Cessna Aircraft and Piaggio America, a subsidiary of Piaggio Aerospace, announced aircraft orders Nov. 2 at the National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition here.
Delta Private Jets (DPJ) believes that it’s the only private jet company affiliated with a major commercial airline—“an unmatched competitive advantage in a fractured marketplace.”
While reducing its forecast for the years ahead, Jetcraft, a leading broker and deal-management company with more than 50 years’ experience in the market, is having its best year ever.
The second Pilatus PC-24 prototype, most recently seen undergoing avionics tests at Honeywell’s Phoenix-Deer Valley hangar, is making its National Business Aviation Association Convention & Exhibition debut this year.
Bolstered by the selection of its Silvercrest mid-thrust turbofan for Cessna’s newly launched Hemisphere business jet, Safran Aircraft Engines has detailed a revised development schedule incorporating improvements made to counter problems uncovered in early tests.
The FAA officially has awarded Cirrus Aircraft a Federal Aviation Regulations Part 23 type certificate for its $1.96 million, 300-kt. single-engine turbofan SF50 Vision Jet here.
In the three years since Wheels Up began business, the private aviation membership company has taken delivery of 70 aircraft while membership has grown to 3,700.
Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer’s third-quarter report shows a revenue increase of 18% to $1.51 billion, above the 15% anticipated by investors.
Currently, the G450 is the only in-production derivative of the Gulfstream GIV. As of mid-2016, more than 350 G450s had been delivered from Gulfstream’s Savannah facility. However, that production will come to an end in early 2018, when the company delivers the final G450 and turns its focus to the all-new G500.
Cessna Aircraft has increased performance targets for its new super-midsize $23.9 million Citation Longitude, the planemaker’s latest business jet under development, the company says.
In a move of confidence in the Asian business aviation market, Singapore-based Zetta Jet is adding four Bombardier Challenger 650 large jets, valued at $129.4 million, to its fleet of aircraft.
Aviation Week, The Weekly of Business Aviation and Business & Commercial Aviation will bring you full coverage of the 2016 National Business Aviation Convention.
Hawthorne Global Aviation Services’ ExcelAire facility in Long Island, New York, has been approved by the Cayman Islands as an authorized maintenance provider for private jets.
