Avinode is showing off an Apple Watch “proof of concept” at its booth at Q090 that demonstrates how Apple’s new icon in wearable technology may support Avinode’s iPhone app.
Inmarsat, Honeywell Aerospace and Eclipse have completed flight and lab tests of high data rate capabilities for SwiftBroadband, an aircraft connectivity service provided through Inmarsat satellites.
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co.’s cabin completion center, HAECO Private Jet Solutions, has unveiled a new interior concept design called Xiao Yao for the Boeing BBJ2.
The Chinese business aircraft market will probably weaken further this year, with fleet growth of only about 10% because such factors as an anti-corruption crackdown continue to hold down demand, says a consultancy that compiles the most detailed figures on the market in China.
Farnborough-based Acropolis Aviation has ordered the first corporate jet version of A320NEO, valued at $125 million, with a 19-seat custom interior at current list prices.
Gulfstream Aerospace announced first flight of the G500 on Tuesday, a critical milestone that keeps the aircraft’s flight test and certification program on track for its slated 2017 FAA and European Aviation Safety Agency certification.
Jet Aviation is riding positive trends into EBACE, not the least of which is “an increasing demand for refurbishment work in parallel with light and heavy maintenance.”
Textron Aviation hopes to achieve FAA certification of its midsized $16.25 million Citation Latitude this month, CEO Scott Ernest said during a press conference Monday.
The Citation Latitude is the latest proof that Textron Aviation is back on its feet, largely recovered from the Great Recession and fully competing for its historic share of the business jet market. For more than four decades, Citation engineers have been business aviation’s undisputed masters of iteration and the Latitude embraces this low-risk design approach to perfection.
