It has been almost a year since Piaggio entered insolvency, but the lawyer charged with turning the airframer around can see light at the end of the tunnel.
Leaving Schweizer prior to its closure in 2010, he took the top executive slot at Uniflight and then a vice presidency at Safran Helicopter Engines until he began working on the Schweizer acquisition from Lockheed Martin in 2017. His private goal? Earning a rotary wing rating.
Jet Aviation comes to NBAA-BACE having just opened its new 40,000-sq.-ft. hangar and completely renovated FBO at Teterboro, N.J. – fruit of a $25 million-plus investment. A pre-opening celebration was held at the hangar in August 2019, and Jet now has final operating approval.
Cloaked in secrecy until unveiled this week by Rolls-Royce as the powerplant for Gulfstream’s long-range G700, the Pearl 700 has emerged as the second engine to evolve from the company’s Advance2 demonstrator program and is poised for first flight on the aircraft maker’s newest flagship.
The next generation of turboprop engines is unveiled here by Pratt & Whitney Canada with the PT6E series, the E denoting “digitally connected,” making flying easier and reducing hourly operating costs by up to 15%.
The satellite communications provider has announced that its Jet ConneX product, an inflight Wi-Fi system for business jets, has been installed on its 600th aircraft.
The addition of interior specialists F/List to Bombardier’s UK Service Center at Biggin Hill underscores the airport’s growing role as a center for business aviation in Europe.
Thales plans to certify a wearable head-up display (HUD) for business aviation that will confer the operational benefits of a HUD at half the cost, the company says.
Global connectivity expert Satcom Direct can synchronize an entire aircraft mission with the flight department with the unveiling of its latest data product, SD PostFlight, at the show here today.
A newcomer to NBAA-BACE is inviting platform OEMs, service providers and end-users to meet them this week as they aim to promote a new kind of inflight connectivity for the business aviation world.
Despite ongoing concerns about fuel prices, maintaining profitability and safety, the FBO business in North America remains relatively stable, according to the Aviation Business Strategies Group.
Avfuel, citing “an effort to further carbon neutrality goals in the aviation industry,” teamed with its affiliated Avflight Salina FBO in Kansas to provide SAF – sustainable aviation (jet) fuel – for aircraft headed to NBAA-BACE 2019.
Bombardier unveiled the new six-seat Learjet 75 Liberty this summer – a revamped and lower-cost version of its iconic aircraft with fewer seats and options – and customer interest is strong, the company said.
Business aviation has made huge strides in the Middle East over the last decade or so, but growth is being hampered by high prices and a shortage of suitably sized aircraft for charter.
The business aviation sector has set itself some ambitious targets in terms of sustainability and emissions reduction. It is unlikely these goals will be reached without a broader take-up of sustainable fuel. But a key barrier to adoption remains the higher price of SAF versus traditional jet fuel.
The magic of the movie theater is coming to the business jet cabin and is being introduced here by SkyCinema, a recently launched a partnership of five companies, including Dolby Labs, with the goal of providing a theater-quality experience in a business jet cabin.
General Electric’s Catalyst turboprop is doing well and exceeding performance predictions, but due mainly to the challenges of testing for more stringent certification requirements, development for its first application – the Cessna Denali – is behind schedule, says the company.
Safe Flight Instrument has been chosen to provide stall warning/angle of attack systems for Textron Aviation’s new Cessna SkyCourier twin turboprop, and Tecnam’s P2012 Traveller, a piston twin.
