Alcoa was also selected to supply metallic solutions for regional and business jets to Bombardier.
The company, which currently manages 226 aircraft, is the world's largest operator of private business jets.
Dassault hopes this will encourage other Chinese companies to buy business jets in the coming years.
The changes in APD will also see it extended to private business jets for the first time.
Damage was also reported to a Hawker Beechcraft building, which manufactures high-performance business jets and turbo-prop planes.
Unlike the ill-fated Concorde, it can also cruise as efficiently as existing business jets at high subsonic speeds.
The company has done dozens of business jets in the past decade for customers ranging from Microsoft Corp.
Business jets are offices that move swiftly, placing the right person in the right place at the right time.
Carbon generation from business jets is minimal compared with other forms of transportation.
During the same time period, there were 10 major accidents on business jets...
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When the Cold War ended, Raytheon was a conglomerate producing everything from business jets to microwave ovens to college textbooks.
Other potentially big markets for business jets from Brazil to Indonesia are not building enough airports to keep up with demand for flights.
While politicians are not suggesting such a draconian scenario, consider the consequences of grounding business jets and other General Aviation aircraft.
They will soon face competition from Japan's Honda, which has long dreamed of mass-producing business jets, as it does cars and motorbikes.
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner but also to a broad array of new generation business jets, helicopters and robotics serving commercial purpose look winners.
Would Gulfstream serve investors better if it were a pure-play builder of high-end business jets rather than being wrapped in a defense contractor?
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Johnson reportedly told Reuters that the company also has unprecedented opportunities to sell its Gulfstream business jets in China and other emerging markets.
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In comparison with business jets, the helicopter industry has a fairly low profile, and the rotorcraft community seems to like it that way.
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He revels in the fact his Citation X can fly faster than any of the other business jets that the competitive team owners have.
It also assembles ERJ-145s in an Embraer joint venture, with the Harbin production lines reportedly switching to final assembly of Embraer Legacy business jets in several months.
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The aircraft interiors are a little less blingtastic than the latest business jets but they are far from the kind of spartan military fittings you might expect.
Although exact figures about corporate aircraft in Africa are notoriously difficult to find, the AfBAA puts the number of business jets in the continent between 400 and 600.
If that ever gets to market, it should give business jets more of a run for their money plus the alternative power source will boost your green credentials a little.
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Gulfstream has recently introduced a new top-of-the-line 650 model that can fly 8, 000 miles without refueling at near-supersonic speed, reinforcing its reputation as the gold standard in business jets.
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For example, they are equipped with defensive countermeasures against surface to air missiles which makes them suitable for operations in areas where conventional business jets might fear to fly.
Morgan think this will at last be the year business jets regain altitude, and that in 2015 deliveries may surpass 2008's peak of 1, 136 planes of all sizes (see chart).
The Massachusetts-based conglomerate was already a big player in military electronics, but generated much of its revenues from other lines such as Beechcraft business jets, Amana appliances, and academic publishing.
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The hawk-eyed engineers work for Bombardier Transportation, the train-building arm of Montreal's Bombardier--perhaps better known in the U.S. for the other half of its business: its regional and business jets.
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