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Celebrating 60th anniversary of Falcon brand - Dassault highlights latest planes & upgrades at EBACE

Geneva Airpark - It’s not child’s play…..

Geneva Airpark - It’s not child’s play…. Geneva Airpark figures returned to growth in 2022 and recorded a higher level of business than in 2019, before the Covid crisis. 2,593 total movements (up 13.5%) 2022 v 2019 2,593 total movements (up 13.5%) 4,146 tot...

European clients heading west to optimize multiple capabilities from Flying Colours Corp.

Flying Colours Corp. is attracting increased interest from European business aircraft owners and operators seeking a single source of capabilities for multi-faceted maintenance and refurbishment work. The latest European customer will be harnessing the full scope of Flying Colours’ Peterb...

Catalyzing sustainable action for aviation - emissions management platform – Azzera Celeste

Welcome Azzera Celeste, an online platform that allows aircraft operators to take action against emissions by providing access to voluntary and compliance carbon credit trading, sustainable aviation fuel certificates (SAFc), fleet management software integration and compliance market segregation services. Aircraft owners, operators and passengers are facing public, stakeholder and regula...

Collins Aerospace named latest distribution partner for SwiftJet business IFC

Collins Aerospace appointed as the latest global distribution partner for Inmarsat SwifJet inflight connectivity service. SwiftJet, which enters commercial service this year, will offer the fastest ever speeds over L-band for the global business aviation market. The agreement marks an expansion to the companies’ long-standing partnership. Customers can now talk to Collins Aerospace...

Portside expands offering for aircraft operators with acquisition of Stellar FOS

Portside expanded its portfolio of business aviation software and service offerings by acquiring the FOS hosting business line from Stellar Labs, Inc. Charter and corporate aircraft operators using Collins Aerospace Flight Operations System can now use Portside as their third-party FOS hosting provider. Portside will be building upon Stellar’s history of providing...

Textron Aviation expands simulator options to customers in Europe

Textron Aviation support for business jet customers in Europe expands with addition of a new Cessna Citation CJ3+/Cessna Citation M2 Gen2 Convertible Full-Flight Simulator in the region. New simulator is scheduled to be ready for training at FlightSafety International’s Farnborough, England Learning Center in January 2025. Equipped with the latest Garmin G3000 avionics, the simulator fe...

NBAA joins call to prioritize FY24 funding for key aviation sustainability programs

The National Business Aviation Association joined with more than 35 aviation and biofuel industry stakeholders in calling for leaders of the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees to prioritize funding in the fiscal year 2024 federal budget for key federal programs working to accelerate the development and deployment of sustainable aviation fuel. The U.S. Department of Energy Bio...

Lilium & FlightSafety International sign flight simulator and training agreement

Lilium partners with FlightSafety International, establishing the company as the exclusive developer and provider for flight training devices for the Lilium Jet. This will include industry-leading, immersive, and mixed-reality simulators for training, as well as an early flight simulator representative of the Lilium Jet cockpit, to be used by Lilium engineers. The simulato...

2,000th Pilatus PC-12 handed over to PlaneSense

Pilatus reached another milestone - the handover of the 2,000th PC-12. Together with its longstanding US customer - PlaneSense, Pilatus celebrated this event by a large ceremony in Stans, Switzerland attended by over 2,000 employees. The anniversary aircraft went to PlaneSense by way of symbolic thanks for its many years of loyalty. It is another milestone in the Swis...

250 Praetor 500 jets in excess of US $5 billion - Embraer and NetJets deal

NetJets has signed a new deal with Embraer for up to 250 Praetor 500 jet options, which includes a comprehensive services and support agreement. The deal is valued in excess of US $5 billion, with deliveries expected to begin in 2025, and will be NetJets’ first time offering the midsize Praetor 500 to customers. For over a decade, NetJets has operated Embraer’s Phenom 300 series—...

Signature Aviation grand opening at Ted Stevens Anchorage Int’l Airport

Signature Aviation celebrated the grand opening of its newly renovated facility at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. This expansion of customized services for transpacific and great circle route traffic marks a significant milestone for the company’s offerings and many private aircraft operators that choose to stop over in Anchorage, making Signature the only FBO with a...

Geneva Airpark - are you ready?

EBACE 2023 is less than two weeks away, are you ready? Did you find your place to land, park and stay? Geneva Airpark team is ready to welcome you! Geneva Airpark offers flexible and customized parking solutions whatever the length of stopovers. Professional, top-quality services right on time guaranteed!

Sky-high demand trends in European business aviation - taking Skyllence perspective

As the aviation industry approaches the second quarter of 2023, the outlook in the business aviation segment seems to hold promising prospects for leading players. This is particularly true in the European market, which has maintained high activity levels for commercial and non-commercial business flights in the past six months. In 2022 business aviation segment recorded the highest numb...

Honda Aircraft Company expands its Southeast Asia footprint with sales representatives

Honda Aircraft Company continues to strengthen its presence in Southeast Asia for a seamless customer experience in response to the growing demand for the HondaJet. Welcome two new Honda Aircraft authorized sales representatives in Southeast Asia. The region-wide sales network offers customers in Southeast Asia greater accessibility and responsiveness to their needs. Forth Cor...

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