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FAA to reconsider rest exclusion for cargo flights
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is re-evaluating its decision to exclude cargo carriers from a slate of new crew rest rules finalised in December. It...

EASA orders urgent checks for EC135 rotor hub cracks
The European Aviation Safety Agency issued an emergency airworthiness directive on 17 May relating to Eurocopter EC135 helicopters after a crack was detected...

ImperialJet signs with Bombardier for training
Beirut-based ImperialJet has signed a three-year agreement with Bombardier to train the fractional ownership and charter company's pilots and engineers/mechanics assigned to the Learjet 60, Learjet 60XR, Challenger 604 and Challenger 605.

EBACE: MEBAA says Dubai business aviation show will be 10% bigger than 2010
All aboard for MEBA: the next occasion the industry gets together in earnest in Dubai in December. This year, the event is being held for the first time...

EBACE: Brabus breaks into business jet customisation market
Business jet owners who dare to be different and are prepared to flaunt it can now turn to customised automobile specialist Brabus. Known for its tailor-made...

EBACE: SR Technics signs second airliner completion contract
SR Technics has signed its second airliner completion contract with an undisclosed Middle Eastern customer. The Zurich-based maintenance, repair and overhaul...

EBACE: F1 team Sauber turns to Pilatus for support
Formula One team Sauber is being helped on its quest for success in the world's most glamorous sport with a specially liveried Pilatus PC-12NG, featuring...

EBACE: OHS Aviation Services offers 3D interior visualisations
Customers for German refurbishment specialist OHS Aviation Services are being given the opportunity to visualise VIP interiors ever more clearly with the...

EBACE: Signature expands pilot reward programme
Signature Flight Support has expanded its TailWins pilot loyalty programme to cover all of its locations in Europe and Africa. Launched...

EBACE: Geneva Airpark adds new services for housing business jets
Geneva Airpark is adding key services as its parking hangar for business jets continues to attract business, nearly three years after opening. The...

EBACE: FinServe cites growing interest in aircraft insurance buying consortium
Specialist insurance broker FinServe says it is gaining levels of interest in its F-EBAP insurance buying consortium. Launched last...

EBACE: Aero Toy Store prepares to open FBO at London Stansted
One of the biggest stateside names in business jet trading is flying into Europe. Aero Toy Store is opening an 23,000m² (250,000ft²) FBO at London's Stansted...

EBACE: Eurocopter keen to demonstrate value of helicopter role
Helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter is keen to demonstrate the value of ...

EBACE: Cambridge Airport plans £20 million investment programme
Cambridge Airport has returned to EBACE to declare its ambitions to invest £20 million ($32 million) in its facility, around 100km (62 miles)...

EBACE: Snecma reveals details of Silvercrest for Longitude
Snecma will this summer begin running the first of eight Silvercrest turbofans taking part in the engine certification programme for Cessna's newly announced...

EBACE: Bombardier details flight tests for Learjet 70, 75
Three Learjet 45s and one Learjet 40 are included in the flight test programme preceding the introduction of Bombardier's new Learjet 70 and 75. All...

EBACE: Nextant, HBC swap blows over re-engining programmes
Nextant and Hawker Beechcraft have renewed their hostilities as the two companies fight for the upper hand in the market for re-engined Hawker 400-series...

EBACE: Arab Wings offers peek inside Bombardier Global 5000
Executive jet charter company Arab Wings offered crowds here an exclusive peek inside the first Bombardier Global 5000 delivered to the Middle East with...

EBACE: Aurora to develop FBO at UAE's Fujairah airport
Aurora Aviation has high hopes for its new FBO in one of the UAE's quietest emirates. The Swiss aviation services company has signed a memorandum of...

EBACE: HighTech Finishing displays its wares
Interior plating specialist HighTech Finishing can transform plastic and aluminium business aircraft parts into a work of metallic art with...