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Deer Jet signs up Strategic Partnership with Chengdu's Shuangliu Government

Deer Jet has signed up a strategic partnership with the government of Chengdu’s Shuangliu District, one of China’s major aviation hubs and home to the country’s fifth busiest airport, as the area rapidly urbanizes and looks to soar with new investment in business aviation areas....

Jet Aviation to handle Customer Demonstration Flights at Singapore Airshow 2018

Jet Aviation has been appointed by Experia Events to exclusively handle all Customer Demonstration Flights at Singapore Airshow 2018. Experia Events is the official organizer of Singapore Airshow 2018, Asia's largest Aerospace event. Singapore Airshow will be held at Changi Exhibition Centr...


Dassault’s Falcon 8X to Make First Appearance at Singapore Airshow

 Dassault Aviation will feature its new flagship, the Falcon 8X, at this year’s Singapore Airshow, the largest aerospace and defence show in the Asia Pacific region. It will be the first appearance of the ultra-long range Falcon 8X at the six day event, which runs from February 6-11 at Changi Airport. The 8X will be presented alongside a Falcon 2000LXS twinjet. All Falcons, and in pa...

TAG Aviation’s Farnborough Maintenance Services Enhances Business Aircraft Interiors and On-Site Repair Capabilities

To meet the growing demand from customers, TAG Aviation’s Farnborough Maintenance Services (TFMS), in partnership with its approved suppliers, Zodiac Aerospace Business Aircraft Interiors and Farnborough Aircraft Interiors (FAI), is continuing to enhance its suite of business aircraft interiors and on-site repair capabilities. Services now include discreet woodwork Zodiac Aerospace Busin...

Flagship Cessna Citation Longitude lands at Singapore Airshow, makes Asia-Pacific debut

 Textron Aviation Inc.is debuting its newest and largest aircraft to date to the Asia-Pacific market – the flagship, super-midsize Cessna Citation Longitude business jet. For the first time in the region, customers can experience first-hand the aircraft’s spacious, comfortable and whisper-quiet cabin at this week’s Singapore Airshow.  “We are thr...

Metrojet Engineering Clark introduces new engineers to augment maintenance service levels

Hong Kong-based Metrojet Limited (www.metrojet.com), a leading business aircraft operator with presence in Asia, is pleased to announce that its Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) joint venture in The Philippines – Metrojet Engineering Clark – has welcomed two globally experienced engineers – Mr. Torsten Moeller and Mr. Kelly Chiasson – to further enhance its aircraft m...

Bombardier’s Singapore Service Centre Celebrates Four Years of Outstanding Customer Support

With more than 2,200 customer visits, the facility has quadrupled its engineer and technician workforce since inauguration Facility is significant Bombardier centre of expertise for complex heavy maintenance in exceptional turn time Bombardier Business Aircraft’s Singapore service centre continues its impressive capability and capacity growth. Since its opening in February 2014, th...

Textron Aviation showcases robust product portfolio at Singapore Airshow

Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc.company, demonstrating its commitment to the Asia-Pacific region, is displaying six of its class-leading aircraft at the 2018 Singapore Airshow, Feb. 6-9. Featured in the lineup are the Cessna Citation Longitude, making its APAC debut, the region's best-selling Beechcraft King Air 350i and Cessna Grand Caravan EX turboprops, as well as the Cessna Citation L...

Marenco Swisshelicopter rebrands its fast-growing business

MSH, the Swiss helicopter manufacturer, has unveiled its new brand name. During an inauguration event held at its recently completed corporate/engineering facility, the company’s CEO, Andreas Loewenstein, introduced Kopter to customers, suppliers, partners and staff. Kopter marks a new chapter in the company’s history. The launch is an opportunity for the company’...

ExecuJet announces record flight activity at World Economic Forum

ExecuJet is celebrating a successful 2018 World Economic Forum (WEF), handling a record 620 business aircraft movements during the event across three of its European facilities. During this period, ExecuJet’s Zürich FBO, where its hangar and ramp facilities were fully booked for the duration, handled 232 flight movements. ExecuJet’s recent partnership with People’s Airpor...

RUAG selects new model of medevac stretcher for the Dornier 228 with STC from GVH Aerospace

Dornier 228 OEM, RUAG Aviation, has secured state-of-the-art medevac stretcher kits from GVH Aerospace. The EASA-approved STC for the installation of the AeroStretcher® Mk IV in the Dornier 228 is offered by RUAG under exclusive contract and is available immediately. The GVH solution has been selected by RUAG to replace the former, now defunct, stretcher product. “We are pleased...

TAG Farnborough Airport announces record growth in air traffic movements

TAG Farnborough Airport has announced a record increase in air traffic movements (ATM), reporting the highest ever growth in the history of TAG Farnborough Airport for the month of January with an increase of 17.9 per cent in January 2018.  This follows a year of significant growth with 2017 being the airport’s busiest year since 2007. For the full year 2017, TAG Farnborough Airp...

“The Masterpiece,” the last Bombardier Global 7000 FTV, Completes First Flight Successfully

FTV5 will validate flight and ground test data obtained to date and complete the Type Certification campaign to ensure a smooth entry-into-service in the second half of this year Flight test program has surpassed 1,300 flight hours and is demonstrating the aircraft’s significant maturity, reliability and smooth ride capability The Global 7000 aircraft will redefine the busin...

Gulfstream G500 and G600 to make their Asia debut in Singapore

The two newest aircraft from Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. will make their Asia debut at the upcoming Singapore Airshow. The Gulfstream G500 and Gulfstream G600 flight-test aircraft will be part of the Gulfstream static display Feb. 6-11, joining the flagship Gulfstream G650ER, the high-performing Gulfstream G550 and the class-leading Gulfstream G280. &ldquo...

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AeronautX elevates training capacity with new Amsterdam Centre and strategic VistaJet alliance

AeronautX, part of the AX Aero Group, has announced the launch of a new business aviation pilot training centre in Amsterdam, scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2027. Created by business a...

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HondaJet APMG S upgrade package earns EASA validation

HondaJet Classic and APMG operators across the European Union can now access the latest enhancements developed for the HondaJet family following the European Union Aviation Safety Agency’s valid...

Desert Jet launches ramp expansion development at Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport

Desert Jet has broken ground on its long-planned ramp expansion at Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (KTRM), advancing a key infrastructure investment designed to accommodate rising business av...