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Pilatus at EAA 2022: In conversation
EAA 2022 – Pilatus
Daher’s vision of sustainable flight
Daher is highlighting its vision for sustainable flight at EBACE 2022 in Geneva this week, featuring the EcoPulse™ distributed propulsion hybrid...
Dassault update at EBACE
Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation, provided an update at EBACE in Geneva. He spoke about the impact of the war in Ukraine as well...
Pilatus Strong 2021 Results
Pilatus strong 2021
Cessna’s SkyCourier is FAA Certified
Cessna received its FAA type certification for the model 408 Cessna SkyCourier, a twin-turboprop high wing aircraft. The first flight of the...
Dassault Aviation – NBAA update
Dassault Aviation provided updates on the Falcon 10X and Falcon 6X programs, as well as service expansions, at NBAA in Las Vegas earlier today....
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
Honda Jet held a briefing prior to NBAA 2019. A video of the briefing follows: https://youtu.be/Sx2kopA8-wY The briefing concluded with questions...
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...