EBACE Show News - May 22, 2008 - (Page 4)

EBACE 2008 Comlux Buying Two Global Jets Zurich-based Comlux Aviation yesterday signed orders with Bombardier for two ultralong-range Global Express XRS business twin-jets, which will join its fleet of nine mostly Bombardier types. Comlux Aviation, the VIP charter division of Comlux The Aviation Group, is managed by Ettore Rodaro. “Being an industry leader means offering your clientele the very best products and services,” said Rodaro, “and this aircraft goes beyond the profile. These aircraft are Bombardier svp sales Bob Horner, Comlux svp Ettore Rodaro, Comlux president & CEO Richard Gaona, CFO Joseph Huber. part of our strategic development plan to become the leading long-range charter services and will be a complement to our Airbus corporate provider in Europe, central Asia and the Middle East, jet fleet.” AVIATION WEEK President Tom Henricks Publisher Greg Hamilton Editor-In-Chief John Morris Morrisoff@aol.com Senior Editors Rich Piellisch Mike Jerram News Editor Scot Greenan Copy Editor Elyse Moody Writers Fred George, Robert Hewson, George Larson, Paul Jackson, Robert Wall EBACE 2008, a $7 Billion Showing The grand total of firm contracts and options announced in the first two days of EBACE 2008 is approaching $7 billion and may well exceed that figure by the time all the sums are done at the end of the show. Headline grabbing deals at Geneva so far include orders for: Airbus: Six Airbus A350 XWB Prestige to MAZ ($1.5 billion); one Airbus ACJ and two A318 Elites to Jetalliance ($185 million). Bombardier: 11 Challenger 605, 11 Learjet 85 and 13 Learjet 60XR worth $1.2 billion and 25 options to VistaJet; eight Learjet 85 for ExecuJet ($120 million); three Challenger 605 to Ocean Sky Aviation. Cessna: 24 Cessna Citations to Jetalliance ($230 million); 20 Citation Mustangs to Dexter Air Taxi ($55.52 million); two Global XRS for Comlux. Dassault: 20 Falcon 2000LX to NetJets ($720 million). Embraer: Two Legacy 600, one Phenom 300, one Phenom 100 ($63.56 million); one Legacy 600, ($26.9 million list); three Phenom 100 ($9.861 million) plus two options. Eurocopter: one EC 135 Hermès to Falcon Aviation Services. Gulfstream: Five G650 to Prestige Jet ($360 million); five G650 to Ocean Sky Aviation ($360 million). Hawker Beechcraft: 10 Hawker 4000 and five options to BJETS ($330 million); plus one for a Middle East customer. Honda Aircraft: two HondaJets for Jensen Button. Additionally XOJET has raised $2.46 billion financing to fund fleet expansion from around —RH 20 to 127 corporate jets. Senior Art Director & IT Manager Kirk Fetzer Art Directors Maureen Spuhler, Ariel de Man Photographer Mike Vines Digital Photo Fran Vines Newsroom Manager Mara Morris VP Sales Mark A. Flinn mark_flinn@aviationnow.com MD Europe, Middle East, Africa Iain Blackhall Europe Romaine Meyer romaine_meyer@mcgraw-hill.com Germany/Switzerland Robert Rottmeier rottm@mcgraw-hill.com E. Europe/CIS/India/Italy Vittorio Rossi Prudente prudente@mcgraw-hill.com UK Mike Elmes mike.elmes@aerospacemedia.co.uk Business Manager Sean Beers Operations Manager Erving Dockery AVIATION WEEK B/CA Show News is published at EBACE by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10121 AVIATION WEEK also publishes Aviation Week & Space Technology, Aviation Daily, Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, Business and Commercial Aviation, Overhaul & Maintenance, The Weekly of Business Aviation, Defense Technology International, and the World Aerospace Database including World Aviation Directory. Material in this publication may not be reproduced in any form without permission. Printing & Distribution Managed by: Mike and Rachel Meadows Communisis Dubai’s Western Aviation Taking a Hawker 4000 Western Aviation GM Mohamed Fairoz with CEO A.J. Kamal, who is shaking hands with Hawker Beechcraft global commercial sales vp Don Dwyer. Western Aviation COO Ihsan Deeb looks on, as does Alan Stanton, Hawker Beechcraft regional sales director for the Middle East, on the far right. 4 © Copyright 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Library of Congress ISSN 1092-6151 Show News at EBACE On site Newsroom: Room 71004 Tel: +41 (0) 22 761 2283 May 22, 2008 www.aviationweek.com/shownews http://www.aviationweek.com/shownews

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