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Cirrus Aircraft opens new sales office in France

Cirrus Aircraft announced the establishment of Cirrus France, a new, dedicated regional sales office offering new and existing French customers an ideally located aircraft sales location. The office will be led by Cedric Dupont who has been appointed as Regional Sales Director of Cirrus France. C...

Flexjet to hire 350 pilots, Add more than 50 aircraft in 2022

Flexjet plans to hire 350 pilots to fly the additional 50 jets the company will be entering into service by the end of 2022 to meet record demand. Flexjet Chief Operating Officer Megan Wolf said: “We want Flexjet to be a career destination for pilots not only for the long-term earnin...


First-of-its-kind aircraft exterior-interior maintenance programme - JETMS Completions

As the expectations for more customised aircraft refurbishment and maintenance solutions are continuously growing, in today’s market, most choices appear stagnant. Noticing the gap, JETMS Completions is bringing the first-of-its-kind tiered membership programme that sets out to offer higher flexibility when it comes to MRO services. A number of aviation analysts project tha...

flyExclusive orders up to 30 Cessna Citation CJ3+ light jets

flyExclusive signed a purchase agreement for up to 30 Cessna Citation CJ3+ jets. flyExclusive expects to take delivery of five aircraft in 2023, with the option to purchase additional aircraft for deliveries through 2025. Ron Draper, President and CEO, Textron Aviation, commented: “This order brings the efficiency and comfort of the Citation CJ3+ to a new audience of custom...

Kenai Aviation took delivery of a TECNAM P2012 TRAVELLER for their scheduled service in Alaska

Tecnam announced the handover of a P2012 Traveller to the Alaska based Company Kenai Aviation. Tecnam innovative and modern design of an aircraft built with commuter passengers in mind will allow Kenai Aviation to bring the comfort and luxury of modern amenities and ergonomic design into their service in Alaska providing a high level of service to their communities. Comfortably a...

New upgrades to iconic Textron Aviation piston product lineup

Textron Aviation announces a range of enhancements to its top-selling, legendary piston aircraft lineup. From utility to luxury, these upgrades to the Beechcraft Baron, Beechcraft Bonanza and all Cessna piston aircraft will provide operators with more functionality and comfort. Beechcraft pistons introduce multiple enhancements The new production Beechcraft Bonanza G36 will now...

Meet Daher TBM 960 very fast turboprop aircraft with digital power

Meet the latest high-end version of Daher TBM pressurized single turboprop aircraft family – the TBM 960 – which incorporates Pratt & Whitney Canada’s advanced PT6E-66XT engine and a fully digital e-throttle, along with a digitally-controlled cabin that incorporates an all-new environmental control system, LED ambience lighting and electrically-dimmable windows. Nicol...

A dedicated helicopter facility at London Oxford Airport by Volare Aviation

Volare Aviation has formally opened a dedicated helicopter maintenance, management and refurbishment facility in Hangar 14, Bay 2, at its London Oxford Airport home. Up to 12 twin-engined executive helicopters can be worked on simultaneously in the 16,000 sq ft space.  The business offers expertise in interior and exterior work on pre-owned Leonardo, Airbus and Sikorsky models - fro...

Dufour Aerospace and Blueberry Aviation enter a long-term commercial partnership

New global partnership - Blueberry Aviation and Dufour Aerospace.  Under this agreement Blueberry Aviation will provide marketing advisory and placement support to Dufour Aerospace. Blueberry Aviation will be Dufour’s privileged partner for helicopter trade-in and will set up financial tools to fund or lease Dufour products.  In addition, Blueberr...

Offseting carbon emissions - Air Charter Scotland partners with South Pole

The first Air Charter Scotland commitment to a worthy environmental and community project. It partners with global sustainability consultancy South Pole to fully offset carbon emissions from its business jet fleet based out of London (Biggin Hill and Luton Airports), Glasgow and Malta.  Clients and charter brokers will be offered the option, effective immediately. &nb...

Wheels Up officially closes acquisition of Air Partner - expands product portfolio and suite of services

Wheels Up Experience has officially closed its acquisition of Air Partner plc, a U.K.-based global aviation services group with operations in 18 locations and four continents. Under the terms of the transaction, and following stockholder and regulatory approval, Wheels Up has acquired the entire issued share capital of Air Partner for 125 penceper share, equivalent to an enterprise...

DRONAMICS grows European Operations team ahead of commercial launch

DRONAMICS has announced the expansion of its European Operations team. Based in Malta, the team is focused on preparing the ground for DRONAMICS’ first commercial flights this year. The European operation opened with Ruth Sawers, Director of Operations. Ruth’s background is in specialized recruitment in the oil, gas and aviation sectors. She is a...

Vista Global acquires Jet Edge

Vista Global Holding has entered into an agreement to acquire the private aviation services platform of Jet Edge, the fastest-growing North American charter operator. Founded in 2011, Jet Edge is an integrated charter, management and brokerage platform and a leading U.S. provider of large cabin and super-midsize private jet charter and aircraft management services. At the time of this an...

Adding unique last-mile travel offerings - Wheels Up partners with Tropic Ocean Airways

Wheel Up Experience announced a new strategic partnership and minority investment in Tropic Ocean Airways, the world’s largest amphibious airline and leading provider of last-mile private charter and scheduled service in Florida, the Northeastern United States, the Bahamas, the Caribbean and beyond. The multiyear commercial agreement is the latest step by Wheels Up in its efforts to exp...

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First Airbus ACH160 delivered in New Zealand following CAA certification

Auckland-based charter operator Advanced Flight took delivery of the country’s first Airbus ACH160 helicopter today, following the aircraft's recent grant of NZ Type certification by New Zea...

Business Aviation at AERO 2027 will be even bigger, organiser pledges

AERO 2027 aims to build on the great success of AERO 2026 with an enhanced programme for business aviation, organisers Fairnamic confirmed today.   For the second year running, AERO was...

Bombardier delivers first Global 8000 in Africa to Nigeria-based BUA Group

Bombardier delivered the first Global 8000 aircraft in Africa to BUA Group, a Nigerian-based multinational company with interests across cement, food, oil and gas, energy, infrastr...

AfBAA launches first phase of groundbreaking research to improve understanding of business aviation in Africa

African Business Aviation Association announced the launch of a landmark research project that aims to advance the understanding, perception, and knowledge of the sector across the African continent.&...

Prince Aviation hosts CMIG annual summit in Belgrade

Prince Aviation hosted the annual summit of the Citation Mustang Interest Group (CMIG) at its facility at Belgrade airport from 4 to 6 June 2026. The event brought together Citation Mustang owners and...

Gogo announces new STC approved to install Gogo Galileo connectivity on Dassault Falcon 7X/8X

Gogo Galileo high performance connectivity system can now be installed on the Dassault Falcon 7X and 8X. Dassault Falcon Jet MRO has received Supplemental Type Certificates from both the Federal Aviat...

Metrojet welcomes Asia’s first Bombardier Global 8000 to its managed fleet

Metrojet Limited announced the arrival of Asia’s first Bombardier Global 8000 aircraft into its managed fleet, a landmark achievement that reflects the Company’s continued growth...