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The business aviation industry gathered in Geneva for this year’s EBACE convention buoyed by an uplift in market conditions. Big players had plenty to announce and show. Listen in as our team on the ground discusses some of the key developments from EBACE 2018.
Germany’s Siemens is stepping up its involvement in the growing electric aircraft market, supplying propulsion motors for projects in the U.S. and Europe.
Click Aviation Network, a Dubai-based global network of aviation partners, is pleased to announce the official introduction of its revolutionary digital networking platform, Click Omega.
Rockwell Collins’ OEM-collaborated flight-deck upgrade takes the Challenger 604 way beyond mandates with touchscreen interfacing, synthetic vision, electronic navigation charts featuring own-ship positioning and much more for flights in modernizing global airspace.
UTC Aerospace Systems has launched a new product line from its Booth Veneers division. The FLite product series, including FLiteFlex and AlumiFLite, was developed to meet customers’ requests for veneers that are lighter, more flexible and less flammable.
MedAire, a company specializing in medical and security assistance for air travel, has devised a dedicated health and security briefing for the FIFA soccer World Cup.
Jet Aviation has signed a preferred FBO service agreement for facilities in EMEA and Asia with World Fuel Services, a global aviation fuel and services company based in Miami.
Piaggio Aerospace has won orders for four P.180 Avanti EVO business aircraft so far this year in a vote from the market that a recent restructuring and cash injection of 225 million euros will ensure its future.
Business aviation’s alphabet groups have launched the “sustainable alternative jet fuel” (SAJF) initiative, an awareness effort to curb the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Despite 2017 being “a little bit depressed overall for business aviation in terms of volume of sales,” the first year has been “a great success,” for ACH.
The marketplace for app-based private-jet charter is becoming increasingly crowded, yet Jonny Nicol, founder of Stratajet, feels he has found a way for his company to stand out. “There is a chasm of difference between us and anybody else,” he argues.
