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  Boeing Business Jet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Boeing Business Jet is a 50/50 partnership between Boeing Commercial Airplanes and General Electric.
BBJ or less frequently, BBJ1 is based upon the 737-700, and formed the basis for the 737-700ER.
BBJ C is a proposed variant of the BBJ featuring the "quick change" capabilities of the 737-700C.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boeing_Business_Jet   (428 words)

  
 Boeing 737 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Boeing was badly behind however when the 737 program was initiated in 1964, as both of these rivals were already into their flight certification programmes.
Boeing has already hinted that a clean sheet replacement for the 737 (dubbed "Y1") will be the company's next major project after the 787, although it is still unclear if the existing 737 will receive yet one more facelift in the next 7 to 10 years.
The Boeing 717 held approximately the same number of passengers, but was optimized for regional routes and did not have the range of the 737-600.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Boeing_737   (4303 words)

  
 Boeing Commercial Airplanes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), based in Renton, Washington, is a unit of The Boeing Company, consisting of the Seattle-based former Boeing Airplane Company (the civil airliner division), as well as the Long Beach-based Douglas Aircraft division of the former McDonnell Douglas Corporation.
President and CEO Alan Mulally led Boeing's civil aircraft arm, until he was nominated as CEO of Ford Motor Company on 5 September 2006.
Boeing customer codes are used to identify the operator for which an aircraft was first ordered by.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boeing_Commercial_Airplanes   (320 words)

  
 Aerospace Technology - Boeing Business Jet 2 (BBJ 2)
The Boeing Business Jet 2, is an evolution of the BBJ family, providing a 25% increase in cabin volume and 100% increase in cargo volume compared to the BBJ 1.
The BBJ 2 is derived from the 737-800 airframe design, which provides improved performance in terms of higher range and speed, lower noise levels and lower emissions than previous members of the Boeing 737 family.
The Boeing Business Jet 2 (BBJ2) is a development of the BBJ family, with increased cabin volume and cargo volume.
www.aerospace-technology.com /projects/bbj   (1118 words)

  
 eJet ; Privat Jet Charter : Aircraft Hanger
The light jet flies faster and further than the turboprop with speeds up to 470 mph and a range of over 1600 miles.
Jets in this class offer stand up cabins and enclosed lavatories with cruising speeds of over 510 mph and a cruising range of over 2,200 miles.
This jets interior is about about three times as large as a typical large business jet and it is absolutely spectacular.
www.flyejet.com /aircraft.html   (376 words)

  
 AIN Online: pilot report : Boeing Business Jet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
It seems that BBJ sales to corporations have not materialized as planned due to the “royal barge” image of the big business jet, with many entering service in head-of-state, wealthy individual or charter applications.
In fact, some experts believe it could be one of the most significant marketing problems Boeing faces when competing with the GV and the Global–two aircraft, that despite their own size, have become almost normal in size for a large-cabin business jet.
Boeing chose the Smiths unit for its superb navigational capabilities, recently demonstrated by the RNP approaches Alaska Airlines has been flying with the units into remote mountain airports in the 49th state.
www.ainonline.com /Features/pilotreport02/AIN_pr_bbj.html   (6609 words)

  
 BORGE BOESKOV, PRESIDENT, BOEING BUSINESS JETS
His new Boeing Business Jet is equipped with the Connexion by Boeing high speed Internet and live TV service made possible by the massive data capability of a new Boeing antenna, and now on sale to airlines around the world.
The Boeing Company does not shut down for the week of Farnborough, and Condit isn't "absent" from it with his office in the sky, now parked as his office at Farnborough in the static display area.
Boeske said an even bigger BBJ 3 is under consideration, combining the fuselage of the Boeing 757-200 airliner with the wing of the 757-300 to give 7,000 nmi range and a cabin some 25% larger than the BBJ 2.
www.aviationnow.com /shownews/00farn4/newsmk01.htm   (636 words)

