Zurich-based VIP charter operator Comlux has selected CFM56-5B engines to power three firm - and three option - Airbus A318 Elite Corporate Jets. The order is valued at around $36-million.
US investigators believe the pilot of an Embraer Phenom 300 did not de-ice the aircraft before it stalled, rolled to the left, and crashed immediately after lift-off from Provo municipal airport in Utah.
Textron is the latest US company with a large aerospace manufacturing operation to say the Trump administration’s new tariffs are unlikely to create significant financial trouble this year.