Business Aviation

Honda Aircraft Company announced Thursday that it has delivered 200 of its HondaJet HA420 series aircraft, marking six years since the original model received FAA type certification. “Since 2017, the HondaJet has been the most delivered aircraft in its class, and we continue to see high demand for the aircraft, thanks to its unmatched performance, […]

Signature Aviation on Tuesday announced its purchase of Vail Valley Jet Center at the Eagle County Regional Airport in Colorado. 

Leveraging the system’s integration into the G500 and G600 members of the Gulfstream family, GE Aviation will build the data concentration network in the G400 and G800 to similarly connect avionics with other systems in the aircraft.

Progress reported toward 2050 goals across business aviation, but challenges remain.

A “silver splash” this week in Wichita: Bombardier made the decision just 60 days ago to host its 25th Safety Standdown in person—but the mature event has once again drawn a significant cross-section of professional pilots and corporate flight departments attending. The two-day symposium runs Tuesday and Wednesday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, with a […]

Bombardier Inc., the Canadian-based aircraft manufacturer, reported a smaller-than-expected third-quarter loss Thursday, after demand for private aviation returned following the pandemic-fueled drop in sales last year. A swell in business aviation traffic has been due in part to eased travel restrictions, filling private operator seats and expanding order backlogs for OEMs such as Bombardier and […]

The International Aircraft Dealers Association (IADA) predicts that used turbine business aircraft prices and demand will continue to rise, solidifying the market position that has been building through 2021. The association’s [third quarter 2021 report|https://aircraftexchange.com/market-report] depicts a landscape where low used-aircraft inventories and a backlog in orders at OEMs combine to drive a 20 to […]

Embraer delivered 30 jets in its commercial and business aviation segments during the third quarter of 2021. This compares to 21 jets in the same period in 2020. The Brazilian manufacturer broke down the totals into the following executive models: 14 Phenom 300s 2 Praetor 500s 5 Praetor 600s And the OEM delivered nine jets […]

First—we can all be glad we’re headed back to Vegas. In 2019, when the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) last held its Business Aviation Convention and Expo (BACE), the optimistic mood and clear, warm weather belied the storms that lay ahead in 2020 for the aviation industry—and the world. Between keynotes, education sessions, owner-pilot forums, […]

Leaders from across the business aviation community came together this week at the National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas, Nevada—and went away pledging to an industry-wide commitment to net-zero carbon by 2050. Ed Bolen, president and CEO of NBAA, Pete Bunce, president and CEO of the General Aviation […]