Business Aviation

Textron Aviation has successfully completed the initial ground engine runs on its Beechcraft Denali single-engine turboprop prototype. According to the company, the testing verified fuel system and engine functionality along with the avionics and electrical systems interface. The ground engine runs took place at Textron’s west campus in Wichita, Kansas. “These successful engine runs are […]

Textron Aviation has announced that it is collaborating with Honeywell Aerospace on a data communications upgrade program for Hawker 4000 and Cessna Citation Sovereign aircraft. The program will add Future Air Navigation System (FANS) controller-pilot data link communication (CPDLC) and Aeronautical Telecommunications Network (ATN) protected mode CPDLC (PM-CPDLC) capabilities, allowing some pilot-controller voice communications to […]

A brief strike by unionized workers who build Bombardier business jets in Canada ended Saturday when the 1500 members of Unifor voted to ratify a new three-year agreement. The deal included wage increases and increased pension benefits. The strike started at Bombardier’s Downsview plant in Toronto earlier last week. That factory builds the company’s new […]

Textron Aviation announced on Tuesday that the Cessna Citation Longitude has received certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The Longitude “super-midsize” business jet was introduced at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in in 2012. The model flew for the first time in October 2016 and got its FAA type certificate […]

Ground stops are nothing new during busy travel periods but last week the FAA instituted holds all over North America for aircraft headed to a small airport in Idaho. There were so many business jets headed to the 38th annual Allen and Company conference in Sun Valley that the agency had to throttle traffic to […]

Gulfstream announced that it delivered its final commercial G550 business jet last week to an undisclosed international customer. The model entered service in 2003 and its design team was awarded that year’s Robert J. Collier Trophy for “leading edge achievement in designing, testing and building an innovative aircraft while incorporating measurable safety enhancements and far-reaching […]

Elon Musk’s Starlink internet system may be the next big thing for in-flight connectivity and it may have eliminated the weak link that bogs down current systems. Starlink has put more than 1,000 small satellites in low Earth orbit as part of its plan to offer fast broadband to all corners of the planet. For […]

A deal is in the works for the U.S.’s second largest FBO chain. Yahoo Finance says McQuarie Infrastructure, which owns Atlantic Aviation, is close to a deal with KKR and Co., a New York-based investment company. The sale price is reported to be about $4.5 billion. Neither company would comment to Yahoo. The pending deal […]

Honda Aircraft Company unveiled an upgraded version of its HondaJet light business jet at a virtual launch event on Wednesday. The HondaJet Elite S will feature the addition of an aircraft communications, addressing and reporting system (ACARS), FAA DataComm and Com3 radio along with the newly introduced advanced steering augmentation system (ASAS). It also offers […]

Garmin International has finalized the acquisition of aircraft performance software and services company AeroData. According to Garmin, AeroData currently serves over 135 airlines worldwide and offers performance data for more than 70 percent of airline flights in North America. The company’s products include runway analysis, takeoff and en route performance, weight and balance, automated passenger […]