Operators say they’re reluctant to trade up because they don’t need more capable aircraft, the gap between new aircraft prices and residual values of their aircraft is too great, and they’re unsure about the economy or regulatory environment, among other factors.
NASA’s fiscal 2108 budget request for aeronautics research keeps the agency’s New Aviation Horizons (NAH) X-plane program alive, but with a slower pace of new flight demonstration programs.
A project has shown how industry could benefit if business aircraft were able to land in a range of conditions at airports lacking instrument landing equipment.
At EBACE this week, Angola-based aviation services company Bestfly announced that it has received confirmation it has retained its ISBAO (International Standard for Business Aviation Operators) status for the second year in a row.
While EBACE 2017 has opened on an overall positive note, there has been some less encouraging news with the closing of three well-known VIP completion centers in the last two years, each conspicuous by its absence here.
Waves Technologies is launching a new UK-based on-demand air taxi service and has placed an order for a Cessna Grand Caravan EX utility turboprop for the business, Textron Aviation has announced.
Deliveries of new turbofan business aircraft will continue to be in a “lull” until 2019, according to the JetnetIQ forecast report created by aviation consultant Rolland Vincent.
GE’s new Advanced Turboprop, in which additive manufacturing replaces 855 normally made parts with just 12 “printed” components, is on track to run for the first time this year.
Nextant Aerospace has launched a large-cabin upgrade program for Bombardier Challenger 604 aircraft, the business aircraft remanufacturing company said.
FlightSafety International, that has a facility in South Africa, has announced the start of new Master-level Advanced Training Courses for the Dassault Falcon 2000EX EASy and 900EX EASy series aircraft.
Nextant Aerospace has announced the launch of a new cockpit avionics programme in conjunction with Rockwell Collins that will bring Pro Line Fusion to the Bombardier Challenger 604 aircraft platform.
A German-registered Challenger rolled several times after encountering wake turbulence from an Airbus A380 over the Arabian Sea, investigators have confirmed.
NASA is in the final six months of a three-year project, called Deliver, to adapt and expand its proven rotorcraft design tools and make them applicable to novel configurations for drones or air taxis.
Paris Le Bourget Airport was the top airport for business aviation in Europe between May 2016 and April 2017, according to an analysis of acukwik.com usage. Six airports serving London ranked among the top 50. With seven of the top 50 airports, Italy accounted for the most airports of any of the 22 countries represented on the list.
