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Bombardier has launched a new “Smart Services” program, giving business jet customers an expanded menu of coverage choices based on their needs.

It may be a newcomer to business aviation, but Satair believes its extensive experience in the commercial marketplace will help the company establish itself in the sector.

In announcing last month a high throughput satellite service for business aviation, Gogo Business Aviation is expanding its broadband connectivity to become a true global provider.

Business is brisk at Comlux, the Swiss-based VIP aircraft management, operating and charter company that also has a U.S. completions and maintenance center in Indianapolis.

Signature Flight Support, the world’s largest FBO network, with more than 200 locations, is nearly finished integrating Landmark Aviation into the family. As if that weren’t enough, plans are to continue its growth-through-acquisition strategy.

"Finally this quarter we see the anticipated spike in purchase intent: an 11% increase for a new aircraft and 8% increase for a pre-owned aircraft, where the preferred type remains a large-cabin aircraft,” says ASG Managing Director Jeffrey Lowe.

Older aircraft with obsolete cabin and entertainment systems will likely be condemned to the scrapheap when prospective buyers see how much it costs to upgrade them to today’s standards.

Dassault officials declined to comment further on their disappointment with Safran’s bombshell admission that the 11,450-lb.-thrust Silvercrest turbofan, which is to power the Falcon 5X, is suffering yet another round of development woes.

Bombardier is growing its service presence, which includes the opening of a newly expanded interior facility at its Tucson Service Center.

The son of a Northwest Airlines pilot, Dolny assumed a similar career track and entered the Aviation curriculum at the University of North Dakota.

TAC Air, the 14-FBO division of the Arnold Companies, is preparing to acquire additional properties to expand its network throughout the U.S.

Following Dassault’s surprise disclosure of another engine-related delay to the Falcon 5X here at NBAA, Safran says it has identified the problems with the Silvercrest and is poised to discuss a range of potential fixes with the airframe manufacturer.

Innovative Solutions & Support’s autothrottle system, now approved for first-generation Pilatus PC-12 turboprops, virtually is a takeoff-to-touchdown power management system for the PT6A.

Business jet traffic is set for another record year at Honqiao and Pudong International airports in Shanghai, China, where the FBOs are run by the Hawker Pacific Business Aviation Service Center.

Business at Wilson Air Center’s four FBOs is picking up, with new planned projects at Houston Hobby getting the green light.

American Aero FTW, an FBO at Meacham International Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, helped launch a new scholarship program with the Navy SEAL Foundation with a $22,000 donation to support pilot training for former SEALs. The check was presented on the first day of the NBAA show in Las Vegas.

A new mobile app for its CorporateCare service will further reduce the time it takes Rolls-Royce to respond to its engine customers throughout the world.

Textron Aviation is in the process of delivering its 100th Cessna Citation Latitude midsize business jet.

Michael Lemaire, CEO of Stratos Aircraft in Redmond, Oregon, has had a lifelong interest in aviation. Lemaire first began flying hang gliders, then built a Lancair aircraft from a kit. When he wanted to move from the Lancair to a jet, he couldn’t find the right one. So he sketched out a design for the Stratos 714 very light personal jet on a napkin in a coffee shop. That was 10 years ago.

For an aircraft designed with powerful high-lift devices for hopping in and out of short, unimproved runways, the flap system on the Pilatus PC-24 looks surprisingly small and unobtrusive.

Regular NBAA attendees who pride themselves on never forgetting a face may be in for a challenge this week.

Textron Aviation has delivered its first fully configured Hawker 400XPR.

Jet Aviation is having an active 2017 with the acquisition of two FBOs and enhancements to existing facilities.

Gulfstream is featuring its customer-centric design program at this year’s show. Attendees can tour a number of Gulfstream aircraft at the Henderson Executive Airport static display, including a newly designed four-living-area Gulfstream G650ER, the fully outfitted Gulfstream G500 production aircraft and an updated Gulfstream G600 cabin.

With Pilatus Aircraft on the verge of clinching certification of the PC-24 light jet, the Swiss-based manufacturer is so confident of completing the final few hours of testing on schedule that it has trundled the second prototype into the show floor here at NBAA.