2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Thomas Stocker

Swiss airframer Pilatus last year achieved a sales record for its PC-12 single turboprop aircraft, logging 80 orders.

Pilatus PC-12 world’s best selling business turboprop

AIN Staff

New Piper Aircraft has appointed its German dealer, Piper Generalvertretung Deutschland AG (Piper AG), to run a new dealership covering the UK and Spain–ta

New Piper creates dealership for UK and Spain

Jeff Apter

The French chapter of the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA France) is preparing for a restructuring under the leadership of its new president, 

EBAA France realigns its agenda

Brian Kilburn of the Boeing B-2 System Program Office presented insights into the true cost of a stealth operation at the Stealth Conference conducted rece

USAF Counts the True Cost of B-2 Stealth

Meredith Saini

Remember the days not too long ago, when any aspiring young computer whiz with a domain name and a smile could convince a venture capitalist to invest six 

India’s airlines confident but wary

Gregory Polek

Pressure from a growing chorus of free market proponents has Qantas scrambling to prepare for a likely “phased” introduction of open skies with Singapore.

Australia in no hurry to throw Qantas to free-market wolves

On one thing Boeing and Airbus agree: the Asia/Pacific region will generate enough demand for their products to keep them busy building lots of airplanes o

Asia-Pacific market outlooks highlight Airbus-Boeing divide

Chris Pocock

Australia is mulling the acquisition of four Boeing C-17s, but will probably have to make its mind up by the end of June.

Aussies will need quick decision on C-17 buy

Boeing subsidiary Alteon Training and Australian flag-carrier Qantas plan to offer third-party training services under a letter of intent signed here yeste

Boeing, Alteon Offer Third-Party Training 

Gunter Endres

The airline industry has finally realized that business aviation is a best kept secret and has recently been maneuvering to offer its passengers a piece of

Airlines wake up to bizav’s best secrets 

Jet Aviation, founded almost 40 years ago in 1967 by the late Carl Hirschmann as a modest one-hangar FBO in Basel, Switzerland, has enjoyed constant gro

Jet Aviation keeps growing

Special slot procedures are scheduled at about 20 German airports during the World Cup football tournament to be held this summer from June 9 to July 9.

World Cup brings crowds, slot headaches to Germany

It would take a miracle–in fact, two miracles–for network-centric operations (NCO) to become a reality.

Netcentric ops a test of wills and miracles

Bernard Fitzsimons

SR Technics (Stand A726) is moving to establish a presence on the Chinese mainland.

SR Technics Sharpens China Focus

Brian Thomson

The official statistics confirm what the aerospace industry has long anticipated: China’s air transport market is booming.

China takes accounting of traffic boom

Singapore’s 15th and final Asian Aerospace show, and the last airshow to be held here at the Changi Exhibition Centre, is living up to the promoters’ predi

Asian Aerospace exits Changi in blaze of glory

Singapore Technologies Aerospace and the Panamanian government yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to establish an airframe, heavy maintenance, 

ST Aerospace To MRO Panama’s Narrowbodies

Ian Goold

Aviareto, which manages a new global electronic database identifying parties with a financial interest in civil aircraft, has made its system more user-fri

Cape Town online registry system aims to ease application backlogs

AirData, the flight planning specialist, is preparing to launch its new SwiftOps.com online flight planning and crew briefing system this fall.

AirData to launch flight-planning software package

Executive Airlines, Spain’s second-ranking executive charter operator, has increased its fleet from four aircraft to seven and expects to add five more in 

Spain’s second-largest charter firm expanding

Japan’s Air Self Defence Force (JASDF), which is accustomed to having the most modern variants of U.S.

Raptor in the running for Japan’s next fighter

Garuda Indonesia is set to be the first airline to switch its core information technology systems to the Future Airline Core Environment (FACE) from Luftha

Garuda set to FACE its IT future

Reuben F. Johnson

For the better part of the last 20 years an increasing number of defense policy makers and military analysts assumed that the People’s Republic of China (P

Dragon threatening to become the next bear

Dramatic reductions in approach minimums at terrain-challenged airports are among the more spectacular results of applying RNP-Rnav.

Modern Jets Can Leapfrog ATC Technology

David A. Lombardo

Cessna sold three Citation business jets here at Asian Aerospace yesterday. 
 
First, Japan Aerospace Corp.

Cessna sells three bizjets here

The Airborne Tactical Observation & Surveillance (ATOS) system developed by Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems (Stand A1029) has been a key feature of the 

Selex developes surveillance system for Britten-Norman 4000

Universal Avionics has joined forces with the Kansas City Aviation Center to develop a three-screen LCD upgrade for the Pilatus PC-12.

Universal Offers PC-12 Display Mod

Following a management buyout of its avionics division last year, Swiss manufacturer Revue Thommen decided to seek business in new markets more aggressivel

Revue Thommen outlines plans for business aviation

Charles Alcock

UK operator Club328 (Booth No.

