Inmarsat SwiftJet inflight connectivity service for the business aviation market has passed an important milestone, after industry heavyweights Satcom Direct and Honeywell were named as the first global distribution partners. The announcement comes less than five months after SwiftHet was launched as the world’s fastest business...
Designed and manufactured by Cirrus Aircraft, the G2+ Vision Jet is the ultimate business asset as an efficient Part 135 charter aircraft. The award-winning Vision Jet features an extensive portfolio of business use cases for missions between 200 to 1,000 nautical miles at the lowest operating cost for a business jet. The Vision Jet is single-pilot certified or can be flown with two pilots...
Dassault Falcon 6X enters the final phase of its certification flight test campaign with EASA and FAA, setting the stage for the extra wide body twin to enter service in mid-2023. Dassault Aviation Chairman and CEO Eric Trappier, commented: "The 6X has distinguished itself as an extremely remarkable aircraft, sailing through its certification campaign and consistently wowing pi...
Bombardier & Signature Aviation have reached a multi-year agreement for the purchase of SAF quantities, utilizing the Book and Claim system, covering all of Bombardier’s flight operations starting in January 2023. The agreement is the first of this scope for a business aviation original equipment manufacturer. Under the Book and Claim system, a user located near a SAF...
Electra.aero signed a LoI with Welojets for 32 eSTOL aircraft, bringing total order book to 1,000 aircraft worth over $3 billion. Welojets joins a broad range of customers for Electra’s climate-friendly eSTOL aircraft including urban and regional airlines, charter operators, VIP transport, medical and emergency response transport, and helicopter operat...
Collins Aerospace surpassed 50 installation upgrades of its Pro Line Fusion integrated avionics system for the Bombardier Challenger 604 aircraft. Fusion is an update to the factory-installed avionics suite, replacing difficult to repair cathode ray tube displays with dependable, high-resolution touchscreens and making the Challenger 604 compliant with national airspace modernization req...
Rolls‑Royce announced it is strengthening its business aviation services infrastructure by extending established partnerships and adding new members to the global network of Authorised Service Centres for its CorporateCare customer base. Authorised Service Centres are an essential element of the Rolls-Royce services portfolio and add to our existing global service capabilities. The...
CAE has begun training on Gulfstream aircraft platforms at new US locations in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Savanah, Georgia, and will start training in November at a new Asia Pacific location in Singapore. The start of operations at these three new locations marks an important milestone in the expansion of CAE’s global business aviation pilot and maintenance training network. Nick Leontidis, C...
Analysis of industry data by Airbus Corporate Jets reveals there were around 2.76 million business aircraft departures in the U.S. during the first eight months of 2022, an increase of over 303,000 or 12.3 percent when compared to the same period in 2019. Every month between January and August this year there was a rise in U.S. business aircraft departures when compared to the...
Textron Aviation entered into a purchase agreement with Exclusive Jets, LLC, operating as flyExclusive, for up to 14 additional Cessna Citation business jets. flyExclusive has agreed to purchase eight Cessna Citation XLS Gen2 aircraft to be delivered in 2024, and up to six Citation Longitude, with initial deliveries of the first two Longitude aircraft expected in 2025. These aircraft will pro...
flyExclusive is teaming up with SmartSky Networks to display SmartSky’s latest technology onboard a flyExclusive jet at NBAA-BACE 2022. The NBAA display follows an initial successful installation of SmartSky hardware on Cessna Citation X series business jets at flyExclusive’s facilities in Kinston, North Carolina and sets a new bar for inflight connectivity per...
Desert Jet Center, located at the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (KTRM) in Thermal, California, and recently designated preferred FBO status by the Corporate Aircraft Association (CAA), announced its recent partnership with TITAN Aviation Fuels. Desert Jet Center's new fuel provider will deliver high-quality products and value to its clientele flying into the FBO. In preparation for...
