Vista Global Holding, based in Dubai, and owner of VistaJet, has agreed to its second major acquisition in 2022, acquiring Jet Edge, a large North American operator. In business aviation, this is a mega-deal, as Jet Edge, the eighth largest…
Have we reached an inflection point in the US airline recovery from the Covid crisis? The latest data show that while bookings remain higher, we slowed down a bit during the last week in March. The question is whether we’ve…
Bombardier delivered its 100th Global 7500 aircraft yesterday and celebrated the event at the Laurent Beaudoin Completion Centre in Montreal. The customer for this aircraft, VistaJet, took delivery of its 10th Global 7500, and now operates 10% of the worldwide…
One of the favorite phrases among disc jockeys at radio stations in the 1960s was “the hits just keep on coming” as they played song after song. That same phrase could be applied to Boeing in 2022, which has experienced…
The last Learjet produced, a model 75, was delivered earlier this week by Bombardier, who acquired the brand in 1990. The cessation of production was announced in February, 2021, and the last delivery represents the end of an era in…
EASA, the European aviation authority, suspended EASA certification of current Russian aircraft and will no longer accept applications to certify new Russian aircraft. These new developments are in addition to sanctions following the invasion of Ukraine that Russia airlines can…