Unique charter program debuts

Andrew Healey

The first of 11 AgustaWestland A109 LOH (light observation helicopters) was handed over to the Malaysian army at the end of last year, during the country’s

Malaysian army just getting acquainted with its A109s

Aviation International News traveled from Delhi to Mumbai for the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) conference on Kingfisher Airlines, because

Kingfisher Airlines brews up ‘value-added’ recipe for flying 

Emirates Airline plans to be one of the major international carriers for the 2008 Beijing Olympic games and the Shanghai World Expo two years later.

Emirates Sets Sights High for China

Sichuan Snecma Aero-engine Maintenance Co.

Safran profits from spirit of Sino-French cooperation

Briefings to the eight international partners in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program on what role their industries can play in the massive F-35 producti

Eight JSF partners to be briefed next month

Business aviation services group TAG Aviation (Stand A405) has opened a new office in Hong Kong.

 TAG Aviation Has New Office in Hong Kong 

Gold Air International has ordered two new Bombardier Global 5000s in a deal valued at close to $80 million.

Leggier jets from Bombardier key to Gold Air’s growth plans

Lufthansa Technik (Booth No.

Lufthansa Technik expands with Abu Dhabi FBO  

Last month’s order for five ERJ 145s placed by China Eastern Airlines no doubt came as welcome news to the management of the Brazilian-Chinese joint manufa

China regional jet market remains on slow simmer 

In 1999, Operation Allied Force was a success, as Serbian forces were evicted from Kosovo.

L-3 ComCept Has Made Data Fusion a Reality

Ameco Beijing–Air China and Lufthansa formed Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corp.

Lufthansa Technik’s Asia/Pacific Affiliates

While ATR and Bombardier’s de Havilland division enjoy a renaissance of sorts in the new turboprop airliner business, companies no longer involved in airpl

BAE struggles to move idle craft in ‘tough’ market

The Boeing F-15SG fighter recently selected by the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will feature some of the avionics found on the F-15I version alre

RSAF’s F-15s shop far and wide for warfighter excellence

Brian Walters

Meggitt (Stand A536) is introducing a number of products, including new developments in engine monitoring equipment revealed by its Vibro-Meter subsidiary.

Meggitt’s Vibro-Meter division monitors engine bearing health

With seven full-flight simulators already in place at its new Farnborough flight training center in the UK, FlightSafety International expects to have an a

FlightSafety ramps up UK capacity

This past year independent Italian business aviation service companies made inroads against government-backed airport handling providers that have long blo

Private handlers break logjam at Italy’s airports

Jet Personales (Booth No.

Jet Personales offers a personal touch

Four decades after the first truly stealthy air vehicles were secretly flown in the U.S., the technology has matured and proliferated.

UAVs bring their own set of stealth challenges

Thierry Dubois

Since Snecma dropped the idea of taking a share in General Electric’s GEnx turbofan program the two long-time partners now find themselves competing in

Safran’s Bechat lays out strategy for small engine battle with GE

The concern of some watchers is just what the end game is for China’s more than 15-year drive to modernize its defense industrial base.

What Is the End Game for China’s Military Modernization?

Julian Moxon

China has been emerging lately as a truly global player in commerce and tourism, but as the Beijing Olympic Games approach in 2008, followed by the Shangha

ATM planners wary of Chinese vulnerabilities

BVR Systems is to acquire Blue Ridge Simulation, a leading U.S.

BVR Buys blue ridge sims

Embraer has lowered its 20-year projection for deliveries of small commercial airplanes to reflect a less optimistic outlook for both China and the rest of

Embaer: Sales of Regionals Will Drop Here 

When he died last year, Ray Siegfried II left Nordam with a clear target–to become a billion-dollar company.

Nordam targets growth areas 

When thinking of the French business aviation scene, most people would probably immediately call to mind Paris Le Bourget.

France is more than just Le Bourget

Snecma’s announcement in January that it is to develop the new SM-X turbofan for small regional airliners and mid-sized/large business jets took many by su

Snecma chief says time is right for SM-X turbofan

Boeing employees who remember the sorry state of the airline industry and, frankly, their company during the last Asian Aerospace exposition in 2004 should

Boeing speeds into AA06 on a road to redemption

Rapid growth in the number of new aircraft being acquired by Chinese airlines, along with the announcement last August that United Airlines would send its 

Delivery trends presage boom in China MRO biz

Both China’s J-10 fighter and the Indian air force Bakhadur MiG-27ML fighter bomber are set to be re-engined with two new variations of the Russian Salyut 

Fresh power for Indian, Chinese jets

French engine maker Snecma is here at Asian Aerospace 2006 courting prospective partners and applications for its proposed new SM-X engine.

