British Airways is to launch a new leisure service to Alicante from London City to cover the busy holiday season this summer. The new flights to the heart of Spain’s Costa Blanca will operate four times a week for 10 weeks from the end of June. It will be the seventh Spanish route for British … Read more
ExecuJet today announced an extended Line Maintenance capability for EASA registered aircraft at its base in Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria. In partnership with Maintenance Centre Malta (MCM), ExecuJet now supports a larger fleet of different aircraft types from Bombardier, Dassault and Hawker in the West Africa region. Ettore Poggi, Vice President, ExecuJet Africa, says: … Read more
Dassault Falcon Jet recently appointed Byron Severson to the position of Regional Sales Manager for the South-Central United States. In his new position, Severson will oversee the development of new business and serve existing customers in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. He will be based in Dallas, Texas and report to Paul Floreck, … Read more
Bell Helicopter announced the delivery of a Bell 429 to the Chihuahua State Government. The Bell 429 is configured for corporate transport for the State of Chihuahua. “The performance capabilities that the Bell 429 offers, combined with a high level of comfort and flexibility, continue to be a deciding factor for customers when selecting this … Read more
Cessna Aircraft Company this week delivered a Canadian registered Cessna Citation CJ3+ aircraft to fractional operator AirSprint. “With more than 150 Cessna Citation light jets in the region, the CJ-series has proven to be the light jet of choice for Canadian operators, and we are confident the CJ3+ will be an ideal addition to the AirSprint fleet,” … Read more
Dassault Aviation’s new flagship, the Falcon 8X, is entering the final stages of its flight test and certification program as work proceeds to prepare the ultra-long range trijet for initial delivery. FAA and EASA certification of the 6,450 nm/11,945 km 8X is expected by midyear an entry into service by late summer. The three aircraft in the flight … Read more
Bell Helicopter announced today the final delivery of the 15th Bell 407GXP to the Mexican Air Force (FAM). The contract was awarded in March 2015, and the Bell 407GXP fleet is currently supporting the FAM’s parapublic missions across the region. As the primary aircraft operating branch of the Mexican Armed Forces, the FAM covers the entire … Read more
ExecuJet Aviation Group is expanding its European managed fleet with the addition of a brand new Gulfstream G650 aircraft and one Gulfstream G550 aircraft. Niclas von Planta, ExecuJet’s Vice President, Europe, says: “As we continue to receive positive feedback and referrals from our customers globally, we are experiencing very high interest in ExecuJet’s aircraft management … Read more
Gulfstream has announced that its service center in Sorocaba, Brazil, recently performed maintenance on its first Argentina-registered aircraft. The large-cabin Gulfstream business jet is based at Ministro Pistarini International Airport near Buenos Aires. Gulfstream Brazil earned maintenance authorization approval from Argentina’s Administración Nacional de Aviación Civil in August 2015. The certification allows Gulfstream Brazil’s technicians … Read more
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that it had reached another milestone with the successful completion of the CS100 aircraft’s European route-proving exercises. The program was conducted in the network of launch operator Swiss International Air Lines (“Swiss”) and included over 30 city-pair flights in European cities over a three-week long period. During an event in … Read more