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Amid all the talk of manufacturers meeting or beating their announced new-aircraft certification dates comes Raytheon, which has delayed its plans for the Hawker 4000, formerly the Hawker Horizon. So far, however, launch customer NetJets doesn’t seem too worried, especially since the delay is a minor one sought by the manufacturer. The delay’s source? Raytheon […]

Adam Aircraft continued its efforts to fully certify and bring to market its push-pull piston twin, the A500, even as it continues developing its A700 twinjet. Most recently, the company delivered the second A500 to a customer on Dec. 29, allowing the Pennsylvania-based physician to take advantage of the now-expired bonus depreciationallowance. The second Adam […]

Even as it celebrated CIS certification of is large-cabin bizjets, Gulfstream this month announced it would cease producing one of its “low-end” offerings, the G100 business jet, which began its life as the Israel Aircraft Industries Astra and evolved into the Astra SPX before adopting the Gulfstream model labeling system. The company on Jan. 13 […]

While Bombardier was preparing to fly its Challenger 605 for the first time, Gulfstream Aerospace was engaged in obtaining certification from the former Soviet Union of its existing fleet of large-cabin business jets, including the G350, G450, G500 and G550. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) issued its own certificates to Gulfstream, enabling the four […]

Bombardier took its next-generation Challenger 605 wide-body bizjet for is first test flight last Sunday. The 03:23 flight took place as the company scheduled when launching the type in November 2005, allowing the company to mark a significant milestone toward certifying the next member of its Challenger business jet family. Clear skies prevailed when the […]

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Jet Aviation (Teterboro) has a new general manager. The FBO named John Langevin as the facility’s senior vice president and general manager, succeeding Michael Szczechowski, who was promoted to senior vice president and general manager of Jet Aviation’s aircraft management services in the United States. In his new position, Langevin will oversee the TEB FBO. […]

The National Transportation Safety Board this week formally recommended that the FAA require operators to comply with an existing service bulletin affecting Eurocopter model AS-350-BA helicopters in the wake of a 2004 accident that injured three. The accident, which involved a television news operation on May 4, destroyed the helicopter and resulted from a loss […]

Two non-U.S. airframers this month announced their respective first-ever sales in third-party countries, providing further evidence of business aviation’s increasingly global reach. Our first success story comes courtesy of Switzerland’s Pilatus, which announced its first delivery of a PC-12 turboprop single to Brazil. OceanAir Txi Areo, its exclusive dealer for Brazil, which was appointed in […]