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Flight Support Group ASM Expands In India and Beyond

Pre-owned Update: February 2016

Attractive pricing and an active fourth quarter pushed inventory down in January to levels below the previous quarter. While that’s encouraging for sellers, inventory is still perched about 100 aircraft above the year-ago level and about 50 aircraft higher than the 12-month moving average of r...

AAC Completes First Head-of-state Boeing 787-8

Completions specialist Associated Air Center (AAC) redelivered the industry’s first head-of-state-configured Boeing 787-8 to an undisclosed customer. (In 1989, AAC completed the first head-of-state-configured 757-200 for the same customer.) AAC’s in-house team designed the...

Pulkovo-3 in Avinode TOP 5

St. Petersburg Airport in January was able to get ahead of Nice, Zurich and London Farnborough. St. Petersburg Center for Business Aviation "Pulkovo-3" (operated by "JetPort SPb") got the fifth place based on January 2016 statistics in the ranking of the most popular airports in Europe, according to Avinode. "Pulkovo-3" was able to bypass the airport of Nice, Zuric...

Bizav Flying in Europe Gets Off To Bad Start in 2016

Business aviation activity in Europe started off this year on bad footing, with departures falling 4.5 percent year-over-year last month, to 47,628, according to data released today by WingX Advance. Flights of business jets and pistons were each down 5 percent from a year ago, while turboprop flights declined 1.5 percent. Last month’s decline mainly came in Western Europe—espe...

HondaJet Nominated for 2015 Collier Trophy

Honda Aircraft’s HA-420 HondaJet is one of nine nominees—and the only business jet contender—selected by a National Aeronautic Association (NAA) committee to vie for the 2015 Robert J. Collier Trophy, the NAAannounced on Tuesday. The Collier Trophy is awarded annually “for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America.” While the&nbs...

NYC Helitour Operators Forced To Accept 50% Flight Cut

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's (D) office announced a deal earlier this week that would force the city's five existing helitour operators using the Downtown Manhattan Heliport, located near Wall Street on the East River, to curtail flights by 50 percent by Jan. 1, 2017. Reductions will begin in April, with an elimination of all Sunday flights followed by further cuts of 20 percen...

Its all Go as Gama sparkles at Sharjah

Sharjah-based VIP aviation specialist Gama Aviation has partnered with Go Aviation Middle East to access the company's suite of services, which range from light interior cleaning to complete paint and brightwork restoration and polishing. One of the main benefits of the new partnership is that Gama Aviation can provide clients with the option of a 7-star valeting service in a single locatio...

Gulfstream G500 Completes Flutter Testing

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced the Gulfstream G500 has completed flutter testing, achieving another milestone in the new aircraft's flight-test program. The first G500 test aircraft, T1, performed the tests over the course of more than 50 flights. "The G500 has accomplished a great deal since we launched the flight-test program in May 2015," said Da...

West Star Makes Room in Falcon 2000

West Star Aviation has reconfigured a Falcon 2000 to create a 13-passenger interior in what is typically an eight- to 10-passenger jet. The project, performed at the company’s Alton, Ill. facility, required fabricating a smaller galley and auxiliary galley/entertainment center, shifting the cabin bulkhead/door forward, and extending all the side ledges and window panels. Rearward, th...

Avinco closed record 31 helicopter transactions in 2015

Avinco closed 2015 with a record 31 helicopter transactions worldwide, moving over 38 million Euros worth of assets. 8 of these sales came from Avinco’s own portfolio, and 3 with Avinco financing attached. Avinco, a fully independent, privately owned firm, offers aircraft from all leading manufacturers such as Finmeccanica Helicopters (AgustaWestland), Airbus Helicopters, Bell and Sikorsk...

Rise mulls European move as US demand grows

US membership-based operator Rise is evaluating the European market, with a view to launching a modified version of its scheduled business aircraft service on the continent. Speaking on the sidelines of the Corporate Jet Investor conference in London on 1 February, Rise co-founder and chief operating officer Dan Caine said Europe could be the next step in its strategy to expand the programme gl...

UpperTwo came to Estonia

Russian company UpperTwo opened an office in Tallinn. As commented in UpperTwo, Tallinn, as well as Riga, is moving forward, offering more interesting opportunities to solve financial problems of airlines and aircraft owners. The geographical location of Estonian capital is an important factor too. Flight times takes a little over an hour, which is very convenient fo...

Caribbean FBOs Respond to Rising Traffic

St. Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) has emerged as a key hub for Caribbean private aviation traffic, especially during the peak winter season. Unlike other nearby Leeward Islands–such as Anguilla, Dominica, Saba, St. Bart’s, St. Eustatius and Tortola–St. Maarten’s airport can accept larger aircraft and thus offers far greater operational fl...

Shah Rukh Khan wants to buy a private plane but cannot!

He is one of the highest-paid actors of Bollywood, but there are things that even Shah Rukh Khan can’t buy. SRK says he aspires to buy a plane, but is running low on funds as he has used them up to make films. “I want to buy a plane but I don’t have money. I put all my money in my films. I would really like to travel in a private plane because I can do a lot more work. One d...

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