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The Weekly of Business Aviation, May 25, 2015

VOL. 100 NO. 20 May 25, 2015

Suppliers

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Gulfstream G500 Achieves First Flight

May 20, 2015
Gulfstream Aerospace announced first flight of the G500 on Tuesday, a critical milestone that keeps the aircraft’s flight test and certification program on track for its slated 2017 FAA and European Aviation Safety Agency certification.
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Dueling Inflight Dishwashers Cycle Forth

May 19, 2015
At home, it’s easy to wish that a stack of dirty dishes in the kitchen would just fly away. Lufthansa Technik and Jet Aviation Basel now have ways to do that in flight.

Operations

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Challenges Ahead For Business Aviation In Europe

May 21, 2015
EBAA CEO Fabio Gamba says business aviation in Europe is adapting to “a new normal” of flatter growth in the wake of the Great Recession, responding to continuing company consolidations, new legal and operational changes imposed by the European Aviation Safety Agency and a shift in the EU’s aviation policies and priorities.
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Russia Sanctions Stall Europe's Business Aviation Market

May 05, 2015
Following a strong bounce back to near-precrisis levels, the number of departures has been in a steady decline. Since 2011, top business aviation airports in Geneva, Zurich and at Paris-Le Bourget have lost 5-10% of their executive jet traffic.

Intelligence

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Organizers: EBACE Continues Importance To BizAv Industry

May 26, 2015
The 2015 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition held May 19-21 in Geneva attracted 500 exhibitors, 60 aircraft on static display and…

Services/FBOs

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Transaero Engineering Ireland Wins Last-Minute Lifeline

May 19, 2015
The Shannon Airport-based maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider entered bankruptcy protection earlier this year, after its troubled Russian parent company, Transaero Airlines, required a large financial bailout from the Russian government.

Programs

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Busy With Bizjets, Dassault Gives Programs Update

May 20, 2015
Apart from one small cloud on its horizon, Dassault Aviation comes to EBACE in a positive mood, albeit heavily involved with the overlapping development programs of two new bizjets.
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Sino-U.S. Corporate Jet Is Surprise Launch At EBACE

May 21, 2015
Earl Robinson dusts off his StarLiner 100 project and receives Chinese funding for a dash to 2019 certification. Fifty-seat airliner comes first; bizjet soon after.
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Textron Aviation Boosts Latitude Performance; Expects Certification This Month

May 19, 2015
Textron Aviation hopes to achieve FAA certification of its midsized $16.25 million Citation Latitude this month, CEO Scott Ernest said during a press conference Monday.
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Nextant Looking At Super-Midsize/Large Aircraft Remanufacturing

May 19, 2015
Nextant Aerospace is looking to expand its remanufacturing activities into a new market segment.

Airports

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Singapore’s Seletar To Get New Terminal

May 21, 2015
In an effort to better cater to business aviation clients, Singapore plans to build a new passenger terminal at Seletar Airport.

Forecasts/Industry Data

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Bombardier Forecasts 9,000 Jets in Next Decade

May 20, 2015
A new forecast by Bombardier Aerospace projects 9,000 light, medium and large business jets valued at $267 billion will be delivered over the next 10 years, with the greatest growth in the large jet segment.
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Strong Business Aircraft Growth Ahead In Africa

May 20, 2015
The African Business Aircraft Association has released its first data-driven report that describes the state of business aviation in Africa and what association members believe needs to be accomplished to foster future growth.

Services

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Morocco To Host New Business Aviation Show

May 19, 2015
Plans to establish the Middle East’s second regional, biannual business aviation show are swinging into high gear in Morocco and at the Middle East and North Africa Business Aviation Association.

OEMs/Suppliers

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Honeywell Increases Inflight Data Speeds

May 21, 2015
Inmarsat, Honeywell Aerospace and Eclipse have completed flight and lab tests of high data rate capabilities for SwiftBroadband, an aircraft connectivity service provided through Inmarsat satellites.

Regulatory/Legislative

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FAA Allows Test Sites To Fly UASs Below 200 ft.

May 22, 2015
FAA-designated unmanned aircraft system (UAS) test sites have been given blanket authorization to fly small UASs up to 200 ft. altitude in a move to speed research into integrating UASs into national airspace.
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EDA And ESA Push Ahead With UAV Demonstrations

May 22, 2015
The 18-month DeSIRE II demonstration is being conducted by an industrial consortium led by Italian satellite firm Telespazio. It aims to support the European standardization and regulatory activities surrounding the satellite communications-based command and control of UAVs, as EU regulators examine the requirements to allow the platforms in the same airspace as other traffic.
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FAA Details Key Element Of Next-Generation Pilot, Controller Medical Certification

May 18, 2015
The upgrade is part of a broader FAA “Destination 2025” safety goal to reduce commercial-airline fatality rate by 24%, to 6.2 deaths per 100 million passengers per year, by 2018, and to reduce the general-aviation rate to no more than 1 fatal accident per 100,000 flight hours, also by 2018.
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Empire State Opens Arms To Aviation

May 19, 2015
A new law dramatically reduces aviation taxes in New York State.

