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Flying Colours rolls out Satcom Direct Router (SDR) installations

Flying Colours Corp. will be attending Middle East and North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) 2016, having announced it has completed its first installations of the Satcom Direct router (SDR). The first was fitted as part of a Global 5000 cabin refurbishment package, and the second as pa...

UK's first elevated rooftop helipad with Deck Integrated Fire Fighting System certified to UK CAA standards

The UK’s first onshore elevated helipad with a Deck Integrated Fire Fighting System (DIFFS) at Kings College Hospital London has been certified to UK CAA CAP 1264 by CAA International (CAAi). The construction phase of the helipad was managed by Watts Group Limited during a period when UK be...


TAG Farnborough Airport achieves Silver Green Apple Environment Award

TAG Farnborough Airport has been presented with a Silver 'Green Apple Award' by The Green Organisation at a ceremony held at The House of Commons this month.  The Green Apple Environment Awards, is an annual international campaign designed to recognise and encourage environmental best practice around the world. TAG Farnborough Airport received the Silver Award in recognition of its...

Endorsement From Canada as 328 Support Services GmbH Wins TCCA Approved Status

328 Support Services GmbH (328) has been endorsed by Canada’s Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) with the award of broad maintenance approval. It allows 328 to undertake modifications and repairs on any Canadian registered Dornier 328 aircraft, from avionic installations to complete aircraft conversions. The approval also enables 328 to distribute new, used or repaired Dornier 328 spare...

Lufthansa Technik re-delivers second completed BBJ to Royal Jet

Cabin Interior designed by New York based Edése Doret The completion specialists in the Lufthansa Technik VIP & Special Mission Aircraft Services division have re-delivered the second Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) to Royal Jet, the leading VVIP charter operator in the Middle East. Like the first aircraft, which was re-delivered in October, the second completion was finished on time af...

TRU Simulation + Training to Deliver Avionics Training Systems for Bell Helicopter's 407GX and 412EPI

TRU Simulation + Training Inc.announced that it will provide Bell Helicopter’s Training Academy with avionics bench training systems for the Bell 407GX and Bell 412EPI helicopters. These two training systems are expected to be delivered to Bell Helicopter, also a Textron Inc. company, in the summer of 2017. These modern maintenance training devices will ensure that Bell Helicopter tr...

Daher's external paint scheme configurator for TBM 900 and TBM 930 very fast turboprop aircraft now available on iTunes App Store

Daher announced the release of a new iPad application that allows future TBM 900 and TBM 930 owners to customize the paint scheme of their very fast turboprop aircraft, while also enabling TBM fans to visualize the airplane of their dreams. This free-of-charge application displays a full 3D view of the TBM that enables the aircraft to be seen from all angles. For each area defined by one of Dah...

Gulfstream Continues Sonic-boom Mitigation Research

Gulfstream Aerospace continues to pursue technologies that would enable building a supersonic business jet (SSBJ). The company has logged two new patents for sonic-boom mitigation technologies in the past two months alone. Queried about the new patents, a company spokeswoman told AIN, “Gulfstream has a small team committed to researching sonic-boom mitigation. We also continue to work t...

Inside the secret world of celebrity travel and private jets

Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian and every other A-lister in between – their Instagrams are full of private jet selfies and videos. But what’s it really like inside this world of elite travel? And is it even remotely affordable? I went to Farnborough TAG Airport as a guest of Volanteus, who have chartered jets for everyone from politicians to pop stars, Hollywood royalty t...

Airbus Helicopters delivers final EC135 T2+ for Australian military training program

Airbus Helicopters has achieved Factory Acceptance of the last six of the EC135 T2+ for the Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) for the Australian Defence Force (ADF), completing on-time deliveries of the full fleet of 15 helicopters. Under the JP9000 Phase 7 HATS project, a new joint helicopter training program for Navy and Army aircrew will utilise 15 EC135 T2+ helicopters, along with f...

Charterscanner begins integration with VIS - VIPPORT Information Service

Charterscanner has signed a cooperation agreement with the VIS system, a service which allows tracking the flight status at the terminal of Vnukovo-3 in real time. This platform is developing and has already been connected to 12 airports of business aviation in Russia. Today the users of VIS are operators, owners of business jets, as well as some brokers. Now the system will be also available f...

Pioneers of the Russian Business Aviation Market Getting the Wings of Business Award

The Organizing Committee of the Wings of Business National Award in the field of business aviation has announced candidates for the Award 2016 in the special nominations ‘The Company – Legend’ and ‘The Person –Legend’. The nominees for this prestigious Award were selected by the Board of the Russian United Business Aviation Association (RUBAA). They are those wh...

TAG Aviation's Mobile Repair Team Network Sees Surge in Demand for Maintenance Services Support

TAG Aviation’s Maintenance Services’ Mobile Repair Team (MRT) has witnessed a significant rise in critical response activities since the unique MRT network in Western Europe was launched just over a year ago.  TAG’s dedicated MRT experts can be dispatched to provide AOG support from any one of its eight European Maintenance Services Centres within hours of any reported issu...

JetSmarter's inaugural JetShuttle flight from Dubai to London takes off December 1st

JetSmarter has announced the launch of the first-ever shared, private JetShuttle flight that will connect Europe and the Middle East, offering JetSmarter members single-seat trips on flights between Dubai and London.  The Dubai to London JetShuttle flight, which will carry passengers on Legacy 650 aircrafts, departs from Dubai on Thursdays at 8:30PM, and flights from London to Dubai will b...

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EH216-S completes Central Asia’s first pilotless human-carrying eVTOL flight in the heart of Kazakhstan’s capital

EHang flagship EH216-S successfully completed Central Asia’s first pilotless human-carrying flight of an eVTOL aircraft in Astana, Kazakhstan. During the Games of the Future 2026, the...

Honda Aircraft Company associates celebrate 20 years of aviation innovation

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Where performance meets preparedness — General Aviation Service’s approach to high season success

Summer high season in Spain is always a defining period for general aviation sector, and this year is no exception. With the first two months already behind us, preliminary results are offering a clea...

Honda Aircraft Company celebrates type validation of HondaJet Elite II in Brazil at LABACE 2026

Honda Aircraft Company announced first delivery of HondaJet Elite II in Brazil, marking a significant milestone in the company’s continued commitment to general aviation in South America. The de...

Eve Air Mobility achieves first transition flight milestone, advancing eVTOL program toward wing-borne flight

Eve Air Mobility completed its first partial transition flight, marking an important milestone in the development and testing of the company' eVTOL aircraft. The flight involved the acti...

Introducing latest-generation TBM to a major business aviation market - Daher Aircraft delivers the first TBM 980 in Brazil

The first TBM 980 for a Brazilian customer delivered by Daher Aircraft, marking the introduction of this newest fast and efficient turboprop-powered airplane in a market where the TBM family continues...

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FAI strengthens long-range charter fleet with second Global 6000 in a year

FAI rent-a-jet has further strengthened its fleet with the addition of a Bombardier Global 6000 (D-AFAN, MSN 9471). The acquisition was completed just five weeks after the LOI was signed, underli...

SkyDrive signs Australia’s first eVTOL agreement with Gold Coast Helitours

SkyDrive signed a Letter of Intent with Gold Coast Helitours, a premier helicopter operator based in the Gold Coast, Australia. This milestone agreement represents SkyDrive's first LOI w...

Textron Aviation celebrates 500th Cessna Citation CJ4 delivery as Gen3 era advances

Textron Aviation delivered the 500th delivery of a Cessna Citation CJ4 series business jet, underscoring more than a decade of customer confidence in the company’s largest light jet an...