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Changing the Aircraft Charter Business Model
The aircraft charter business model traditionally has been an interesting and potentially confusing and even frustrating experience for customers....
Insight: Friday 17 July 2020: Business Jet Sector will Recover Faster than Commercial Sector
NewsBusiness aircraft traffic in the US is rebounding much more rapidly than commercial airline traffic. The following graph from FlightAware shows...
Business Jet Deliveries Slow in First Quarter
GAMA has published its quarterly aircraft shipment and billings report for the first quarter of 2020. When compared to 2019, deliveries of every...
Coronavirus and Business Jets
It appears that the Coronavirus outbreak is not bad news for one industry – business jets. The FT reports that “Demand for private jets has surged...
Dassault 6X on schedule for 2020-launch
Dassault Aviation is on-track for a 2020 launch of its latest business jet-model, the 6X. The French airframer showcases a model and mock-up of the...
Insight: Wednesday 6 November 2019: A Brexit from Reality?
News The UK Labour Party has indicated that it will consider a ban on all fossil-fuel powered private aircraft flights from 2025. Since there are...
Garmin’s Autoland
Are you one of those that have sometimes thought “what would I do if I am on a plane and something happens to the pilot?” I got to test fly the...
Daher Completes Acquisition of Quest and Executes on US Growth Strategy
Daher’s update at NBAA spoke about the completion of its merger with Quest Aviation, which closed on October 1st of this year. This acquisition...
NBAA and GAMA Discussion of Key Issues Facing the Industry
The annual discussion of key issues facing the industry at NBAA 2019 featured Mark Burns, CEO of Gulfstream, Pete Bunce, President and CEO of GAMA,...
Pilatus Launches PC-12 NGX at NBAA 2019
Pilatus Aircraft introduced the third major upgrade to its PC-12 single engine turboprop aircraft, named the PC-12 NGX at a reveal Monday evening...
Honda Jet at NBAA 2019
Textron at NBAA
Textron provided an update prior to NBAA this morning in Las Vegas. The video of that update is provided below. https://youtu.be/lkV_dKzwyUA
Textron focused on Sky Courier and Denali Programs, showcases Longitude
Ron Draper, Textron Aviation’s President and CEO, focused his remarks on a product line update, beginning with the 12 passenger Longitude jet, which...
Insight: Friday 18 October 2019: NBAA Preview: New Model Proliferation
News The business aviation world remains US-market centric, with about 1/2 of the world market, and the National Business Aircraft Association’s...
Citation Longitude Enters Service
Textron aviation announced the first delivery of the Cessna Citation Longitude super mid-sized business jet. The aircraft received FAA certification...
Citation Longitude is FAA Certified
Textron Aviation announced today that the FAA has awarded a type certificate for the Citation Longitude. The super mid-sized Longitude is now the...
RUBAE: a glimpse of the future Dassault Falcon6X and more
The unusual streak of warm weather that Moscow is living through this September provided the ideal background for the 2019 edition of RUBAE...
Insight: Wednesday 28 August 2019 – When Re-engining Makes Sense
News Re-engining airplanes often makes sense. We’ve seen the success of the A320neo and initial success of the 737 MAX in the commercial world, and...
General Aviation remains flat in 2Q 2019
GAMA released its 2nd Quarter statistics for 2019, and the General Aviation segment remained flat, with billings for aircraft shipments at...
Pilatus Demonstrates PC-24 Short Field Capability at Goodwood
The Goodwood Festival of Speed is an automobile festival in England that brings a mix of collector cars, racing cars, motorsport stars and...
