Business Aviation

Textron Aviation announced on Thursday that its Cessna Citation XLS Gen2 business jet has received its type certificate from the FAA. The Citation XLS Gen2 is the latest model in the Citation 560XL midsize business jet series, which was introduced in 1998 with the Citation Excel. According to Textron, it has delivered more than 1,000 […]

Bombardier announced on Thursday that it has seen strong aftermarket performance, robust free cash flow generation and a growing backlog in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022. According to the company, its Q1 revenues from business jet sales and aftermarket services totaled $1.2 billion with aftermarket revenues increasing 34 percent over the same time period […]

Bombardier officially designated its site in Wichita, Kansas, as the company’s headquarters in the United States on Tuesday. Noting that the defense market is a key area of growth for the company, Bombardier also announced that its Wichita-based Specialized Aircraft division has been renamed “Bombardier Defense.” According to the company, the name change is intended […]

Bombardier’s Challenger 3500 business jet has been recognized as “Red Dot: Best of the Best” in the Trains and Planes category at the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2022 competition. Best of the Best is the highest distinction awarded in the international competition, which is held annually “to find the year’s best products.” Introduced in […]

A Canadian charter flight crew has been in jail for two weeks in the Dominican Republic after reporting contraband it found stashed in the avionics bay of their CRJ 100. Pivot Airlines told the National Post the crew found 450 pounds of cocaine, worth $18 million, in the compartment. But rather than thanking them for […]

Bombardier announced on Wednesday that it has reached a new milestone with the delivery of the 100th Global 7500 long-range business jet. The aircraft was handed over to business aviation company VistaJet during a celebration at Bombardier’s Laurent Beaudoin Completion Centre in Montréal, Canada. It is VistaJet’s 10th Global 7500, making the company the largest […]

Gogo Business Aviation’s AVANCE system has logged its one-millionth flight, the company announced at the 2022 AEA International Convention and Trade Show on Monday. AVANCE, an inflight connectivity platform designed for business aircraft, launched in August 2017. According to Gogo, there were 2,504 business aircraft equipped with either an AVANCE L5 or L3 system as […]

East Hampton Airport will become a prior permission “private” airfield on May 19 after a two-day closure. The FAA has carried out an airspace analysis and has approved the tony resort community’s plan to take over operation of the airport and limit noise by limiting access. East Hampton Airport will close on May 17 to […]

There is widespread controversy and confusion over cost-sharing rules and penalties for operators of small aircraft. The National Business Aviation Association announced today (March 22) that the FAA has extended the association’s Small Aircraft Exemption No. 7879L for two more years, until March 31, 2024. The exemption, available to small-aircraft operators who are NBAA members, […]

The Commerce Department says it has “effectively grounded” 100 American-built, privately owned Russian aircraft by preventing any FBO, MRO or any other kind of aircraft service company anywhere in the world from doing maintenance or repairs on them. The department’s Bureau of Industry and Security has publicly identified the aircraft, mostly airliners, that have flown […]