Seattle-based Aviation Partners Inc. continues to bask in the success of its fuel-saving and performance-enhancing blended winglets, spreading the word here that they are now flying on almost 300 Falcon 2000-, 900- and 50-series aircraft, and that a new variant, the split scimitar, has been certified for Boeing 737-800 jets, including the BBJ2.

Seattle-based Aviation Partners Inc. continues to bask in the success of its fuel-saving and performance-enhancing blended winglets, spreading the word here that they are now flying on almost 300 Falcon 2000-, 900- and 50-series aircraft, and that a new variant, the split scimitar, has been certified for Boeing 737-800 jets, including the BBJ2.

Twelve years after it was formed to develop a supersonic business jet, Aerion Corp. has relaunched the aircraft as a larger-cabin trijet with longer range and better runway performance, and the ability to meet the most stringent noise rules in the future.

Berkshire Hathaway’s NetJets and FlightSafety International units each posted double-digit increases in the first quarter, as the fractional market and training demands continue to improve. Both NetJets and FlightSafety are part of Berkshire’s services group of businesses, which combined for a $284 million first-quarter increase in revenues to $2.4 billion. The services businesses also include TTI, Business Wire, Dairy Queen and BH Media Group, among others.

Comlux (Booth 5152) and Universal Aviation (Booth 6534) have a new agreement for ground handling and FBO services at 14 airports, primarily in Europe and Asia. “Comlux appreciates that by leveraging our global community they can be certain that our Universal teams on every continent will partner with them to ensure the highest levels of ground support and be able to manage even the most challenging and customized requests,” said Universal Weather and Aviation senior international VP Jonathan Howells.

Flight connectivity specialist Aircell is here in Geneva with two ready-made and cost-effective answers to forthcoming cockpit data link mandates. First deliveries are due next month.

Having become a single-source provider of SwiftBroadband in-flight connectivity, Aircell offers new customers a fly-before-buy evaluation of its latest service. Onboard equipment, airtime and highly rated product support are all included in the package.

Having become a single-source provider of SwiftBroadband in-flight connectivity, Aircell offers new customers a fly-before-buy evaluation of its latest service. Onboard equipment, airtime and highly rated product support are all included in the package.