Buisness aviation news
The Milestone Aviation Group Limited (“Milestone”) announced that it has signed an agreement to sell a 12-helicopter portfolio to Macquarie Rotorcraft.
Daher and Garmin announced the G1000 NXi integrated flight deck retrofit for earlier-production Kodiak 100s, bringing next-generation avionics technology to in-service versions of this multi-role turboprop-powered aircraft.
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced the grand opening of its all-new Beverly Hills, California, sales and design center. The approximately 12,000 square-foot/1,115 square-meter showroom further expands Gulfstream’s customer resources in the Western United States and highlights Gulfstream’s industry leadership in cabin comfort and design.
Reports appeared in the media about a report commissioned by Greenpeace from CE Delft. The report claims that the number of private flights in the EU increased by 64 percent in 2022 and that the number of private flights from Dutch airports increased by 87 percent compared to the previous year.
FlyBlade India (“BLADE India”), a joint venture between Hunch Ventures and Blade Air Mobility, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLDE), and Jaunt Air Mobility LLC (“Jaunt”), an AIRO Group company, announced a strategic partnership aimed at launching electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft operations in India and the subcontinent region by 2027. The partnership includes BLADE India’s intended acquisition of 150 Jaunt Journey aircraft, with an option to order another 100 aircraft to meet the projected demand over the next decade.
A five-blade composite propeller option from Hartzell Propeller is now being offered on Daher’s Kodiak 100 –for both new-production aircraft and as a retrofit.
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Duncan Aviation has showcased a Falcon 900EX that was completely transformed and reconfigured at its full-service MRO facility in Battle Creek, Michigan.
EBACE2023 education sessions will focus on issues of importance to companies operating business aircraft in Europe, including the state of the industry, environmental best practices, advanced air mobility and more. Additional sessions will be added to this schedule in the coming months. Sessions are subject to change.
Dufour Aerospace and Swiss Helicopter AG have signed a Letter of Intent for the purchase of two Aero2 and one Aero3 tilt-wing aircraft. This purchase represents a significant step for Dufour Aerospace as now all major Swiss civil helicopter operators have signed letters of intent with Dufour Aerospace.
Jet Aviation announced today that it has successfully obtained approval from the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) for its Line Maintenance Repair Station in Zurich.
Flexjet, a global leader in private aviation, has welcomed its first super-midsize Sikorsky S-76 helicopter to its European fleet, as it becomes the first private jet operator in Europe to launch an in-house, integrated helicopter division.
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The global luxury travel market is on the rise, as more and more travellers seek exclusive and unique experiences.
Lufthansa Technik AG handed over another new Airbus A350 government aircraft to the German Armed Forces. Prior to this, the modern long-haul jet was ceremonially christened ”Theodor Heuss”, after the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany. Already tomorrow, the aircraft will be ferried from Lufthansa Technik’s Hamburg base to Cologne-Wahn airport to be officially put into political-parliamentary flight service by the German Airforce.
The latest AW09 prototype, designated PS4 and featuring the new Safran Helicopter Engines Arriel 2K engine, performed its maiden flight in Mollis Switzerland on 16 March 2023.
Dubai South, the city’s newest development, has recently broken ground on the Mohammed Bin Rashid Aerospace Hub, which will be home to a state-of-the-art hangar facility for helicopters.
European regulators have approved ExecuJet MRO Services Belgium, to provide line maintenance in other European countries.