Elements of the design were unveiled at EBACE 2015, but they elicited doubt about the feasibility of the concept. So Lufthansa Technik has spent the past year engineering the sumptuous interior into a product.

Unlike most corporate interiors, there are few straight lines to see in Melody, the nature-inspired Airbus cabin concept unveiled at NBAA 2016 for future customers of the company’s new ACJ320neo family.

The second Pilatus PC-24 prototype, most recently seen undergoing avionics tests at Honeywell’s Phoenix-Deer Valley hangar, is making its NBAA debut this year.

Wall Street brokers and business jet lenders told a recent JetNet iQ conference on business jets that they expect business aircraft demand to remain soft in the near-term, with no clear indication of when recovery will occur. But manufacturers were more optimistic.

The aircraft is currently undergoing completion at Greenpoint’s facility in Moses Lake, Washington, and is on schedule for delivery next year,

The so-called “Wal-Marting” of FBOs won’t threaten the viability of small chains and healthy independent FBOs, believes the Aviation Business Strategies Group, which tracks the sector.

One hot topic at last year’s NBAA Convention was the transition from the fuel sale-dependent FBO business model to a European version, where fees for service are commonplace. This year, FBOs are talking about adopting best practices from both business models.

Delta Private Jets helped bail out its airline parent this past August when a systems failure in Atlanta forced the cancellation of hundreds of commercial flights and stranded thousands of passengers.