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Sonoma Jet Center champions sustainable aviation with Green Fuel Day Event

In an ambitious stride toward sustainable aviation, Sonoma Jet Center at Charles M. Schulz – Sonoma County Airport (KSTS), announces its upcoming Green Fuel Day Celebration on April 18, 2024. This event underscores the commitment of Sonoma Aviation, the parent company of Sonoma...

Bombardier becomes only manufacturer to disclose environmental impact of its entire aircraft portfolio

Bombardier became the only business jet manufacturer to ever disclose the scientifically-analyzed environmental impact of its entire product portfolio. The publication of an Environmental Product Declaration for its Challenger 650business jet is the crowning milestone to Bombardier’s...


AutoFlight delivers first electric air taxi to customer in Japan

AutoFlight officially delivered its first Prosperity aircraft to a customer in Japan, marking the world’s inaugural delivery of a civilian ton-class eVTOL aircraft. The five-seater Prosperity aircraft was handed over to the customer, a pioneering Advanced Air Mobility operator in Japan. The operator, to be identified in due course, is currently developing plans...

ExecuJet MRO Services Australia completes heaviest maintenance check on Global Express

ExecuJet MRO Services Australia has completed its first 20-year maintenance check on a Global Express, the heaviest check one can do on this aircraft type. The work, which was carried out at ExecuJet’s facility at Melbourne’s Essendon Airport, is the heaviest airframe maintenance check one can do on a Global Express, because the oldest aircraft of this type are around 24 years old...

NTSB releases photos of fractured CitationJet wingtip following Tampa incident

Almost exactly one year after an event in Tampa, Florida the NTSB has posted detailed documents and photos related to the March 30, 2024 incident where a CitationJet safely landed with nearly 70 inches of wingtip missing. The package from the NTSB includes a detailed Systems Factual Report which details extensive testing of the Tamarack equipment. Testing and inspection revealed “n...

Gogo Galileo global broadband coming to European operators

Gogo Business Aviation announced it is partnering with Atlas Air Service AG to develop the first European Supplemental Type Certificate for the Gogo Galileo HDX antenna for the Cessna CitationJet series of light jet aircraft and another STC for the Embraer Phenom 300. The STCs will cover more than 2,600 total aircraft in operation today worldwide, comprised of more than 1,850 Citati...

Desert Jet partners with TITAN Aviation Fuels to offer SAF at its Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport FBO

Desert Jet announces its latest sustainability initiative. The company has partnered with TITAN Aviation Fuels to establish the supply of SAF at its flagship FBO, Desert Jet Center at KTRM, including using SAF for its charter aircraft fleet. The partnership is part of Desert Jet's commitment to sustainability and reducing its carbon footprint. With the addition of SAF at its FBO...

Dassault expands global MRO footprint with new ExecuJet facility in Kuala Lumpur

Dassault Aviation has opened a major new maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that will greatly enhance service for Falcon operators in Southeast Asia. Operating under the ExecuJet brand, the state-of-the-art factory service center will be able to support 10-15 aircraft at one time, including Dassault’s largest aircraft, the Falcon 6X, which recently ent...

Gulfstream G700 officially received FAA certification

All-new Gulfstream G700 has received Federal Aviation Administration type certification, paving the way for customer deliveries of the most spacious aircraft in business aviation. The G700 FAA certification also confirmed two new performance improvements, giving customers increased flexibility and airport availability: a balanced field length takeoff distance of 5,995 feet/1,827 meters a...

Gogo testing for Global Broadband Antenna achieves major milestone

Gogo Business Aviation has achieved another important milestone with its Gogo Galileo global broadband service completing end-to-end connectivity using the HDX antenna on the fully deployed Eutelsat OneWeb Low Earth Orbit satellite network. Gogo Galileo remains on track for commercial launch later this year. In February, Gogo received the first fully constructed engin...

Phenix Jet Cayman (Hong Kong) sets new World Speed Record aboard a Bombardier Global 7500

Phenix Jet Cayman (Hong Kong) in collaboration with Bombardier has proudly set a new World Speed Record on March 6th, 2024. The historic flight from Phoenix, Arizona, USA, to Paris, France was completed in a record time of 8 hours 55 minutes and achieved an impressive top speed of over 1,030 km/hr, showcasing the unrivaled performance of the Global 7500 and the Phenix Jet Cayman operations team....

ALOFT AeroArchitects to equip BBJ aircraft with Eutelsat OneWeb LEO satellite connectivity service

ALOFT AeroArchitects, Boeing Business Jet experts, has selected Eutelsat OneWeb to deliver high-speed, low-latency broadband connectivity for the ultimate passenger experience aboard their client aircraft. Under the agreement, ALOFT will equip a private BBJ aircraft with Eutelsat OneWeb’s revolutionary LEO satellite connectivity service. The service will be facilitated by a ne...

Dubai-based company takes flight with landmark order for over 100 Flying Cars

Aviterra, a Dubai-based company concluded a deal with PAL-V to bring flying cars to the Middle East and Africa. Aviterra is acquiring over 100 PAL-V Liberty flying cars, making an investment, and formalizing a partnership for the Middle East and Africa. Aviterra, run and backed by one of the founders of Jetex, a global leader in executive aviation, sees PAL-...

NTSB reversal on Indiana Citation jet accident - interview with Jacob Klinginsmith, Tamarack Aerospace Group

Following the announcement that NTSB has reversed its previous conclusions regarding the cause of the crash of a 2018 Cessna CitationJet near Memphis, Indiana, it was a natural move for 50skyshades to reach Jacob Klinginsmith for more information.The original investigation blamed Tamarack's active winglets as the cause of the accident, but the FAA and NSTB reversed that position after evaluati...

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

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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...