Textron Aviation is continuing to work on raising production rates as demand remains robust, despite war in Ukraine, a volatile stock market and inflation, its top executive says.
The head of the Textron eAviation division focused on sustainable flying through aircraft electrification and new technologies talks Pipistrel, Panthera and more.
After increasing 26% in 2021, pre-owned business jet transactions are projected to decline in 2022 due to inventory shortages before growing again the following year, according to a just-released five-year forecast by Global Jet Capital.
French startup VoltAero plans to offer fractional ownership of its planned Cassio family of hybrid-electric aircraft in Europe, beginning with its five-seat Cassio 330.
London-based Flexjet plans to nearly double its European fleet by the end of 2022 to a total of 12, spurred by a 180% jump in fight activity in the first four months of 2022.
As an upbeat business aviation industry is about to gather in Geneva for the first time since 2019, the European Business Aviation Association is striving to help its members cope with a myriad issues, from the tail end of the COVID-19 crisis to the Russia-Ukraine war, upcoming regulation and the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs).
Since joining the family business in the 2000s after a spell working in insurance, Robert Walters has had an unbetterable view as Biggin Hill has undergone a radical transformation.
New business jet and turboprop deliveries in Europe are expected to reach just under 1,900 units over the next 10 years, with large and ultra-long-range jets accounting for about a third of all deliveries into the region, according to Aviation Week Network’s 2022 Business Fleet & MRO Forecast.
Frederic Lemos joined what was then Eurocopter in 2003 as a sales manager, rising through the ranks to become head of business aviation and marketing when the company was rebranded as Airbus Helicopters in 2014.
By the end of 2018, more than 1,650 Pilatus PC-12s were in service, the fleet leaders having 34,000 hours and more than 46,000 landings to their credit.
Skylegs has signed on with Web Manuals as a launch member of their online shop, bringing Web Manuals’ documentation services to Skylegs customers, saving them having to log in to multiple websites.
Jet Aviation – a completions and maintenance concern employing more than 1,400 professionals – has news to report across many regions, including Europe, Australia, Asia and the Middle East.
F/List has signed a contract with Bombardier which will see the OEM hosting a 20-strong team from the Austrian interiors specialist at its UK Service Center at Biggin Hill outside London. The team will be up and running within Bombardier’s facility in “the next couple of months,”.
It has already secured local patents, and has U.S. and European equivalents pending. Now, South African company Pegasus has made its international launch at EBACE 2019.
Battery-powered drones are making lots of news these days but their larger VTOL siblings, capable of carrying passengers, are fast emerging as candidate vehicles for future urban mobility needs.
AMAC Aerospace, VIP completion and maintenance center for the corporate and private aviation market, is building its fifth hangar at its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland to keep up with growth.
