Extensive flight testing indicates that the twin-engine Pilatus PC-24 Super Versatile Jet will beat the performance figures originally announced by the Swiss manufacturer.
A new Swiss company, Valcora (Booth K57), is planning a quick rise to the top. The firm believes its founders’ quarter-century of experience in aviation fuel, and bespoke ordering software, will help it take a leading place in the private-aviation sector.
Monaco-based Boutsen Aviation closed 2016 with a record four sales in December, chalking up a Gulfstream G550 in Basel and a GV in Luton, as well as “a double sales transaction” of two Falcon 7X jets in the U.S., for a total of 15 aircraft for the year.
Basel-based Jet Aviation has just redelivered a Boeing B737 after major refurbishment, but that’s not quite the dog-bites-man news it may seem for a well-known completions contractor. This is not just another BBJ – it is also the very first Boeing Business Jet that the company worked on, way back in 1999.
Deliveries of new turbofan business aircraft will continue to be in a “lull” until 2019, according to the JetnetIQ forecast report created by aviation consultant Rolland Vincent.
Geneva Airpark says its covered parking and associated range of services for business jets “once again registered an increase in 2016, despite a slowdown in traffic generated by business aviation that has been going on for several years at Geneva Airport.”
While EBACE 2017 has opened on an overall positive note, there has been some less encouraging news with the closing of three well-known VIP completion centers in the last two years, each conspicuous by its absence here.
The onboard media streaming solution for personal devices provides a broad selection of entertainment and information for passengers, including more than 800 movies and TV shows; weather, business, sports and news feeds; audio collection; destination and event information and casual games, all in five languages.
Daher sees sales prospects for its TBM family in the recent – some would say, belated – European approval for single-engine commercial operations under IMC. Since March 22, regulation (EU) 965/2012 has allowed aircraft including the TBM850, 900, 910 and 930 to take advantage of the new freedom. But, as always, the devil is in the detail.
Pratt & Whitney Canada is celebrating recent delivery of its 100,000th turbine engine, but is adding little to an earlier revelation that a 2,000-shp power plant is in prospect for both helicopter and aeroplane applications.
Few business aviation airports in the world are extending their opening hours and adding new instrument landing systems to attract more traffic. But London Biggin Hill, one of six business jet-friendly airports serving the UK’s capital city, is flying against the trend.
In March of this year, AMAC Aerospace Group COO Bernd Schramm noted that the company’s four hangars were operating at full capacity with maintenance work packages on aircraft including three ACJ340s and a VIP Boeing 777.
FlightSafety International is talking up the start of “the only factory-authorized Gulfstream G650 training program located close to operators in Europe, the Middle East and surrounding regions.”
Sierra Completions is at Booth NB66 with a fresh FAA Repair Station license and expectations of an economic and industry recovery that will spell success for the newest subsidiary of Sierra Nevada.
Visitors to Dassault Aviation at Booth Z90 may be forgiven a double take. Yes, that is a model of a Rafael fighter; but, sadly, its appearance at EBACE does not mean the French airframer is courting the executive who wishes to take the fight to their competitors with unprecedented vigor.
Dry ice and holograms were deployed in Palexpo yesterday as Airbus introduced Airbus Corporate Helicopters as a comprehensive vertical lift solution for high-net-worth individuals, corporations, or business aviation operators.
For the last decade, analysts have predicted growth in Europe’s business aviation market. And every year their forecasts have proven over-optimistic as the giant stirs but never really wakes up.
Insurance against cyber attack will be included in an innovative insurance scheme being developed by MEBAA, the Middle East Business Aviation Association.
Textron Aviation’s 3,500-nm range super-midsize CE-700 Citation Longitude is making its EBACE debut as a tangible statement of the firm’s accelerated investment in new product development – an avowed $200 million to $300 million per year including services.
The difficulty of getting CAT SET OPS/commercial air transport single engine turbine operations approvals in Europe will vary depending on individual company cultures, says Matti Auterlinen, founder and chairman of Hendell Aviation.
The world’s first installation of the Inairvation pre-engineered package of cabin components has been delivered by Canadian completions experts Flying Colours as part of an extensive makeover of a 2003 Bombardier Classic Global Express for a North American customer.
