EBAA, says president Brian Humpries, continues to fight proposed bad or poor legislation and bring logic and common sense answers to European business aviation legislation. New flight duty time limitations have been issued to commercial airlines but the EBAA is still working on an alternative for business aviation, air taxi, public transport and emergency services aircraft.

Based in Switzerland, ExecuJet has a global reach and an expanding fleet of business aircraft in Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. As might be expected on home territory – it is based in Zurich, despite the worldwide nature of its operations – ExecuJet Aviation Group is present in force at Booth 5629. Company officials are on hand to discuss the full suite of business aviation services, which include aircraft management, charter, fixed-based operations (FBO), maintenance and completions consulting.

Fokker Services, in an exploratory collaboration with Boeing Business Jets, has introduced here at EBACE the Panoramic Window, “The first of its kind to be developed and certified for the business aviation community.” The window, described as setting “a new standard for personalizing and designing VIP aircraft interiors,” is 138.43 cm (54.5 inches) wide and has a height of 49.53 cm (19.5 inches). It is being designed for the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), based on the 737-700 NG model, and will also be available on the new BBJ MAX.

After some delay, it is all coming together for HondaJet. We might just see one at Geneva next year. HondaJet president and CEO Michimasa Fujino is in Geneva this week to relate the latest good news of his brainchild business jet, now on final approach for certification in the first quarter of next year. With the assessment by FAA pilots now under way, Honda has been emboldened to build the first production machine, which was recently rolled out in Greensboro, North Carolina, and will fly soon.

The Press Office at London City Airport had a tough time in early April batting off a media assault that grew to epidemic proportions. It was caused by a report from the New Economics Foundation suggesting that London City Airport should be closed and re-developed for housing. NEF’s challenge: Does it make sense to locate an airport in such precious inner-city space? What if we reclaimed this historic site and built a new neighborhood, incorporating the best thinking about sustainable urban design?

Want to fly your business aircraft into the same London aerodrome used by the Queen and Prime Minister David Cameron? You don’t need to know a man who knows a man who can fix it for you. All you have to do is call on Jackie Spratt, commercial business manager, at Booth 2229, where Royal Air Force Northolt is enthusiastically inviting visiting aircraft to a runway conveniently close to the center of town.

Textron Aviation expands capabilities of newly integrated service organization to ensure coverage of Hawker, Beechcraft and Cessna lines. Textron Aviation, as it continues to integrate the operations of Beechcraft and Cessna, is combining the respective service organizations into a network of 23 company-owned centers that can service any of the Beechcraft, Cessna or Hawker product lines, and a “constellation” of 200 authorized centers/support outlets worldwide.

VistaJet, which operates an all-Bombardier fleet of more than 40 aircraft, is seriously considering adding helicopters, too. Founder and chairman Thomas Flohr has operated a twin-engine AgustaWestland GrandNew in the St. Moritz area for the last year, and has offered it with some success to customers of VistaJet’s guaranteed availability plan. “We’ve conducted 45-50 flights—about one a week—for clients,” he notes. Flohr uses it too, and the helicopter has now logged about 150 hours.