ExecuJet Middle East is extending maintenance capabilities at its Line Station, located at Al Maktoum International (DWC), Dubai South and at its recently established India MRO facility, located at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. ExecuJet’s Line Station at DWC is now manned 12 hours a day, seven days a week, providing full line maintenance with essential tooling and grou...
New research(1) from Global Jet Capital, a provider of financing solutions for large-cabin, long-range private jets, reveals that 41% of Europe’s fleet of business aircraft are mid to heavy, and the corresponding figure for the global fleet is 32%. Overall, there are around 1,691 mid to large private jets in Europe and further research shows that the UK dominates this with a market share...
London Executive Aviation (LEA), the UK’s largest business aviation charter operator, is this month celebrating 20 years in business and looking forward to the next stage of its journey as Luxaviation UK, the name change being completed in the coming weeks. Founded in 1996 with a post-war hut in Stapleford, UK and a two-aircraft air taxi service to ferry jockeys between races, founders Pa...
H160 VIP design intentions revealed First letters of intent (LOI) signed after recent commercialisation kick-off Flight test campaign with Arrano engines progressing Airbus Helicopters presents an exclusive first glimpse of the H160 VIP version at this year’s EBACE meeting in Geneva, which will be held from May 24-26. Customers will have the opportunity to experience some of its feat...
TAG Aviation’s Maintenance Service Centre located at Le Bourget Airport in Paris is delighted to announce it has become an Authorised Dealer for Honeywell’s Commercial Aerospace Avionics Products. Under this exciting collaboration and the terms of the 5-year agreement, TAG Aviation is set to provide Honeywell avionics sales and support solutions to its customers worldwide. TAG Aviati...
2016 is proving to be a boom year for private aviation company, Bromma Jet - based in Sweden - so much so that it has now added a Challenger 300 to its fleet of Falcon 7X aircraft. Thanks to its exclusive sales agreement with TAG Aviation, Bromma has recently enjoyed considerable success with its European charter operations. Its 11 and 14 seat Falcon 7Xs are currently located in Paris, which...
Gogo Inc., the leading provider of in-flight connectivity and wireless in-flight entertainment solutions to the global aero market, has added Jet ConneX service for business aircraft operators flying globally. “Gogo is pleased to offer Jet ConneX service to the global business aviation market,” said John Wade, Gogo Business Aviation’s executive vice president and general...
Bombardier introduced a new level of passenger comfort in the Light jet category with the introduction of aLearjet 75 aircraft featuring an innovative pocket door design. The pocket door divides the cabin from the cockpit and galley area and reduces noise levels inside the cabin by up to eight decibels*, while creating a distinct private living space for passengers. The aircraft has...
Airbus is launching a new corporate-jet version of its popular A350 XWB airliner, with Easyfit provisions for cabin-outfitting, expanding its corporate jet family with an aircraft that delivers more capacity, capability and comfort. Called the ACJ350 XWB, it features 270 m2/2,910 ft2 of cabin space in the -900 version. The ultra-long range variant can fly 25 passengers up to 10,800 nm/20,000 km...
Airbus Helicopters Foundation has been providing support to on-going humanitarian relief efforts following the earthquake that hit the Manabi and Esmeraldas regions in Ecuador on 16 April 2016. According to national authorities, this disaster has left more than 20,500 people homeless, and many without water and food supplies. This earthquake is the worst natural disaster that has happened in the c...
Flexjet to become a European-based private jet travel operator Expands Flexjet’s growing international travel capabilities and provides point-to-point private jet travel services within Europe European operations set to begin by Q4 2016 Flexjet LLC offering travelers access to the world’s most luxurious fleet of private jets, today disclosed additional deta...
AMAC Aerospace Switzerland Ltd. is expanding its completion, maintenance, engineering and production services with the acquisition of JCB Aero SAS, a French leader in the luxury design and installation of civil and VIP aircraft interiors. With more than 25 years of expertise, JCB Aero SAS is a key player within the aircraft cabin interior industry. Its core competences are engineering project a...
SKYPRO GROUP, a group of companies operating on the business aviation market since 2006, has finished restructuring of its business that was aimed at expansion of the portfolio of services. As a result, the group is now composed of three independent companies, each of which is now responsible for a particular segment, but the overall management of the group remains the same. Currently SKYPRO GROU...
Headwinds don’t even begin to describe the struggle that original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have been experiencing trying to stimulate market demand for their business aircraft, given the difficult macro economic climate and intense competition at all levels—which explains why virtually all new orders are a big deal and celebrated. Now imagine how Embraer Executive Jets must ha...
India launched a mini unmanned space shuttle on Monday to test the viability of reusable spacecraft. The shuttle will head 43 miles into the atmosphere before dropping down into the sea, the BBC reports. It is not expected to survive in one piece, but will collect data on hypersonic speed and autonomous landing. India has been investing significant rupees in space missions in recent years, l...
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced that its flagship, the Gulfstream G650ER, recently received type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for private operations. The certification recognizes that the world’s longest-range business jet demonstrates compliance with EASA airworthiness and environmental requirements. It is one of the final steps require...
Committed to increasing its physical footprint across the globe by opening and expanding fixed-based operations (FBOs) where there is customer demand, ExecuJet has, this year alone, added five new FBOs to its network and expanded one of its busiest FBOs, bringing its total number of locations to 23 across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australasia and Latin America. ExecuJet is also strengthe...
The HondaJet received type certification today from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Honda Aircraft Company announced the achievement during a press conference at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE), which is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland from May 24 – 26. Steven Higgins, EASA Section Manager for High Performance Aircraft and Turboprops, prese...
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced that the Gulfstream G450 and G550 flew from Savannah to Geneva on a renewable fuel blend to join Gulfstream’s static display at the 2016 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE). In addition to the G450 and G550 flights to EBACE, all of Gulfstream’s Savannah-based demonstration aircraft and the G500 flight-test fle...
Honeywell is celebrating 40 years of providing maintenance service plans for airplane operators and owners of business jets. As one of the world's leading manufacturers of engines and auxiliary power units, Honeywell has designed a program implemented by industry specialists based in more than 180 service centers across 30 countries worldwide. In 1976, the company's first Maintenance Se...
Dassault Aviation’s new flagship, the Falcon 8X, is expecting imminent certification following the successful completion of flight tests and a demanding month long global operational test campaign. FAA and EASA certification of the 6,450 nm/11, 945 km 8X is at mid-year and entry into service by late summer, right on schedule. In late April, Falcon 8X s/n 03 completed a global proving t...
