FlightSafety International is talking up the start of “the only factory-authorized Gulfstream G650 training program located close to operators in Europe, the Middle East and surrounding regions.”
Visitors to Dassault Aviation at Booth Z90 may be forgiven a double take. Yes, that is a model of a Rafael fighter; but, sadly, its appearance at EBACE does not mean the French airframer is courting the executive who wishes to take the fight to their competitors with unprecedented vigor.
The onboard media streaming solution for personal devices provides a broad selection of entertainment and information for passengers, including more than 800 movies and TV shows; weather, business, sports and news feeds; audio collection; destination and event information and casual games, all in five languages.
Few business aviation airports in the world are extending their opening hours and adding new instrument landing systems to attract more traffic. But London Biggin Hill, one of six business jet-friendly airports serving the UK’s capital city, is flying against the trend.
Textron Aviation’s announcement this week of an available head-up display aboard the 3,500-nm range Citation Longitude provides clear evidence of a surge in product investment – $200 million to $2300 million per year.
If it looks like there is renewed spring in Adam Twidell's step at EBACE this week, there are good reasons. The founder of PrivateFly, the first online booking platform for private aviation, is celebrating another year of trend-defying growth with an overhaul and rebranding of the company's website and flight-booking app.
Monaco-based Boutsen Aviation closed 2016 with a record four sales in December, chalking up a Gulfstream G550 in Basel and a GV in Luton, as well as “a double sales transaction” of two Falcon 7X jets in the U.S., for a total of 15 aircraft for the year.
Geneva Airpark says its covered parking and associated range of services for business jets “once again registered an increase in 2016, despite a slowdown in traffic generated by business aviation that has been going on for several years at Geneva Airport.”
Daher sees sales prospects for its TBM family in the recent – some would say, belated – European approval for single-engine commercial operations under IMC. Since March 22, regulation (EU) 965/2012 has allowed aircraft including the TBM850, 900, 910 and 930 to take advantage of the new freedom. But, as always, the devil is in the detail.
In March of this year, AMAC Aerospace Group COO Bernd Schramm noted that the company’s four hangars were operating at full capacity with maintenance work packages on aircraft including three ACJ340s and a VIP Boeing 777.
Sierra Completions is at Booth NB66 with a fresh FAA Repair Station license and expectations of an economic and industry recovery that will spell success for the newest subsidiary of Sierra Nevada.
For the last decade, analysts have predicted growth in Europe’s business aviation market. And every year their forecasts have proven over-optimistic as the giant stirs but never really wakes up.
Cirrus Aircraft was awarded the FAA’s production certificate for its SF50 Vision Jet on May 2, and will begin producing the single-engine, single-pilot personal jets at one per week.
The first Sukhoi Business Jet with a VIP custom cabin certified by Europe’s EASA has been delivered to Kazakhmys in Kazakhstan by the Comlux Group’s completion and cervices center in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Thomas Flohr, founder and chairman of Salzburg-based VistaJet, thinks it makes no more sense to pay a positioning fee for a chartered jet than it does when a rider phones for a taxi.
Global broadband connectivity provider Gogo Business Aviation is announcing today that German aircraft manager and charter operator K5-Aviation is its first 2Ku business aviation customer in Europe.
Geneva-based Global Jet has opted out of a booth at EBACE 2017, choosing instead to offer a “VVIP transfer” service to company headquarters on Chemin des Papillons at the southwest end of the airport.
Jetex and the French airport developer Edeis announced a co-branding agreement to provide FBO services and ground-handling support at 15 locations in France from June 1.
Airbus Corporate Jets yesterday launched a private jet version of its new A330neo, which features new-generation engines and aerodynamic and other improvements.
GE has signed a definitive agreement with Aerion for a joint study to define requirements for the three turbofan engines that will power the Mach 1.5 AS2 business jet. The agreement culminates two years of discussions.
