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The Weekly of Business Aviation, December 15, 2014

VOL. 99 NO. 24 December 15, 2014
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OEMs/Suppliers

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Airbus Helicopters Delivers First New EC175s

Dec 16, 2014
MARSEILLE, France—Five years after it first flew and two years later than planned, Airbus Helicopters has delivered its first new EC175 super-medium…
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Consultant Says BizAv Environment To Improve Noticeably In 2015

Dec 16, 2014
After the better part of a decade in the doldrums, the general aviation industry is finally expected to improve noticeably next year, according to…
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Boeing Names Longridge New President Of Business Jets

Dec 16, 2014
Boeing has named David Longridge as president of Boeing Business Jets following the promotion of 5 1/2-year incumbent Capt. Steve Taylor to chief…
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Comlux Orders Two BBJ Max 8s, Signs Widebody Completion

Dec 16, 2014
Malta-based Comlux has announced an order for two Boeing BBJ Max 8 aircraft, the first of its type to join the company’s growing VIP charter fleet. …
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Spirit To Pay Triumph To Take Tulsa Wing Work

Dec 16, 2014
Spirit AeroSystems and Triumph Group are following through on much-anticipated plans to transfer Gulfstream wing work packages in Tulsa, Oklahoma,…
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P&WC To Spend More Than $1 Billion in R&D

Dec 16, 2014
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) will invest more than $1 billion in research and development over the next 4 1/2 years to develop the next generation…
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Dassault Sees Middle East As Growing Market For Falcon Jets

Dec 16, 2014
Deliveries of Falcon business jets to the Middle East are holding steady, although customers in the region represent a significant portion of the…

Intelligence

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Turbomeca Marks Two Major Milestones

Dec 16, 2014
Two major milestones coincided within days of each other at Turbomeca, the French manufacturer of helicopter engines: the 40th anniversary of the…

Flight Activity

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TRAQPak Sees 13-Month Growth In North American Flight Activity

Dec 16, 2014
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Safety/Training

Regulatory/Legislative

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House Approves Spending Bill To Provide $15.73 Billion In FAA Funding

Dec 16, 2014
The U.S. House late Dec. 11 voted 219-206 for a $1.1 trillion spending bill that would, in addition to other measures, provide the FAA with $15.73…
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FAA Expands Commercial UAV Exemptions To More Uses

Dec 16, 2014
Four more companies have received FAA approvals for limited commercial operations of small unmanned aircraft systems, expanding authorized uses to…
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U.K. SAR, Air Ambulance Charities Win $40 Million In VAT Refunds

Dec 16, 2014
The U.K. government will provide $40 million in value-added tax (VAT) refunds to air ambulance charities over the next five years and $11.5 million…

Business Aviation

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Pilots Union Suit Says NetJets Violated Federal Privacy, Labor Laws

Dec 16, 2014
The union representing NetJets pilots claims in a lawsuit that the fractional ownership giant violated federal Internet privacy law by gaining…

Services/FBOs

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Gama Aviation, Hangar8 Merge; Will be Publicly Traded

Dec 16, 2014
Two of Europe’s leading business aviation charter and aircraft management companies – privately owned Gama Aviation and publicly traded Hangar8 –…

Business Aviation Briefs

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Business Aviation Brief: Airbus Corporate Jet Center Names New Head Of Service Sales

Dec 16, 2014
Vincent Tchengang, formerly Airbus regional sales director covering airlines in Africa and the Indian Ocean, has joined the Airbus Corporate Jet…
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Business Aviation Brief: EASA Approves Piaggio’s Avanti EVO

Dec 16, 2014
Piaggio’s latest version of the Avanti turboprop twin, the EVO, was awarded European certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on…
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Business Aviation Brief: RUAG Completes Europe’s First Falcon 2000 Pro Line 21 Upgrade

Dec 16, 2014
Ruag Aviation recently completed the first upgrade in Europe of a Falcon 2000 with Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics replacing the aircraft’s…
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Business Aviation Brief: Honeywell Adds Middle East Service Customers

Dec 16, 2014
Honeywell Aerospace scored two firsts for the region at the recent Middle East Business Aviation show in Dubai when it signed up construction and…
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Business Aviation Brief: Lufthansa Technik Designs Perch To Transport Falcons

Dec 16, 2014
With 70% of its VIP completions business coming from the Middle East, Lufthansa Technik has had to address the question of the bird. Just how does…
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Business Aviation Brief: ABS Jets Wins Russian OK For Embraer MRO Work

Dec 16, 2014
Prague-based ABS Jets had been OK’d to perform maintenance work on the fleet of 40 Embraer executive aircraft based in Russia. After a two-year…
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Business Aviation Brief: Fokker Selected For 737-800 Head-Of-State Completion

Dec 16, 2014
Fokker Services, part of Fokker Technologies, has been selected by Boeing to carry out a green completion of a 737-800 for an undisclosed Asian head…

Airworthiness Directives

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Airworthiness Directives

Dec 16, 2014
SHORT BROTHERS & HARLAND LTD. AIRPLANES Model SC-7 Series aircraft. [Docket No. FAA-2014-1001; Directorate Identifier 2014-CE-034-AD] — proposes to…

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JetNet — Know More.

Dec 16, 2014
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Calendar

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Upcoming Events

Dec 16, 2014
Dec. 18-19—8th Australian Pacific Vertiflite Conference on Helicopter Technology and 3rd Asian-Australian Rotorcraft Forum (ARF), Melbourne…