Business Aviation

Boeing’s Board of Directors separated the roles of company chairman and CEO on Friday, removing Dennis Muilenburg from the position of chairman but emphasizing that he will remain Boeing’s president, CEO, and director. Independent lead director David Calhoun was elected to serve as non-executive chairman. According to the board, separating the roles will “enable Muilenburg […]

American Airlines has announced that it now expects its 24 grounded Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to return to service on Jan. 16, 2020, extending its September decision to cancel all MAX flights through Dec. 6. According to the airline, other aircraft types will be substituted on scheduled MAX routes to avoid flight cancellations. The 737 […]

The U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced that it is wrapping up Operation Matterhorn, the program it put in place to return more than 140,000 people to the country after they were stranded by the liquidation of tourism company Thomas Cook on Sept. 23. According to the CAA, the operation involved 150 aircraft from […]

Embraer’s Praetor 500 midsize business jet has received its FAA and EASA type certificates, according to a company announcement on Monday. The Praetor 500, an updated version of the Legacy 450, is powered by the Honeywell HTF7500E engine and comes equipped with the Collins Aerospace Pro Line Fusion flight deck. It has a 3,340-NM range, […]

Thrush Aircraft has filed for bankruptcy and is in the process of reorganizing to continue operations. The Albany, Georgia-based company filed the paperwork Sept. 5 and laid off 113 employees. The company is a well-known producer of turboprop aerial application aircraft and recently jumped into the single-engine air tanker (SEAT) market with a model that […]

Bombardier’s Global 5500 and Global 6500 business jets have been awarded their Transport Canada type certifications, according to a company announcement on Tuesday. Bombardier says it expects FAA and EASA certifications to follow shortly. Flight testing of the aircraft was completed at Bombardier’s Wichita, Kansas, test center and both models are scheduled to enter service […]

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation announced plans to establish a center in Montreal, Canada, last week. The company, which also opened U.S. headquarters in Renton, Washington, in May, says the move will help it “prepare for the next phase of its global growth” as it looks toward beginning deliveries of the first of its new SpaceJet family […]

Textron Aviation announced today that the Cessna Citation Longitude “super-midsize” jet has received its FAA type certificate. In a probably excusable bit of hyperbole, Textron Aviation’s President and CEO Ron Draper proclaimed that “the Longitude revolution starts now.” The Longitude received its provisional TC in late 2018. According to Cessna, the Longitude test fleet amassed […]

Airbus expects the worldwide passenger and freighter aircraft fleet to more than double in the next twenty years, the company said in its Global Market Forecast (GMF) for 2019-2038. The 2019 annual report, titled “Cities, Airports & Aircraft,” forecasts a need for 39,210 new aircraft—25,000 to support a projected annual air traffic growth of 4.3 […]

Textron Aviation is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the inaugural flight of the Cessna Citation 500 business jet this week. The Citation 500, then called the Fanjet 500, was launched in October 1968. The prototype flew for the first time on September 15, 1969, at Cessna’s facility in Wichita, Kansas, and the aircraft received its […]