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Magazine Issue

EBACE 2017 - ShowNews Day 2

VOL. 1 NO. 1 May 23, 2017

EBACE NEWS

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Textron Cockpit Feature Is Emblematic of Aggressive Investment Strategy

May 23, 2017
Textron Aviation’s announcement this week of an available head-up display aboard the 3,500-nm range Citation Longitude provides clear evidence of a surge in product investment – $200 million to $2300 million per year.
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PrivateFly ‘Raising the Bar’ on Online Booking

May 23, 2017
If it looks like there is renewed spring in Adam Twidell's step at EBACE this week, there are good reasons. The founder of PrivateFly, the first online booking platform for private aviation, is celebrating another year of trend-defying growth with an overhaul and rebranding of the company's website and flight-booking app.
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GE: Single-Lever E-Control for Small Turboprops

May 23, 2017
GE Aviation is pioneering electronic single-lever engine control for small turboprop aircraft, making flying easier and safer than ever before.
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Boutsen Closed 2016 With A Record Four Sales In December

May 23, 2017
Monaco-based Boutsen Aviation closed 2016 with a record four sales in December, chalking up a Gulfstream G550 in Basel and a GV in Luton, as well as “a double sales transaction” of two Falcon 7X jets in the U.S., for a total of 15 aircraft for the year.
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Geneva Airpark Bucks the Trend

May 23, 2017
​Geneva Airpark says its covered parking and associated range of services for business jets “once again registered an increase in 2016, despite a slowdown in traffic generated by business aviation that has been going on for several years at Geneva Airport.”
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Daher TBM: Orchestrating Maneuvers in the Dark

May 23, 2017
​Daher sees sales prospects for its TBM family in the recent – some would say, belated – European approval for single-engine commercial operations under IMC. Since March 22, regulation (EU) 965/2012 has allowed aircraft including the TBM850, 900, 910 and 930 to take advantage of the new freedom. But, as always, the devil is in the detail.
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MRO Leading the Way at AMAC

May 23, 2017
In March of this year, AMAC Aerospace Group COO Bernd Schramm noted that the company’s four hangars were operating at full capacity with maintenance work packages on aircraft including three ACJ340s and a VIP Boeing 777.
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Sierra Completions Gearing Up for Recovery

May 23, 2017
Sierra Completions is at Booth NB66 with a fresh FAA Repair Station license and expectations of an economic and industry recovery that will spell success for the newest subsidiary of Sierra Nevada.
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Aeria Celebrates New Facilities

May 23, 2017
Aeria Luxury Interiors comes to EBACE fresh from the opening of a new sales, marketing and design building at its headquarters in San Antonio, Texas.
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Fast Five: Scott Ernest, President and CEO of Textron Aviation

May 23, 2017
Ernest joined Textron Aviation in 2011 after 29 years at GE Aviation. He has led the company through a number of development projects and the merger of Cessna Aircraft and Beechcraft. He recently sat down with The Weekly of Business Aviation to talk about the company and the business aircraft market.
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London City Access Improves

May 23, 2017
​At least three companies have new approvals for their aircraft to make the challenging 5.5-deg. steep approach to London City Airport – as well as the ability to handle the short, 1,500-meter runway available for takeoff.
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Remote Control Tower for London City

May 23, 2017
London City Airport will begin using a remote air traffic tower in 2019. Airport operations will be controlled using Saab’s remote tower technology from a new center located at National Air Traffic Services (NATS) facilities in Swanwick, England.
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Air Charter Broking: Room for All

May 23, 2017
Stigma is a dangerous but common attachment. In the air charter market, there is no stigma more keenly embedded into the psyche than the “bedroom broker.”
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FDS Avionics Unveils Glass Cabin

May 23, 2017
Taking interactive moving maps to the next level, FDS Avionics has introduced the “Glass Cabin.”
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Jet Aviation Refurbished Its First Boeing Business Jet From 1999

May 23, 2017
Basel-based Jet Aviation has just redelivered a Boeing B737 after major refurbishment, but that’s not quite the dog-bites-man news it may seem for a well-known completions contractor. This is not just another BBJ – it is also the very first Boeing Business Jet that the company worked on, way back in 1999.
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Completions Industry Adjusts to Overcapacity

May 23, 2017
While EBACE 2017 has opened on an overall positive note, there has been some less encouraging news with the closing of three well-known VIP completion centers in the last two years, each conspicuous by its absence here.
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PT6 – Engine of Change?

May 23, 2017
Pratt & Whitney Canada is celebrating recent delivery of its 100,000th turbine engine, but is adding little to an earlier revelation that a 2,000-shp power plant is in prospect for both helicopter and aeroplane applications.
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FlightSafety G650 Sim at Farnborough

May 23, 2017
FlightSafety International is talking up the start of “the only factory-authorized Gulfstream G650 training program located close to operators in Europe, the Middle East and surrounding regions.”
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Dassault Eyes Swiss Fighter Contract (Again)

May 23, 2017
Visitors to Dassault Aviation at Booth Z90 may be forgiven a double take. Yes, that is a model of a Rafael fighter; but, sadly, its appearance at EBACE does not mean the French airframer is courting the executive who wishes to take the fight to their competitors with unprecedented vigor.
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Airbus Unveils New Private Helo Brand

May 23, 2017
Dry ice and holograms were deployed in Palexpo yesterday as Airbus introduced Airbus Corporate Helicopters as a comprehensive vertical lift solution for high-net-worth individuals, corporations, or business aviation operators.
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ACJ: To Boldly Go – Infinito

May 23, 2017
Forget that ‘Top Gear’ stuff of car-versus-airplane; combine the best of the two. That’s what Airbus Corporate Jets (Booth Z58) has done in teaming with Italian hypercar Atelier Pagani Automobili to produce a new cabin design for the ACJ319neo, called Infinito.
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Pratt & Whitney Canada Celebrates Its 100,000th Gas Turbine Engine

May 23, 2017
Pratt & Whitney Canada arrives at EBACE in a festive mood, having just celebrated the manufacture of its 100,000th gas turbine engine.
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Bombardier Sets Five New Line Maintenance Stations

May 23, 2017
Bombardier has established five new line maintenance stations in Europe, all supporting Learjet, Challenger and Global business aircraft.
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PC-24 On Track; Beats Performance Figures

May 23, 2017
Extensive flight testing indicates that the twin-engine Pilatus PC-24 Super Versatile Jet will beat the performance figures originally announced by the Swiss manufacturer.
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Valcora for Far Better Fueling

May 23, 2017
A new Swiss company, Valcora (Booth K57), is planning a quick rise to the top. The firm believes its founders’ quarter-century of experience in aviation fuel, and bespoke ordering software, will help it take a leading place in the private-aviation sector.
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Two More Years of Biz Jet Slump

May 23, 2017
Deliveries of new turbofan business aircraft will continue to be in a “lull” until 2019, according to the JetnetIQ forecast report created by aviation consultant Rolland Vincent.
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Newest In-Flight Entertainment from Rockwell Collins Promoted at EBACE

May 23, 2017
The onboard media streaming solution for personal devices provides a broad selection of entertainment and information for passengers, including more than 800 movies and TV shows; weather, business, sports and news feeds; audio collection; destination and event information and casual games, all in five languages.
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Biggin Hill Expands Hours, Adds ILS

May 23, 2017
​Few business aviation airports in the world are extending their opening hours and adding new instrument landing systems to attract more traffic. But London Biggin Hill, one of six business jet-friendly airports serving the UK’s capital city, is flying against the trend.