  
 Big Business Jet
The BBJ 3 joins an airplane family that includes the BBJ, which is a high-performance derivative of the 737-700, and the BBJ 2, which is based on the 737-800.
I know this isn’t exactly late-breaking, and that the jets won’t exactly be big like the title of this blog suggests, but Honda will start taking orders for a small business jet in just a few days at the NBAA 2006 conference.
Consider being forthright with your shareholders (when the time is right, of course) about how your business jet was instrumental in the merger that just doubled the value of their shares, or the prevention of a catastrophe that could have cost the company millions.
www.bigbusinessjet.com   (1949 words)

  
 Aerospace Technology - Boeing Business Jet (BBJ)
The Boeing Business Jet or BBJ is a member of the 737 family of airliners, one of the most successful and reliable jet aircraft in the world.
In April, 2002, a BBJ flew a record 6854nm from Seattle, USA to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at an average cruise speed of 0.78 Mach.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes with headquarters in Seattle, Washington, provides the aircraft to Boeing Business Jets, which delivers them in a green configuration (no paint or interior) to the completion centre selected by the customer for interior installation and painting.
www.aerospace-technology.com /projects/bbj1   (982 words)

  
 HeraldNet: Boeing's BBJ-3 is all business   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Boeing Business Jets - a joint venture between Boeing and engine-maker General Electric - hit a milestone in November, when it surpassed the 100-order mark.
Boeing says its BBJs are three times the size of traditional business jets, which means there's enough room inside the cabins for an executive lounge, a private suite and/or a bedroom - along with seats for between eight and 25 people.
Boeing also was able to transfer some of the features developed for the business jets into the new 737-based military planes it's building for the United States and its allies, he said.
www.heraldnet.com /stories/06/01/02/100bus_boeing001.cfm   (786 words)

  
 Industry News
The Boeing Business Jet is a high-performance derivative of the Boeing next-generation 737-700.
The Boeing Business Jet concept is a joint venture announced July 2, 1996, by The Boeing Company and GE, to respond to market demand for a larger, more capable business airplane that can fly more than 6,000 nautical miles.
Boeing manages day-to-day operations, manufactures the airplane, and is responsible for sales and marketing activities with support from General Electric.
www.aeroworldnet.com /2in06157.htm   (809 words)

  
 FLUG REVUE Datafiles: Boeing Business Jet
The Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) is a specially configured variant of the Next-Generation 737-700, from which it takes the fuselage.
Boeing and General Electric announced the creation of the Business Jet joint venture on July 2, 1996 in response to market demand for a larger business airplane.
Boeing is retaining the first BBJ as a demonstrator model.
www.flug-revue.rotor.com /FRtypen/FRBBJet.htm   (691 words)

  
 Boeing Resources & Information - boeing business jet
In 1994, Boeing introduced its most modern commercial jet aircraft, the twin-engine B777, with a seating capacity of 390 passengers, in between the B767 and the B747.
Boeing was also believed to have received strong expressions of interest for its 747 Advanced, a stretched version of its 747-400.
Boeing was also boeing believed to have received strong expressions of interest for its 747 Advanced, a stretched version of its 747-400.
www.bizhisto.com /boeing.htm   (5605 words)

  
 Airliners.net: Boeing 737-700/800 BBJ/BBJ2
The Boeing Business Jet - or BBJ - is a long range corporate jet development of the 737-700 and -800.
Boeing Business Jets is a joint venture formed by Boeing and General Electric in July 1996 to develop and market a corporate version of the popular 737 airliner, initially focusing on the 737-700 based BBJ (or 737-700 BBJ).
The BBJ combines the Next Generation 737-700's airframe combined with the strengthened wing, fuselage centre section and landing gear of the larger and heavier 737-800, with three to 10 belly auxiliary fuel tanks.
www.airliners.net /info/stats.main?id=108   (555 words)

