Buisness aviation news

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced the Gulfstream G700™ aircraft dedicated to testing the cabin experience has flown for the first time and now joins the five other test aircraft already in the steadily maturing certification program.

Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, recently delivered two Bell 407GXi helicopters to Shin-Nihon Helicopters in Japan. With this delivery, Shin-Nihon Helicopters becomes the first Japanese company to purchase and operate the 407GXi aircraft.

Luxaviation Group, one of the largest business aircraft and helicopter operators worldwide, is expanding its global managed fleet with the arrival of a new Bombardier Global 7500 and Embraer Legacy 650.

Global business aviation activity this April is 221% up versus April 2020, and 5% down on April 2019, according to WINGX`s weekly Global Market Tracker. Since the start of the year, business jet and prop activity is now 10% up on same period for 2020, 9% behind same period in 2019.

This month, Flight Attendant wellbeing platform The Crew Collective, announced an industry-changing collaboration with non-profit Mental Health and suicide prevention organisation, We are Hummingbird.

FAI Aviation Group, one of the world’s leading global providers of mission-critical aviation services, has renewed its partnership with world-famous race team, McLaren Racing. Most recently, FAI organised the trip which departed from Farnborough Airport, Hampshire, the UK’s first carbon neutral airport, to Bahrain International Airport for the first race of the season, the Bahrain Grand Prix.

A premiere for Venice-Lido: for the first time, a business jet lands on the grass runway of the airport closest to the world-famous Italian city of Venice. The flight aboard a PC-24 provides the fastest connection ever to Venice and many other cities.

Wheels Up, the leading brand in private aviation, announces an initiative with Bell Textron, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, to lead the industry both in short- and long-term solutions with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL)

Duncan Aviation is pleased to announce the delivery of the 100th pair of Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) blended winglets that the company has installed on a Dassault Falcon aircraft. A Falcon 900EX flew away from the company’s Lincoln, Neb., MRO facility, with the honors late last week

Greenpoint Technologies, a premier business jet interior completion center, accepts delivery of a BBJ MAX 8 from Boeing on behalf of an undisclosed V-VIP client

Bombardier announced today that it is celebrating the completion of the 100th wing for its Global 7500 business jet, a significant milestone for the industry-leading aircraft and for the company’s facility in Red Oak, Texas, where the advanced wing is manufactured

Airbus Helicopters has secured an H160 order from Derazona Helicopters in Indonesia, launching this new rotorcraft in the country’s oil and gas sector. The multi-mission H160 will play an important role in the expansion plans of the Indonesian operator for oil and gas, off-shore, utility and commercial passenger transportation

The European Business Aviation Association, officially announces the launch of its innovative peer-networking Ambassador programme. Alongside the launch of an online platform, the programme allows industry leaders to join closed workshops and forums to address the greatest challenges and opportunities for Business aviation

As demand for the COVID-19 vaccine transportation increases around the world, Embraer has released technical information to assist customers on how its business jets can be optimized to transport these vaccines. Due to the pandemic, operators are considering the possibility of using Embraer aircraft to transport vaccines

TAG Aviation has been officially recognized as the largest Aircraft Operator by the San Marino Aircraft Registry. This represents a great success story for TAG Aviation, bringing its fleet under this Air Operator Certificate (AOC) to 15

Global business aviation activity this April is more than double April 2020, little surprise given the contrasting phases of the pandemic

Air Partner, the global aviation services group, prepares for a busy summer of sport ahead as it anticipates demand for charter flights for teams in what is expected to be nothing short of a triumphant return for major sporting events. Events such as the Tokyo Olympic Games, Euro 2020 and Wimbledon, are likely to take place this year having been postponed following the initial breakout of Covid-19 last year