Business Aviation

Newsmakers lunch panelists agree there will be consolidation in the market, and probably be 4-5 major players in 20 years.

Textron Aviation introduced the Cessna Citation M2 Gen2 and Citation XLS Gen2, upgrades to the Citation M2 light jet and XLS+ midsize business jet, the day before the opening of NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas.

DASSAULT AVIATION plans by end 2021 to add a fourth Falcon 6X (first production aircraft) to flight test program; aircraft is being fitted with a full

BOEING announced order for a BBJ 737-8 from an undisclosed customer; it has booked >260 BBJ orders since 1996

EXECUJET MRO is building new Falcon service centers in Dubai (163,000 sq ft) for 2022 and Kuala Lumpur (130,000 sq ft) for 2H23. Dassault acquired TAG

STANDARDAERO delivered its first Collins Aerospace Pro Line Fusion mod/upgrade on a Challenger 604 at Springfield, IL.

TAMARACK AEROSPACE has developed active winglet modification for King Air aircraft in partnership with DYNAMIC AVIATION.

VIASAT launched Viasat Select direct custom service model for business aviation Ka-band inflight connectivity.

NETJETS agreed to order up to 100 more Phenom 300s, including the Phenom 300E, in deal that includes services agreement.

FACC opened business jet interior refurbishment facility in Melbourne, FL. It also has facilities in Ried, Austria and Montreal.

SATCOM DIRECT was named by SKYTRAC as global reseller of Iridium Certus hardware products and data services.

LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE LINDENBERG, Germany was selected by Spirit Aerosystems to supply thrust reverser actuation system for Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X (for

HONEYWELL forecasts delivery of 7,400 new business jets worth $238b in 2022-2031, up 1% vs same 10-year forecast a year ago; its annual survey also

BOMBARDIER announced Les Goldberg, Chairman and CEO of ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS, as launch customer for 10-pax, HTF7350-powered Challenger

DUNCAN AVIATION is developing STC to install AeroCorder 100 FDR from BendixKing and a Modular Acquisition Unit (MAU) and Quick Access Recorder (QAR)

Valentin Schlegel to Sales Manager-APAC of APS, Lake Zurich, IL.

PEREGRINE, PEAK MEDEVAC INTERNATIONAL and HAGGAN AVIATION teamed to secure STCs to install Aviation Clean Air (ACA) ionic air cleaning system in

Mike Daniels to Sales Director-Airframe Products Group of APS, Lake Zurich, IL.

PWI, Wichita introduced LED Ice Light as replacement for incandescent bulbs; it is seeing PMA approval.

Lessor LCI Helicopters’ parent has bought out minority stakeholder KKR, returning ownership to the founding Libra Group after seven years, the companies announced Oct. 11.

Textron Aviation is launching its eighth Special Olympics Airlift, and is calling on owners and operators of Citation, King Air, Beechjet, Hawker and Premier aircraft to help transport athletes to the 2022 Special Olympics Games in Orlando.

Dassault will complete detailed design of Falcon 10X by year-end and begin parts production 2022; it will enter service in 2025.

Nicolas Chabbert’s tenure as GAMA chairman was not easy, with a pandemic forcing the trade group to do much of its work remotely.

As Rolls-Royce continues its push into electrified propulsion, the engine maker has signed an agreement to establish facilities in Germany for developing, testing and producing hybrid-electric power trains.

NetJets placed an order worth more than $1.2 billion for 100 Embraer Phenom 300Es, which will about double its fleet of the Phenom 300 series.