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Utility Aircraft Role Expansion Drives China Growth for Textron

At a time when much of the talk about business aviation growth in China has focused on larger, long-range jets, Textron Aviation’s greatest sales success has come from smaller jets and, even more so,...

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Embraer Sees 1,500 Bizjet Deliveries in Asia Through 2025

Embraer remains optimistic about Asia, predicting a market for 1,500 business jet deliveries worth $54 billion through 2025 in the region. The Greater China region alone is expected to account for more...

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Zetta Jet signs for Two More Bombardier Global 6000s

Bombardier held a signing ceremony yesterday at the ABACE show in Shanghai to mark the conversion of two more options into orders by Singapore-based Zetta Jet, for Global 6000 jets. This brings the...

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Falcon 8X Debuts in China As Part of World Tour

Dassault’s new Falcon 8X jet is making its debut in China here this week at the ABACE show. The three-engined aircraft arrived in Shanghai from Abu Dhabi as part of a four-week program of flight...

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G500, G600 Coming Along Well

Gulfstream’s new fly-by-wire Gulfstream G500 and G600 models have achieved significant milestones recently, the company announced at a press conference here in Shanghai on Monday. These include mating...

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Oxai Unveils M2 Amphibian at ABACE 2016

The Oxai Aircraft M2 Skywave amphibian is the smallest airplane at this year’s ABACE show, but it is attracting as much interest as the larger and more sophisticated business jets and helicopters that...

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Textron Aviation: Help Us Name The Hemisphere

Textron Aviation is eying a potential strong market in China for its latest in-development business jet, the Hemisphere, which will become the largest aircraft in its product line and provide...

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EEJ To Celebrate 1,000th Bizjet Delivery

Embraer, which formally launched its Executive Jets division a decade ago, is preparing to celebrate the delivery of its 1,000th business jet. Fernando Grau, director of marketing and product strategy...

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Horizon Air To Acquire 30 Embraer E175s in Largest Fleet Order

Alaska Air Group subsidiary Horizon Air signed a firm order with Embraer to acquire 30 E175 regional jets, a transaction valued at $2.8 billion at list price. The order, announced on April 12, is...

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Argus Numbers Show U.S. Bizav Traffic Still on the Rise

Business aviation activity in the U.S. continues to climb, according to Argus. IFR traffic logs show the numbers in March were up by 3 percent compared with March 2015, significant in that this marks...

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Despite March Dip, WingX Shows European Traffic Up in 1Q

Despite a dip in European business aviation traffic during March, flight activity for the first quarter of this year ended 2.2 percent higher than the same period last year, according to WingX’s latest...

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Boeing Faces 'Challenging Road' to Delivering KC-46A Tanker

Boeing has a “challenging road ahead” to finish developmental testing of the KC-46A tanker before delivering it to the U.S. Air Force, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). In...

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Dassault Falcon Fleet in China Grows with New 7X Order

Dassault Aviation continues to expand its market share in Greater China with an order it received for a Falcon 7X from an undisclosed Chinese customer earlier this week. Signed on the eve of the ABACE...

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Pilatus PC-6 Proves Popular in China

Fuselages for Pilatus PC-6 Porters are now manufactured in Chongqing, China, by Pilatus Aircraft Industry (China), a joint venture between Pilatus and a Chinese partner led by vice chairman Zhang Wei....

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First China Guimbal G2 On ABACE Static Display

One of the helicopters on static display this week at ABACE 2016–a Guimbal Cabri G2–is not for transporting business executives but has a far more utilitarian purpose. X-Square Aviation, the company...

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London City Airport Jet Centre Reduces Charges

The Jet Centre at London City Airport (Booth 402) recently published new, reduced airport charges for business aviation. “The new rates make it easier for more customers to enjoy fast access to the...

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China Helicopter Market Growth Still Positive

After a slight slow-down in the helicopter market in Greater China during the first three quarters of 2015, business has returned to the strong levels of growth experienced over most the past six...

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Brazil Launches New International Airshow in Rio From 2017

Organizers of the new International Brazil Air Show (IBAS) this month confirmed plans to hold the inaugural event from March 29 to April 2, 2017, at Rio de Janeiro’s Galeão International Airport. The...

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Pre-owned Bizjet Market Set for Slowdown, Forecasts Analyst

The pre-owned business jet market is set for a slowdown, according to a forecast from aviation analyst Brian Foley. Using the so-called cross-impact forecasting technique, Foley envisions a marked drop...

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Corporate Angel Network To Make 50,000th Flight

Tonight, Corporate Angel Network (CAN) will complete its 50,000th flight by transporting one-year-old cancer patient Baron Yerbe and his parents from New York-area Teterboro Airport to Atlanta. Yerbe,...

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