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ExecuJet acquires largest FBO at Munich International Airport

ExecuJet Aviation Group will offer handling and ground support services from its FBO at Munich International Airport following acquisition of the former European Business Aviation Services’ (EBAS International GmbH) facility. The Munich FBO is ExecuJet’s second handling facility in Ge...

The largest in Russian capital "Heliport Moscow" summed up 2015

"Heliport Moscow" - a unique project of  "NDV» ("NDV - Real Estate") to create Europe's largest multipurpose helicopter complex, set up to have more than 200 helicopters based.This is an unprecedented Russian project, with total capitalization of abo...


Textron Aviation Poised for Growth in 2016

Textron Aviation will see “solid growth” this year as deliveries ramp up for the new Cessna Citation Latitude, Textron chairman and CEO Scott Donnelly told investors this morning during a quarterly conference call. Last year, the Wichita-based aircraft manufacturer shipped 166 Cessna Citations and 117 King Airs, up from 159 and 113, respectively, in 2014. With about 30 Lat...

U.S. Government Eases Certain Air Crew Limits in Cuba

The U.S. Treasury Department continues to relax travel restrictions to Cuba under a rule that will better facilitate temporary sojourns for aircraft crew members. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), along with the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), published another round of changes in Cuba restrictions in today...

Norwegian Operator Forms Weather Camera Network

Helicopter EMS operator Norsk Luftambulanse is installing a network of cameras in Norway to gather remote weather information, mainly about visibility, with the aim of dispatching easier and safer missions along a fog-free route and landings using GPS approaches. Each sensing unit comprises three cameras–looking in three different directions–a thermometer and an...

Airbus Helicopters’ second H160 prototype takes off

The H160’s second prototype took off today in Marignane, kicking off a busy 2016 for the H160 as it pursues its flight test program with two prototypes. The second prototype is the first H160 to fly with the Turbomeca Arrano engines. PT1 had accumulated more than 75 hours of flight testing by the end of 2015, allowing the aircraft to open the flight envelope and validating some of the helic...

G450/550 Production Cut as Gulfstream Moves to G500/600

Gulfstream Aerospace reduced G550 production rates in the fourth quarter of last year and will lower rates of theG450 this quarter, while G280 and G650 production will be increased slightly, Phebe Novakovic, chairman andCEO of parent company General Dynamics, announced today during an investor conference call. She called the move “part of the transitio...

Airbus Corporate Jet Centre delivers an elegant refurbished governmental ACJ319 with high technology systems onboard

Airbus Corporate Jet Centre, the innovative provider of customized nose-to-tail solutions toVIP and airline customers under Airbus standards, has delivered a refurbished Airbus ACJ319 for an undisclosed government, after a successful C-Check (10 years) and heavy work on the fuselage. This project presented a double challenge by requiring high-level communication and in-flight entertainment (I...

GlobeAir plans fleet growth as profits soar

GlobeAir, Europe’s largest operator of Cessna Citation Mustangs, plans to grow its fleet by nearly 50% in 2016 on the back of record profits during the previous 12 months and a rebound in the charter market for small business aircraft. Six Mustangs will be added to the line-up this year, lifting GlobeAir’s fleet to 20 aircraft. The expanded fleet will bring the Austrian ve...

Jet Aviation Zurich has another successful WEF

Jet Aviation Zurich has spent months preparing for the VIP customers that arrived in Zurich to attend the 46th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting, held from 20-23 January 2016 in Davos, Switzerland. The company served the majority of aircraft and passengers attending WEF, handling 612 movements and 1,830 passengers while supporting fuel sales of 1.5 million litres. The annual event dr...

Air Charter Service starts taking European Championship bookings

Air Charter Service has started booking aircraft for this summer’s European football championship being held in France. The company has already booked more than twenty aircraft through its London office. The championship kicks off on 10th June 2016. “As soon as the draw was announced on 12th December, people were on the phones, inquiring for teams, supporters, sponsors and t...

Minister unveils first Bombardier Challenger jets for AMSA

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss has unveiled the first batch of Bombardier Challenger CL 604 twin-jets which will replace Aerorescue Dorniers for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s (AMSA) operations. On Wednesday, Truss inspected the first of four Bombardier Challenger CL 604, which was currently being fitted for sea...

Swiss Aviation Consulting expands into Asia

Swiss Aviation Consulting is setting up an affiliate in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Swiss AeroConsultant (Asia) Sdn. Bhd. was officially incorporated in December 2015. The company selected Malaysia for its central location in the Southeast Asian market and for the availability of qualified staff who, in addition to English and the local Bahasa, speaks the languages of Swiss Aviation Consulting&rsq...

ExecuJet reports record traffic at Dubendorf FBO

ExecuJet Aviation Group is celebrating another successful World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting at Davos-Klosters last week. ExecuJet saw record traffic and fuelling at Dübendorf Airport, the military airport just 5nm north of Zürich secured for overflow traffic. “The World Economic Forum is one of the busiest times of the year for business jets tra Basil Gamper, FBO m...

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

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Viasat, a global leader in satellite communications, has enhanced its JetXP business aviation connectivity service with a simplified three-tier plan structure and, for the first time, publis...