Experimental Aircraft Association (EEA) Chairman Jack Pelton has been named the company’s CEO by its board of directors. Charlie Precourt was named the board’s vice chairman in a newly created position.
The latest variant in the Super King Air family, the Beechcraft King Air 350i offers extra cabin space, winglets, and increased Maximum Takeoff Weight compared to its predecessors.
The Middle East Business Aviation Association does much more than hold a conference and show in Dubai every two years. It is working hard to develop business aviation across the region, and can point to meaningful results.
The Middle East Business Aviation Association does much more than hold a conference and show in Dubai every two years. It is working hard to develop business aviation across the region, and can point to meaningful results.
Airframers worldwide shipped 1,558 aircraft during the first nine months of 2015, down from 1,665 for the same period a year ago, according to just-released data from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, an industry trade group.
Norway is beginning to take the wraps off an ambitious plan to replace brick-and-mortar towers with virtual towers at a large number of its airports, and first operations are likely to begin in 2017.
Norway is beginning to take the wraps off an ambitious plan to replace brick-and-mortar towers with virtual towers at a large number of its airports, and first operations are likely to begin in 2017.
Continued technical troubles with the Silvercrest engine in development at Safran’s Snecma motors division will further delay certification of the new powerplant by 12-18 months, shelving hopes for a first test flight of Dassault Aviation’s new Falcon 5X business jet this year.
Continued technical troubles with the Silvercrest engine in development at Safran’s Snecma motors division will further delay certification of the new powerplant by 12-18 months, shelving hopes for a first test flight of Dassault Aviation’s new Falcon 5X business jet this year.
David Coleal, president of Bombardier Business Aircraft, said the company, whose liquidity has come into question, had “enough resources and capital to get the program done” and that the 7000 would enter service in the second half of 2018.
Spike Aerospace says the so-called sonic boom of its S-512 supersonic business jet will be reduced to something approaching “a very soft, muffled clap,” allowing the Mach 1.6 aircraft to fly supersonic over land without slowing down to subsonic speeds.
Embraer Executive Jets has received a firm order for five Phenom 100E business jets, with options for five additional aircraft, from Emirates Flight-Training Academy.
Despite the positives for business aviation across Africa, there are still a number of challenges. Ian Sheppard, editor, African Aerospace, moderated a panel session looking at the industry.
The launch three years ago of the African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA) moved business aviation in the region into the spotlight. Operators, financiers, lessors, owners, FBO and flight service providers now have a voice.
Starting this month, VVIP customers travelling on flights operated by DC Aviation Al-Futtaim (DCAF) will be able to experience the benefits of arriving in the United States of America having pre-cleared US Customs and Border Protection at its hub in Dubai World Central (DWC).
In October, BCA’s editors hosted a two-day gathering of sales engineers representing nearly a dozen makes of business aircraft in downtown Los Angeles to review procedures, definitions, and applicability when producing the specifications and performance figures for the listed, in-production aircraft presented in the magazine's annual Purchase Planning Handbook.
