Electra successfully completed powered wind tunnel testing for its nine-passenger EL9 Ultra Short hybrid-electric aircraft, confirming Electra’s blown wing design delivers the high lift needed for takeoff and landing in just 150 feet. This is 10 percent the distance typically required by conventional aircraft of the same size. Using a 20 percent scale model of the EL9 wing, the tests demonst...
ExecuJet MRO Services Belgium, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dassault Aviation, has completed a ‘C-check’ on a Falcon 7X, its first heavy maintenance check on this aircraft type.The work was carried out at the MRO company’s heavy maintenance centre at Belgium’s Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport, coincidentally the same airport where the customer bases the aircraft...
Falcon, part of Alex Group Investment, is the first charter fleet operator to commit to multiple installations of its Gogo Galileo HDX system. The mixed fleet operator has confirmed an initial purchase of five terminals for its Bombardier Global 5000 and Global Express aircraft as part of a strategic program to redefine the passengers’ onboard experience. Based in Dubai,...
J&C Aero received a new EASA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC No. 10087061) for an Airbus A320 Family cabin enhancement developed for the Estonian leisure airline Marabu. The certificate covers the development and integration of underbin closets, as well as cabin reconfiguration to optimize onboard catering capacity in high-density aircraft layouts. Maxim Jurkov, Head of Design at J&...
Nesher Aviation placed an order for 10 Tecnam P-Mentor aircraft to support Florida Flyers Flight Academy’s growing training operations. This strategic investment marks a major milestone in the modernization of Florida Flyers’ fleet, reinforcing its commitment to providing top-tier pilot training with the most advanced, fuel-efficient aircraft available today. The first T...
Textron Aviation entered into a purchase agreement with Aerolineas Ejecutivas (ALE), for up to 12 Cessna Citation business jets. ALE will operate the aircraft — a mix of Cessna Citation Latitude, Citation CJ3 Gen2 and Citation CJ3 Gen3 business jets — in its fractional ownership division, MexJet. ALE expects to take delivery of four aircraft, including two Citation...
