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Business aviation industry gears up for MEBAA Show Morocco

The second edition of the MEBAA Show Morocco, taking place at its new location in Marrakech Menara Airport from 12-13 September, is solidifying its reputation as the place to be for business aviation in the region, with more high profile exhibitors committing to the event. Industry leader Bell He...

Vector Aerospace completes first P&WC PT6A-140 engine overhaul at South African facility

Vector Aerospace, a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, has successfully completed its first full engine overhaul on the Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PT6A-140 turboprop engine at its facility in South Africa. The PT6A-140 engine powers th...


Web Manuals announces double-digit growth in six months

Web Manuals Sweden AB, developer of digital documentation solutions for the aviation industry, has announced that it has grown its customer base by over 30% in the past six months as the company signs its 100th customer.  Martin Lidgard, founder and CEO of Web Manuals, says: “We’re growing twice as fast as 2016 and this is testament to the brilliant team we have in place. I...

Dassault’s Falcon 8X to Highlight CIBAS 2017

First 8X in China to be Delivered Shortly This year, the Beijing International Business Aviation Show (CIBAS) will feature the Falcon 8X, Dassault’s newest business jet in the ultra-long range class. Since entering into service last year, the 6,450 nm/11,945 km trijet has been delivered to operators in key markets around the world, including the United States, Europe, Russia, the Middl...

KlasJet adds Boeing 737 business jet to its fleet

European business aviation company KlasJet has supplemented its fleet with the first narrow-body business aircraft – Boeing 737. Newly modified and furnished to meet the demands of sports teams, large business traveler groups and government officials, the new business jet has been already delivered to KlasJet by AviaAM Leasing. The Boeing 737 business jet is equipped with 56 business...

DC Aviation Al-Futtaim to start offering jet fuel from its hangar and lounge facility at Dubai South

Starting this month, DC Aviation Al-Futtaim (DCAF), the joint venture between DC Aviation Group and Al-Futtaim, is offering its private and business jet clients competitively priced jet fuel from their base in Dubai South at Al Maktoum International Airport. With the addition of this new service, DCAF offers its customers a full turnkey solution including Aircraft Management, Maintenance, FBO a...

Happy Design Studio creates the CARBONEUM Livery Design

Created by Didier Wolff, Happy Design Studio’s owner, specially for the Bombardier Global 6000, CARBONEUM has been created with speed and power in mind. Enhanced by honeycomb patterns, the engines show elegance and technology, the overall Ferrari grey colour adds a touch of supremacy to the design. The concept of CARBONEUM is that the white colour of the aircraft is not a paint optio...

Dynamic Jet Charter and Global Air Charters Forge New Partnership

Dynamic Jet Charter is pleased to announce a partnership with Global Air Charters, a global private jet charter and management company. The new partnership will allow the firms to support continual efforts to optimize marketplace customer needs. Dynamic Jet Charter will outsource aircraft to accommodate client trips and be able to assist clients requesting heavy jet lift with in-house...

Bell 525 Relentless resumes flight test program

Bell Helicopter announced the Bell 525 Relentless program has resumed flight test activity after receiving experimental certificate renewal from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). “Today we have resumed a key element of the Bell 525 program,” said Mitch Snyder, president and CEO. “Bell Helicopter has worked with the National Transportation Safety Bo...

RUAG repaints Bombardier Global Express XRS with unique and detailed Carboneum design

The aircraft painting facility at the RUAG Aviation one-stop shop in Munich has repainted a Bombardier Global Express XRS, on behalf of long-time customer SBK Holding Ltd. The RUAG one-stop shop services optimised the downtime associated with a scheduled 15-month inspection. SBK Holding Ltd chose a full repaint of their eight-year-old aircraft to express their own dynamic and innovative image...

Flying Colours Corp. completes its first Honeywell JetWave™ Ka-Band installation

The Flying Colours Corp. avionics team has completed its first installation of the Honeywell JetWave™ Ka-Band satellite communications system. Work on attaching the LRU’s, radome and tail mounted antenna has just finished at the company’s Peterborough, Ontario facility, making it one of the first Bombardier Aerospace Authorized Service Facilities, ASF, to fit the system. The conn...

Falcon 5X First Flight

Dassault Aviation’s all-new Falcon 5X has made its first flight, allowing the ultra wide body twinjet to embark on a limited number of preliminary flight tests before the commencement of the full fledged flight test campaign, scheduled to begin next year. The aircraft took off from Dassault’s Bordeaux-Mérignac final assembly facility with test pilots Philippe Deleume and...

DC Aviation Announces Sale of its Foundation Airbus and its Continued Operation for the New Owner

DC Aviation, headquartered in Stuttgart, announces that it sold its „foundation aircraft“, an Airbus A319 CJ, with which it originally started its operation, and that it will continue to operate and maintain the aircraft for the new owner. From 1999 through 2008 DC Aviation was a subsidiary of the DaimlerChrysler AG managing the regular shuttle traffic between the two corporate head...

VistaJet accelerates growth and continues to disrupt business aviation with Program membership

Program Membership sales up a record 57% and customer retention hits 91% VistaJet registers yet another record growth quarter, after reaching global scale with the completion of its investment plan. For the 3 months to the 30th June: +51% total flight-hours sold year-on-year in Q2 2017 Program Membership revenue achieves record 63% of total revenue (up from 55% in the previous quarte...

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VIP Completions-YODEZEEN Gulfstream G550 wins prestigious design award

VIP Completions together with partner YODEZEEN announced that their Gulfstream G550 refurbishment project won the ‘Aviation Interior Design/VIP Completion’ title at the International...

Airshare to equip fleet of Embraer Phenom 300s with Gogo Galileo connectivity

U.S.-based aircraft management, fractional ownership, jet cards, and charter services operator Airshare is equipping its fleet of Embraer Phenom 300s with the Gogo Galileo HDX system. The up...

Jetfly highlights the versatility of Pilatus PC-12 in European business aviation sector

For more than twenty-five years, Jetfly has been developing its Shared Ownership Program, focusing in particular on the Pilatus PC-12, a turboprop aircraft renowned for its versatility, reliability, a...