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Bombardier Showcasing Challenger 650; Global 6000 At 2016 Singapore Airshow
The Singapore Airshow starts in mid-February (Feb 16-21) and is the region's largest airshow. If you are into both commercial and business jet aviation, this is the show for you. Canadian airframer Bombardier will be at the show and displaying from both their commercial line and executive jet arm. Essentially they will be showcasing a CS100, a Q400 Turboprop, a Challenger 650 and a Global 6000...
Gulfstream G500 Completes Flutter Tests
General Dynamics company Gulfstream Aerospace has reached a significant milestone in the testing phase of their new G500 model. Flutter testing has now been successfully completed for the G500. The G500 test-bed aircraft 'T1' was responsible for conducting these specific tests and were done over the course of 50 flights. “The G500 has accomplished a great deal since we launched the flight-test program in May 2015,” said Dan Nale, senior vice president, Programs, Engineering and Test, Gulfstream. “With three aircraft in flight, the program has surpassed 430 flight-test hours over more than 105 flights...
Profits and Deliveries Rise For Cessna In 2015
Textron Aviation, the over-arching company of Cessna sung praises for its performance in 2015. Both deliveries and profits were up thanks to good performance from Cessna's continued positive turboprop sales with the King Air family and the entry into service of the Cessna Citation Latitude executive jet. To give an idea, Textron Aviation shipped 166 Citation aircraft and of that number 117 of them were Beechcraft King Airs and 16 were of the brand new Citation Latitude. For the same type and same period in 2014, they shipped 159 with 113 of them being King Airs...
First Embraer Legacy in China Delivered To Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan has done it again and what that means is that he has taken delivery of the first Embraer Legacy 500 in China. A couple years ago he took delivery of the first Legacy 650 in China as well. The Embraer brand ambassador now has possession of his new fly-by-wire twin engine jet. “The Legacy 500 features our best-to-date technologies and it incorporates designs that maximize passenger comfort and fuel efficiency,” said Marco Tulio Pellegrini, President & CEO, Embraer Executive Jets. “This new aircraft, along with the Legacy 650 that we already delivered to Mr...
Dassault Falcon 5X Delayed By Two Years
The Snecma Silvercrest engine is at the center of a delay that Dassault Falcon says puts the Falcon 5X program back by two years. The hotly anticipated Dassault Falcon 5X is one of two executive jets the company unveiled in the last two or three years; the other being the 8X model. The 5X was supposed to have made its maiden flight in the latter-half of 2015 but issues with this particular engine started to emerge. The first test jet was rolled out in June of 2015 but now that aircraft is not expected to fly perhaps until sometime in 2017...
NetJets® Acquire Cessna Citation Latitude Business Jets
NetJets®, a Berkshire Hathaway company announced that it has acquired the first of two Cessna Citation Latitude executive demonstrators and gets placed in the Signature Series fleet. The other will naturally follow suit. NetJets® plans to utilize the first aircraft and have it around the United States where it will be showcased to NetJets® owners to demonstrate the leading in-class performance and luxury of the Latitude...
Cirrus SF50 Certification Penned For Mid-2016
Duluth-based airframer Cirrus Aircraft is eyeing Mid-2016 for certification of the SF50 single-engine personal jet. It's been a long hard road for Cirrus trying to bring this aircraft to market but with much-need capital from Chinese company CAIGA, the program was accelerated significantly but it still doesn't deny the long near 10-year development and certification period for the company...
Cessna Citation CJ2+ No Longer In Production
Cessna is no longer offering the Citation CJ2+ in production. The aircraft has basically fallen victim to better-equipped aircraft in its general class in Cessna's lineup namely the CJ3+ and the M2. Additionally, Cessna didn't make upgrades widely available for the CJ2+ so it eventually died a natural death...
2015 Dassault Falcon Deliveries Slump
It hasn't been a very good year for French business jet airframer Dassault Falcon. Just looking at their reported delivery numbers and it would give you an idea. Not only was 2015's figure down on 2014 but 2013 as well. Part of the slump is blamed on lack of orders from markets that previously were strong for them like China, Latin America and Russia. In 2014 the company handed over 68 Falcon jets and 75 in 2013. For 2015 that recently ended, Dassault Falcon only managed 55 deliveries...
Lufthansa Technik Delivers Second VIP BBJ 747-8
As usual, the general public will not know exactly to whom these giant private palaces belong to. We can tell you that the second Boeing Business Jet in the 747-8 model has been completed by Lufthansa Technik -fully outfitted and delivered- for an undisclosed client. These insanely expensive conversions and outfits take quite a while to achieve and realize but there is still a demand for them -albeit small-. Lufthansa Technik are working on a third 747-8 VIP BBJ to be completed in the near future...
