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Thielert: Diamond Guilty Of Disinformation
The firm has said that German bankruptcy laws prevent it from negotiating favorable prices with any creditors and he said Diamond hasn't directly responded to a counterproposal from Thielert. Nonetheless, Kubler conceded that Thielert has a rough go ahead of it. "I do not want to kid you about anything," he said, "when a company is restructured, customers and creditors sometimes have to make some painful compromises. And I naturally understand that the fact that we have to demand higher prices than in the past is not easy for the customers. The advance payment system, however, is fair and transparent and is based on the mandatory principle of German insolvency law that all customers and creditors are treated equally." He accused Diamond of trying to make customers feel "massively insecure" and for "playing poker at the expense of the customers." Kubler said a number of investors have expressed interest in buying Thielert and talks are set to begin sometime in June and are expected to take several months. Kubler also says it has proposed to Diamond a means of resuming shipments and deliveries of parts completed engines. Kubler also reported that it has shipped some parts and engines to customers who were "relieved" to get them. For full statement, see Thielert.com. We contacted Diamond for a response, but the company said it would comment later in the week. |
The bankruptcy firm overseeing the insolvency of Thielert Aircraft Engines used the Berlin Air Show to blast Diamond Aircraft for what it calls a "disinformation campaign." Bruno Kubler, whose firm is
handling the bankruptcy, said he understands why Diamond customers are upset, but the "current disconcertion on the part of the customers is attributable to a disinformation campaign initiated by the
airplane manufacturer Diamond Aircraft. In the past few days Diamond repeatedly let it be said that I was not very cooperative in negotiations and did not seem very interested in securing the TAE
business in the long term." Kubler said that Diamond's claim is "a blatant misrepresentation of the facts. In actual fact, Diamond offered to buy a large number of engines and spare parts – but
at a price considerably lower than the price that would be charged to the end customer."
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| Entegra Still a Good Pick for Your SR22, Says Avidyne | back to top | |
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Avidyne Reacts To Cirrus G1000 Launch
"Avidyne remains very dedicated to working with the owners and operators of all 4,000+ Cirrus/Entegra airplanes worldwide and helping them maintain their value." The company recently introduced a new product that provides datalink weather via Iridium satellites, aimed at the European market. |
Cirrus got a lot of attention last week
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| Berlin Air Show Underway ... | back to top | |
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GA Makes Strong Showing At Berlin Air Show
"Once again the aerospace industry here at the ILA is demonstrating its innovative and productive capabilities with a combination of outstanding technological achievements, economic success and the fascination of flight," said Enders. India, which is a partner in the show, is hosting its biggest-ever aviation display abroad. A special "innovation" area with 24 exhibitors focuses on low-emission flight. The event also includes daily air shows, featuring the Patrouille Suisse team with six F-5 Tiger jets, military fly-bys, and demonstrations of ultralights, gliders, and aerobatics. The 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift will be commemorated. Among 50 historical aircraft on display are an Me 262, a PBY-5A Catalina flying boat, and Dornier Do 24ATT. The show runs through Sunday. |
The Berlin Air Show, officially known as
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Online Charter Booking System Launched
The company says RealQuote "bypasses manual, time-intensive quoting and booking processes; it delivers true e-commerce capability." Charter operators receive trip requests electronically from air charter buyers and are able to respond directly with quotes that run through BART and CTA/FOS scheduling and quoting software used by most operators. Jim Segrave, the founder of Pegasus and Segrave, said online booking is one more way to improve efficiency. "Our ongoing investments in technology, e-commerce and digital business systems, continue to drive our company's rapid growth," he said. |
It was about 11 years ago that Alaska Airlines took the first online flight booking and now most of us arrange our aluminum tube travel that way. Booking private charters is naturally more complicated
but CharterX says it's achieved a software breakthrough called RealQuote that allows customers to book conveniently online with launch operators Segrave Aviation and its affiliate Pegasus Elite.
"There have been a variety of roadblocks that have prevented the air charter industry from realizing the time and cost efficiencies that e-commerce has provided commercial travelers for the past
decade," said CharterX President Jim Betlyon. "It's been a pleasure working with Segrave over the past several months to overcome these obstacles and deliver e-commerce capability to our joint
customers."
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| PC-12 NG-02 Finds Its Place in the Sun | back to top | |
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First NextGen PC-12 Delivered
The cockpit was also redesigned and updated by BMW DesignworksUSA and the cavernous cabin is available in a variety of configurations. Phil Winters, VP of sales for Pilatus dealer Western Aircraft, of Boise, Idaho, took delivery of the aircraft on behalf of the anonymous owners. "They will shortly commence operations and we anticipate the PC-12 NG will meet and exceed all of their mission requirements," Winters said. |
Two months after receiving FAA and EASA certification, Pilatus has delivered the first PC-12NG to a customer from Broomfield, Colo. While the PC-12 has earned a reputation as a comfortable yet
tireless workhorse, the latest model adds refinements that business aircraft customers demand in new aircraft. The new airplane has a fully integrated Honeywell Primus Apex avionics system and a more
powerful PT6A engine that boosts performance significantly.
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| Too Many Planes, Not Enough Sky? | back to top | |
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Eurocontrol Worries About Bizjet Growth
The agency said most business aircraft are based in France, the UK, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Spain and that more than 700 operators run the 1,900 aircraft currently in operation. The unknown factor is the impact of a number of start-up air taxi operators, some of whom have ordered hundreds of very light jets. "This study underlines the changing nature of air traffic, with low-cost carriers and business aviation the main contributors to that change," the news release said. |
The number of business jets operating in Europe is expected to double to about 4,000 in the next ten years and that has officials with the continent's air traffic control organization wondering how it
will accommodate the growth. "The levels of growth that we are seeing provide a real challenge for airports and air traffic control across Europe," David Marsh, Eurocontrol's manager of forecasting
and statistics, said in a news release. "Business aviation uses different airports, but flies mostly in the same densely-used airspace as the rest of the traffic. In addition, business aviation
generates more and bigger unanticipated peaks of demand which puts pressure both on airports and on air traffic control. As a result, delays to business flights have increased over the last two
years."
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Understanding StrategicAir's Air Charter StrategyFile Size 4.3 MB / Running Time 4:39
While outsourcing and contracting services has been the trend in many aviation enterprises, a Florida charter company claims that an integrated approach saves time and money for both the company and its customers. AVweb's Russ Niles spoke with StrategicAir CEO Keith St. Clair.
AVweb Insider Blog: Thielert Shows Us How to Kill a Company (or Two)
"If Thielert thinks it will dig itself out from bankruptcy with its stratospheric new parts prices and no warranties, it's likely in for a rude shock" — so says Paul Bertorelli in the latest installment of our aviation blog, the AVweb Insider. Think we're crazy? Click on over and join the conversation. |
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Pat Gordon New Sandel VP
Pat Gordon has been named VP of Sales and Marketing at Sandel Avionics. Gordon's first task is refocusing the organization to better support the base of service centers.
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