Archive for May 19th, 2008

EBACE 2008: Cabflex challenges the cabin network big boys

Posted by admin on May 19, 2008

Honeywell, Lufthansa Technik and Rockwell Collin are here at the show with the best cabin networks that money can buy. But aircraft operators shopping for integrated in-flight entertainment and cabin environment controls should also call in on Intheairnet, whose CabFlex is designed for high performance and flexibility at a reasonable price.
To develop CabFlex, California-based Intheairnet [...]

EBACE 2008: Business jet sales will ride the recession, says Bombardier

Posted by admin on May 19, 2008

Fuelled by a strong order intake and a record backlog, Bombardier comes to EBACE optimistic about increasing delivery numbers through the next decade.
Growth in non-US markets is expected to drive the business jet deliveries to 1,320 yearly between 2008 and 2017, compared with the industry average of 620 yearly in the 1998-2007 period, according to [...]

EBACE 2008: Great Scott – luxury carpets in double-quick time

Posted by admin on May 19, 2008

Luxury carpet designer Scott Group is introducing two machine-made carpet programmes called ‘Above and Beyond’ and ‘Swift’ to the European market at EBACE.
‘Above and Beyond’ offers five geometric grid patterns in a range of neutral colours. The patterns are architectural in composition, and the carpets are made using a combination of cut and loop with [...]

EBACE 2008: Agusta Westland targets VVIPs with luxury AW101

Posted by admin on May 19, 2008

As AgustaWestland throws the wraps off the VVIP mock-up of an AW101 for the first time at a commercial exhibition, and Renzo Lunardi, senior vice president of the commercial business unit explains how he sees the market for the aircraft.
A dedicated conference room on board, the option of flat-bed seating, hi-tech entertainment systems and secure [...]

EBACE 2008: Credit crunch starts to bite the smaller players

Posted by admin on May 19, 2008

A whole host of offerings should appeal to the business aviation user at the smaller end of the market. Phil Nasskau reports on some of the smaller kids on the block and finds they have experienced mixed fortunes since last September’s NBAA show in Dallas.
ATG Javelin
The Javelin has been up for sale since March, [...]

EBACE 2008: External tank keeps the water fresh

Posted by admin on May 19, 2008

Business jet operators concerned about taking on drinking water for on-board beverages from third-world countries will be excited by a new product launch from Iacobucci HF Electronics.
The Italian electrical galley insert manufacturer, better known around the world for its galley inserts such as coffee and espresso machines for commercial and business aviation, is using [...]

EBACE 2008: Hope springs eternal

Posted by admin on May 19, 2008

No-one provides a better very light jet reality check than Teal Group vice-president Richard Aboulafia.
“The best way to get funding for an extremely risky new start-up aircraft is to greatly inflate the market prospects,” says Aboulafia. “This is the most over-hyped market in a very long time. There’s an exceptional ratio of hype-to-reality here.”
By contrast, [...]

EBACE 2008: SEI steps up for efforts to grab a share of the fixed wing market

Posted by admin on May 19, 2008

Italian helicopter completions specialist – Servizi Elicotteristici Italiani (SEI), the longtime preferred interiors provider for AgustaWestland helicopters – is to step up its efforts to become a major player in the fixed wing market.
“We are planning to start completion and refurbishment of light business jets which which we think is a very interesting area of [...]

EBACE 2008: Connectivity – Surf’s up!

Posted by admin on May 19, 2008

After a spectacular false dawn, broadband connectivity for business aviation is now a reality, as Brendan Gallagher discovers.
A lot of hopes were dashed when Connexion by Boeing shut up shop at the end of 2006. Several international airlines, and a growing fan club of business travellers, were sorry to lose a satellite broadband service [...]

EBACE 2008: Seamless luxury from Tisca Tiara

Posted by admin on May 19, 2008

Unveiling its new world wide exclusive carpet designs for business jets interiors is Swiss company Tisca Tiara mobility textiles.
The family-run company has developed the Waron product using a new production technique of embroidered carpet solely for the VIP and business jet market. “By reconstructing machines originally built for the production of embroideries, we have achieved [...]