Dassault Aviation's scanner has started proving its worth in airframe repairs, accelerating the damage description process.

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 reported a 63% growth in Europe last year, and the sign-up rate looks to be continuing into 2019.

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.

Honda Aircraft is preparing to ramp up production by 25%, to five HondaJet Elites per month from the current four, by next year.

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.

The two companies will now optimize a humidification system for the ACJ320 bizjet family to further improve its efficiency and performance.

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.