Executive Jet Management added nine aircraft to its charter fleet in the first quarter. The company now manages 91 US-based aircraft for retail charter and to support parent company NetJets' fractional-ownership programme. Aircraft added include two Gulfstream IV-SPs, two Cessna Citation Vs, a Raytheon Hawker 700A and 800XP, a Dassault Falcon 900B and a Gulfstream 200.
Source: Flight International
Dassault has developed a modification for Falcon 20 business jets to increase aft-fuselage drainage after a flight-control icing incident involving a UK-registered aircraft. The aircraft’s crew found that pitch control became restricted at 19,000ft and could not be moved nose-up sufficiently to maintain level flight during turns, according to the ...
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 ...
