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Magazine Issue

EBACE 2016 Day 1

VOL. 2 NO. 1 May 24, 2016

Emerging Aircraft

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Very Light and Light Jets About To Enter The Marketplace

May 23, 2016
The HondaJet departed these annals on December 8 upon FAA certification, leaving Pilatus pushing ahead and SyberJet taking a more laid-back route to resumed production.
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Midsize and Super-Midsize Jets About To Enter The Marketplace

May 23, 2016
Reiteration of the old designer’s adage, “Never put a new engine in a new airframe,” might be timely.
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Ultra-Long Range Jets About To Enter The Marketplace

May 23, 2016
Troubles beget more troubles. Bombardier sees Dassault steal a march on its latest business jets as the consequence of program delays.
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Supersonic Jets About To Enter The Marketplace

May 23, 2016
Private funding of an avant garde project is laudable, but Aerion has progressed to the next rung of the ladder.
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Business Aircraft About To Enter The Marketplace - EBACE 2016

May 23, 2016
Don’t you just love the guy who can’t decide whether he’s in the fast lane or the slow lane? Or the one who seems to be broken down by the roadside, then fixes his problem and shoots straight across into the outside lane? The following survey examines newcomers to the business aircraft market, but contains so many stop-go, fast-slow projects that it could be a treatise on weekend driving.

Business

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Does BizAv Signal a Triple-Dip European Recession?

May 24, 2016
European business aviation did not fare very well in 2015, with the number of departures down in all but a handful countries across the continent.
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To Brexit or Not to Brexit? The Bizav View

May 24, 2016
On June 23 the British public votes on whether the UK should remain in the European Union. Whichever way it goes, it’s a massive decision for Britain and the EU, with opinion polls forecasting that the result is on a knife edge. Departure will have serious ramifications for European business aviation.
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Fast Five With President Of Boeing Business Jets

May 24, 2016
William Garvey asks five quick questions to David C. Longridge, President of Boeing Business Jets and Government and Military Sales, about EBACE.

Business Aviation Leaders

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The Top 10 Leaders for EBACE 2016

May 24, 2016
This week we feature our 14th annual listing of the Top 10 Leaders of European Business Aviation - those who are helping create demand for business aviation through clever marketing and technical innovation.
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Top 10 Leaders of European Business Aviation: Michel Tohane

May 24, 2016
“Unless there is some accident, we are going to announce at EBACE the acquisition of 16 additional FBOs in Europe, Africa and other places,” says Michel Tohane, Director of General Aviation Business at Aeroports de la Côte d’Azur .
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Top 10 Leaders of European Business Aviation: Jonny Nicol

May 24, 2016
Jonny Nicol, Founder and CEO of Stratajet, spent four and a half years trying to make the code that would allow his price comparison app deliver the holy grail of business aviation – instant real-time online booking.
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Top 10 Leaders of European Business Aviation: Bernhard Fragner

May 24, 2016
Europe’s largest Citation Mustang operator, GlobeAir of Austria, is adding another six to bring its fleet to 20 of Cessna’s very light jets.
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Top 10 Leaders of European Business Aviation: Patrick Hansen

May 24, 2016
China Minsheng Investment Corp’s 33% stake in Luxaviation made possible the acquisition last year of ExecuJet Aviation Group, forming the world’s second largest corporate aircraft operator after NetJets. Now Luxaviation Group plans a further spate of acquisitions.
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Top 10 Leaders of European Business Aviation: Marc Bailey

May 24, 2016
BBGA has so impressed UK authorities, that it is now one of only three aviation trade bodies to meet with the CEOs of the CAA and DfT on four occasions per year.
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Top 10 Leaders of European Business Aviation: Marwan Khalek

May 24, 2016
In April Gama Aviation reported its first annual results since the reverse take-over of Hangar8 in January 2015 made it a world-leading aviation services company.

News

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HondaJet Earns EASA Certification

May 24, 2016
Steven Higgins, section manager for high-performance aircraft and turboprops for EASA, presented the founding president and CEO of Honda Aircraft Company, with a new EASA type certificate for the HA-420 HondaJet.
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Flying Colours Signs First Inairvation Refit

May 24, 2016
Canadian completion experts Flying Colours has signed the launch customer for Inairvation’s pre-engineered cabin retrofit for a Global Express.
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Flexjet Is Mystery Buyer of 20 Challenger 350s

May 24, 2016
Bombardier confirmed yesterday that Flexjet is the previously undisclosed customer that purchased 20 Challenger 350 jets.
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GE’s Passport Wins FAA Certification

May 24, 2016
GE Aviation’s Passport, the engine selected by Bombardier for its Global 7000 and Global 8000, received FAA type certification on April 29.
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Argus Buys UAS Safety Institute

May 24, 2016
Argus International has completed the acquisition of the Orlando, Florida-based Unmanned Safety Institute, a privately-held unmanned aircraft system safety training, certification and management business.
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Flexjet to Launch European Charter Business

May 23, 2016
U.S.-based Flexjet will launch into Europe as a private jet travel and charter operator later this year, the fractional jet ownership company announced at EBACE.
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Bombardier CEO Hopeful Of Canadian Government Investment

May 24, 2016
Garnering an investment from the Canadian Federal Government is a “complex” proposition and Bombardier is “working” on it, although timing is uncertain, according to CEO and president Alain Bellemare.
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Silvercrest Certification Delayed Until 2018

May 23, 2016
Delays in development of Safran’s Silvercrest engine cost the company a one-time EUR654 million charge in 2015, helping drive operating profit for the year down more than 12% to EUR1.7 billion.
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Rolls-Royce’s Engine Support Grows As Buyers Realize Benefits

May 24, 2016
When it comes to supporting business jet engines in service, Rolls-Royce’s CorporateCare engine maintenance program has evolved from sparking market interest to generating market demand.
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Mexico’s Across Orders 23 Embraer Business Jets

May 24, 2016
Across will buy a mixed fleet of 23 Embraer business aircraft comprising eight Legacy 500s, eight Phenom 300s and seven Phenom 100E jets.
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ATP Partners With Web Manuals

May 24, 2016
Manuals and record-keeping have become increasingly complex in all areas of business and general aviation, from operations to maintenance. But with digitization, data can be accessed, updated and stored more efficiently than ever before.
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A-Group Expands Russian FBO Facilities

May 24, 2016
The economic slowdown and shrinking overall demand for business aviation services in Russia has not affected the expansion plans of A-Group, which operates FBOs at Moscow-Sheremetyevo and St. Petersburg-Pulkovo airports.