Next-generation business jet and VVIP customers are more technologically savvy than any before. And that’s reflected in what they want in luxury interiors: a Next-Gen cabin that can provide a soothing home environment, innovative styling and connectivity, and Wi-Fi that matches their lifestyle on the ground.
When you're establishing a new, technology-driven company in the business aviation sector, you'd expect to be asked a lot of questions about cybersecurity. Yet according to Stratajet's Jonny Nicol, customers expect strong security as a given.
Piaggio disclosed the sale of five P180 Avanti EVO turboprops to Southern California’s West Coast Aviation Services at NBAA. It’s the first sale of the type in the U.S. market and includes an option for four additional aircraft.
We strapped into the left seat of Legacy 500 s.n. 52 for a brief demonstration of the improved performance of its Rockwell Collins HGS-3500 compact head-up display.
Satair has inked a five-year exclusive with Honeywell for inventory management and distribution for ADS-B systems on Primus II-equipped business aviation aircraft.
Completions and maintenance specialist Flying Colours Corp. has extended the range of airframes on which it can now install Inairvation pre-engineered cabin retrofit solutions in North America.
Bolstered by the launch of a new, longer range MAX 7 variant of its BBJ range, Boeing Business Jets has unveiled a package of incentives to attract new customers and speed re-sale of used BBJs.
The Greater Wichita Partnership and 19 other suppliers and organizations involved in the business aviation industry are sharing an exhibit and recognizing a century of aviation pioneers, leaders and innovators at the show.
Read very carefully, and evidence will be found below that something is happening in the personal jets world – but with agonizing slowness. Last year’s trio are still there, but nobody is rushing to join them.
HondaJet was signed-off by the FAA a few weeks after the last NBAA Convention and is now in customers’ hands. Pilatus and SyberJet continue to progress, while the long-lost VisionAire Vantage returns to the limelight in search of funding.
EASA and the FAA inked their rubber stamps for the Dassault Falcon 8X’s benefit in June, leaving only the delayed Bombardier twins awaiting joining instructions for this circuit of the market.
Welcome back, old friends. Four additions to this review since the last NBAA Convention are relaunched projects that more-or-less failed first time round and have been dusted-off for a second outing.
Whoosh! It took a little more than one hour of test flight to convince us that Phenom 100 EV, short for “Evolution,” finally has shed the original Phenom 100’s matronly image.
Bolstered by the selection of its Silvercrest mid-thrust turbofan for Cessna’s newly launched Hemisphere business jet, Safran Aircraft Engines has detailed a revised development schedule incorporating improvements made to counter problems uncovered in early tests.
UK-based Gama Aviation continues to expand, adding a new maintenance base in Massachusetts and adding aircraft, including turboprops and jets, to the Wheels Up fleet, which accounts for most of its U.S. operations.
Business aircraft owners often fly smaller, older or less capable aircraft than they’d like because they aren’t flying enough or can’t afford to buy their ideal aircraft.
The company plans to deliver its last G450 to a customer in early 2018. The $44.65 million G500 is expected to receive type certification in 2017 with customer deliveries to begin in 2018.
A typical flight plan can be run in less than five seconds, and the mapping engine renders high-definition graphics without delays, pixelation or frustration, says UAS.
