Florida-based Techno Aerospace has acquired Dallas-based Jormac Aerospace, and with it has “taken its commitment to support the creativity of the designers to a completely new level,” augmenting an existing variety of finishes “for all of the surface materials commonly used in the industry.”
Jet Aviation marked its 50th anniversary with a gala event here last night. “We will celebrate the past while focusing on the future,” said Group CEO Rob Smith.
Jet Aviation recently added 13 aircraft to its global charter fleet in addition to signing a number of new aircraft management agreements. The company also plans to open a charter operation in Malta later this year.
Guardian Jet, a business aviation consulting and aircraft brokerage firm, has launched the newest version of “The Vault,” a platform to help clients with the analytics to select, trade, own or operate the right business jet model.
Universal Avionics is promoting a bevy of products and programs at NBAA 2017, including purchase incentives at the show, STCs to help operators access areas with increasing regulatory requirements, a new ADS-B Out data package, UniLink software and updates to the company’s InSight integrated flight deck, including moving maps via Jeppesen.
After five years of heavy hints but precious few details, Pratt & Whitney Canada has unveiled the first significant information and images about research and development tests of electronic engine controls and an integrated propeller controller for a new 2,000-shp-rated PT6.
Cobham SATCOM, a leading manufacturer of satellite communications solutions, and Avionica, a leading aircraft data collection and data transmission manufacturer, have joined forces to provide what they deem is the industry’s smallest and lightest Inmarsat satcom solution for simultaneous cockpit and cabin communications.
It’s been more than a year since the FAA morphed SFAR 108, the jet-like initial and recurrent pilot type qualifications rules, into the new Subpart N of FAR Part 91 pertaining to MU-2 pilot qualifications.
OneJet, which operates an air transportation network, will add Cessna CJ4 light business jets to its fleet in the first quarter of 2018, the company said.
Meggitt is working with Textron Aviation to earn STC approvals for installing remote Bluetooth tire pressure sensors on a wide variety of Citations and King Airs that will enable pilots to check tire pressures by means of an iPhone app.
With Pilatus Aircraft on the verge of clinching certification of the PC-24 light jet, the Swiss-based manufacturer is so confident of completing the final few hours of testing on schedule that it has trundled the second prototype into the show floor here at NBAA.
CAE said here yesterday that it’s renewed a long-term contract to train Flexjet and Flight Options, providing “exclusive pilot training programs for an additional six years, covering multiple business aircraft platforms, including Bombardier, Cessna, Gulfstream, Nextant Aerospace and Embraer.”
Wheels Up, a membership-based private aircraft company, says a new round of funding it recently secured will help it grow more quickly and acquire aircraft faster.
Honeywell said yesterday that it’s spinning off its home products, ADI global distribution and transportation systems business units, which collectively generate $7.5 billion in annual revenues.
Michael Vercio, Textron Aviation’s vice president of product support, was in the middle of his daughter’s birthday party one Sunday afternoon when he received a call from a pilot somewhere in rural Mississippi.
Business is brisk at Comlux, the Swiss-based VIP aircraft management, operating and charter company that also has a U.S. completions and maintenance center in Indianapolis.
Dassault officials declined to comment further on their disappointment with Safran’s bombshell admission that the 11,450-lb.-thrust Silvercrest turbofan, which is to power the Falcon 5X, is suffering yet another round of development woes.
Following Dassault’s surprise disclosure of another engine-related delay to the Falcon 5X here at NBAA, Safran says it has identified the problems with the Silvercrest and is poised to discuss a range of potential fixes with the airframe manufacturer.
