Bombardier has begun pilot and technician training on the Challenger 300 super mid-size business jet after receiving Canadian and US approval for its training programmes. The Challenger 300 was certificated earlier this year, but Bombardier is conducting an extensive service readiness programme prior to customer deliveries.
Source: Flight International
US authorities have seized a Dassault Falcon 900EX which is alleged to have been operated for the benefit of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, in violation of US export control and sanction laws. The aircraft – registered T7-ESPRT – was seized in the Dominican Republic and transferred to Florida, says the ...
Nigeria’s president has travelled to France on an Airbus A330-200 business jet which the country has acquired to upgrade its government transport. President Bola Tinubu flew from Abuja to Nice on 19 August on board the aircraft. The A330 – a Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered airframe, registered 5N-FGA – was originally ...
Investigators have determined that a non-rated pilot inadvertently activated the lift dump on a Beechcraft Premier I business jet during final approach to Subang, causing it to lose height and crash short of the runway. None of the six passengers and two pilots survived. Two motorists were also killed when ...
