Business Aviation

Textron flew its new Cessna SkyCourier utility twin turboprop for the first time on Sunday and all went well according to the pilots. The high-wing hauler took off from Beech Field Airport with senior test pilot Corey Eckhart and chief test pilot Aaron Tobias up front and flew for two hours and 15 minutes. “We […]

Gulfstream Aerospace announced on Monday that its G600 business jet has earned type certificate approval from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The aircraft received its FAA type certificate on June 28, 2019, and entered service on Aug. 8. According to Gulfstream, the G600 has earned 23 city-pair speed records including completing a 4,057 […]

France-based VoltAero unveiled the production configuration for its Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft family on Wednesday. The Cassio 330 will seat four and have a 330-kilowatt hybrid-electric propulsion system. The 480-kilowatt Cassio 480 will seat six and the 600-kilowatt Cassio 600 will seat ten. VoltAero is intending to certify the Cassio family under EASA CS23 certification specifications […]

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has announced that its acquisition of Bombardier’s Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) program will close on June 1, 2020. Following the acquisition, the CRJ program will be operated by newly created MHI subsidiary MHI RJ Aviation Group (MHIRJ). Under the terms of the sale, MHI will acquire type certificates for the CRJ […]

Daher unveiled its model year 2020 TBM 940 single-engine turboprop on Wednesday along with introducing the company’s new HomeSafe emergency autoland system. HomeSafe, which is based on Garmin’s Emergency Autoland, is designed to automatically return to an airport and land the aircraft using weather, traffic, fuel, airport and terrain information. The company expects to have […]

Aerion Supersonic has picked Melbourne, Florida, as the site for its manufacturing plant and ancillary industries for the production of the AS2 supersonic business jet. At a news conference in late April, the company and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the $300 million Aerion Park will begin construction this year and be finished by 2026. […]

Bombardier has announced plans to gradually resume operations at its manufacturing facilities in Canada as of May 11. The company temporarily suspended aircraft and rail production activities and furloughed workers at its sites in Quebec and Ontario on March 24 following “government mandates enacted to slow the spread of COVID-19.” Bombardier said on Tuesday that […]

Textron Aviation celebrated the 10th anniversary of the first Cessna Citation CJ4 business jet delivery on Monday. During its decade of service, the aircraft has been used for missions including air ambulance, maritime patrol, search and rescue and aerial survey. The CJ4 flew for the first time on May 5, 2008, and received its FAA […]

Most smaller air carriers and charters are breathing a sigh of relief with the federal government’s modification of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that absolves them of providing financial security to the government. The Payroll Support Program in the CARES Act eliminates the requirement to provide “financial instruments” to the feds […]

While much of the attention was on other matters last week, one of the world’s aerospace companies was quietly created with the finalization of the merger of Raytheon and United Technologies. The result is Raytheon Technologies Corporation and with its broad scope of products and services and revenues of $74 billion a year, it will […]