Aerion Corporation has added new sales strength and some of the partners its needs to make its AS2, and hence supersonic business aviation, a commercial reality.
Evaluating the completion and refurbishment industry, Greenpoint Technologies sees “positive signs” with outfitted BBJ747-8s already being delivered to customers, and deliveries of completed BBJ787s expected to begin as early as next year.
General Electric is launching a family of advanced turboprop (ATP) engines following its selection by Textron to power the company’s newly disclosed next-generation single-engine turboprop aircraft.
While Western observers believe the Chinese market for business aviation has all but collapsed under the weight of the government’s anti-corruption campaign, there is another side to the picture: Flying activity there might be at record levels.
In addition to swept props, Raisbeck’s King Air offerings include aft body strakes, enhanced leading edges, high flotation landing gear doors, and a ram air recovery system.
ASG had previously forecast single-digit growth at the upper end in early 2015, but it now appears that annual growth may be just under 5%, half of what the Hong Kong-based consultancy and brokerage had earlier predicted.
Speed may be the most important thing, but it is not the only thing. According to Aerion, the aerodynamics of supersonic flight dictate a unique non-constant cabin cross section – widest in the aft cabin and tapering forward.
Wing-morphing adaptive-control surfaces have the potential to boost airfoil performance over a wide range of angles of attack, indicated airspeeds and Mach numbers.
Highlighting its presence at this year’s convention, Elliott Aviation is introducing the 400E, a fully modified business jet it describes as “the next generation of Beechjet 400A/Hawker 400XP upgrade.”
Lufthansa Technik has been selected by Royal Jet to complete two Boeing 737-700 BBJ VIP aircraft as the Abu Dhabi-based private charter company expands its fleet.
Embraer’s Lineage 1000E was showing off its extended range last Saturday, flying nonstop from New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport to Las Vegas, departing with a reduced fuel load to meet the Teterboro weight restriction of 100,000 lb.
The business-aviation market will continue to track upward over the next five years, although billings may decrease or remain flat, according to market analysts.
Satcom Direct is here at NBAA with plenty of news, part of it a brand relaunch. To represent “a growing and evolving company and offerings” there is both a new logo and a new brand identity, which simply will be SD. To illustrate its expansion beyond satcom-based services, it will begin using the label “SD Global Connectivity.” “Updating our visual identity and adding a new descriptor ‘Global Connectivity’ more clearly reflects our mission and what we do as a company,” explained director of marketing Jana Rucker.
Activity has picked up at Inairvation as it wins supersonic business jet designer Aerion as its first customer for integrated cabins, and names three partners to offer complete integrated cabin retrofits for Bombardier Global Express/5000/6000 aircraft.
Gogo Business Aviation rolls into NBAA 2015 as it begins delivery of 650 Gogo inflight entertainment and connectivity systems to fractional giant NetJets.
Wheels Up predicts a 50% boost in revenue next year and an 80% increase in revenue flight hours. The company has been in operation only for 837 days, "really proving that anything can happen in America."
Is there a new Gulfstream in the works, even as the company works full speed ahead to bring the 500 and 600 to fruition? Yes, says Jetcraft, a leading consultancy in international business aircraft sales, marketing and ownership strategies. It describes a void in a market segment where Gulfstream previously offered the G350 (a scaled-down Gulfstream 450) that likely points to an incoming new model.
Jack Pelton has a new job. And this one, unlike his volunteer position as EAA chairman, comes with a salary. The Experimental Aircraft Association’s board of directors tapped him to become CEO at its Nov. 6 meeting, a position he will assume in addition to the duties he has had as chairman since October 2012. “The search committee didn’t want another change in leadership” after the turmoil EAA experienced in October 2012 when the board axed Rod Hightower.
Commuter Air Technology is taking orders – and offering show discounts – for its new CAT 350ME, a maximum-endurance King Air that can travel coast-to-coast or across the Atlantic nonstop with enhanced payload capabilities to boot.
