Sophisticated players in the business-jet market have “come to grips” with a down year in 2016, but are now wrestling with supply and demand curves for 2017, Howard Rubel, an analyst with Jefferies, wrote in a note to investors.
Greenpoint Technologies has received a patent for its Aeroloft customized rest area in the fuselage section above the main deck and between Doors 4–5 in the Boeing Business Jet 747-8. &n
Business-jet deliveries are expected to decline in 2016 over year-ago figures, then to increase yearly until they peak in 2021, said Rolland Vincent, forecaster and business-aviation consultant.
LONDON—A highlight of every Farnborough International Airshow is the Flying Display. One of this year’s highlights is expected to be the Airlander 10, a 306-ft.-long blimp that U.K.-based Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) expects will usher in the next golden age of lighter-than-air flight.
Piper Aircraft has received FAA type certification on its newest aircraft, the Piper M600 single-engine turboprop—a higher-performing version of its Meridian.
The U.S. Air Force faces growing pressure to competitively select an airframe to carry Compass Call electronic warfare equipment, even as its chief of staff-in-waiting warns of significant delays in fielding mission-critical combat gear if permission to rapidly acquire EC-37Bs is denied by Congress.
Seeker Aircraft has received Normal Category Type Certificates from the FAA and the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) for the Seeker SB7L-360 series aircraft.
The FAA is asking industry to weigh in on a broad spectrum of advanced flight-deck and controls technologies that can make light general-aviation (GA) aircraft easier to fly and more affordable, while reducing fatal accident rates. &n
The FAA faces several challenges in ensuring it has enough fully certified air traffic controllers to balance new controller training requirements and upcoming retirements, a high-ranking official said.
Jet Edge International, a Los Angeles-based operator of long-range and large-cabin business jets, has added its 50th business jet to its managed fleet of aircraft.
