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Cessna last week celebrated the grand opening of its Wichita Citation Service Center, which it touts as the world’s largest general aviation maintenance facility, with the cutting of 25-foot-long red ribbon. The complex includes five hangars, three of which are 60,000 square feet in size, plus numerous customer lounges and offices, flight-planning areas, a restaurant, […]

Some other tidbits in the GAO study have to do with temporary flight restrictions (TFRs) and how often they are violated. According to the GAO, numerous operators and airports have suffered a “negative economic impact” — that’s government-speak for “losing money” — as a result of TFRs and other steps. The GAO cited, but did […]

In publicly releasing its long-awaited report on general aviation security (PDF), the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) last week said that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) “and other federal agencies have not conducted an overall systematic assessment of threats to, or vulnerabilities of, general aviation to determine how to better prepare against terrorist threats.” This, […]

Canadian business and regional jet manufacturer Bombardier Inc., jettisoned its chief executive on Monday amid poor financial results, lowered growth projections and apparent internal disagreements coupled with public uncertainty over the company’s direction. Paul Tellier, who was president and chief executive officer as well as director, became a casualty after telling Bombardier’s board of directors […]

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No, not that Delta. Instead, its Delta AirElite Business Jets — a subsidiary of the scheduled carrier — that announced last week it will add two jets, a Learjet 31A and a Hawker 700A, to its Part 135 charter operating certificate. The Learjet 31A will be based at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and the […]

Echoing similar projections by other companies in recent months, Brazil-based Empresa Brasileira de Aeronutica S.A. (Embraer) recently released the results from its own study of corporate aircraft demand, which estimates an overall market for 7560 business aircraft in the next 10 years. According to Embraer, the super-midsize business jet segment is expected to reach 1485 […]

When the U.S. president travels, his trip usually begins and ends aboard a helicopter designated as Marine One, a reference to the operator — the U.S. Marine Corps — and the importance the service places on the passenger. The equipment is always a product manufactured by U.S.-based Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.; usually, its a VH-3D Sea […]

Its just the thing for the gearhead who has everything, including his own GV: Gulfstream last week said it received the necessary certification to offer its exclusive ultra-high-speed Internet connection in the companys long-range business jet. Gulfstream says the FAA issued a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the GV allowing the company to install its […]

Eclipse Aviation last week announced it had inked a deal with United Airlines (UAL) to provide pilots of its forthcoming Eclipse 500 very light jet with a comprehensive flight training program. The deal with UAL is a reversal of Eclipses original strategy for its to-be-certificated jet, in which it planned to perform training in-house. Under […]