Textron Aviation and Bombardier are celebrating entry into service of two new business jets, while Embraer is cheering Praetor approval.

Textron Aviation has delivered its 500th Cessna Grand Caravan EX utility turboprop to South Aero, a family-owned company based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

In a surprise development, the Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets has acquired Farnborough Airport from a consortium of private investors, which includes TAG Aviation. The airport hosts the biennial Farnborough International Airshow.

Rhett Ross, CEO and president of Continental Aerospace Technologies, the Mobile, Alabama-based aircraft engine-maker, plans to retire and become an entrepreneur.

According to Wheels Up founder Kenny Dichter, the purchase will enable his company to accelerate development of a broad-based market for charter customers and suppliers.

Bombardier touts the flight from Sydney, Australia to Detroit as the longest city-pair in business aviation in history flown by a purpose-built aircraft.

There were 1,214 accidents involving general aviation aircraft during 2016 and of those 195 resulted in fatalities, according to figures compiled by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Air Safety Institute (ASI) and released in the latter’s annual Joseph T. Nall Report.

SGS says the purchase should strengthen its existing aviation auditing and consulting services and increase market penetration.