Gulfstream has reached new heights in cabin sophistication with its two latest models, the G500 and G600. Today it is unveiling the luxuriously appointed cabin of the G500 and showing new interior styles for the first time.
Payment is the last major pain point in the business jet charter industry. The procedures are inefficient, costly and insecure, placing unnecessary strain on brokers and operators’ cash flows, as well as giving customers insufficient protection of their payment details. But that’s about to change with the launch today of PayNode, by Avinode, the world’s largest online marketplace for buying and selling private air charter.
The app streamlines the fuel purchasing process by providing online access to an extensive global network of aviation fuel locations, with convenient payment methods.
Embraer has the broadest range of business jets of any manufacturer, from the $4.495 million Phenom 100 light jet to the $53 million airliner-sized Lineage 1000E—and they’re all here at NBAA.
Textron Aviation kicked off this year’s NBAA convention by naming Safran and Honeywell as key suppliers of engine and avionics for its new $35 million, large-cabin Citation Hemisphere.
ATP and Sweden-based Web Manuals have joined forces to provide aircraft operators and maintenance organizations with constantly updated operating manuals as well digitized technical documents, maintenance manuals, and safety and regulatory alerts.
Some business aircraft operators are holding off on making a decision on Ka band equipment. But with such strong competition from Inmarsat and Viasat, operators likely will be the big winners.
Elements of the design were unveiled at EBACE 2015, but they elicited doubt about the feasibility of the concept. So Lufthansa Technik has spent the past year engineering the sumptuous interior into a product.
Unlike most corporate interiors, there are few straight lines to see in Melody, the nature-inspired Airbus cabin concept unveiled at NBAA 2016 for future customers of the company’s new ACJ320neo family.
The second Pilatus PC-24 prototype, most recently seen undergoing avionics tests at Honeywell’s Phoenix-Deer Valley hangar, is making its NBAA debut this year.
Wall Street brokers and business jet lenders told a recent JetNet iQ conference on business jets that they expect business aircraft demand to remain soft in the near-term, with no clear indication of when recovery will occur. But manufacturers were more optimistic.
The so-called “Wal-Marting” of FBOs won’t threaten the viability of small chains and healthy independent FBOs, believes the Aviation Business Strategies Group, which tracks the sector.
One hot topic at last year’s NBAA Convention was the transition from the fuel sale-dependent FBO business model to a European version, where fees for service are commonplace. This year, FBOs are talking about adopting best practices from both business models.
Delta Private Jets helped bail out its airline parent this past August when a systems failure in Atlanta forced the cancellation of hundreds of commercial flights and stranded thousands of passengers.
Doug May, vice president of piston aircraft for Textron Aviation, speaks with Molly McMillian at AirVenture Oshkosh about the company's announcements - and also the atmosphere at the show.
A 64-year old historic, Oshkosh-award-winning British Auster originally restored by the editor of Aviation Week ShowNews appeared in the static display at the Farnborough Airshow.
Russian engineering company Progresstech has partnered with U.S. software specialist Altair to promote and distribute Altair’s software technology and methods in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Embraer is at Farnborough promoting its Sisfron border surveillance system, which includes electronic warfare, UAVs, radars and communications to work in conjunction with the A-29 Super Tucano turboprop for close air support.
