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DC Aviation Al-Futtaim to start offering jet fuel from its hangar and lounge facility at Dubai South

Starting this month, DC Aviation Al-Futtaim (DCAF), the joint venture between DC Aviation Group and Al-Futtaim, is offering its private and business jet clients competitively priced jet fuel from their base in Dubai South at Al Maktoum International Airport. With the addition of this new service,...

Happy Design Studio creates the CARBONEUM Livery Design

Created by Didier Wolff, Happy Design Studio’s owner, specially for the Bombardier Global 6000, CARBONEUM has been created with speed and power in mind. Enhanced by honeycomb patterns, the engines show elegance and technology, the overall Ferrari grey colour adds a touch of supremacy to the de...


Dynamic Jet Charter and Global Air Charters Forge New Partnership

Dynamic Jet Charter is pleased to announce a partnership with Global Air Charters, a global private jet charter and management company. The new partnership will allow the firms to support continual efforts to optimize marketplace customer needs. Dynamic Jet Charter will outsource aircraft to accommodate client trips and be able to assist clients requesting heavy jet lift with in-house...

Bell 525 Relentless resumes flight test program

Bell Helicopter announced the Bell 525 Relentless program has resumed flight test activity after receiving experimental certificate renewal from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). “Today we have resumed a key element of the Bell 525 program,” said Mitch Snyder, president and CEO. “Bell Helicopter has worked with the National Transportation Safety Bo...

RUAG repaints Bombardier Global Express XRS with unique and detailed Carboneum design

The aircraft painting facility at the RUAG Aviation one-stop shop in Munich has repainted a Bombardier Global Express XRS, on behalf of long-time customer SBK Holding Ltd. The RUAG one-stop shop services optimised the downtime associated with a scheduled 15-month inspection. SBK Holding Ltd chose a full repaint of their eight-year-old aircraft to express their own dynamic and innovative image...

Flying Colours Corp. completes its first Honeywell JetWave™ Ka-Band installation

The Flying Colours Corp. avionics team has completed its first installation of the Honeywell JetWave™ Ka-Band satellite communications system. Work on attaching the LRU’s, radome and tail mounted antenna has just finished at the company’s Peterborough, Ontario facility, making it one of the first Bombardier Aerospace Authorized Service Facilities, ASF, to fit the system. The conn...

Falcon 5X First Flight

Dassault Aviation’s all-new Falcon 5X has made its first flight, allowing the ultra wide body twinjet to embark on a limited number of preliminary flight tests before the commencement of the full fledged flight test campaign, scheduled to begin next year. The aircraft took off from Dassault’s Bordeaux-Mérignac final assembly facility with test pilots Philippe Deleume and...

DC Aviation Announces Sale of its Foundation Airbus and its Continued Operation for the New Owner

DC Aviation, headquartered in Stuttgart, announces that it sold its „foundation aircraft“, an Airbus A319 CJ, with which it originally started its operation, and that it will continue to operate and maintain the aircraft for the new owner. From 1999 through 2008 DC Aviation was a subsidiary of the DaimlerChrysler AG managing the regular shuttle traffic between the two corporate head...

VistaJet accelerates growth and continues to disrupt business aviation with Program membership

Program Membership sales up a record 57% and customer retention hits 91% VistaJet registers yet another record growth quarter, after reaching global scale with the completion of its investment plan. For the 3 months to the 30th June: +51% total flight-hours sold year-on-year in Q2 2017 Program Membership revenue achieves record 63% of total revenue (up from 55% in the previous quarte...

Strong 2017 Mid-year results for Avinco with 18 helicopter transactions

Avinco again demonstrated its unaltered ability to perform steadily in spite of global market challenges. 18 helicopters transactions were achieved in the first semester of 2017, of which 2 from its own portfolio. Despite a challenging market in the first half of 2017 Avinco placed a wide range of helicopters of which EC120, AS350’s,H125, BK117,  EC145, AS365’s;  EC...

AfBAA and CAASA collaborate to support African Business Aviation development

The African Business Aviation Association has further strengthened its relationship with the Commercial Aviation Association of South Africa, CAASA, by adding a dedicated CAASA Pavilion to this year’s inaugural AfBAC EXPO event. A dedicated exhibition area will provide the association with a platform from which to host its own members, and will form part of the wider international business a...

JetClass Takes Off on 1st July 2017

JetClass, a non-subscription travel service that aims to reinvent the business class flying experience, launched its services on 1st July. To selected destinations, travellers can now book a seat on a private jet for the same price as an average business class ticket. The innovative service, which is the first of its kind, is operated by an artificial intelligence that can predict demand and manag...

AviaAM Leasing delivers Boeing 737 business jet for KlasJet

AviaAM Leasing, a Warsaw Stock Exchange listed global aviation holding company, engaged in the business of commercial aircraft acquisition, leasing and sales, has announced having delivered Boeing 737 business jet on an operating agreement to European business aviation company KlasJet. Having acquired the Boeing 737-500 in November 2016, AviaAM Leasing became the third owner of the aircraf...

Airbus Helicopters’ H215 kicks off its debut demo tour in China

The heavy twin H215 helicopter, a member of the world-renowned Super Puma family, is demonstrating its multi-mission capabilities for firefighting, power line missions, law enforcement, and passenger transportation as well as its excellent performance in high and hot conditions during its debut demo tour in China. Kicking off the two-week long tour with demo flights today in Zhuhai, the H215 wi...

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From flagship aircraft to best-in-class support: Bombardier's NBAA-BACE 2026 experience

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Elevating Nevis: Premier Mark Brantley on aviation, tourism and economic transformation

Few infrastructure projects have the potential to reshape an island's future quite like the ongoing transformation of Nevis Airport. To gain deeper insight into this ambitious development and the...

BPE Air reports nearly US$90 million in 2025 revenue as Aldrew Crowe advances integrated aviation platform

BPE Air, the aviation company founded and wholly owned by entrepreneur Aldrew Crowe, reported approximately US$90 million in revenue in 2025, marking a major milestone in the growth of its integrated...

AMAC Aerospace records strong business growth as new contracts and approvals drive demand across core services

AMAC Aerospace Group continues to experience strong business momentum, marked by new certifications, contract wins and rising demand across its maintenance, completion and aircraft modification activi...

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First production Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 rolls out, marking major step toward entry into service

Textron Aviation has marked a key milestone in the development of the Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 with the rollout of the program’s first production aircraft. The achievement brings the next-g...

Dassault brings EASy IV upgrade to Falcon 2000 series, extending its latest standard to the best-selling family

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Celebrating 10 years of the Vision Jet, the aircraft that changed personal aviation

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