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DC Aviation Al-Futtaim adds Challenger aircraft to managed fleet

Dubai-based DC Aviation Al-Futtaim (DCAF), a joint venture between DC Aviation Group based in Germany and Al-Futtaim, has expanded its fleet under management with the addition of a Challenger 605 aircraft. This brings the total number of aircraft under management to six including two Globals, thr...

World Fuel | Colt Trip Support and IBM announce flight planning iPad app with new weather map technology

World Fuel Services (World Fuel) announced the testing of their new integrated iPad application. After nine months of development, the project is now coming to fruition and has entered the final stages of the first release. The target time-frame for the general release is set for the fourth quarter...


Comlux signs its first ACJ320 neo cabin completion

Comlux is pleased to announce that Comlux Completion signed a VIP interior completion for an ACJ320 neo aircraft. The aircraft is to be delivered green by Airbus in September 2019 and is scheduled to take approximately 10 months to complete within Comlux’ Indianapolis facilities. This Airbus Corporate Jet completion is for a private customer based in Asia. The four design firms – Al...

Tecnam receives major change approval from EASA for G1000Nxi P2006T Mark II

On June 27th 2017 EASA issued its Major Change approval for the G1000Nxi avionics suite in the P2006T. The G1000Nxi is available in the MkII version of the P2006T and is now available for delivery in EASA countries.  The FAA validation of this major change is now underway and will be completed in the coming weeks. EASA Major Change Certificate: http://www.tecnam.com/wp-content/up...

10 Year Anniversary for Isle of Man Aircraft Registry

This year the Isle of Man Aircraft Registry is celebrating 10 years of service, with over 952 aircraft registered to date. Launched in 2007, the Isle of Man Aircraft Registry has grown substantially over the past 10 years, developing enhanced online services and driving excellence in standards of safety and customer support. The anniversary year started in fine style with...

Jet Aviation celebrates grand opening of FBO in San Juan

Jet Aviation marked the expansion of flight services in the Caribbean on July 13 with the grand opening of a new Fixed Base Operation (FBO) in San Juan at the Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport. More than 150 guests including customers and industry members attended the event. “Jet Aviation San Juan now delivers industry-best FBO and flight-management services to custo...

Embraer Celebrates 10th Anniversary of the First Flight of the Phenom 100 and One Million Flight Hours for the Phenom

Embraer Executive Jets is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the first flight of its Phenom 100 entry level business jet. This celebration is the theme of the Company’s presence at the Experimental Aviation Association’s annual airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where a mockup of the aircraft was first displayed, in 2006. The Phenom 100 was certified in December 2008, when the first a...

Safety awards highlight Deer Jet’s unmatchable excellence in service

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) recently announced the recipients of its 2016 Flying Safety Awards and granted Deer Jet a series of awards including the signature “Commercial Flying Safety Award”, “Aviation Maintenance Department Safety Award ” and “Commercial Pilot Safety Award” for its unmatchable record of more than 270 thousand hours of acc...

Greenpoint Technologies Contracts Sixth 787 VIP Modification

Greenpoint Technologies signs a contract for a Boeing 787-8 V-VIP Interior Modification with a confidential customer. The interior will be designed by the Greenpoint Design Team in partnership with the client. Greenpoint is an industry leading 787 completion center. Greenpoint delivered the first 787-8 V-VIP interior completion in 2016, named by one of the world’s leading operators, Deer...

Re-delivery of Boeing B777-200LR after VVIP Completion and 6 returns to service after extensive Maintenance input

A wide body A340-200 is successfully returned to service after an extensive Maintenance input at AMAC Aerospace, Basel, Switzerland. A head of state Airbus A340-200 VVIP aircraft was redelivered to AMAC’s esteemed client after a 12-year base maintenance inspection. The base maintenance check was the heaviest maintenance check ever carried out at AMAC’s facility in Basel, Switzerland...

EAN Aviation becomes first West African IS-BAH Stage 1 registered company

EAN Aviation, the Lagos-based business aviation services company, has become the first West African IS-BAH Stage 1 registered Fixed Based Operator, and only the second organization to earn the status in all of Africa. The IS-BAH Stage 1 certificate was awarded by IBAC on March 31, 2017. The certification is the culmination of a nearly three-year process which began in 2014 when EAN embarked on...

Bombardier Business Aircraft Expands its Challenger 300 Aircraft Training Capabilities in Dallas

Bombardier Challenger 300 series aircraft are the best-selling business jets of the last decade More than 5,300 pilots and technicians have received training from Bombardier’s Montreal and Dallas training centres in 2016 – a total of 34,400 hours of flight and technical training Additional Challenger 300 aircraft simulator now available at Bombardier&rsq...

Vision Systems' electronically dimmable window at PGG stand

Following PPG and Vision Systems’ recent announcement to develop aircraft window shading applications, PPG will showcase Vision Systems’ dimmable solution Nuance V2, the second-generation Electronically Dimmable Window (EDW) at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017, Wisconsin, USA. Vision Systems' electronically dimmable solutions enable passengers to tune the tint of their window from cl...

Daher TBM 910 makes its U.S. public debut at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh

Daher is showcasing the latest member of its very fast turboprop aircraft family for the first time publicly in the U.S. with the TBM 910’s appearance during this week’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in at Wittman Regional Airport, Wisconsin through July 30. Equipped with the new Garmin G1000 NXi all-glass integrated flight deck, the TBM 910 is being exhibited in the main aircraft sta...

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