Buisness aviation news

Textron Aviation announced the newest Cessna Citation business jet in the legendary 560XL series — the Cessna Citation Ascend. Unveiled on the eve of this week’s European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE), the Citation Ascend is designed to bring an entirely new cockpit, improved performance and a more luxurious cabin to the midsize business jet market. Attendees will enjoy access to a new Citation Ascend mock up debuting during the show. Currently under development, the aircraft is expected to enter into service in 2025.

Boeing announced today orders for up to four premium, ultra-long-range Boeing Business Jets (BBJ). The orders to undisclosed VIP customers include two BBJ 787-8s, one BBJ 737-7 jet and an option to purchase a BBJ 777-9.

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced the all-new ultralong-range Gulfstream G800 has made its Continental debut, arriving in Geneva for the 2023 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE2023).

Honda Aircraft Company today debuted the company’s latest innovation, the HondaJet Elite II, for the first time at the 2023 European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland.

FAI Aviation Group, Germany’s leading global provider of mission-critical aviation services, offering fixed-wing air ambulance, special missions, charter and aircraft management, as well as full MRO services returns to EBACE this week in buoyant mood.  The company, now in its 36th year, opened FAI Technik’s new maintenance base at Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) in February and business has kept solid into 2023 across its business.

Honeywell launched the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industry’s first certification reference guide across key vehicle segments. Complex regulations are being developed to enable the certification and operations of crewed and uncrewed AAM vehicles designed to transport people and cargo. Until now, there had been no place these regulations had been comprehensively tracked.

With 50 percent of the TFE731-powered Learjets in Australia enrolled with EAP, the company is poised for further international growth based on its responsive service, robust rental engine pool and significant spare parts inventory.

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Flying Colours Corp., the North American maintenance, repair, overhaul, and completions business, is attracting increased interest from European business aircraft owners and operators seeking a single source of capabilities for multi-faceted maintenance and refurbishment work.

Nearly six months on from ALTEA’s insight into the pre-owned business jet marketplace, the specialist consulting firm examines their predictions as the business aviation industry plans to gather at EBACE (European Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition) in Geneva in just a few days’ time.

UAS  has entered a strategic partnership with flight support solutions provider Flystar that will see UAS expand its global network of onsite supervisors into the heart of the Balkans.  

TAG Aviation has added 4 new aircraft to its European fleet so far this year.  They include a Bombardier Global 7500, Gulfstream 550 and 2 Embraer Phenom 300E’s.  The G7500 & G550 will be based in the UK operated privately, the Phenom 300E’s will be available for charter one in Geneva and one in Zurich. 

Spectrum Aeromed and Fargo Jet Center (FJC) continue to strengthen their partnership in providing turnkey air ambulance solutions for customers around the world.

Sirio S.p.A. and SEA Prime - a company of the SEA Group which, with the Milano Prime brand, is a leading business aviation airport manager in Italy and in Europe – have today unveiled a new, state-of-the-art hangar at Milan Linate Prime airport. The facility, called Hangar X, represents a major infrastructure growth milestone for SEA Prime and Sirio, a management and maintenance company, which provides the European maintenance services for sister company Flexjet’s fleet.

Textron Aviation announced today expanded support for business jet customers in Europe with the addition of a new Cessna Citation CJ3+/Cessna Citation M2 Gen2 Convertible Full-Flight Simulator in the region. The new simulator is scheduled to be ready for training at FlightSafety International’s Farnborough, England Learning Center in January 2025.

Vista Global Holding (Vista), the world’s leading global private aviation group, provides an update on Q1 2023, with high double-digit growth and strong sales momentum in 2022 continuing to prevail through 2023.

The Satcom Direct Plane Simple Ku-band tail-mounted Antenna System has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) supplemental type certification (STC) approvals for Falcon 7X aircraft.

Honeywell  has successfully completed the first flight of its Honeywell Anthem integrated flight deck using Honeywell's Pilatus PC-12 test aircraft. Although Honeywell Anthem has been in flight test for more than a year and has accumulated more than 120 hours of flight time, this flight was the first managed by the next-generation avionics.

Croatian business aviation operator Jung Sky has boosted its operations with another Cessna 525A CJ2 aircraft and now has three CJ2s in the fleet.