The duration of the government’s campaign to catch bribe-taking officials and their business cronies is probably the biggest question for manufacturers looking to China as a potentially enormous market. When showing off a jet is no longer asking to be investigated, the theory goes, buyers will come back.
Last year’s trend to move private jets off registration in mainland China is continuing this year, reinforced by the growing habit of not seeking a local domicile for new aircraft, industry officials say. These measures are probably helping volume or orders, but the companies that make business aircraft are still dealing with a market that was once an astounding opportunity but has run into the brick wall of the anti-graft campaign crackdown.
The pilot-flying continued the takeoff, later stating seven times in rapid succession that the aircraft’s gust lock was “on” as he tried unsuccessfully to lift off.
The NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots (NJASAP )has requested federal mediation in talks with the company. The union represents more than 2,700 pilots who fly for NetJets Aviation.
The number of U.S. turbine-aircraft accidents, which include business jets and turboprops, rose slightly during the first three months of 2015 compared to the same time a year ago, according to newly released report.
As part of the agreement, InSight will be the first avionics system in the business aviation market to integrate the Jeppesen airport-mapping database information, the company said.
The system, the ATG 1000, enables high-performance email with attachments and calling and texting with passengers’ smartphones and mobile numbers. It has the ability to connect five personal Wi-Fi devices, including smartphones, tablets and laptops.
CPI Aerostructures has received a $3 million purchase order from Cessna Aircraft Co., a division of Textron Aviation, for wing-spar assemblies for the Citation X+.
The number of European business aviation flights fell slightly in March, by 0.6% year-over-year, according to WingX’s latest monthly figures. Business aviation flights totaled 63,917 in March, up over January and February. Charter flights also improved in March, it said.
The FAA recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would reduce availability of unscheduled slot allocations at LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York, and Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.
Hartzell Aerospace employs about 240 and operates production facilities in Valencia and Perris, California. It builds actuation, flow-control and energy-absorption components for aerospace companies.
Western Aircraft, a division of Greenwich AeroGroup, has been selected as a BendixKing AeroVue authorized dealer capable of installing and servicing new systems on King Air 200/B200 aircraft. The authorization was added to Western Aircraft’s current agreement with Honeywell/BendixKing as an expansion of its avionics modification programs, the company said.
