Buisness aviation news

Courchevel altiport nestles in the heart of the french alps, right next to the ski resort. The airfield sits at 6,585 feet (2,007 metres), home to the world's steepest paved runway in the world, with a gradient of 18.60 percent. The altiport is considered demanding, requiring a skilled pilot and a capable machine. This site offers the sort of conditions under which the PC-12 can perform to its potential!

Jet Edge International (“Jet Edge” or the “Company”), a global leader in full-service private aviation responsible for operating the largest fleet of managed Challenger and Gulfstream aircraft in the United States, and KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced that credit funds and accounts managed by KKR have agreed to provide a credit facility of up to $150 million to Jet Edge.

ExecuJet, business aircraft and helicopter operator, is announcing the opening of a fixed-base operation (FBO) services in Tel Aviv, Israel. The FBO is managed in partnership with leading Israeli aviation and tourism company Flyeast and will be part of the luxury Fattal Terminal at Ben Gurion Airport.

UTG Private Aviation, fix-based operator (FBO) at Domodedovo airport, has started the first stage of a full-scale renovation of current business aviation terminal. Renovation will be completed by the end of 2022. At the same time new terminal construction project is scheduled.

Owning a private aircraft is the ultimate status symbol for the high-net-worth individuals and also a perfect tool to solve business travel needs for corporate clients. They open up the glamorous side of air travel – but all of this comes at a high cost.

Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions, Inc. (Eve) and Halo have announced a partnership focused on developing Urban Air Mobility (UAM) products and services in the United States and the United Kingdom.

In a report titled 'Private jets: can the super rich supercharge zero-emission aviation?', Brussels-based NGO Transport & Environment, goes into depth on the evolution of Business aviation emissions in recent years and suggests that there are few arguments to be made in defending the existence of the sector.

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Flight Consulting Group has joined the German Business Aviation Association (GBAA) that has more than 90 members representing the leaders of the European business aviation market. The membership in the GBAA will help Flight Consulting Group to strengthen its position in Europe, expand its services across the key region – Germany, and join forces with the GBAA members for the success of the business aviation industry.

Beacon announced that it has signed an agreement with ABS Jets, an executive operator and maintenance organization from the Czech Republic. The agreement is focused on integrating Beacon as its dedicated maintenance coordination platform to accelerate return-to-service time.

The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) announced FlightSafety International has joined as an IBAC Industry Partner. The alliance between the two organizations began more than a decade ago when they co-developed a series of e-learning courses on the International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) and Safety Management Systems (SMS), hosted by FlightSafety.

The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), based in Brussels, Belgium, has accepted the International Aircraft Dealers Association (IADA) as a full voting member. EBAA is the leading organization for operators of business aircraft in Europe.

Airbus Helicopters, in cooperation with DRF Luftrettung, has performed the first retrofit of a four-bladed H145 into the new five-bladed version. The helicopter, an H145 of the German HEMS operator, was first delivered in 2018 and will be deployed at DRF’s base in Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany.

With rapid vaccine rollouts and loosening restrictions in some of private aviation’s core markets, charter demand is returning as we head into summer. Elsewhere, lockdowns remain in place and leisure demand is some way off. In this article, Avinode will look at global demand and pricing patterns, with particular focus on the USA and Europe.

Jet Aviation announced that it has redelivered the first-ever VVIP cabin interior completed on a BBJ 737-8 to an undisclosed customer.

EUROCONTROL has issued a new forecast looking at the possible evolution of domestic and international air traffic in Europe over the coming four years taking into account the expected evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report’s key finding is that traffic is not expected to reach 2019 levels until 2024 at the earliest.

The PT6 E-Series™ engine may be the new kid on the General Aviation block, but it’s already celebrating a milestone – 100 engines produced. It was the work of our engineers, manufacturing teams, and the staff at our Lethbridge (Alberta, Canada) PT6 Centre of Excellence that made the rapid ramp-up of the production line a flawless effort.

Havaş, experienced brand in ground handling services, extends its partnership with FBO RIGA that the Company supports as part of its general aviation operations and undertakes all ground handling and de-icing operations of business jets.