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The Weekly of Business Aviation, October 2, 2017

VOL. 102 NO. 39 October 02, 2017
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In Washington

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ATC Privatization To See October Battle In Congress

Sep 29, 2017
Proponents of moving U.S. air traffic control out of the FAA and into a nongovernment, nonprofit entity are looking for a significant victory in October.

Forecasts/Industry Data

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Bizav Increases Company Success, Study Shows

Sep 27, 2017
Companies that use business aviation to support their missions outperform those that do not as demonstrated by a number of metrics, a new study of S&P 500 companies finds.
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How To Boost Bizav? Think Differently, Researcher Says

Sep 18, 2017
Not long ago, those in the business aircraft industry were waiting for the market to turn around. Today, the thinking is changing.

EDITOR'S NOTE

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Laureate Award Nominations Ending Soon

Oct 03, 2017
Aviation Week’s 2018 Laureate Awards have been expanded to include more categories, including 11 in Business Aviation.

Services

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Jet Aviation San Juan Reopens, Assists Relief Flights To Puerto Rico

Sep 28, 2017
Jet Aviation San Juan has resumed its fixed-base operations (FBO) in Puerto Rico and is coordinating nearly all the humanitarian flights to hurricane-damaged Puerto Rico and the rest of the Caribbean region.
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Jet Aviation Closes Boston-Area MRO

Sep 28, 2017
Jet Aviation has ceased its maintenance, repair and overhaul operations at Laurence G. Hanscom Field Airport in Bedford, Massachusetts, the company told customers in a letter.

Programs

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Embraer Delivers First Legacy 500 From Florida Site

Sep 27, 2017
Embraer has delivered the first Legacy 500 midsize business jet assembled at its Melbourne, Florida, facility.
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Fourth Global 7000 Flight-Test Vehicle Makes First Flight

Sep 29, 2017
Bombardier Aircraft’s fourth Global 7000 flight-test vehicle flew for the first time Sept. 28.
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Comac Plans Volume Production Of ARJ21

Sep 27, 2017
If the Comac ARJ21 was a genuinely commercial program, the manufacturer would by now be saying it had done its best but, as everyone had always known, developing a jet airliner without experience was tough.

Regulatory/Legislative

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EASA, FAA, Transport Canada Sign Safety Agreements

Sep 28, 2017
The general manufacturing industry will benefit from the provisions, which include the reduction of costs and delivery times for aircraft exports across the Atlantic, Bunce said.
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Embraer Applauds U.S. For Imposing Bombardier Duty

Sep 28, 2017
Embraer CEO Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva says he welcomes the preliminary ruling by the U.S. Commerce Department to impose a 220% duty on Bombardier C Series imports to the U.S.

Sounding Board

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Sounding Board: Five Minutes With VistaJet President Ronald Silverman

Sep 26, 2017
View Sounding Board: Five Minutes With VistaJet President Ronald Silverman in PDF format.

Airframers/Suppliers

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Go Fly Personal Vehicle Competition Sponsored By Boeing

Sep 26, 2017
Boeing is sponsoring a $2 million competition to develop a safe, viable personal air vehicle with a fly-off of the finalist designs in 2019.

Business Aviation Briefs

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ExcelAire Adds Hawker 800 To Fleet

Oct 03, 2017
ExcelAire has added an eight-passenger Hawker 800 midsize jet to its private jet fleet for domestic and international travel.
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CHC, Leonardo, SkyTrac Team To Provide AW139 Upgrades

Oct 03, 2017
CHC Helicopter, along with Leonardo and SkyTrac, have completed testing of a real-time Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) and cockpit Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) for the AW139 helicopter.
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Flying Colours Completes Matching Interiors For Customer

Oct 03, 2017
Flying Colours has refurbished and modified a Bombardier Global Express for a customer.
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Raisbeck Earns FAA Approval For King Air 350 Propeller

Oct 03, 2017
Raisbeck Engineering has earned a Supplemental Type Certificate from the FAA for Hartzell Propeller’s new 106-in.-dia., five-blade composite propeller.
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Textron Aviation Adds Bay Area Mobile Service Unit

Oct 03, 2017
Textron Aviation has added a mobile service unit at the Hayward Executive Airport to support Citation, King Air and Hawker aircraft in Northern California.
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Sun European Partners Acquires Switch Manufacturer

Oct 03, 2017
Sun European Partners, a private investment firm, has acquired C&K Holdings, a producer of electromechanical switches based in Newton, Massachusetts.
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Ruag Aviation Completes Heavy Maintenance Inspections On G550

Oct 03, 2017
Ruag Aviation in Munich has completed a 15-month and 30-month heavy maintenance inspection on a Gulfstream G550.

Airworthiness Directives

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Airworthiness Directives

Oct 03, 2017
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Ameri-King Corporation emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) as installed on various aircraft.

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Oct 03, 2017
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Appointments

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Appointments

Oct 03, 2017
David Warfel has been named Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Head of Aviation, North America, effective Oct. 1.

Calendar

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Upcoming Events

Oct 03, 2017
Oct. 3-5—MRO Europe, ExCel London, London, U.K. For more information go to www.aviationweek.com/events

Monthly Program Profile

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Monthly Program Profile: Cessna Citation Excel, XLS, XLS+

Oct 03, 2017
View the Monthly Program Profile: Cessna Citation Excel, XLS, XLS+ chart in PDF format.