Business Aviation

Business aircraft broker Boutsen Aviation is showing an Airbus A319 Corporate Jet at this year’s EBACE, “the largest aircraft to be displayed by the company to date.”

Designing a US$72 million business jet that can fly 7,700 nm and includes a four-zone cabin layout requires special attention to every detail, Bombardier officials note.

Textron Aviation is building the first flight test articles of its new Cessna Denali single-engine turboprop at its Wichita headquarters.

Embraer is talking up a host of cabin and cockpit improvements to its Legacy 450 and 500 business jets, and is showing new seats for the aircraft for the first time on a Legacy 450.

Lufthansa Technik has launched a unique sportive variant of its Mercedes-Benz VIP aircraft cabin called ‘Inspired by AMG.’

German completions center Lufthansa Technik has become an approved outfitter for VVIP ACJ350 XWB aircraft following extensive evaluation by Airbus Corporate Jets.

AMAC Aerospace has revealed it is working on a nose-to-tail VVIP completion project on a Boeing 747-8i.

Bombardier Aerospace has unveiled the clean-sheet-design passenger seat for its new ultra-long-range Global 7500 large-cabin business jet.

Russia’s business aviation is moving out of stagnation, confirms the country’s largest FBO, Vnukovo-3.

Joe Cohen may not have a background in aviation, but he has plenty of directly relevant experience to apply to the company, and the sector.

Piaggio Aerospace has won orders for four P.180 Avanti EVO business aircraft so far this year in a vote from the market that a recent restructuring and cash injection of 225 million euros will ensure its future.

Embraer is talking up a host of cabin and cockpit improvements to its Legacy 450 and 500 business jets, and is showing new seats for the aircraft for the first time on a Legacy 450.

Like a number of disruptive companies in the business aviation sector, VistaJet is enjoying fast rates of growth. In the 2017 financial year, the Malta-based global aviation outfit saw its flight revenues grow 22%, while flight hours in the U.S. increased by 39%.

Air BP has developed a digital platform it believes will help eliminate the possibility of misfueling.

Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) has won four new orders in 2018.

Rolls-Royce has launched a new engine family for business aviation, with the introduction of the Pearl.

ExecuJet is announcing a strategic alliance for maintenance services between its MRO facility in Lagos and local operator Izy Air, based in Abuja, Nigeria.

Piaggio Aerospace has unveiled a suite of new customer service solutions for its P.180 Avanti aircraft fleet at EBACE in Geneva.

The infrastructure piece of the FAA’s NextGen air traffic control (ATC) modernization is “nearly complete.”

The chairman and CEO of the parent company of iconic French business aircraft and fighter jet manufacturer Dassault Aviation died May 28 after suffering heart failure at his office in Paris.

Rolls-Royce is reasserting its leadership in the business jet market with a new family of turbofans.

The $5.25 million HondaJet Elite has achieved a 17% range increase to 1,437 nm and is equipped with a newly developed attenuating inlet structure that lines each engine to reduce high-frequency noise and increase cabin quietness.

Two new additions to Bombardier’s Global family were unveiled on the eve of EBACE: the Global 5500 and 6500.

Bombardier has changed the name of the Global 7000 ultra-long range aircraft to the Global 7500 thanks to performance improvements that continue to surpass expectations.

An ban on overnight flights at London’s Luton Airport and their almost total elimination at Stansted Airport this summer will severely hamper access to the UK’s capital city.