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API & FlexSys Look to Market Wing Morph Technology

Aviation Partners, Inc. (API), long known for its fuel-saving winglets, announced at NBAA 2015 that it has launched a joint-venture with FlexSys to market a new proprietary wing-morphing technology...

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Thales To Develop Rudder-by-wire System for Longitude

Thales (C10607) announced that it will develop the rudder-by-wire electronic flight control system for the new Cessna Citation Longitude. The company said the solution came from deploying a pair of...

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Textron Fast-Tracks New Longitude and Hemisphere

Textron Aviation CEO Scott Ernest said the company is spending more than $200 million annually on new product development including the new super-medium Longitude and just-announced, large cabin $35...

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Bell Showcases VIP Helicopter Options

The oil and gas sector may have the rotorcraft industry in the doldrums, but demand for VIP-configured helicopters is percolating, and Bell Helicopters (Booth N2132) is showcasing its offerings for the...

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Citation Longitude Arrives at NBAA

For some aircraft manufacturers, cycle times for new jet programs are accelerating, meaning that the time from launch to design freeze to prototype rollout and certification is finally getting shorter....

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Study: Norwegian Is Most Fuel Efficient Transatlantic Carrier

Boeing 787 operator Norwegian Air Shuttle was the most fuel efficient airline of the top 20 carriers flying routes between Europe and North America in 2014, according to a new study. British Airways...

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Daher Intros Support Package for TBM Charter Ops

Daher introduced TBM Charter Pack, a suite of OEM support services for Part 135 operators flying the company’s TBM series (700/850/900) single-engine turboprops. The offering, announced Monday at NBAA...

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Bombardier Completes CSeries Flight Testing

Bombardier has completed flight testing the CSeries CS100 narrowbody, subject to Transport Canada’s final review and acceptance, the company announced Tuesday. Now finalizing the submission of the...

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Second Pilatus PC-24 Flies

The second Pilatus PC-24 prototype made its first flight yesterday morning from the company's headquarters in Stans, Switzerland. P02 is one of three test aircraft that will be used in the new jet’s...

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Flexjet Boosts Supersonic Bizjet Plan with Aerion AS2 Order

Fractional-share provider Flexjet signed a firm order today at NBAA 2015 for 20 Aerion AS2 supersonic business jets for delivery beginning in 2023. The deal, worth $2.4 billion (2015 $) at list prices,...

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HondaJet Poised To Enter Service in December

Honda Aircraft is nearing full type certification of its HondaJet HA-420 with the final function and reliability certification testing expected to conclude this week, president and CEO Michimasa Fujino...

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One Aviation Builds 550 Orderbook

One Aviation received an order for 20 of its Eclipse 550 very light jets worth roughly $60 million as part of a recent dealership agreement with Jinggong General Aviation in China. Deliveries will...

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Gulfstream Reveals Customer-inspired G600 Cabin Mockup

Gulfstream revealed a new interior mockup for its large-cabin, long-range G600 here at NBAA 2015 that takes more than 200 customer suggestions into account from the initial mockup displayed at last...

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Jet Edge Predicts Double-Digit Growth as Fleet Grows

Aircraft management and charter provider Jet Edge International is predicting it will achieve a fourth-straight year of double-digit sales growth this year. The company recently increased its fleet to...

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Airbus Creates Dedicated ACJ Service Center Network

On the eve of NBAA 2015, Airbus announced the inaugural three members of its newest maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) solution for the 170 plus ACJ owners worldwide, which it has dubbed its Airbus...

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Gulfstream G500 Program Making Rapid Progress

Gulfstream Aerospace brought the lone flying test article of its new G500 large-cabin business jet to Las Vegas Henderson Executive Airport this week for NBAA 2015. Test pilot Scott Evans told AIN that...

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Quest Aircraft Extends Sales Reach

Quest Aircraft is extending its sales reach in the South Pacific. The manufacturer’s distributor, Setouchi Trading Asia Pacific of Singapore, has named Utility Air, based in Sydney, Australia, as its...

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New Legs Approved For Piaggio Avanti Evo

Piaggio Aero’s new landing gear system for the Avanti Evo has received EASA and FAA approval. The approvals cover the main and nose gear and nose wheel steering system from Magnaghi. The new landing...

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JetNet: Bizjet Fleet To Grow by One-third, Retirement Wave Ahead

JetNet is forecasting that the world business jet fleet will grow by 33 percent over the next 10 years, approaching 27,000 by 2024. But the industry data specialist also is anticipating a wave of...

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Thales To Develop Rudder-by-wire System for Longitude

Thales (C10607) announced that it will develop the rudder-by-wire electronic flight control system for the new Cessna Citation Longitude. The company said the solution came from deploying a pair of...

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