Bombardier first production Global 6500 business jet has moved into the company’s completion center in Montreal, as the aircraft comes closer to entry-into-service later this year.
Battery-powered drones are making lots of news these days but their larger VTOL siblings, capable of carrying passengers, are fast emerging as candidate vehicles for future urban mobility needs.
EHang, one of the earliest and most successful developers of such aerial craft, signed a joint agreement in Guangzhou last November with FACC of Austria, designer, developer and manufacturer of aerospace components and systems.
1.Buy the airplanes; 2. Order the flight planning aids; 3. Collect an AOC. That was the strategy for the visiting president of HK Bellawings Jet Ltd, Zhang Yijia at EBACE this year.
By the end of 2018, more than 1,650 Pilatus PC-12s were in service, the fleet leaders having 34,000 hours and more than 46,000 landings to their credit.
Airbus has received a firm order for three ACJ350-900 XWBs from the German government – which is thus becoming the first government customer for the type.
Airbus has received a firm order for three ACJ350-900 XWBs from the German government – which is thus becoming the first government customer for the type.
Dassault Aviation’s recent acquisition of two major maintenance networks in business aviation signals a strategic shift to capture more of the revenues a Falcon generates over its life.
Bombardier met with the heads of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale and the U.S.’s National Aviation Association to celebrate the setting of a world record that has already been broken.
According to Marc Bailey, chief executive of the British Business and General Aviation Association, it is unlikely that business aviation will play a part in the long-term futures of Stansted and Luton.
The new technology was created to ease the burden on pilots and dispatchers who are tasked with planning flights in Europe, a congested and often restricted region.
Hong Kong’s HK Bellawings Jet Ltd. will become China’s largest fleet operator of Bombardier Global 7500s after converting two options to firm orders for the ultra-long-range, high-speed aircraft at EBACE. It also has signed a letter of intent (LOI) for five additional Global 7500s. Last May, Bellawings surprised EBACE by unveiling an intent to purchase up to 18 Global 6500 and Global 7500 aircraft, for a potential value of $1.14 billion.
After completing an optimization of the mechanical design, Iacobucci is ready to build and distribute the product to VIP and commercial aircraft customers around the world.
Few aircraft tick both the boxes marked “significant historic” and “new production,” but Swiss-based Junkers Flugzeugwerke’s EBACE exhibit is a notable exception.
The company has sold 10 Falcon 7Xs in the last two years. Recently, two separate 7X deals were closed in the same week. One of them was the fourth and final sale of Saudia Private Aviation’s fleet.
“Pull up! Pull up! Terrain” Not an automated warning that pilots would voluntarily provoke – but few have been privileged to fly the Honeywell testbed Convair 580 twin-turboprop which conducted its final mission last month.
Bamberg-based BHS Helicopter service has solidified its growth plans with the acquisition of the Swiss helicopter business of its Stuttgart-based cooperation partner DC Aviation. The move brings greater critical mass to the helicopter business, while allowing each company to focus on rotary and fixed wing charter and management, respectively.
