All Business Jets articles – Page 123
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NewsStart-up proposes radical approach to high-speed VTOL
As a new era of high-speed rotorcraft unfolds, a California-based aviation start-up unveiled yet a new approach to solving the puzzle of vertical flight: a combination tilt-wing and joined-wing with propulsive pitch control.
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NewsComposite Helicopters to revive KC630 flight tests after crash
Flight tests of the KC630 light-single should resume by the end of the year after New Zealand-based Composite Helicopters integrates design changes adopted following a non-fatal crash of a prototype in November.
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Germany's FAI Rent-a-Jet posts record profits
German business aircraft charter and management company FAI Rent-a-Jet has posted record profits for 2014, thanks largely to an increase in global demand for its air ambulance service.
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NewsFirst UK-registered Challenger 350 enters service with Naljets
Business aviation charter and management company Naljets has taken delivery of the first UK-registered Bombardier Challenger 350. The aircraft joins a second super-midsize type – a Gulfstream G200 – and a large cabin Challenger 605 in service with the Newcastle, northern England-headquartered operator.
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Royal Jet awards BBJ engine MRO contract to SR Technics
VVIP charter operator, Royal Jet, has awarded Switzerland's SR Technics a five-year contract to maintain, repair and overhaul the CFM International CFM56-7B engines on its six Boeing Business Jets - the largest BBJ fleet.in the world. Work on the first narrowbody began late last month at SR Technics facility ...
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Honda Aircraft installs first HondaJet simulator as certification nears
Honda Aircraft is installing the first HondaJet simulator at its headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina ahead of the light business jet’s entry into service in the first half of this year.
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Daher drops Socata brand from the TBM line
French industrial conglomerate and aerostructures company Daher, has dropped the Socata branding from its TBM line ending a 26-year association between two well-known names in the business and general aviation industry.
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NewsAir Methods launches Bell 407GXP with blockbuster order
Bell Helicopter launched a slightly heavier weight variant of the 407GX with an blockbuster order for 200 aircraft from Air Methods, a helicopter emergency services company.
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Bristow endorses AW609 for commercial ops
Helicopter services provider Bristow has agreed to work with AgustaWestland to optimise the AW609 for commercial operations, as it endorses the capabilities of the first civil tiltrotor aircraft to enter certification testing.
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NewsRobinson Helicopter sees R66 bounce-back in 2015
After a steep drop in production in 2014, Robinson Helicopter expects sales and deliveries to rebound this year and remain at least steady for the long-term.
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NewsMD Helicopters to redesign MD902 Explorer
MD Helicopters has announced plans to redesign the MD902 Explorer light-twin utility helicopter with new parts developed in-house as part of a campaign to boost sales by making the aircraft more affordable.
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Aeris launches Eclipse 550 shared-ownership programme
Aeris Aviation – the independent European distributor for the Eclipse 550 – has launched what is believed to be first shared ownership programme in Europe for the very light jet, and hopes to sign up the scheme’s first owners before the end of the month.
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NewsBell Helicopter sees success in 2015 for clean-sheet commercial rotorcraft
Bell Helicopter is betting on two clean-sheet commercial rotorcraft to boost its presence in the civilian helicopter market, and, while neither has entered production, the company has hundreds of customers lined up for the light-single and super-medium offerings.
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NewsSolar Impulse 2 completes 12h training flight
Only days before launching a historic, round-the-world flight, the Solar Impulse 2 staged a 12h test flight on 26 February from Abu Dhabi.
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National Police Air Service to close ten bases
The National Police Air Service (NPAS) of England and Wales is closing ten bases over the next two years a following hefty cut to its budget. The publicly-funded service will operate 23 aircraft from 15 sites strategically located across the two regions.
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NewsMany pilots 'medically-impaired' due to toxic cabin air
The Global Cabin Air Quality Executive heard at its annual conference in London yesterday that at least 3% of airline pilots are flying with degraded physical and mental performance caused by repeated exposure to neurotoxins in the aircraft cabin air, and may become actually incapacitated during flight if their exposure ...
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NewsSurf Air takes delivery of the 1,300th PC-12 and plots expansion
The 1,300th Pilatus PC-12 entered service on 24 February with US members only VIP airline Surf Air. The Santa Monica-based operator is now plotting expansion to cater for the booming demand for its all-you-can-fly, single-engined turboprop-based scheduled service.
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SyberJet SJ30i first flight slips to fourth quarter
SyberJet Aircraft has pushed back first flight of its SJ30i to the end of the year following its decision to bring the electronic engineering work to incorporate the light business jet’s redesigned cockpit, in house.
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Flying Colours completes first VIP S-92
Canadian maintenance, repair and overhaul company Flying Colours has completed its first VIP refurbishment of a Sikorsky S-92, marking its first foray into the large/heavy-twin helicopter completions business.
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AVALON: Viking sells Twin Otter Series 400 to Walker
Sydney-based Walker Corporation has ordered a DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft from Viking Air of Canada via Australasia sales representative Utility Air for operation on guest transport services at a new resort in Fiji.