Training

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FlightSafety Offers Courses for Business Aircraft Passengers

May 20, 2015
The courses provide passengers a basic understanding of aircraft operations and training for a wide variety of emergency situations. They also train on the use of emergency equipment.

Charters / Brokers

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Hahn Air To Launch Citation CJ4 Scheduled Services In Dusseldorf

May 21, 2015
Germany’s Hahn Air Lines yesterday celebrated authorization by the International Air Transport Association to operate its fleet of Cessna Citation CJ4s on scheduled airline services.

Business Aviation Briefs

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Engel & Völkers Group Launches E&V Aviation

May 26, 2015
Luxury real estate company The Engel & Völkers Group has widened its practice to business aircraft and private jet sales with the launch of Engel &…
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Marshal Aviation Services Expands Birmingham Base

May 26, 2015
Marshall Aviation Services, a subsidiary of Marshall Aerospace and Defense Group, is further expanding its fixed base operation (FBO) facility at…
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Daher Delivers First TBM 900 To Spain

May 26, 2015
Daher on May 17 announced it has delivered a TBM 900 turboprop aircraft to its first customer in Spain. The aircraft was delivered to a company in…
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FAA Grants ICG Flurry Of STCs

May 26, 2015
Newport News, Virginia-based International Communications Group Inc. (ICG) has received multiple Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) for its…
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FBO Riga To Open New Center

May 26, 2015
FBO RIGA, operator of Riga International Airport’s business aviation center in Latvia, as well as the certified ground-handling agent there, is…
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Three New Pipers Arrive In European Airspace

May 26, 2015
Piper has accredited Czech Republic-based OK Aviation Group as an authorized training center to provide European Aviation Safety Agency-approved…
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Yasava Feels Comfortable In China

May 26, 2015
Sparkle Roll Aviation Group of China and Swiss-based Yasava Aeronautics have partnered to establish a Beijing center to showcase the Astral Design…
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Mercedes, Lufthansa To Develop VIP Cabin

May 26, 2015
Lufthansa Technik and Mercedes-Benz Style will work together to design a new cabin for short- and medium-haul VIP and VVIP aircraft. Elements of the…
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Jet Aviation Wins Two Completions

May 26, 2015
Jet Aviation will complete Airbus A319 corporate jet and Airbus A330 corporate jet variants under contract for Alpha Star Aviation, which is based in…
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Blink Buys Blackbushe, MyJet

May 26, 2015
The air taxi service Blink has acquired Italian operator MyJet, its three Cessna Citation Mustangs and its northern Italy maintenance facility. Blink…
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Africa Expansion: A Key Universal Strategy

May 26, 2015
Universal Aviation, the ground support division for Universal Weather & Aviation, in seeing expansion of services into Africa as necessary to its…
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Flying Colours Opens Refurbishment Shop In Asia

May 26, 2015
Business jet interior refurbishing company Flying Colours, of Canada, which also offers full completions and maintenance services, opened a Singapore…
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Split Scimitar Winglets Approved For BBJ

May 26, 2015
The FAA has granted Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) – the joint venture of Aviation Partners, Inc. and The Boeing Company – a supplemental type…
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Sales Take Off For Daher’s Revamped TBM

May 26, 2015
Daher has reported a surge in orders for its TBM 900. The French company has logged 100 orders for the TBM 900 in the past 12 months, up from a…
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Wheels Up Exercises King Air Options

May 26, 2015
Wheels Up exercised its option, on a 2013 order for up to 105 aircraft, to buy the next 35 King Air 350i turboprops while at EBACE 2015 in Geneva.
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VistaJet, JSSI Reach Engine-Maintenance Milestone

May 26, 2015
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GE Honda HF120 Engine: Ready When You Are

May 26, 2015
The GE Honda HF120 turbofan engine is set to achieve European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification in the final quarter of this year after…
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TAG Launches New Maintenance Organization

May 26, 2015
TAG Aviation has placed all of its maintenance centers under a new umbrella, TAG Aviation Maintenance Services. The new organization integrates eight…
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Textron Aviation Works To Strengthen Service Network

May 26, 2015
By year’s end, all Textron Aviation service centers will be able to work on Cessna, Beechcraft and Hawker models. As of now, more than half its…

Airworthiness Directives

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Airworthiness Directives

May 26, 2015
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS (previously Eurocopter France) Model AS365N3, EC155B, and EC155B1 helicopters [Docket No. FAA-2015-1570; Directorate Identifier…

Appointments

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Appointments

May 26, 2015
Richard Tracy, Aerion’s chief technology officer and a member of Aerion’s board of directors, has been appointed senior vice president and chief…

Calendar

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Upcoming Events

May 26, 2015
May 26-29—The 8th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference, Paris, France. For more information go to, www.cmsim.org/ Jun. 19—The…