All articles by Murdo Morrison – Page 2
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In depthDevelopment continues as business jet manufacturers strive to hit certification goals
Airframers continue work across multiple segments as Gulfstream becomes the latest to launch a new product with its super-midsize G300.
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In depthBoom courts business aviation market amid renewed interest in supersonic flight
Supersonic airliner developer Boom is making its NBAA-BACE debut this year, with rival Spike also advancing its quest to build a business jet capable of flying faster than sound. But is there a market and are the multiple technological challenges surmountable?
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In depthSelling space: Airbus Corporate Jets maintains high hopes for ACJ TwoTwenty
For Airbus, the ACJ TwoTwenty’s generous interior is what sets it apart from traditional large-cabin competitors. Four years after its launch, the A220-based business jet has had a modest impact on the market, but could that be about to change?
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NewsRevived Piaggio targets stateside success with P180 twin-turboprop
After seven years in the bankruptcy protection wilderness, the manufacturer of the Avanti is at NBAA-BACE, bullish about reviving its fortunes in its key North American market.
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In depthResilient business aviation industry still thriving despite Trump tariff uncertainty
Despite President Trump’s turbulent tariff policy and concerns about the economy, business aviation in the USA has proved resilient. Can it last?
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InterviewJulie and the jet set: arranging flights from rock tours to investor roadshows
Becoming a jet-setting aviation professional was never one of Julie Black’s childhood career goals. However, by her 20s she was travelling the world with rock stars supporting tours for a specialist charter brokerage.
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Airline BusinessObituary: Pierre Jeanniot, leader of Air Canada and IATA
The former chief executive of Air Canada and director-general of IATA died on 22 June 2025, aged 92
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Airline BusinessGetJet founder targets €1bn revenues by 2030 through ACMI, asset management and MRO expansion
GetJet Aviation founder and chairman Alex Celiadin has quietly built a highly profitable ACMI and charter business for which he is targeting €1 billion revenues by 2030.
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NewsIsraeli defence firms showcase battlefield-proven tech at DSEI
Israel’s defence manufacturers were treated with more respect at DSEI than Paris, despite the government’s eve-of-show ban on Israeli official delegations attending the biennial arms fair.
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In depthAirship developer Aeros to trial ‘airborne warehouse’ concept above Los Angeles
Founder Igor Pasternak aims to prove commercial viability of electrically powered variable buoyancy airships that can hover at altitude while unmanned aircraft deliver packages to homes.
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NewsVistaJet first to win permission to operate domestic charter flights in Saudi Arabia
VistaJet is to become the first international private jet company to operate domestic flights in Saudi Arabia.
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NewsBombardier still pondering option of Belfast acquisition
Bombardier is still not ruling out acquiring part of its former Belfast site to safeguard production of the Global and Challenger fuselages that are built there.
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NewsEBACE to alternate between Geneva and other cities from 2026
EBACE, Europe’s annual business aviation convention, is returning to Geneva, its home for the past 25 years, in May 2026. However, the show will alternate in a different European city every odd year.
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NewsLeonardo targets launch of aerostructures partnership by year end
Leonardo is still not naming the partner with whom it plans to establish a “global champion” in aerostructures but aims to have the venture up and running by the end of the year.
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NewsEngine-uity pays for JBP Systeme
The saying “from tiny acorns oak trees grow” certainly applies to JPB Systeme, an aerospace supplier based near Paris that makes a range of proprietary, vibration-proof self-locking devices for engines and other components, and is celebrating its 30th anniversary at the show. Source: JPB Systeme Marc: Lots of ...
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NewsFigeac Aero on firmer footing as founder prepares to sell
Figeac Aero – one of France’s most prolific build-to-print manufacturers – is on its way back to financial stability after revenue and profits nosedived and debt soared during the pandemic. It comes as the business seeks new investors and leadership following chief executive and majority shareholder Jean-Claude Maillard’s decision to ...
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NewsCollins looks to retrofits and new programmes in switch from hydraulic to electric reverse-thrust actuators
Collins is turning its sights to electric thrust reverser actuation systems as it prepares to divest its traditional hydraulic actuator business to rival Safran.
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AnalysisMade in Germany: after 30-plus years commercial aviation is coming home, but can D328eco win customers’ hearts?
Germany has a new commercial aircraft manufacturer which has now rolled out its first flight-test vehicle, but can Deutsche Aircraft deliver on its promises?
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In depthExpanding Gama Aviation spreads its wings
It has been hard keeping up with Gama Aviation in the five years since the pandemic. The multi-faceted aviation services company, founded by Marwan Khalek and his business partner Stephen Wright in 1983, last year exited the stock market after a decade-long stint as a publicly traded company. It also sold its large US maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business in 2023, two years after acquiring it – and three years after divesting its other stateside interests.
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NewsBlackshape looks to new variants as it launches push into US market
As it unveils its latest Prime Xplorer light sport variant at Aero Friedrichshafen this week, Italian aircraft developer Blackshape is poised for further improvements to its line up and a major push into the lucrative US market.