Business Aviation

Emivest Aerospace - Dubai owned manufacturer of the SJ30 - has announced that it has petitioned for restructuring under the provisions of Chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy code.
Business Aviation

Over the last few months, the innovative provider of VIP Inflight Catering Technology has further extended its global network to include an additional sixty-five catering partners in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the United States ensuring its on-line ordering platform remains by far the most comprehensive in the market.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Bombardier has selected GE Aviation to provide the integrated powerplant system for the new Global 7000 and Global 8000 business jets, launching the development of a new business jet engine for GE, currently called the TechX engine.
Emerging Technologies

Boeing Business Jets today announced the first certification and installation of Panasonic Avionics Corporation's in-flight wireless high-speed broadband service, eXConnect, on a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) aircraft.
Business Aviation

Sharjah-based Gama group made several announcements at NBAA of new aircraft joining its worldwide management fleet.
Business Aviation

The prospects of the supersonic business jet from developer Aerion has come a little closer following preliminary results from a new round of flight tests carried out in collaboration with NASA's Dryden Flight Research Centre which achieved a top speed of Mach 2.0.
Business Aviation

Part Abu Dhabi-owned Piaggio jets could be looking at a launch of a jet version of its successful turboprop Avanti in May next year
Business Aviation

Saudi Arabian aircraft management company Aviation Link has turned to Lufthansa Technik to help support it through the final stages of manufacture of the world's first VIP version of the Boeing 777-200ER
Business Aviation

Speedy flights from Milan to Bahrain, Bahrain to London and from London to Dubai have just won a place in the record books.
Business Aviation

Piper has revised its plans for a personal jet and instead has developed its concept to create a new VLJ called the Altaire.
Business Aviation

Dassault Falcon has appointed Jeddah-based Saudia Private Aviation Engineering and Maintenance (SPA-E&M) as a Line Service Centre, expanding the Falcon Authorised Service Centre Network (ASC) in the Middle East.
Business Aviation

Boeing Business Jets today announced that the Rockwell Collins Enhanced Vision System (EVS) has been certified by the FAA on a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), an Air National Guard C-40. The Rockwell Collins EVS is available to current and future BBJ operators as a post-production modification.
Emerging Technologies

The demand for business jets in the MENA region has dropped dramatically over the past year but growth in the region is still high and MENA will continue to play an important part of the world's business aviation market.
Business Aviation

Bombardier Aerospace released details today of its plans to introduce two new jets, the Global 7000 and Global 8000 aircraft.
Business Aviation

Kuwait's royal family is getting closer this week to receiving its new head-of state aircraft as Boeing is near to completing assembly of the first 747-8 Intercontinental.
Business Aviation

Royal Jet's Medevac team will be showcasing their expertise in medical evacuation during the Abu Dhabi Medical Congress on 17-19 October, 2010 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
Business Aviation

MNG Jet Havacilik A.S. of Istanbul has placed a firm order for a Bombardier Global 5000 aircraft, valued at approximately $45m based on the 2010 list price for typically equipped aircraft.
Business Aviation

Dubai-based private aviation specialist JetEx has opened its first office in China.
Business Aviation

Bombardier Aerospace today announced that its Board of Directors has given the official go-ahead to launch the expanded Global aircraft family to develop a competitor to the Gulfstream 650
Business Aviation

Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) has flown in three aircraft to Istanbul to make their Turkish debuts. The company is taking part in the 8th international civil aviation and airports exhibition, AIREX, which opens tomorrow at the Istanbul Ataturk Airport and runs until Sunday.
Business Aviation

Gulfstream is to showcase two of its business jets at AIREX 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey next week.
Business Aviation

ExecuJet Middle East is expanding its maintenance capability at its Dubai International Airport base with the addition of a second 4,830 m” hangar.
MRO

Captain Tim Watts, Manager of Gama Aviation's Learjet fleet, is swapping the flightdeck for terrafirma after 21 years of flying with the Farnborough and Sharjah -based business aviation company.
Maintenance & Training

Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) has installed and certified the Lufthansa Technik niceview moving map system on a customer's Learjet 60 XR aircraft.
Business Aviation

Royal Jet has added an Embraer Lineage 1000 aircraft owned by the UAE-based business conglomerate, Al Habtoor group, to its fast-growing managed fleet.
Business Aviation