Developed under a veil of secrecy for Bombardier’s Global 5500/6500 ultra-long-range business jets, Rolls-Royce’s Pearl 15 turbofan has passed the 10,000-cycle milestone in the run-up to entry into service in late 2019.
Blackhawk Modifications increases the power output of utility aircraft suffering from tired-engine syndrome. Today, they are celebrating the completion of the 800th upgrade and releasing details of a new project that will soon be enlarging on that number.
Highly qualified flight crew are already in short supply as airlines around the world soak up the existing supply and fewer military pilots become available. That leaves the business aviation industry wondering how to attract corporate pilots.
A lot has changed at TAG Farnborough Airport since its CEO, Brandon O’Reilly, first joined the team. Yet the biggest difference he has noticed has been in the business aviation industry’s perception.
VistaJet operates a global fleet of 72 business jets that it makes available to customers under a pay-by-the-hour membership plan. An uptick in customer numbers and aircraft use in North America is driving global growth.
Ahead of NBAA in 2017, ShowNews spoke with Eric Stuck, the product manager at Satair in Atlanta who manages that company's program in partnership with Honeywell to carry out ADS-B Out upgrades to Primus II-equipped business aircraft in the U.S.
Over the past 20 years, Duncan Aviation has directed nearly $280 million back into the company, reinvesting in new facilities, equipment and leadership development, and another $55 million in training.
StandardAero, a major maintenance, repair and overhaul specialist, is having a good year and, Marc Drobny, the new president of business aviation, says it is the result of a fresh approach he describes as “bigger, better and bolder.”
The world’s largest fractional operator, NetJets, has reaffirmed its commitment to Bombardier’s Global 7500 ultra-long-range, high-speed business jet, and will take delivery of the first one in 2021.
Japan is represented in force at this year’s convention, committed to spreading the word that the country is eager to accept both business air travelers and tourists.
Newest Aerion team member Honeywell will play a critical role in helping position the A2 supersonic aircraft in the correct atmospheric conditions to ensure that when it is flying at Mach 1-plus overland, no sonic boom ever reaches the ground.
Thomas Flohr, founder of VistaJet, announced the creation of Dubai-based holding company, Vista Global. The new entity concluded the purchase of on-demand operator XOJet.
TAC Air is touting history as it invests $140 million to refurbish a 60-year-old Braniff facility at Dallas Love Field (KDAL), resulting in a new FBO and a consolidating facility for fractional operator Flexjet. TAC Air cites the Texas Historic Commission as a partner as it repurposes a DalFort Aerospace building originally known as the Braniff Airlines Operations and Maintenance Base.
Inside Textron Aviation’s Industrial Design Studio, the interior of the company’s new high-wing, utility Cessna SkyCourier twin turboprop is taking shape.
Old-timers have a wealth of stories to relate – airplanes included. That might be why Honeywell has recently shone the spotlight on the departure of an avionics testbed of three decades’ standing.
Garmin International is expanding the availability of its G1000 NXi integrated flight deck for upgrades on aircraft equipped with its G1000 flight deck.
Flight tracking data provider FlightAware has added space-based surveillance coverage to its ground network of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast receivers and announced Rockwell Collins ARINCDirect as its first partner for the enhanced offering to business aviation.
It has been a while since Adam Twidell was flying C-130s for the Royal Air Force, but he still exudes the upbeat, can-do spirit synonymous with the British armed service.
