Jet Aviation has expanded its Dusseldorf Airport, Germany, business-aircraft maintenance centre into a fixed- base operation, providing ramp services for corporate and general aviation. The company's Hanover, Germany, centre has been approved to overhaul Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Astra and Westwind business jets, and Jet Aviation has joined the maintenance steering group for IAI's new Galaxy corporate jet.
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.