Snecma develops new bizav engine

Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Airbus have taken advantage of the A380 very large airliner’s presence here to introduce the operator’s senior personnel and f

Checking the ‘office’

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has signed an exclusive five-year agreement with Avions de Transport Regional to maintain engines for Air Deccan’s fleet of A

P&WC To Service Air Deccan ATR Engines

Appropriately enough, the .aero Worldwide Web domain is sponsoring the Internet café here at EBACE.

Aviation Internet domain  touts security, exclusivity

Gestair makes a fair claim to being Spain’s leading business aviation group, with about 60 percent of the national executive charter market.

Gestair’s 100 pilots keep very, very busy

Customers from the Asia/Pacific region played a big part in the banner year European airframer Avions de Transport Regional posted in 2005.

Asia/Pacific Forms Bedrock of ATR’s Good Year

Raytheon has trademarked the system of elements concept, which was described to Aviation International News by Dean Cash of the company’s Network Ce

Raytheon’s System of Elements

Boeing is preparing to invest more than $100 million in a new MRO joint venture in Shanghai.

Boeing Plans Shanghai Maintenance Joint Venture

The vision of a future air navigation system developed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) at the beginning of the 1990s has taken a lo

RNP gains signal FANS breakthrough

The mushrooming airlines in India and China were largely responsible for last year’s record levels of airliner orders, and the still-embryonic market for p

LHT boss predicts bizjet boom in Asia

Tadiran (Stand A943) is here introducing its MobileNet military cellular mobile network for encrypted communications.

Tadiran has cell net encryption

Tronair, manufacturer of ground support equipment for a range of users including general aviation and corporate aircraft operators, has acquired JETporter,

Tronair acquires JETporter

Nigel Moll

Supersonic business jet hopeful Aerion is still building a consortium to develop its airplane.

Aerion to begin some SSBJ tests

Europe continues to be a happy hunting ground for companies selling business aviation, with more grounds for optimism very evident in the latest Business A

Restructured Honeywell is ready for European growth

Harrods Aviation has been honored as best handling agent in the Excellence Awards voted for by members of the Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA).

 Harrods and London Executive Win Charter Awards

During a recent visit to Piaggio’s Italian home, EBACE Convention News got a first-hand demonstration of how the P180 Avanti can enable business people to 

Avanti Time Machine Cuts Across Airline Schedules

Looking to the future of air traffic management, that is, beyond 2010, SESAR (single European sky ATM research) hopefully will pave the way for how the ATM

Preparing for the Future

Avinode Quotation is the new price quotation software launched by Avinode in cooperation with Air Support, the supplier of the PPS (preflight planning syst

Price Quotations Made Easier with Avinode

Midcoast Aviation and Bombardier have, in principle, agreed to slots at the former’s St.

Bombardier books up to 41Midcoast completion slots

Stephen Pope

Considering the ubiquitous status e-mail and Internet use has attained, it’s not surprising that companies are putting more of their marketing eggs into th

Universal builds its digital presence

Leitner EDV (Booth No.

Leitner EDV tracks engine SBs and ADs

Eclipse Aviation founder and CEO Vern Raburn is convinced Europe will be fertile ground for his Eclipse 500 very light jet, in spite of critics who say the

Eclipse boss dismisses his EU detractors

A new and easier way to test emergency locator transmitters (ELT) has been developed by Artex (Booth No.

Check your emergency beacon

Extending paint life and preventing corrosion are money-saving claims for the use of Xzilon, a liquid formula developed by Granitize of South Gate, Califor

Xzilon protects aircraft 

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out what technology might make business aircraft operations safer and more cost effective.

Using technologyto make flying safer

Europe’s business jet fleet has enjoyed double-digit growth over the past year, according to the latest statistics from UK-based aviation data group Aircla

European bizjet registries reach an all-time high

Twenty years after it was conceived by legendary aircraft designer Ed Swearingen, the Sino-Swearingen SJ30-2 is making its European debut here at EBACE.

SJ30-2 took a long, circuitous flight path to EBACE 2006 

Flying Group, the Antwerp-based aircraft charter, fractional ownership, management and handling company, views France as the main outlet for its growth str

Flying Group views France as key to its growth strategy

Pieced together from many companies in an evolution that commenced in 1999, the Swiss Ruag group is progressing at its cruising speed.

RUAG consolidates its civilian maintenance business

CharterX has added Russian to the available languages in its online “trip-builder” executive charter capacity database that already offers English, French,

CharterX Adds Russian to Its Database 

Jet Aviation’s Dubai maintenance facility is just about to start serving the Hawker 800 business jet series.

 New Hawker 800 Service Center

Bob Pond, who owns the first production Piaggio P.180 Avanti, has ordered a new Avanti II to replace it.

The First Shall Become the Latest

EBACE is a European show by definition, yet it attracts visitors from far away.

EBACE Gets Attention from China

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