Ron Draper, Textron Aviation’s President and CEO, focused his remarks on a product line update, beginning with the 12 passenger Longitude jet, which was certified in September and entered service earlier this month. “This was the largest type certification project…
Textron Aviation announced today that the FAA has awarded a type certificate for the Citation Longitude. The super mid-sized Longitude is now the largest member of the seven product Citation family. “With the broadest lineup of business aviation platforms available…
GAMA released its 2nd Quarter statistics for 2019, and the General Aviation segment remained flat, with billings for aircraft shipments at $4,745,757,918 in the second quarter, compared with $4,746,516,129 in 2018. However, data for Dassault were not included in the…
At Textron’s earnings call today, CEO Scott Donnelly announced that Textron is no longer developing the Hemisphere large cabin business jet, putting the program on hold because of a lack of progress by Safran in developing the Silvercrest engine. The…
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…
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