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The Weather Company Collaborates with Gogo Business Aviation To Help Improve Turbulence Safety

Each year, turbulence incidents cost airlines approximately $100 million due to crew and passenger injuries, unscheduled maintenance, operational inefficiencies, and revenue lost while planes are out of service. In fact, studies have shown that aircraft encounters with turbulence are the leading cau...

Gulfstream Completes Ultimate Load Testing For G500

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced it has completed ultimate load testing for the all-new Gulfstream G500. Ultimate load represents 150 percent of limit load and is equivalent to a 1.5 safety factor specified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Age...

Rakjet: Gulf private aircraft owners risk huge losses from poor aircraft management strategies

An international aviation expert estimated the losses of private aircraft owners in the GCC countries to be more than US$ 45 million in 2015 for opting for in-house aircraft management. "The appeal of private air travel is hard to ignore: easily accessible airports, quiet terminals, no queues or long waits, reliable departure times and an undisturbed flight," said added Zaher Deir, Ra...

Bell 412EPI climbs to new heights in Nepal

Bell Helicopter announced the successful demonstration tour of the Bell 412EPI  throughout Nepal.  The Bell 412EPI demonstrated landing and take offs from 15,200 ft., ground effect hover at nearly 18,000 ft. density altitude and then flew up to 20,000 ft. pressure altitude near Mount Everest with five passengers onboard. Bell Helicopter pilots also demonstrated the performance of...

Air Medical Group Holdings to Launch Dedicated Helicopter EMS Venture in India

Air Medical Group Holdings (AMGH), a leading U.S. provider of air medical transport services, has ordered new Airbus Helicopters H130s to launch the first-ever dedicated helicopter emergency medical services operation in India. AMGH has joined forces with an Indian firm, Aviators Air Rescue, and will initiate emergency medical services later this year. The new venture will primarily be run by Avia...

GainJet Ireland ready for commercial operations

VIP aircraft charter operator, GainJet Ireland’s Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) has been approved by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), giving the newly established private jet operator the ability to commence commercial operations. GainJet Ireland is a subsidiary AOC operation of Greek VIP aircraft operator, GainJet Aviation S.A (based in Athens, Greece) and is based at Shannon ai...

VistaJet 7 answers at EBACE 2016

During EBACE 2016 we had amazing opportunity to talk with VistaJet Chief Commercial Officer Ian Moore. Here are most important of our discussion. Q.VistaJet - a perfect example of how a company can work equally well on different markets, while having great results. What's the secret? It is no secret: our unique business model.  We provide all the benefits of owning a personal j...

AsBAA Student Chapter and #AsBAAintheCommunity land in Singapore

AsBAA, the Asian region’s non-for-profit representative trade body for business aviation today landed in Singapore to host a series of #AsBAAintheCommunity activities and events. These included the launch of its first Singapore Student Chapter event in association with Embry Riddle, Aeronautical University, a Regional Chapter AsBAA meeting hosted at AON’s Asia Pacific regional HQ, and...

Flying Colours Awarded Bermuda DCA Maintenance Approval

Flying Colours Corp. Peterborough, the Canadian MRO, completions, and refurbishment company has received approval from the Bermuda Department of Civil Aviation to carry out maintenance work on business aircraft listed on the popular Bermudan registry. The approval, which was awarded in late May, enables Flying Colours to undertake heavy and line maintenance work on a full range of Bermuda regis...

Jet Aviation receives Gold Safety of Flight Award from EBAA

Jet Aviation’s outstanding flight safety record was commended by the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) during the EBACE Convention in Geneva, where EBAA presented Jet Aviation the 2016 EBAA Gold Safety of Flight Award.  The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) hosted its annual Safety of Flight awards ceremony at the end of the 2016 EBACE Safety Worksho...

Riga from a helicopter

Last Wednesday "Riga Passenger Terminal" and "Baltic helicopter” opened the first certified heliport in Riga passenger port. During the opening event there were presented several  «Bell» helicopters, as an example  A class "Bell 429". "Bell Helicopter» representative Jakub Hoda explained that modern helicopters are used fo...

Start-Ups Selling Seats on Private Jets Don’t Always Make It

Dannel Schwartz was agonizing over his wife’s 60th birthday gift when she proposed an idea herself. “She said, ‘You know, I don’t want to wait on another T.S.A. line. I want a private plane,’” said Mr. Schwartz, a retired rabbi who splits time between Florida and Maine. “We laughed. Then comes this email about how it would cost $4 a flight.” In...

Success Aviation Services expands in Africa

International trip support company Success Aviation Services recently made an announcement that it has added, and will now provide supervisory ground handling services throughout Guinea-Conakry. Wael Marjeh, chief operations officer at Success Aviation Services, said” “We have recently recognised the enormous business aviation potential in Africa, along with the current operational...

Bell 505 Jet Ranger X makes Japan debut

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc.  company, announced the unveiling of the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday, June 7, 2016. This is the first time the Bell 505 has been on display in Japan and marks the beginning of a four-month demonstration tour across the region. Bell Helicopter leadership was available onsite at the unveiling to discuss the aircraft and it...

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Flexjet receives first-ever Embraer Praetor 600E as fleet launch customer

Embraer delivered the first Praetor 600E to Flexjet, marking the operator as the launch fleet customer for Embraer’s latest-generation super-midsize business jet. The inaugural aircraft joins Fl...

HondaJet Echelon advances to next phase with successful wing assembly

Honda Aircraft Company announced the completion of the first wing structure for the HondaJet Echelon test aircraft, marking a pivotal advancement in the program and moving the new light‑jet platform i...

Global Jet Capital releases its annual 2026 Business Jet Forecast

Global Jet Capital has released its sixth annual Business Jet Market Forecast, outlining a confident outlook for the sector. The updated analysis anticipates steady expansion over the next five years,...

Air Charter Expo achieves third consecutive year of record‑breaking attendance

Global trade body The Air Charter Association (The ACA) celebrated another record‑setting edition of Air Charter Expo (ACE’26) on Tuesday, 8 September 2026, delivered in partnership with Busines...

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Ten years of growth, expertise and excellence at Dassault Falcon Service Mérignac

Located alongside Dassault Aviation’s flagship manufacturing facility, Dassault Falcon Service Mérignac is celebrating a decade of dedicated support to Falcon operators around the world....

Airbus Corporate Jets survey points to a new wave of demand for large business aircraft in Asia

Confidence in Asia's business aviation market is on the rise, according to new research commissioned by Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ). Industry experts expect demand for business aircraft to grow st...

ExecuJet MRO Services Australasia successfully completes 20-Year heavy maintenance inspection on Indonesian Legacy 600

ExecuJet MRO Services Australia successfully completed a major 20-year scheduled airframe inspection on an Indonesian-registered Embraer Legacy 600 at its Sydney facility, further demonstrating t...

KlasJet receives key FAA approval to launch ACMI and charter services in the US market

KlasJet has achieved a significant milestone by obtaining Part 129 Operations Specifications (OpSpecs) approval from the FAA, paving the way for the company's expansion into the U.S. market. As pa...

Flexjet receives first-ever Embraer Praetor 600E as fleet launch customer

Embraer delivered the first Praetor 600E to Flexjet, marking the operator as the launch fleet customer for Embraer’s latest-generation super-midsize business jet. The inaugural aircraft joins Fl...