Business Aviation

Bombardier announced on Thursday that it has delivered its 350th Challenger 350 business jet. According to the company, the Challenger 350 fleet has logged over 648,000 flight hours and more than 383,000 landings since it entered service in June 2014. The aircraft has also gotten some upgrades along the way including an option for a […]

Honeywell announced on Thursday that it has received a Technical Standard Order (TSO) from the FAA for its IntuVue RDR-7000 weather radar system. The IntuVue RDR-7000 offers weather detection, analysis and avoidance capabilities such as automated 3D volumetric scanning up to 60,000 feet and out to 320 nautical miles, turbulence detection out to 60 nautical […]

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has launched a program designed to help its members and the business aviation industry at large recover from the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. According to the organization, the BizAv Back to Work initiative will focus on expanding NBAA’s existing employment services along with adding new employment-related resources […]

Embraer has delivered the first of its upgraded Phenom 300E business jets to Texas law firm Dunham & Jones. The new 300E has a range of 2,010 NM and top speed of Mach 0.80 along with offering a quieter cabin and a new interior option. The model also got an avionics upgrade that includes a […]

Bombardier’s first Global 5500 business jet has officially entered service, according to a company announcement on Thursday. Along with the larger Global 6500, the 5500 received its Transport Canada type certification in September 2019 followed by its FAA type certificate last December. The aircraft was introduced at the 2018 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition […]

Textron Aviation announced the delivery its 250th Cessna Citation M2 light jet last week. The aircraft went to Seattle, Washington-based Fast Rabbit Aviation. Introduced at the 2011 National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention, the M2 flew for the first time in March 2012. “The M2 is an ideal fit for operators in need of an […]

Gulfstream announced the sale of its last commercially available Gulfstream G550 business jet on Wednesday. According to the company, it will now move toward winding down production of the model. More than 600 G550s have been manufactured since the aircraft was introduced in 2000. The model flew for the first time in July 2002 and […]

Bombardier Aviation has announced that it will be reducing its workforce by approximately 2,500 employees due to the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The majority of the layoffs are expected to take place at Bombardier’s manufacturing operations in Canada. According to the company, the staff reductions will be carried out progressively throughout the rest […]

The FAA is proposing fine tuning a massive proposed AD on Piper Cherokee wing spars and removing more than a third of the aircraft originally covered. It’s also added a few models but the net reduction is 8,800 airframes from the original list of more than 20,000. The five aircraft removed from the list are […]

Bombardier employees have returned to work at the company’s manufacturing plant in Belfast, Northern Ireland, following a “significant” fire at the facility on Sunday evening. According to Bombardier, the fire damaged some machinery and a section of the roof but did not affect any aircraft structures or aerostructure assembly lines. No injuries were reported and […]