Italy's Aeronavali has launched a Boeing 767 cargo conversion programme following the award from US Cargo Aircraft Management of a $100 million, four-year contract to convert up to 10 767-200 passenger aircraft. Work is due to begin in the second half of the year.
Source: Flight International
US firm Sierra Nevada (SNC) has been awarded a $170 million contract to deliver two Rapcon-X surveillance aircraft to the Finnish Border Guard.
Turkish business jet charter company Air Sapphire has been heavily fined by the US government for flying a Gulfstream GIV to Russia without authorisation.
The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered inspections of the Gulfstream G500 and G600 fleet in response to a “quality escape” involving improperly installed engine-mounting hardware.
