George Washington readily owned up to a small-scale exercise in deforestation, but how likely is it that he would have confessed to an experiment in ‘cherry tree cancelation’? Believe no longer that debates about the number of angels able to dance on a pinhead represent the world’s most excruciatingly obtuse argument. Would even Albert Einstein be smart enough to fathom when a business jet order is not a business jet order?

Japan is beginning to make strides in improving access for business aviation, but Masaaki Kai, senior director general for the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB), concedes the operations are still relatively few and more needs to be accomplished. The number of business aviation arrivals and departures in Japan topped 13,000 in 2013, up by nearly 1,300 from a year earlier. At Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, business aircraft traffic jumped by 30%. Nagoya Airport, which had fewer than 80 business aircraft arrivals, is preparing for a steady rise in traffic.

TrueNorth Avionics (Booth 4441) is launching the Optelity Wi-Fi platform as an adjunct to its Simphone OpenCabin communication products. The Optelity communications suite is designed to accommodate the latest passenger devices, as well as future technology developments.

Denmark’s Satcom1, a longtime service provider for Inmarsat SwiftBroadband equipment, has been named a distribution partner for the global business and VVIP aviation market. The agreement means that Satcom1 will be able to improve its level of support in terms of activation and airtime, real-time trouble-shooting, and diagnostics, the company says.

With Embraer’s business jet portfolio close to completion with the upcoming certification of its midsize Legacy 500 and mid-light Legacy 450, the Brazilian manufacturer is using EBACE to showcase its renewed focus on systems upgrades and improvements to the state-of-the-art interiors across its full range.

The worldwide business jet market is on course for a steady return to the good times but for one major ingredient – the lack of willing investors.

“We will see instant [online] pricing within the next few years,” says Adam Twiddell, the founder and CEO of online booking specialist PrivateFly. At the moment customers can get five quotes in five minutes if they are Europe- or U.S.-based but this only gives a market estimate of the price which still has to be confirmed by the aircraft’s operator.

Qatar Executive has strengthened its position as a provider of maintenance services for Bombardier aircraft in the Middle East following approval from the Bahrain Civil Aviation Authority to conduct line maintenance on Bombardier’s Challenger 604s/605s and Globals. The company recently received a similar approval from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands for Bombardier aircraft registered in the western Caribbean state.