Embraer Deliveries Up For 2015 -Slightly-
Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer's executive arm finished up 2015 just slightly better than over the previous year. What defines the term slightly? 2015 yielded 120 executive aircraft delivered to clients all around the globe. Sounds great but this figure was only four better than the 2014 figure of 116 aircraft. However, it is alot better than coming-in under your previous year's performance...
Longest Flight By Embraer Lineage 1000 Made By Al Jaber Aviation
Both Al Jaber Aviation and Embraer Executive Jets have been propelled into the record books after an Embraer Lineage 1000 operated by the same Al Jaber Aviation completed the longest flight ever flown by that aircraft type. The Lineage 1000 is the executive/VIP version of the popular E190 regional jet platform by Embraer. The aircraft, registered as A6-AJI, flew from Beijing, China to the Al Bateen Executive Airport...
HondaJet LightJet Starts Deliveries To Customers
Honda Aircraft company formally announced yesterday that they have commenced deliveries of the HondaJet. The announcement comes on the heels of recently being granted full type certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on December 8th, 2015. “We are very excited to commence deliveries of the HondaJet, fulfilling Honda’s commitment to advancing human mobility through innovation,” said Honda Aircraft Company President and CEO Michimasa Fujino...
Embraer Legacy 450 Deliveries Start
Just yesterday, Brazilian executive jet airframer Embraer announced that they have started to deliver their newest jet model, the Legacy 450. The first aircraft has gone to a United States based company called LMG. LMG is an industry leader delivering show technology for corporate meetings, trade shows, live broadcasts and specialty events. The U.S. provider of video, audio, lighting and audiovisual support is headquartered in Orlando, with additional offices in Las Vegas, Nashville, Dallas and Detroit. The delivery could not come at a better time of the year as LMG now has their Christmas present in hand...
Executive Airshare Receives 30th Phenom 300 From Embraer
Fractional Ownership type company Executive Airshare in the last few days received its 30th Phenom 300 light jet from Brazilian airframer Embraer. This particular aircraft is also the final Phenom 300 that was delivered to them from the Brazil plant and to mark the special occasion, the aircraft includes colours of the Brazilian flag as well as that of the United States flag in the livery. Any other future Phenom 300s for Executive Airshare will come from Embraer's Melbourne, Florida plant. Executive Airshare placed a new firm order for five Phenom 300s in 2015...
Aerion Hunts For U.S-based Factory Site For AS2 Production
Aerion is looking to set-up their manufacturing facilities for the AS2 Supersonic executive jet in the United States and has formally begun searching for sites suitable for that purpose. Of course a number of factors, specific to Aerion's preference will dictate where the factory and associated sites are to be located...
Cabin Connectivity Upgrade For GV; GIV Approved By FAA
The older aircraft in the Gulfstream model fleet are still receiving love even as though the newest models –like the G650/ER G500 and 600- are having a lot of the attention of late. In particular, we are referring to the Gulfstream V and the Gulfstream IV. They aren’t that old but they have been around for a while now and the cabin is where passengers exist on long sectors and it is important for a luxurious but also intuitive cabin...
Aerion Picks Axon Aviation In Russia For AS2 Jet Sales
Many do not believe the serious nature of the venture that Aerion is pursuing with the Aerion AS2 supersonic business jet concept. Aerion is trying to prove the naysayers wrong by giving people something to hold on to every now and then. Their latest move is appointing another sales agent, this time in Russia! Axon Aviation has been the lucky holder of that title and will now be responsible for the exclusive representation of this company and the jet in that region. Already there are two other exclusive sales agents strategically hand-picked, in China and in Central America...
Bombarder Receives Purchase Order From ZettaJet
Canadian executive jet airframer Bombardier recently received a purchase order from Zetta Jet for a Global 6000 business jet. Great news but it doesn’t end there. Zetta Jet along with the purchase has options for four more Global 6000’s. If they were to exercise all options in the future it could potentially net Bombardier 318 million U.S dollars based on current 2015 prices. Zetta Jet is currently in expansion mode and recently acquired a brand new Bombardier Global 5000 aircraft. “Our mission is to offer our guests the ultimate private jet experience,” said Geoffery Cassidy, Managing Director, Zetta Jet...
First Phenom 100E Jet By Embraer Delivered To China
WanFeng Aviation in China is now the first operator of the Embraer Phenom 100E in that country, thanks to the recent delivery. WanFeng Aviation is a subsidiary of the WanFeng Auto Holdings Group in China and is expected to transport its passengers in style and comfort...
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