EBACE Show News - May 21, 2008 - (Page 1)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21 EBACE 2008 A318 Elite is on a Roll Smallest of the widebodies hits a –Page 24 market sweet spot. A Circle Around London LEA surrounds the town with –Page 26 Mustangs and more. P&WC Deliveries Triple The engine maker expects to ship –Page 26 4,000 units this year. Avanti Sees Sales Shift The weak dollar prompts basic –Page 28 market changes. Celebrating the deal were (l to r) Bombardier Business Aircraft svp Bob Horner, VistaJet chairman and owner Thomas Flohr, Bombardier Aerospace president Pierre Beaudoin, VistaJet CEO Bing Chen and New Jet Intl president Valerio Zamboni. RUAG Eyes Needy Cabins German ponders entry into completions business. –Page 30 Global Gets Even NICEr Lufthansa Technik cabin management system is near. –Page 34 VistaJet Buys Bombardier’s Skyjet— And $1.3 bn Worth of Business Jets More records were broken here at EBACE yesterday as the VistaJet private jet company acquired Bombardier’s Skyjet International charter operation and ordered 35 Bombardier business jets with options on 25 more for $1.3 billion. The order is the largest ever for Bombardier, and VistaJet will become the largest charter operator outside North America. –Page 61 Embraer Beefs Up Support $100 million as it prepares for Phenom service debut. –Page 36 Honeywell ‘Virtual VFR’ Synthetic vision gets FAA nod –Page 40 for G450, G550. Signature Europe Grows FBO chain is expanding across –Page 44 the Continent. Airbus Wins $1.5 bn Deal For VIP A350s MAZ Aviation chairman Mohammed Al-Zeer (center) signed the deal with Airbus evp Edouard Ullmo (l), and Airbus svp Christian Robach. Gestair Seeks to Double Largest FBO chain in Spain is –Page 46 rapidly expanding. Aero-Dienst Turns 50 The German operator grows gradually, adds jets. –Page 48 Airbus signed a record order for business jets here yesterday with MAZ Aviation of Saudi Arabia for six Airbus A350 XWB Prestige luxury airliners. The first of the luxury corporate jets will be delivered in 2015. –Page 58 Gama Doubles in Size Managed fleet numbers 60 –Page 50 with PrivatAir buy. Hawker Sells Ten 4000s to BJETS Executives from India and America celebrate the sale of Hawker 4000 jets, ten of them, to serve high net worth customers in Asia. India has emerged as Hawker’s third-largest market, after the U.S. and Brazil. –Page 4 All is Not Woe with Oil Piaggio says high fuel prices are good for Avanti sales. –Page 52 Ocean Sky is Aggressive Large jet fleet is growing quickly, and it’s adding FBOs. –Page 54

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A318 Elite is on a Roll A Circle Around London P&WC Deliveries Triple Avanti Sees Sales Shift RUAG Eyes Needy Cabins Global Gets Even NICEr Embraer Beefs Up Support Honeywell ‘Virtual VFR’ Signature Europe Grows Gestair Seeks to Double Aero-Dienst Turns 50 Gama Doubles in Size All is Not Woe with Oil Ocean Sky is Aggressive

EBACE Show News - May 21, 2008

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