The recent rebound in used-aircraft sales and generally positive flight-activity figures from major markets bodes well for business-jet aftermarket providers, which are expected to see business grow more than 3% annually from 2016-25, the Aviation Week Business Aviation Fleet & MRO Forecast projects.
U.S. flight activity by business aircraft in September increased by 3% over the same time a year ago, while year-to-date activity from January through September rose 2.2% over the same period in 2014, according to Argus International.
Mooney International Corp. has launched a program aimed at attracting new customers by increasing the number of quality used Mooney aircraft available in the marketplace.
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Convention & Exhibition 2015 will offer new speakers, a National Safety Day and an emergency response simulation on the trade show floor when it returns to the Las Vegas Convention Center Nov. 17-19.
For travelers with a true need for speed, Spike Aerospace is developing the supersonic Spike S-512 with a maximum cruise speed of Mach 1.8 and capability of taking 18 passengers from Los Angeles to Tokyo in 6 hr. at Mach 1.6.
Business-aviation activity remains stagnant in Europe, as a few key markets show modest improvement while Italy and Turkey join already-struggling Russia on the list of countries where departures are down, the latest figures from WingX’s Business Aviation Monitor show.
StandardAero has signed an agreement with SmartSky Networks to certify and install SmartSky’s high-speed wireless Internet system in a variety of business aircraft.
Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives united together, filing a petition on Oct. 9 to force a vote that could reopen the Export-Import Bank, which has not had the authority to operate since Congress let its charter expire in June.
Wire strikes by helicopters happen often, and too frequently result in fatalities. The U.S. Helicopter Safety Team found that approximately 16% of all rotary-wing accidents involve wire or obstacle strikes. Meanwhile, an FAA study of wire-strike accidents between 1994 and 2004 found 41 of 124 of those involving civil helicopters were fatal.
Airline consolidation has left many small and medium airports without—or with significantly reduced—air service. However, new airline-business models have emerged to fill some of the vacuum.
On Air Dining, a UK based culinary concierge company, has created a new dessert for its private jet clients that costs between £360 and £600. Called Wild Kopi Luwak Coffee Coconut and Gold Dessert, it's made of the world's rarest coffee beans that cost between £1,000 and £32,500 per kilogram.
Associated Air Center (AAC) has signed a new, green Airbus A320CJ VVIP narrow-body completion project contract with an undisclosed Middle-Eastern customer on June 5.
More policy guidance is needed to prepare for establishing a global market-based measure (MBM) to tackle aviation-carbon emissions, according to IATA Senior Vice President-Member and External Relations Paul Steele.
Several years into its production run, the Sukhoi Superjet (SSJ) 100 program is still producing huge losses for Russia’s aerospace industry and lags the sales needed to improve its fortunes.
TIANJIN, CHINA: The Top 100 scenic spots throughout China are expected to attract 834 million visitors by 2020, and up to 50% of them are suitable for low-altitude flight tours
Business aviation flight activity in the United States tends to rise as fall takes hold during the month of October, according to ARGUS International Inc. At the NBAA Regional Forum in St. Louis, Travis Kuhn, associate product manager for ARGUS's TRAQpak, identified several reasons why flight activity recorded by the FAA spikes in October.
