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The company has sold 10 Falcon 7Xs in the last two years. Recently, two separate 7X deals were closed in the same week. One of them was the fourth and final sale of Saudia Private Aviation’s fleet.
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By Thierry Dubois, Molly McMillin
Honda Aircraft is preparing to ramp up production by 25%, to five HondaJet Elites per month from the current four, by next year.
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By Angus Batey
Bombardier met with the heads of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale and the U.S.’s National Aviation Association to celebrate the setting of a world record that has already been broken.
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The two companies will now optimize a humidification system for the ACJ320 bizjet family to further improve its efficiency and performance.

By John Morris
Hong Kong’s HK Bellawings Jet Ltd. will become China’s largest fleet operator of Bombardier Global 7500s after converting two options to firm orders for the ultra-long-range, high-speed aircraft at EBACE. It also has signed a letter of intent (LOI) for five additional Global 7500s. Last May, Bellawings surprised EBACE by unveiling an intent to purchase up to 18 Global 6500 and Global 7500 aircraft, for a potential value of $1.14 billion.

Bombardier Aerospace has delivered the ultra-long-range Global 7500 business jet to its first European customer – Formula One driver and F1 World Champion Niki Lauda.
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By Angus Batey
Bombardier’s Global 6000 is by no means an unfamiliar sight at Geneva, but there was something different about its arrival on Saturday. The aircraft was the first of several that flew in from TAG Farnborough using sustainable fuel.
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Younger customers and new-generation aircraft are compelling VIP completions centers such as Lufthansa Technik to adapt futuristic technologies for their luxury cabins.
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Biggin Hill has seen an increase in the volume of its business since hours were extended in 2017.
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By Angus Batey
The idea that a jet's flight controls could be hijacked in flight by hackers continues to capture public imagination. Aircraft manufacturers insist it is impossible - but this does not mean that aircraft are immune from cyberattacks.

The latest product from Privatefly, the app-based charter brokerage – fixed-price charter between city pairs – may be its most disruptive yet.

The pre-owned business jet market will be worth $61 billion over the next five years, nearly two thirds the value of new aircraft delivered.

By Thierry Dubois
Florian Reuter, CEO of Germany's eVTOL aircraft pioneer Volocopter, is to open EBACE 2019's keynote session, thus highlighting the likely importance of urban air mobility in aviation's future and its connection with business aviation.

By Paul Jackson
In conjunction with its Far East customer, Metrojet, the U.S. company announces, today, the launch of a new Boeing Business Jet services bundle, for which Metrojet is the first to sign a five-year agreement.

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier’s Global 7500 has flown from London City, notable for its steep approach requirements, to Van Nuys, California, in the industry’s first non-stop mission between the two cities.

Promising to significantly increase the conversion rate from charter enquiry to confirmed booking, Takeoff Ready is a fast-lane feature within Avinode that gives priority in search results to crew-ready flights available to depart within 96 hours.

3.4% is well above 1.5% growth overall.
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Bombardier unveiled the Soleil lighting system to attendees of the 2019 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California last month.
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By John Morris
Bamberg-based BHS Helicopter service has solidified its growth plans with the acquisition of the Swiss helicopter business of its Stuttgart-based cooperation partner DC Aviation. The move brings greater critical mass to the helicopter business, while allowing each company to focus on rotary and fixed wing charter and management, respectively.
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Nick Weston views his stint as BACA chairman – a position he assumed earlier this year – as being one way he can contribute to an organization he feels has given him and his industry tremendous support throughout that time.
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As it celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, completions and MRO expert Flying Colours is executing its largest expansion plan ever.
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Citing high costs of both the show and the city itself, Hansen, CEO of Luxaviation Group, said EBACE was no longer an efficient venue to market to potential customers.
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Cabin completion and refurbishment specialist Greenpoint Technologies is showing its latest design inspirations for 787 and 777X Boeing Business Jet interiors.
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Keeping staff occupied – and paid – means maintaining a certain amount of work every month, in a sector where demand is inherently unpredictable.
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The matches are to be played in Madrid and Baku, which ought to be cause for celebration among members of the UK’s air-charter community.