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EBACE2017 Opens Next Month: Don’t Miss Europe’s Biggest Business Aviation Event

As the largest European show focused exclusively on business aviation, the 2017 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE2017) promises to bring together all the latest aircraft and aviation equipment manufacturers, industry and government leaders and more. Simply put, if you...

Dubai HeliConference 2017 concludes on successful note

Dubai HeliConference, the Middle East’s only dedicated conference for the helicopter industry, concludes today (Tuesday, April 18, 2017), following an overwhelming response from the helicopter segment of the aviation sector. The pioneering event successfully positioned itself as an interactive...

Bell 429 Gaining Traction for HEMS Missions in China

Bell Helicopter and Beijing Yugao Aviation Group (YGA), announced a signed purchase agreement for a Bell 429 during the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE). This is the customer’s first aircraft and will be used for Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) and search and rescue transport. Established in 2007, YGA is a general aviation business gro...

Dassault’s Falcon 8X at ABACE 2017

This year, the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE) once again featured the newest business jet in the ultra-long range class: Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 8X. The 8X appeared alongside the popular 4,000 nm/7,410 km Falcon 2000LX/EX. A state-of-the-art Falcon 2000LX Medevac aircraft operated by the Beijing Red Cross Emergency Medical Center (999...

Continued Success for Bell 505 in China

Bell Helicopter and Hubei Tongcheng General Aviation Co. Ltd. announced today a signed purchase agreement for two Bell 505 helicopters during the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE). The customer will use the two aircraft for agriculture pesticide management missions. “We were thrilled to begin delivery of the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X this year and proud to conti...

Airbus names finalists for “Fly Your Ideas 2017” student competition

Airbus has shortlisted the five finalist student teams competing in the fifth edition of the Fly Your Ideas challenge. The radical concepts selected cover a wide range of innovations going from an alternative to satellite imagery, to improved aircraft taxiing, clever ways of boarding, new areas for luggage storage or offering a new business model using existing Airbus aircraft. Representing nin...

ABACE 2017 Highlights Enthusiasm for Business Aviation

As the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE) concluded its third and final day, organizers reported that the sixth edition of the event was perhaps the strongest to date. ABACE took place April 11–13, 2017, at the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. The event is produced through a partnership between the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) an...

Jet Friends Club invites to the football tournament at Geneva!

Jet Friends Club (JFC) presents first international amateur mini football tournament – International Business Aviation Football Cup (IBAFC). The tournament will be held on 23rd of May at Geneva, on the second day of EBACE exhibition. JFC invites amateur teams, whichparticipants engaged in business aviation: air charter brokers and operators,&...

PhilJets adds Airbus H130, H145, and Bell 407 helicopters to fleet

In line with its plans of holding a stronger position in the aviation industry in Asia, PhilJets Group has confirmed during the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE), taking place from April 11 to 13, 2017, the delivery of its latest Bell 407 GXP helicopter to its fleet this month. In addition, PhilJets also expects the arrival of two Airbus H130 and one H145 later this year,...

BAA and Luxaviation announce new strategic alliance

Business Aviation Asia Ltd. (BAA), one of the largest and most influential business aviation operators in Asia Pacific, announced a new strategic business alliance with related company, Luxaviation Group. The partnership will see BAA, which provides high-level aircraft management services for business jet owners in the Greater China region (Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macau...

HAECO PJS Invests In 3D Printing Capability

HAECO Group’s cabin completion specialist, HAECO Private Jet Solutions (“HAECO PJS”) has invested in three dimensional (“3D”) printing capability, enabling the company to provide customers with miniature 3D models of their unique cabin industrial designs to scale. HAECO PJS’ introduction of the new 3D printing capability builds on the exis...

Amber Aviation Officially Launches at ABACE Shanghai

Amber Aviation, which has ambitions to become Asia’s leader in bespoke business jet management services, today announced its official launch at the Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (ABACE) in Shanghai. The company, founded by China business aviation pioneer Mr. Chang Qiu Sheng, will deliver discerning corporate and private jet owners new levels of flexibility and the...

Textron Aviation highlights versatile product line at ABACE 2017

Textron Aviation is displaying its leading Cessna Citation XLS+ light midsize business jet and Cessna Grand Caravan EX turboprop at this year’s Asian Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (ABACE) April 11-13 at the Shanghai Hongqiao Airport. During the three-day event, the company is also highlighting its new family of large-cabin business jets – the midsize Cess...

Airbus Helicopters spotlights latest rotorcraft technologies at Rotorcraft Asia

Airbus Helicopters will showcase its comprehensive range of rotary wing products and technologies at next week’s Rotorcraft Asia. The inaugural tradeshow dedicated to the growing Asia Pacific helicopter market, will take place at Singapore’s Changi Exhibition Centre from 18 to 20 April 2017. Taking centre stage as the largest exhibitor at this regional event, Airbus...

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