Lufthansa Technik is extending its presence in the Asian market and is expanding a new range of products, some of which are already being installed in aircraft.
UAS International Trip Support and Aviation Concepts Group have entered into a strategic partnership designed to “significantly boost service capabilities and offer clients more location options and higher quality,” the partners said.
Maintenance, repair and overhaul provider StandardAero has joined in a strategic alliance with Flight Display Systems (FDS) Avionics “to bring the next generation of in-flight entertainment to today’s business aircraft market.”
Officials with the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), Geneva’s Palexpo exhibit center and Geneva Airport have signed an agreement to continue to hold the annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) at Palexpo through 2021.
The total worldwide business jet fleet expanded in 2015, with the U.S. market growing slightly faster than the total market, according to Jefferies Group.
Flight Options, based in Cleveland, said it will offer voluntary separation packages directly to its pilot workforce, despite a recent rejection of the offer by the union.
Presidential candidate Donald Trump has gained media attention after the discovery that the FAA registration on one of the aircraft in his fleet, a 1997 Cessna Citation X corporate jet, has expired.
Aviation analyst and consultant Rolland Vincent has scaled back his 10-year business jet delivery forecast based on current conditions. Vincent predicts business jet deliveries from 2016 through 2025 of 8,378 jets valued at $240 billion.
After “tough sledding” in the business jet market in January and February, March and April have shown recovery, Textron’s top executive said during a conference call about first-quarter earnings.
The U.S. Senate on April 19 passed the amended and long-awaited version of the FAA reauthorization bill, drawing applause from the general and business aviation communities.