Business Aviation

Boeing announced on Monday that it has named Joe Benson president of its Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) VIP jet division. He takes over from Erika Pearson, who recently became vice president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes Sales and Marketing in Southeast Asia & Oceania. Benson joined Boeing in 2010 and previously served as BBJ’s deputy to […]

Dassault is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its business jet line, the first of which, called the Mystère 20 before being rebranded the Falcon 20, completed its inaugural flight on May 4, 1963. To date, the line includes 27 different model types with more than 2,700 aircraft delivered. Dassault noted that its bestselling model has […]

There’s been a shakeup in the executive suites at charter membership pioneer Wheels Up as it works through financial and operational woes. Chief Marketing Officer Lee Applebaum, who held the post since 2020, left the company on Tuesday. According to Private Jet Card Comparisons, Wheels Up said he was leaving to pursue “personal and entrepreneurial […]

The Pilatus PC-12 single-engine utility turboprop has now logged more than ten million flight hours since the first examples of the model were delivered in 1994. According to Pilatus, 71 PC-12s have flown for more than 20,000 hours each with the fleet leader logging over 35,000 hours. The company says it has delivered almost 2,000 […]

The nasty labor dispute between NetJets and its pilots took a legal turn last week when the NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots launched a suit over a company policy on talking to passengers and aircraft owners about the negotiations. Specifically, NetJets has ordered pilots to not refer clients to the website the union created […]

Textron Aviation announced on Tuesday that it has delivered its 400th Cessna Citation CJ4 series business jet. The aircraft, a Citation CJ4 Gen2, went to Easton, Pennsylvania-based Koch Holdings. The Citation CJ4 received its FAA type certification in 2010 and the Gen2 version was introduced in 2021. “This milestone delivery for the Cessna Citation CJ4 […]

Wheels Up, the country’s third largest operator in charter hours, has announced it’s laying off an unspecified number of non-operational employees to trim $30 million worth of salaries and benefits from its payroll. Despite its meteoritic growth, Wheels Up hasn’t yet been profitable even though revenues are expected to be in the $1.5 billion range […]

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association says members shipped or made preliminary deliveries worth $26.8 billion in 2022, a 6 percent increase over 2021 revenues. The organization presented its annual State Of The Industry press conference on Feb. 22. All sectors of the industry contributed to the strong showing. Piston deliveries were up 8.2 percent with […]

Gulfstream Aerospace has handed over its 100th G600 business jet, which was outfitted at the company’s Dallas, Texas, completions center and delivered to an undisclosed North America-based customer on Wednesday. After receiving its FAA type and production certificates in July 2019, the model entered service the following August. Gulfstream handed over its 50th G600 in […]

NBAA is asking the FAA to extend the comment period for its proposed expansion of safety management system (SMS) requirements to charter and air tour businesses, along with type certificated manufacturers. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was published Jan. 10 and the comment period expires March 13. NBAA says that given the complexity and scope […]