Category Archives: Business Aviation

NetJets is to purchase up to 1,500 additional Cessna Citation business jets from Textron over the next 15 years. This agreement extends NetJets’ existing fleet agreement and includes options for an increasing number of aircraft each year, enabling NetJets to expand its fleet with Cessna Citation Ascend, Citation Latitude and Citation Longitude aircraft. Equally excitingRead More

Gulfstream says its record-setting G700 exceeds expectations in speed and range. In the cabin, the lowest cabin altitude in business aviation has been further reduced. During certification flying, the Gulfstream G700 has demonstrated increases in range and speed as well as improvements in cabin altitude. Range has increased to 7,750 nm/14,353 km at Mach 0.85,Read More

ExecuJet MRO Services Australia is preparing entry into service of Falcon 6X by investing in tooling and training. This will provide line maintenance for Dassault’s new flagship flying into Australia and New Zealand. ExecuJet has been sending maintenance engineers from Australia to Dassault in France and the US for type-rating and technical training on theRead More

Textron Aviation is introducing an upgrade for its Beechcraft King Air 260 and 360 turboprops: CoolView windows that will minimize heat transfer into the cabin on the ramp and offer comfort and cabin cooling for passengers. Beginning in early 2024, all new King Air aircraft will be first in the category to be equipped withRead More

Bader bin Saleh Alsagri, Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative at ICAO has been named as the new president of the UN organization’s aviation security committee The announcement was made in the sixth session of the organization council’s 229th session, held in Montreal, Canada, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The most important tasks of the committeeRead More

DC Aviation Al-Futtaim has completed its first 60 months maintenance check on a Bombardier Global 6000 aircraft. The aircraft which is owned by a private customer underwent its first heavy maintenance check at DCAF’s hangar at Al Maktoum International Airport. The maintenance inspection was the largest undertaken by the DCAF team, involving over 2,000 man-hoursRead More

During the Paris Air Show, Dassault Aviation announced its selection of Honeywell’s Aspire 350 satellite communications system for its fleet of Falcon aircraft. The agreement between Honeywell and Dassault entails forward fit and aftermarket retrofit applications of the system on Dassault’s Falcon family, including the F900, F2000, F7X, F8X, F6X and F10X. “Staying connected isRead More

Alpine Air is excited to join forces with Aura Aero to reduce emissions and increase the efficiency of next-gen aircraft. It looks forward to operating the ERA across its North American customer base. Alpine Air Express, a Part 135 on demand air cargo operator, has signed a memorandum of understanding for Aura Aero’s electric-thrust regionalRead More

Qatar Airways group chief executive, Akbar Al Baker unveiled the new Gulfstream G700 during the first day of the Paris Airshow. The G700 will join Qatar Executive, the Group’s luxury private jet charter division. Qatar Executive became the international launch customer for the G700 in October 2019, and will introduce 10 of the jets intoRead More

Honeywell has developed Honeywell’s Cabin Sentinel, that can be included in Dassault Aviation’s FalconConnect line for new and existing Dassault aircraft. Cabin Sentinel’s suite of complementary software solutions enhances connectivity, responsiveness of support and overall passenger experience through advanced control and security over the customer’s connection. The suite allows users to extend the monitoring ofRead More