Business Aviation

BRITTEN-NORMAN AIRCRAFT (ULSTER), Northern Ireland was established by Britten-Norman; no other details have been provided.

French-based Latécoère will acquire Bombardier’s electrical wiring interconnection system assets.

Clemens Aviation, a family-owned charter, management and sales operation outside Wichita, is expanding into the Oklahoma business jet sales market.

The Weekly of Business Aviation polled leaders in the general and business aviation industry about their predictions for 2020.

LATÉCOÈRE agreed to acquire Bombardier’s electrical wiring interconnection system (EWIS) assets in Querétaro, Mexico for US$50m in cash; deal includes

The explosion that rocked Textron Aviation’s Plant 3 in Wichita last week appears not to have harmed the company’s Cessna 408 SkyCourier turboprop program.

Business aviation stakeholders say they support congressional legislation that includes provisions “aimed squarely at promoting the development and use of sustainable aviation fuels,” the National Business Aviation Association said.

Leonardo Helicopters has completed the first flight of the fourth prototype AW609 commercial tiltrotor.

A nitrogen tank exploded at Textron Aviation’s Beechcraft facility in Wichita on Dec. 27.

The FAA on Dec. 26 released its long-awaited proposed rule outlining requirements for drones to transmit identifying information to the ground.

Textron will not become a pure aerospace and defense company in the near term.

Michael Anckner to Vice President of Worldwide Sales-Learjet Aircraft and Corporate Fleets of Bombardier, Montreal.

EMBRAER is parting out Lineage demo aircraft with <1,000 hours, according to unconfirmed reports on social media.

Peter Bromby to Vice President of Worldwide Pre-owned Sales of Bombardier, Montreal.

Michael Anckner to Vice President of Worldwide Sales-Learjet Aircraft and Corporate Fleets of Bombardier, Montreal.

Italian manufacturer Piaggio Aerospace has signed a $221 million contract with the Italian Ministry of Defense for nine P.180 Avanti EVO turboprop aircraft.

HOLAND AUTOMOTIVE GROUP took delivery of second new 8-pax Learjet 75 from Bombardier for pax charters out of Montreal.

GULFSTREAM delivered its 600th G550; the first entered service in 2003.

EMBRAER delivered the first Praetor 500 to FLEXJET under $1.4b deal for Praetor 500/600 and Phenom 300 (SPNWS; Oct 25).

Bombardier has received FAA type certification of its Global 5500 and Global 6500 business jets.

BOMBARDIER received FAA certification for Global 5500/6500; it secured Transport Canada/EASA certification earlier in year.

Whether more management heads roll at Boeing remains to be seen now that Dennis Muilenburg has been fired as chief executive.

It is a myth that Hurricane Dorian decimated the entire Bahamian archipelago.

Today’s aircraft coatings offer numerous advantages to yesterday’s, including faster and more efficient stripping and surface preparation

Despite the January 2020 cover date on our printed magazine, the truth is that most of the material within appears on our website throughout December