All Business Jets articles – Page 78

  • Phenom 100
    News

    Embraer Executive Jets makes Argentina debut

    2017-02-07T15:23:03Z

    Two Phenom 100s have begun operations in Argentina, marking a debut for Embraer’s executive jet family in the Latin American country.

  • Ethiopian DA40
    News

    Diamond sells five DA40NGs to Ethiopian Airlines

    2017-02-07T13:41:11Z

    Diamond Aircraft has sold five DA40NG piston-singles to Ethiopian Airlines, in support of the flag-carrier’s “Vision 2025” strategic plan to become the leading aviation group in Africa.

  • Cirrus SR22 G6
    News

    Cirrus begins deliveries of sixth-generation SR family

    2017-02-07T10:30:07Z

    Cirrus Aircraft has begun deliveries of its sixth-generation SR piston-single family, which it describes as the “smartest, safest, most advanced models ever”.

  • News

    Triumph pledges Global 7000 support despite lawsuits

    2017-02-06T20:22:41Z

    ​Triumph Group will continue supplying wings for the Global 7000 despite the eruption of dueling claims between the wing supplier and aircraft designer Bombardier, says Triumph chief executive Dan Crowley in an early February earnings call with analysts.

  • Australian DA62
    News

    Diamond's piston-engined family gets flightdeck upgrade

    2017-02-02T15:42:52Z

    Diamond Aircraft is replacing the Garmin G1000 integrated flightdeck in its piston-engined family with the next-generation G1000NXi.

  • Beechcraft King Air 350
    News

    JetEight offers all-you-can-fly membership programme

    2017-01-31T12:33:42Z

    German start-up JetEight is preparing to launch a business aircraft membership club in the third quarter of 2017, offering an all-you-can-fly scheduled service for a fixed monthly fee. The venture is targeting travellers in Germany and Switzerland initially, but will expand across Europe as demand grows.

  • News

    Gulfstream sees flat business jet deliveries in 2017

    2017-01-27T21:35:30Z

    ​After a disappointing 2016, Gulfstream expects deliveries of outfitted business jets to increase slightly in 2017 as the entry-into-service of the G500 replaces the venerable G450 in the market, executives of the parent company General Dynamics said on 27 January.

  • News

    FAA clears Hondajet for icing, RVSM flights

    2017-01-26T15:40:31Z

    ​One year after awarding Honda Aircraft an airworthiness certification, the US Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the Hondajet to fly into known icing (FIKI) conditions and use reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM).

  • News

    Pricing pressure to hold Cessna jet deliveries flat in 2017

    2017-01-26T00:26:53Z

    ​Stung by relentless pricing pressure lowering profit margins for its latest business jet, Textron Aviation plans to keep overall Cessna Citation Jet deliveries flat this year to constrict supply and bolster prices.

  • Rob Wells
    News

    Quest Aircraft appoints Robert Wells as chief executive

    2017-01-25T16:16:57Z

    Quest Aircraft – manufacturer of the Kodiak 100 single-engined turboprop – has appointed Robert Wells as its chief executive. He replaces Sam Hill, who is retiring in February.

  • News

    Two supersonic prototypes move towards first flights in 2017

    2017-01-24T21:21:07Z

    ​Two subsonic prototypes of planned supersonic commercial aircraft launched by separate start-ups are on track to enter flight test later this year.

  • News

    Gama partners with China's CASL on maintenance venture

    2017-01-24T15:46:52Z

    Gama Aviation Hutchison – a joint venture between UK business aviation services provider Gama and Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison – has launched a new partnership with local aircraft maintenance provider China Aircraft Services (CASL).

  • TBM 930
    News

    TBM 930 outperformed Daher stablemate in 2016

    2017-01-24T10:29:26Z

    French aircraft manufacturer and aerostructures company Daher saw deliveries of its TBM single-engined turboprop pair fall marginally in 2016, to 54 units, compared with 55 the previous year. Shipments of its TBM 930 model outstripped its older TBM 900 stablemate by two to one.

  • Bliss Jey G450
    News

    Bliss Jet slips transatlantic service launch to second quarter

    2017-01-23T14:11:18Z

    US start-up business jet operator Bliss Jet has pushed back the launch of scheduled transatlantic service from January to the second quarter of 2017 to give it more time to “tie up loose ends”.

  • GlobeAir Mustang
    News

    GlobeAir posts record turnover for 2016

    2017-01-18T14:28:15Z

    GlobeAir, the world’s oldest and largest operator of Cessna Citation Mustangs, has posted record turnover and profit for 2016 on the back of strong demand from the charter market for small business jets.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Gulfstream G550 could bow out in 2019

    2017-01-18T14:24:50Z

    Gulfstream kicked off the certification campaign for its large-cabin, long-range G600 on 17 December 2016. With the clean-sheet business jet destined for service entry in less than two years, it is only a matter of months before the company calls time on its sector rival and much older sibling, the ...

  • Challenger 300
    News

    Bombardier passes Challenger maintenance milestone

    2017-01-18T14:21:53Z

    Bombardier says its nearly 50-strong service centre network has conducted more than 200 heavy maintenance inspections on Challenger business jet family aircraft, which have to be carried out every eight years.

  • News

    Kaman inducts first K-Max into re-opened assembly plant

    2017-01-17T20:41:37Z

    ​Kaman Aerospace announced on 17 January inducting the first airframe into a re-opened assembly line in Bloomfield, Connecticut, for the K-Max heavy-lift helicopter, ending a 14-year hiatus.

  • Phenom 300
    News

    Embraer Executive Jets reports mixed fortunes for 2016

    2017-01-17T16:47:16Z

    Embraer saw business jet deliveries fall slightly in 2016, to 117 aircraft from 120 the previous year, as a result of prolonged and persistent weakness across the sector.

  • News

    Nextant poised to secure approval for G90XT's single-lever controls

    2017-01-17T16:44:17Z

    Nextant Aerospace hopes to secure validation in the first half of 2017 for the digitally controlled, single-lever power control system in its G90XT twin-engined turboprop. The approval is the final hurdle in the remanufactured Beechcraft King Air C90’s certification campaign, and will allow Nextant to begin deliveries of the six-seat ...