  
 Seattle to Jordan non-stop - Longest distance flight in a Boeing Business Jet - Latest Travel News - ASIA Travel ...
This BBJ, the 46th to enter service, was equipped with a nine-tank fuel system, capable of holding an additional 3,846 U.S. gallons (14,555 liters) of jet fuel, giving the BBJ a total fuel capacity of 10,721 U.S. gallons (40,580 liters).
Boeing Business Jets was launched in 1996 as a joint venture between Boeing and General Electric.
The BBJ 2, announced in October 1999, is based on the 737-800 and has 25 percent more cabin space and twice the cargo space of the BBJ.
www.asiatraveltips.com /travelnews2002/9April2002BBJ.shtml   (705 words)

  
 Boeing Business Jet debuts at Farnborough 2000
For the first time at a public venue, a fully completed Boeing Business Jet, finished with executive interior and fitted with "blended winglets" is on display in England at the Farnborough International air show.
Condit, who travels most of the year, noted that a round-the-world business trip, which used to take 9-10 days on a traditional business jet, could be done in 4-5 days with the BBJ.
Among the newest technology on the BBJ being shown for the first time at Farnborough - and by far the most visible new feature of the Boeing Business Jet - are the more than eight-foot high blended technology winglets at the tip of each BBJ wing.
defence-data.com /f2000/pagefa1050.htm   (521 words)

  
 Leg Room - Boeing Business Jet for executives - Brief Article Washington Monthly - Find Articles
Boeing delivered the first fully completed (that is, including customized interior) BBJ in September 1999, to a buyer whose identity Boeing will not disclose.
Boeing has already begun taking advance orders for the BBJ-2, an even bigger, more expensive executive airliner, based on the larger 737-800, which is now under development.
One of the key perks of corporate jets is that they park at the private aviation terminal, allowing limos to pull up directly to the aircraft, no lines and no brushing shoulders with the unwashed.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1316/is_5_32/ai_62215201   (916 words)

  
 Boeing Business Jet Gains Customers In Both Private & Government Sectors
While sales have not reached the giddy heights of 1999, when the Boeing Business Jet racked up orders that turned the heads of everyone in the business jet market, the program has progressed steadily in its efforts to put additional aircraft into service.
The second BBJ demonstrator is currently being completed at Jet Aviation in Basel, Switzerland, and should be ready by the fall.
The Grupo Omnilife BBJ will be completed at Associated Air Center in Dallas and should enter service in the first quarter of 2002.
www.aviationnow.com /shownews/01nbaa/airfrm03.htm   (568 words)

  
 Boeing Business Jets Announces Addition of BBJ 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The new product, dubbed BBJ 2, is larger than the current product offering and will be built on a 737-800 fuselage, which is 20 feet longer than the 737-700 fuselage upon which the BBJ is based.
Range for the BBJ 2 will be 5,800 nautical miles, a little less than the 6,200 nautical miles of the BBJ.
Boeing Business Jets is a joint venture launched on July 2, 1996, by The Boeing Company and General Electric, to respond to market demand for a larger, more capable business airplane.
www.prweb.com /releases/1999/10/prweb9642.php   (585 words)

  
 FLUG REVUE first flight gallery: Boeing Business Jet
SEATTLE, Sept. 4, 1998 Boeing Business Jets, a joint venture launched in 1996 by Boeing and General Electric Co. (GE), today marked the beginning of a new era in business air travel with the first flight of the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ).
The BBJ is a special high-performance derivative of the Boeing 737-700 specifically designed for corporate and VIP applications.
The BBJ offers nearly three times the interior space of existing long-range business jets, yet is comparably priced.
www.flug-revue.rotor.com /FRTypen/FRERstfl/FR98Erst/PRBBJ.htm   (575 words)

  
 idaho mountain express : Owner of Boeing Business Jet sues airport :  October 16 - 22, 2002
The owner of a private jet deemed by the Friedman Memorial Airport Authority to be too large to land there has filed a lawsuit asking that the authority’s decision be overturned.
Ron Tutor, a part-time Ketchum resident, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Boise on Oct. 7, contending that the airport’s refusal to let him land his Boeing Business Jet there is arbitrary and discriminatory, and thus a violation of his constitutional rights of due process and equal protection.
In November, the corporation’s chief pilot made a request to the airport that it be allowed to land the jet, which he stated has a maximum operating weight of 105,000 pounds, despite the airport’s limit of 95,000 pounds for a dual-wheeled plane.
www.mtexpress.com /2002/02-10-16/02-10-16jetsuit.htm   (504 words)

