Embraer is talking up a host of cabin and cockpit improvements to its Legacy 450 and 500 business jets, and is showing new seats for the aircraft for the first time on a Legacy 450.
Like a number of disruptive companies in the business aviation sector, VistaJet is enjoying fast rates of growth. In the 2017 financial year, the Malta-based global aviation outfit saw its flight revenues grow 22%, while flight hours in the U.S. increased by 39%.
Two new additions to Bombardier’s Global family were unveiled on the eve of the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition: the Global 5500 and 6500.
Bombardier has changed the name of the Global 7000 ultra-long range aircraft to the Global 7500 thanks to performance improvements that continue to surpass expectations.
Honda Aircraft unveiled the “HondaJet Elite” upgraded twin-engine light jet at the 2018 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva.
HondaJet’s deliveries might be greater, but Embraer’s entry-level Phenom 100 “is currently not losing deals to that manufacturer in this space,” says Michael Amalfitano, president and CEO of Embraer Executive Jets.
Airbus Corporate Jets is highlighting its ‘neo-est’ large business jet at this year’s EBACE, but Geneva visitors will have to run their imaginations on full throttle this week, because the first ACJ320neo is still in small pieces, scattered all over Europe.
Nowhere is the advent of the Bombardier Global 7500 more keenly anticipated than at the largest operator of Global series aircraft in the world, VistaJet.
EBACE saw its first Gulfstream G500 in 2017, but with the similar, yet longer-fuselage G600 now also well established in the flight-testing phase, the manufacturer has decided to stage a double act for Europe’s benefit.
Innovation, disruptive technology, performance, and best value for money are key strategies in landing sales of new Embraer aircraft, says Michael Amalfitano, president and CEO of Embraer Executive Jets.
An ban on overnight flights at London’s Luton Airport and their almost total elimination at Stansted Airport this summer will severely hamper access to the UK’s capital city.
In 2017, Clive Jackson, founder of private jet charter marketplace Victor, realized he needed to build a supporting structure around his fast-growing company.
More than 20 million searches have been made on Avinode in the 12 years since the Sweden-based company launched the first online service for buyers seeking the best charter option.
Aviation Fabricators (AvFab) has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval for its STC-approved Cessna Citation 500, 501, 550, 551, 560 and s550 medical stretcher kit.
