News: Dassault, the manufacturer of Falcon Jets, announced today that it has acquired ExecuJet’s MRO facilities. This will add 15 new factory-owned maintenance bases in Asia-Pacific, Middle-East, Africa and Oceania regions. The company will retain the ExecuJet name, but will now…
Bombardier celebrated the entry into service of its first Global 7500 Business Jet at an event at the Laurent Beaudoin Completion Center in Dorval yesterday, with customers, suppliers, selected industry representatives and employees in attendance. Alain Bellemare, David Coleal, and…
GAMA released its third-quarter statistics for 2018, and the General Aviation segment increased its billings to $4,134,953,455 in the third quarter, up only 0.83% from 2017. The variability in the mix, when compared to 2017, was significant, with 286 piston…
Last week, the National Business Aircraft Association held its annual convention in Orlando, with the business aviation community leaders updating the industry on what’s new. We came away from NBAA 2018 with a feeling of cautious optimism. While the business…
This morning, NetJets announced its intention to order up to 150 Cessna Citation Longitude aircraft and up to 125 Cessna Citation Hemisphere aircraft, pending engine progress. The press conference announcing the orders follows: Views: 35
Landing on short, unconventional runways, such as motorways, is one of the skills that Swiss Air Force pilots traditionally practiced for. Being, thus, ingrained in the country’s air defence doctrine, STOL capabilities are something Swiss airmen are very familiar with.…