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.
Twin Otter conversion and modification specialist Ikhana Aircraft Services has received FAA approval for new upgrades that will increase engine performance for some models and improve pilot situational awareness.
Hawthorne Global Aviation Services is having a busy year, with the acquisition of a new FBO, new jet equipment and fuel provider, and wireless service for customers.
CAE said here yesterday that it’s renewed a long-term contract to train Flexjet and Flight Options, providing “exclusive pilot training programs for an additional six years, covering multiple business aircraft platforms, including Bombardier, Cessna, Gulfstream, Nextant Aerospace and Embraer.”
With Honeywell’s HTF7700L turbofan newly certified for the Cessna Longitude, the engine family powers almost all super-midsize jets on the market today.
The bottom line certainly wasn’t suffering as Greenpoint Technologies signed a modification contract in August for its sixth Boeing 787 VIP interior project, including green completion work.
Wheels Up, a membership-based private aircraft company, says a new round of funding it recently secured will help it grow more quickly and acquire aircraft faster.
With modest increases in business aviation flight activity and fuel sales, the FBO industry in the U.S. and Canada (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) is stable after years of uncertainty, according to the half-year 2017 spot analysis by Aviation Business Strategies Group.
Gulfstream Aircraft’s fifth and final G600 test aircraft made its maiden flight Aug. 29, less than nine months since the G600 flight-test program began.
Quiet Technology Aerospace (Booth N711) has delivered the first two sets of its upgraded inlet for the Gulfstream G200. The lightweight carbon graphite composite engine barrels terminate the recurring issue of expensive and time-consuming corrosion on the G200’s Pratt & Whitney Canada PW305 engine inlets.
Companies that use business aviation to support their missions outperform those that do not, as demonstrated by a number of metrics, a new study of S&P 500 companies finds.
“Our impact started with Hurricane Harvey. In Texas, we were impacted at four locations: Corpus Christie and three Houston sites,” said Maria Sastre, president and COO of Signature Flight Support. The FBOs recovered in 24 hours, she said.
Zetta Jet Pte. Ltd and Zetta Jet USA, the firms that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in mid-September, are rolling the dice at Henderson. A Global 6000 in Zetta Jet livery is parked at the NBAA static display, accompanied by company pilot Matthew Waterhouse.
In step with a string of industry closings, and after 70 years in business, Associated Air Center said last month that it will cease operations and close its VIP completion facility on leased property at Dallas Love Field at the end of this year.
I know winning conditions when I see them, and we should have reason for some optimism here,” says Shawn Vick, chairman of Global Jet Capital’s executive committee.
Jet Aviation San Juan resumed its fixed-base operations in Puerto Rico at the end of September and is coordinating nearly all the humanitarian flights to hurricane-damaged Puerto Rico and the rest of the Caribbean region.
In contrast to recent completion refurbishment and MRO facility closings (most recently Associated Air Center), King Aerospace is preparing to expand its role in the VIP market.
Nextant officials predict that the firm’s remanufactured and highly modified $8 million 604XT will be able to fly 500+ nm miles farther than a stock Bombardier Challenger 605/605/650 due to a wing extension and new winglets, plus a 4,000-ft. increase in maximum operating altitude to FL 450.
