aviation applications, announced that the companies have entered into in a long-term strategic alliance to combine their industry-leading capabilities and worldwide content. Together, Jeppesen and ForeFlight will build on their common herita...

Business Aircraft Financing: Europe’s Changing Landscape

Are you prepared for the opportunities and challenges ahead for business aircraft financing in Europe? As some banks leave the market and non-bank lenders fill the gap, aircraft financiers, attorneys and others involved in aircraft transactions can be ready to respond to changing landscape by hearing from experts at the International Aircraft Transactions Seminar, held on 21 May 2017, prior to the...

Third Gulfstream G600 joins flight-test program

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced that the third Gulfstream G600 test aircraft successfully completed its first flight. The move comes after the first G600 flight in mid-December 2016. The G600 took off at 8:51 a.m. from Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport on May 5, flying for a total of 4 hours and 35 minutes. “The consistent execution of the G600 flight-test...

Jet Aviation completes and redelivers a major refurbishment on a Boeing B737

Jet Aviation recently redelivered a refurbished Boeing B737, which was completed in conjunction with a scheduled C-1 maintenance inspection. The BBJ1 had been out of service for a number of years before it was sold to the owner and subsequently refurbished. The same long-range Boeing Business Jet was also outfitted by Jet Aviation in 1999 – and happens to be the first BBJ Comple...

JETNET Demonstrating New Intelligence Features at EBACE 2017

JETNET, the world leader in aviation market intelligence, will demonstrate a series of new releases and features in their aircraft research service lineup at EBACE 2017 at the Geneva Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland. Highlights this year include: Aerodex Elite, a new product that combines owner/operator data with the FAA’s Traffic Flow Management System in near real time; a mobile impleme...

Embraer delivers its 1,100th business jet

Embraer delivered its 1,100th business jet. The milestone aircraft is the industry’s best-selling Phenom 300, and the customer is NetJets, the world’s largest private aviation company, with a portfolio of services that includes fractional ownership, jet cards, aircraft management and charter. “Embraer scored the four-digit mark in business jet deliveries in an impressivel...

Beijing 999 signs agreement for the first H145 for medical rescue and SAR missions in China

The helicopter will be used to develop airborne mountain rescue services in the frame of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. Donauworth, Germany, Beijing 999 Emergency Rescue Center (Beijing 999), a subsidiary of Beijing Red Cross Foundation, signed an agreement today with Airbus Helicopters for the purchase of one H145, the first of its kind to be configured with a hoist for medical and...

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