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Meanwhile, Pilatus announced three personnel changes of its own. Thomas Bosshard, since 2002 president & CEO of Pilatus Business Aircraft Ltd. (PilBAL), based in Broomfield, Colo., has been named chief operating officer of Pilatus Aircraft Ltd., Stans, Switzerland. He will relocate back to Switzerland to take over his new position. To replace him, Thomas Hunziker […]

Jet Aviation announced it has named Richard Kunert vice president of safety, standards, and regulatory affairs. Kunert will be responsible for overseeing Jet Aviations U.S. safety programs, company standards and regulatory affairs. He will be based at the companys U.S. headquarters in Teterboro, N.J., reporting to Theo Staub, president and COO of Jet Aviation North […]

If the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) approves it, Gulfstream may have started the speed record wars again in 2006. In recent years, Gulfstream and Bombardier have seemingly played the records game, with the Savannah, Ga.-based airframer sending one of its Gs off on extremely long legs, only to be followed soon thereafter by some flavor […]

Bombardier Skyjet — the on-demand charter operation affiliated with the airframe manufacturer — announced this month it is relocating its headquarters from Fairfax, Va., to the Dallas metro area. The move will be completed in June. Skyjet will co-locate its headquarters’ office with Bombardier Flexjet — the parent company’s fractional ownership program — in Richardson, […]

Eclipse Aviation and the Gainesville-Alachua County Regional Airport Authority in Florida broke ground last week in a ceremony marking the start of construction of an Eclipse Aviation factory service center. When completed, the new facility will be part of a network of seven U.S. installations dedicated to Eclipse 500 maintenance and support. The 61,000-square-foot facility […]

For most people with the potential to buy all or part of a business jet, safety is a paramount concern. Realizing this, fractional operator Flight Options may have something of an advantage over some of its competition: The company said yesterday it had been rated Platinum by the Aviation Research Group/US (ARG/US), the highest status […]

Bombardier said late last month that its first Challenger 850 corporate shuttle has entered service. The 50-passenger, regional-jet-derived, high-utilization airframe is to be used by Suncor Energy Inc., a Western Canada energy concern, which will use it to fly the operator’s personnel and contractors between its Calgary headquarters and Fort McMurray in northern Alberta six […]

Last week at the annual Sun ‘n Fun fly-in extravaganza at Lakeland, Fla., Cessna updated the industry on the progress it is making toward bringing to market its contender in the very light jet (VLJ) sweepstakes. The company said its Citation Mustang program continues to move toward certification and first delivery, both of which are […]

If you’re lucky enough to have the ability to stroke a check for a new Embraer Phenom 10, you’d better hurry: The price will go up soon. Embraer said last week it will be ending its introductory pricing of the four-passenger light jet. Effective June 1, 2006, the price of the to-be-FAA-certified jet will be […]

Bombardier flew the newest addition to its Learjet fleet for the first time last week, taking the Learjet 60XR for a 2-plus-20 hop out of the Rockwell Collins facility at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. According to the company, the first flight was “rigorous,” and took place under sunny and windy conditions at 1:47 p.m. The first […]