  
 Boeing (Planes) - Boeing business jet (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Boeing Business Jet aircraft; basic facts on aircraft with pictures, seating capacity and links to manufacturer's fact sheets.
Boeing Business Jet VP-BBJ in decollo dall'aeroporto di Berlino/Tegel nel 2002.
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www.giancarlofalappa.com.cob-web.org:8888 /planes/boeing/boeing_business_jet.php   (496 words)

  
 HeraldNet: Boeing snares business jet deals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Boeing Co.'s business jet unit has received orders for four mid-sized 787s and three 747-8 jumbo jets from undisclosed private customers, the company said Tuesday.
The business version of the 787-8 has more than 2,400 square feet of cabin space and will fly up to 11,000 miles.
Boeing said its business jet sales team has won a total of 19 new aircraft orders, worth $2.25 billion at list prices, in the last 11 months.
www.heraldnet.com /stories/06/10/18/100bus_boeing001.cfm   (343 words)

  
 Aerospace Notebook: Boeing's plush Business Jet gets upscale trans-Atlantic mission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Boeing Business Jet is starring in a new role beginning this week.
It is one that Boeing Chairman Phil Condit and then General Electric boss Jack Welsh probably could not have imagined back in 1996 when they shook hands on a joint venture to develop the popular 737 into a corporate business jet.
Prices for the BBJ flights that began this week between Dusseldorf and Newark are competitive with what a passenger would pay to fly business class on a bigger jet with one stop.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /business/75144_air19.shtml   (1001 words)

  
 Boeing Business Jet landing fewer corporate sales - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Boeing unit delivered just 11 Boeing Business Jets in 2002, the worst performance since deliveries peaked at 29 in 1999, according to just-released figures.
BBJ spokeswoman Patricia York said most of the decline is due to lower sales to corporate America.
Deliveries to wealthy Middle Eastern individuals — 23 percent of the BBJ fleet is based in the Middle East, said York — and to governments and overseas buyers haven't fallen off as much.
seattle.bizjournals.com /seattle/stories/2003/02/17/tidbits.html   (725 words)

  
 Boeing: New Jet, New Way of Doing Business (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Almost everything about the new Boeing 787 is different—from the cutting-edge materials and electronics used to build the plane, to the technology used during the design and assembly process.
It is so different, in fact, that even the Boeing Co. itself—a fixture in the global economy for nearly a century—is undergoing a radical transformation as it builds this next-generation jet.
Boeing has 291 firm orders, and 88 commitments, from 27 airlines for the new 787, nicknamed the "Dreamliner," which will seat from 250 to 330 passengers in varying configurations.
www.cioinsight.com.cob-web.org:8888 /article2/0,1540,1938894,00.asp   (1095 words)

  
 Marquis Jet :: Marquis Jet Launches M CLUB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Boeing Business Jet, by far the largest aircraft offered by NetJets(R), the gold standard in private aviation, boasts an interior nearly triple the size of the most popular large cabin business jets.
"Flying on a Boeing Business Jet is the most exclusive way to go on a trip, whether it is with family and friends or for business.
Marquis Jet also recently added the M CLUB to its services, offering exclusive access to NetJets fleet of Boeing Business Jets, the most luxurious private jet available today.
sev.prnewswire.com /travel/20050316/NYTU13315032005-1.html   (579 words)

  
 Private Jet Charter - Boeing Business Jet
The Boeing Business Jet is valued for its range capability and cabin size and this model enhances both attributes of the private BBJ family.
It can travel non-stop between business centers such as New York and Cairo, Paris and Beijing, or Los Angeles and London.
The Boeing Business Jet has marvelous interior and hudge capability: 21 to 140 passengers
www.247jet.com /pages/boeing_bbj.html   (59 words)

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