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SaxonAir adds two more VIP helicopters to its charter fleet to fulfil demand

Business aviation MRO is into new-gen aircraft and modifications during first half of 2017

With half of the year 2017 almost gone, experts in the private jet MRO industry tend to look back at the trends that developed through the year. This year, new generation aircraft as well as cabin modifications are the ‘hot topics’, both of which are pushing MROs to change service scope...

Airbus Helicopters reveals Racer high-speed demonstrator configuration

Project developed in the frame of Clean Sky 2 research programme Airbus Helicopters has unveiled today at the Paris air show the aerodynamic configuration of the high speed demonstrator it is developing as part of the Clean Sky 2 European research programme. Codenamed Racer, for Rapid And Cost-Ef...

Vision System's electronically dimmable window at PPG 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 International Paris Air Show, Paris, Le Bourget, France. Vision Systems' electronically dimmable solutions enable passengers to tune the tint of their wi...

Daher showcases its new TBM 910 in the air taxi role at the Paris Air Show

At this week’s International Paris Air Show, Daher is showcasing the TBM 910 – the latest member of its TBM very fast turboprop aircraft family – for use in rapid and efficient air taxi service. This focus comes after Europe’s recent approval of commercial operations with pressurized single-engine turboprop aircraft in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC)...

Bell Helicopter Announces the Delivery of Three Bell 505 Jet Ranger Xs to Canadian Customers

Bell Helicopter announced the delivery of three Bell 505 Jet Ranger X in Canada. The three Canadian customers accepted delivery of their aircraft last week at Bell Helicopter’s facility in Mirabel. The aircraft are configured for corporate and utility missions to support the business operations of the customers. “It has been a particularly significant week...

Raisbeck Engineering receives final STC approval in Argentina

Raisbeck Engineering is pleased to announce that it has received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for its Swept Blade Propellers for the King Air B300 series from the Administración Nacional de Aviación Civil (ANAC). “Today’s announcement completes the final STC approval for all Raisbeck Systems in Argentina for the B300 King Air model,” said Bill Lal...

Air Partner’s Tony Whitty comments on the aircraft sales and leasing market

Air Partner’s Remarketing division is seeing high levels of activity in the aircraft sales and leasing market, with some types of aircraft proving particularly popular. Tony Whitty, Head of Aircraft Remarketing & ACMI at Air Partner, comments on what he is currently seeing in the market, with further detail on specific narrow-body models below. “We regularly get asked about t...

Specialist Aviation Services delivers first UK AW169 air ambulances

UK based Specialist Aviation Services is pleased to announce the delivery of its first three AW169 air ambulances. The much anticipated delivery comes after a lengthy certification process for the company’s new and highly innovative medical interior. The delivery took place last Friday in a combined ceremony at the company’s Gloucestershire Airport base when the aircraft were handed...

First AfBAC EXPO to take place at ExecuJet South Africa Lanseria facilities

Following hard on the heels of EBACE, the African Business Aviation Association, AfBAA, is pleased to announce that ExecuJet South Africa’s Lanseria facility will be the first venue for Africa’s new dedicated business aviation conference, exhibition and static display, AfBAC EXPO. Gavin Kiggen, Director, ExecuJet Africa and Rady Fahmy, CEO of AfBAA, signed the agreement during th...

Textron Aviation rolls out first production Cessna Citation Longitude

Textron Aviation announced it has rolled out the first production unit of the Cessna Citation Longitude, the company’s latest clean-sheet design, super-midsize business jet. State-of-the-art assembly and fabrication tools and techniques bring exceptional quality and superior fit and finish to this revolutionary aircraft. “The Citation Longitude sets a new standard in the super-...

Falcon Aviation expands maintenance service centre capability with Pilatus PC-12

Partners with GI Aviation for PC-12 maintenance, hangarage in the UAE Falcon Aviation, the UAE’s leading aviation company specialising in business aviation services, charter and aircraft management, is expanding its MRO activity in the growing turboprop market with a Pilatus PC-12 service centre at its Al Bateen Executive Airport Hangar facility. Under the warranty services of Pilatus...

Scottish ACS Flight Training school acquires Alsim AL42 flight simulator

Alsim is very happy to announce the sale of an AL42 flight simulator, an exact copy of the Diamond DA42, to ACS Flight Training, a flight training organization based in Perth, Scotland. ACS Aviation is based at Perth Airport, which is the hub of general aviation in Scotland, located centrally between Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow. The contract was signed during the AeroExpo Event, UK, at th...

Daher TBM 930 & the Patrouille de France U.S. tour in video

Daher’s support of the Patrouille de France aerobatic team’s trans-Atlantic crossing for its U.S. tour that honored America’s entry into World War I is highlighted in a new video now available online. For the multi-stop trip from Europe to North America, Daher provided its latest TBM 930 version of the company’s very fast turboprop aircraft, which flew ahead of the...

Satcom Direct signs exclusive new connectivity deal with TAG Aviation

Satcom Direct (SD), the aviation connectivity solutions provider, has signed an exclusive agreement with TAG Aviation (UK) Ltd to incorporate new connectivity services and technology across its UK fleet. The deal will build on the existing business relationship which has seen the two Farnborough UK-based companies collaborate to provide TAG Aviation customers with a reliable connectivity ser...

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Introducing latest-generation TBM to a major business aviation market - Daher Aircraft delivers the first TBM 980 in Brazil

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