Textron Aviation’s second Cessna Citation Ascend flight test aircraft, called P1, completed its first flight June 13 in Wichita, the company announced.
Hourly flown figures extracted from Aviation Week’s Tracked Aircraft Utilization tool reveal changes to the leading business aviation carriers' operating patterns.
Engineers are exploring potential configurations for the system, which the company hopes to fly in 2027, according to Dominik Strobel, PioneerLab’s program manager.
Amod Kelkar, Honda Aircraft senior vice president and chief commercial officer, joined the company in February 2021 as vice president of customer service.
The company's new fuel tank cleaning process aims to solve a problem that can cause considerable damage and correspondingly high costs for aircraft operators.
The two are exploring adapting the Microliner electric regional airplane for air ambulance operations and plan to collaborate on the aircraft’s maintenance.