Nextant officials predict that the firm’s remanufactured and highly modified $8 million 604XT will be able to fly 500+ nm mi. farther than a stock Bombardier Challenger 605/605/650 due to a wing extension and new winglets, plus a 4,000-ft. increase in maximum operating altitude to FL 450.
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has issued a temporary restraining order halting plans to reduce the length of the runway at Santa Monica Municipal Airport.
Bombardier Aerospace and its largest union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, have reached a new collective labor agreement at its Wichita facility.
Since its launch, the 1Call process has cut the time it takes to get an aircraft back in the air by about 60%, said Kriya Shortt, Textron Aviation’s senior vice president of customer service.
Private membership flying provider Wheels Up said Oct. 6 it closed an equity-based fundraising round of $117.5 million and claimed to have an enterprise value of $1 billion.
A wing-flexing competition, a 3D virtual environment, an Innovation Zone and a lineup of aviation leaders and legends are some of the highlights of the National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition to be held Oct. 10-12 in Las Vegas.
Safran this week inaugurated a ground testbed for a full-scale counter-rotating open-rotor engine in Istres in southeast France, marking key progress in the EU-funded demonstration program.
Authorities estimate some 100,000 pets have been displaced by the hurricanes that devastated the island of Puerto Rico in September, and aviation in the form of Wings of Rescue is leading the relief effort.
Aurora is a specialist in unmanned aircraft and autonomous systems, but also a supplier of composite aerostructures to Bell Helicopters, Sikorsky, Northrop Grumman and others.
The business aircraft fleet is expected to grow from 32,000 aircraft at the end of 2018 to more than 36,500 by the end of 2027, a 1.5% annual growth rate, according to Aviation Week’s Fleet Discovery and 2017 Business Fleet & MRO Forecast.
Business aviation departures in Europe rose 3% year-over-year in September to 79,280 flights, although traffic remained 4.4% behind the pre-crisis peak in September 2008, according to WingX’s Business Aviation Monitor.
U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, says his amendment will be "even more explicit in prohibiting federal appropriations."
Following the mass shooting in Las Vegas Oct. 1, the NBAA is working with law enforcement to help ensure participants at its upcoming convention and exhibition there will be safe and secure.
Garmin International, based in Olathe, Kansas, is expanding its portfolio of integrated flight deck upgrades to include the G1000 NXi for the Cessna Citation Mustang light jet.
Worldwide deliveries of new western-produced helicopters are expected to total 7,660 from 2018 to 2027, according to Aviation Week’s Fleet Discovery and Business Fleet and MRO Forecast.
Textron Aviation has added a mobile service unit at the Hayward Executive Airport to support Citation, King Air and Hawker aircraft in Northern California.
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Ameri-King Corporation emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) as installed on various aircraft.
