General Business Aviation News

Not the typical Airbus Corporate jet but here is something electric coming from Airbus none-the-less.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/11/tech/airbus-electric-aircraft/index.html?hpt=hp_c3

The big boys!

http://www.businessinsider.com/airbus-and-boeing-custom-jets-2014-6

NetJets will start taking deliveries for their Bombarider CL605s from next year.

While still at sluggish levels, business aviation traffic has marked its third consecutive month of year-over-year growth in Europe and is now up five out of the last six months. Citing Eurocontrol figures, the European Business Aviation Association notes that traffic has improved "but only just." In the U.S., meanwhile, traffic continues to strengthen, according to Argus. The researcher reports that traffic was up 1.9% in May.

Altitude Aerospace Interiors marked the first quarter 2014 with the customer delivery of its first green Boeing Business Jet completion, and the center is already at work outfitting a second green BBJ at its facilities in Auckland, New Zealand.

Not news but one of the first videos I have seen of one of NetJets new Bombardier Global Express 6000 Signature Series in operation.

Signature Flight Support, all-in-one business aviation support.

http://www.signatureflight.com/

This is an older video but it gives you a view in the world of business jet travel.

Video news from Emirates Executive telling you to watch their executive service.

Qatar Executive's answer to Emirates...

Cessna Aircraft, hoping to bring a certified diesel version of the 182, the Turbo Skylane JT-A, into the market in the upcoming weeks, is planning to add a diesel variant of the 172, the Skyhawk JT-A, to the lineup next year.

Cessna expects first deliveries for the all-new Citation Sovereign+ to commence in September.

Andrew Winch designing business jets... private jet designs.

http://www.andrew-winch-designs.co.uk/en/portfolio/aviation/

Signature Flight Support announced that it has acquired the assets of FBO 2000. These include the latter’s location at Antigua/St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda (ANU), as well as those at Charlestown, Nevis (NEV) and Basseterre, St Kitts (SKB), both in St Kitts and Nevis. The newly rebranded Signature Antigua boasts an executive terminal that includes a lounge and offices, plus two hangars. The operation will continue to offer aircraft-to-yacht service. Signature notes that this specialized high-end service increases the island’s desirability as a luxury leisure travel destination.

Signature Nevis and St Kitts both have customs and immigration offices and offer passenger handling and other services for expedited clearance. This strategic acquisition by Signature adds three locations to the company’s Caribbean network of locations, which include San Juan/Isla Grande, Puerto Rico (SIG) and Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles (SXM). Signature Antigua and St Kitts have sizable ramp space and provide an option for remote parking for customers traveling to Sint Maarten at peak times.

Business jet buyers are expected to take delivery of 675 new aircraft worth about USD$20.5 billion this year, a slight rise over deliveries worth USD$20 billion 2013. The outlook for the next decade shows demand for 9,450 jets worth about USD$280 billion. That's up from 9,250 jets worth USD$250 billion in last years' long-range forecast, Honeywell International said.

The official unveiling of Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PW800 turbofan at the 2014 edition of the NBAA convention demarcated a shift in the provision of engines for the world of long-range business jets!

Three global investment firms have launched a new leasing service – dubbed Global Jet Capital – with more than $2 billion in available financing catering to the large-cabin, long-range business jet market. The Boca Raton, Florida-based firm will be aimed at filling a perceived gap in in business jet financing services as some traditional lending sources have become last active over the last three years, says Shawn Vick, chairman of Global Jet Capital’s executive committee. “The conditions are right for asset-based structured financing services,” Vick says. Global Jet Capital will offer a broad range of financial services on new and used business jets, including operating and interim leases, finance leases and mortgage loans, progress payments and mezzanine financing, the company says.

Basle-based MRO and large aircraft completion specialists, AMAC Aerospace, have been appointed exclusive Sales Distributor in the Middle East for the Pilatus PC-24 mid-light business jet. The agreement will cover Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Yemen, Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain, Qatar, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and Turkey.

We know Sukhoi for their endeavours into the smaller end of the commercial jet market. Here they are presenting a business jet version. The video is very nice showcasing the possibilities.

NetJets pilots are upset about an alleged effort by the fractional-ownership giant to use Twitter and other social media to impersonate union members as part of a would-be plot to "weaken and ultimately destroy the union." Lawyers are suing NetJets Aviation over the alleged action directed against the 3,000-member NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots. The complaint, filed by the San Francisco law firm Kronenberg Rosenfeld LLP in U.S. District Court in Southern Ohio, claims that the fractional operator set up Twitter accounts that encouraged union members to "violate federal labor laws" and bait them into "supporting unlawful job actions." The lawsuit also alleges NetJets attempted to interfere with union elections, and in one Twitter message even threatened to blacklist pilots from other flying jobs if they left NetJets. (FLYING)