Business Aviation

Bombardier has signed a long-term lease agreement with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) to build its new Global Manufacturing Centre at Canada’s Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) in Mississauga, Ontario. According to Bombardier, the facility will be “home to the most advanced aircraft manufacturing processes in the world” and will be used for activities […]

Textron Aviation has introduced a new utility nose option for the Beechcraft King Air 350 turboprop. The new nose adds 12 cubic feet of storage space capable of holding up to 250 pounds of additional payload. The utility nose can be used on King Air 350 variants including the 350C cargo version and 350ER extended […]

New commuter flight service FLOAT (Fly Over All Traffic) is planning to open a series of short-distance routes between general aviation airports in Southern California aimed at residents commuting more than 90 minutes daily. According to the company, flight times will average between 15 and 30 minutes at monthly subscription rates starting around $1,250. The […]

With another sign that the avionics retrofit market is getting more competitive, Avidyne is targeting vintage light jets with its Atlas flight management system. The Atlas FMS is a standalone Dzus-mounted box that’s designed to mount in the aircraft’s center pedestal, replacing older FMS units that don’t have a WAAS position source, or even in […]

India-based airline IndiGo placed a firm order for 300 aircraft in Airbus’ A320neo passenger jet family on Tuesday. According to Airbus, the order includes a mix of A320neo, A321neo and A321XLR aircraft. In addition to bringing IndiGo’s total A320neo family aircraft orders up to 730, the agreement represents one of the largest single-operator orders in […]

Aircraft manufacturer Daher announced the three winning concepts from its first general aviation hackathon this week. According to the company, the “General Aviathon” challenged participants to develop flight safety-related solutions for Daher’s TBM turboprop family on two themes: “advanced features and capabilities to make the aircraft more connected, intelligent and autonomous; and innovative solutions to […]

Gulfstream Aerospace has partnered with FlightSafety International to provide training for its new G700 business jet, which was unveiled at the 2019 NBAA convention this week. As part of the future training program, FlightSafety is designing a simulator in tandem with the development of the G700. The FS1000 flight simulator will be installed at the […]

France-based Daher Group announced the completion of its acquisition of Quest Aircraft Company at the 2019 NBAA Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday. As previously reported by AVweb, the sale was announced last June. Quest, which manufactures the 10-seat Kodiak 100 single-engine turboprop, is headquartered in Sandpoint, Idaho. “Our acquisition of the Quest Aircraft […]

Textron Aviation’s Cessna Denali single-engine turboprop is now scheduled to make its first flight in 2020 due to a slowdown in the certification of the new GE Catalyst engine, Textron announced at the 2019 NBAA Business Aviation Convention on Monday. GE confirmed that the testing and certification process for the engine has been proceeding more […]

Gulfstream unveiled its new G700 business jet at the 2019 National Business Aviation Association Convention & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday. The aircraft is already well on its way toward certification, with Gulfstream reporting that it has put in almost 14,000 hours of lab testing on the aircraft in its “integration- and cabin-test […]