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G650ER adds another city pair record

The Gulfstream G650ER has added another city-pair record. The aircraft recently flew from Dubai, UAE to New York City in 13 hours and 10 minutes. The G650ER departed Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai on November 13 and flew 6,159 nautical miles/11,407 kilometers to Teterboro Airport...

First Thailand Air Force SSJ 100 arrived in Zhukovsky

Delivery of two fully equipped aircraft is scheduled for September 2016. According to BizavNews, the first of two SSJ 100 VIP aircraft ordered by Thai Government arrived in Zhukovsky near Moscow to begin the customization. According to superjet.wikidot.com the aircraft with serial number 95093...


FAI adds fifth Challenger to fleet

FAI Rent-a-Jet has announced a fifth Challenger 604 to its fleet of air ambulances, which are used for medevac missions worldwide, and often hired for private use in the Middle East. The new addition will increase the fleet to nine aircraft, and will be modified for air ambulance missions ready to join the fleet in December.   “We took the decision to add a fifth Challenger to...

Private Jet Charter and Jet Connections seal joint venture at Dubai Airshow 2015

Private Jet Charter (PJC), one of the world's largest independent private jet charter brokers, sealed a joint venture (JV) deal with Jet Connections, an international company specialising in private aircraft management, sales and acquisition, on the final day of the Dubai Airshow.  The new joint venture will offer aircraft management services to the region’s fleet...

Acropolis Aviation renews Wyvern Wingman status

Acropolis Aviation celebrated the renewal of its Wyvern Wingman status at the NBAA. This is the third time that the company has renewed its accreditation. “We are very pleased to have our prestigious Wyvern Wingman status renewed. “ Paul Travis, ground operations manager for Acropolis Aviation said: “We are very pleased to have our prestigious Wyvern Wingman status renewed....

Rheinland Air Service becomes a SyberJet service centre

Rheinland Air Service GmbH (RAS) has become an authorised SyberJet customer service centre. This is SyberJet’s first authorised international service centre appointment. Headquartered at Mönchengladbach Airport near Düsseldorf, RAS becomes the first SyberJet international authorised service centre with initial service in Germany and the surrounding region. “As we beg...

Al Bateen expects 20 percent increase in movements during Grand Prix

Al Bateen Executive Airport will welcome race teams and fans from around the world ahead of the Formula One Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The season’s final race is set to take place on November 29. Abu Dhabi Airports anticipates a 20 percent increase in aircraft movements this year at Al Bateen Executive Airport in the week leading up to the race, compared to the same period la...

Meridian Adds Gulfstream G200 Maintenance

Teterboro, N.J.-based Meridian Jet Center, an FBO and Part 145 certified repair station, received FAAauthorization for maintaining the Gulfstream G200 (formerly the IAI Galaxy). Gulfstream produced 250 G200s between 1999 and 2011. “Our highly trained technicians now have the ability to support our customers with a wider range of options,” said Jo...

Embraer Legacy 500 to gain steep approach approvals

Embraer's Legacy 500 is poised to receive approval fromLondon City airport and EASA for steep-approach operations, permitting the midsize business jet to perform approaches at descent angles of up to 5.5°. The eight-seat aircraft, which gained EASA certification a year ago, will be the sixth business jet in Embraer's lineup that is cleared to operate at airports with a ste...

Business Aircraft Flying Strengthens in October

Business aircraft activity in the U.S. and Canada in October reached the highest levels for that month since 2007, industry data and safety expert Argus reported. Business aviation flights in October were up 4.8 percent from the previous month and 0.2 percent from October 2014, according to the latest Argus TraqPak Business Aircraft Activity report. TraqPak measures serial-number-sp...

Dassault Delivers State-of-the-Art Medevac Falcon to Beijing Red Cross

Dassault Aviation has delivered yesterday a fully outfitted Falcon 2000LX Medevac aircraft to the Beijing Red Cross Emergency Medical Center (999). The widebody twinjet is the first fixed wing aircraft in China fully equipped to perform air medevac services. The conversion was performed by Dassault Aircraft Services in Wilmington, Delaware.  The Falcon 2000LX Medevac aircraft is equippe...

Wireless Data Loader Offered for Primus Epic Cockpits

Maintenance personnel tasked with downloading data from Honeywell Primus Epic and Primus 1000/2000/SPZintegrated cockpits can now do the job securely and quickly with a new wireless data loader. The easily upgraded hardware and software will also enable a new mobile application for maintenance and flight personnel. “Honeywell understands the desire for easy-to-access maintenance solu...

International Security Notams Format Revised

On November 16 the U.S. began issuing international security notams under the accountability/location identifier of KICZ, replacing the use of ZZZ, which are no longer valid. Reference to flight information regions (FIRs) will also employ KICZ. The use of KFDC remains unchanged. However, the identifier of KICZ as the FIR in a notam’...

VistaJet Adds Challenger 350s to U.S. Fleet

VistaJet, partnering with Priester Aviation, has expanded its services with the introduction of the Challenger 350 to its U.S. fleet. Priester Aviation is operating three VistaJet-owned Challenger 350s for VistaJet’s Flight Solutions Program. VistaJet is the agent for customers of the program. Europe-based VistaJet announced plans in late 2013 to expand into...

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