Business Aviation

“There are a lot of new buyers in the marketplace,” said Mark Burns, president of Gulfstream Aerospace. That observation explains the positive outlook maintained by the leadership team at the business aviation OEM—in spite of a soft second quarter and the ongoing prospects of unease in the economy into 2021. The pandemic has taken—in upsets […]

In late September, the mainstream media was alive with headlines detailing the tens of thousands of airline employees who would be furloughed October 1, 2020, without further government payroll assistance, all because of the corrosive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. When no fresh funding appeared, some of the airlines—such as United—worked hard to keep as […]

With nearly 60,000 employees at production and engineering sites in over 25 countries, Bombardier is in the perfect position to give students valuable training with hands-on learning through their paid internship program. The company announced last week that they have targeted at least 1,000 of these paid internships for the 2020-21 academic year, after providing […]

The fourth test article in Gulfstream’s G700 development program made its first flight on October 2, adding to the fleet that will advance the model towards certification. The initial flight, which clocked 1 hour, 56 minutes, took the platform to an altitude of 41,000 feet and reached a speed of 0.89 Mach. The airplane’s primary […]

If you’ve been around airplanes for a while, you’ve probably heard someone extol the virtues of an aircraft partnership that lets you step up to a nicer airplane for much less money than you could afford on your own. Those agreements always sound good—at least in theory. It’s only later when partners become immersed in […]

In a normal year, Honeywell has released its annual Global Business Aviation Outlook in a kickoff event at the National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition. This year, the team at Honeywell delivered an advanced briefing to Flying ahead of the forecast’s debut on October 6. In that briefing, the tempered optimism stood […]

A sustainable aviation fuel adoption initiative, Signature Renew, joins together Signature Flight Support, Neste, and NetJets in a bid to advance towards the goal of net-zero-carbon emissions in business and general aviation. Signature launched the program on September 11 to double-down on its effort to provide SAF to aircraft across its network. Signature has already […]

Asset Insight, a valuations, audits, analytics, and consulting firm that produces reports on the valuations and marketability of business class aircraft, has released their Q2 2020 Asset Insight AI2 Market Report. The report shows a “considerable” drop in the asking price of many preowned aircraft during Q2 2020, while stating that “days on market” increased […]

The National Air Transportation Association announced its Safety 1st Clean program—giving guidelines for appropriate sanitation and hygiene measures for aviation businesses—has had good uptake thus far. The association has also made progress as part of the government-sponsored bills and funds intended to help the US aviation industry return to regular operations following the COVID-19 outbreak […]

Three months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Business Aviation Association reports operators are slowing coming back online as the market and economy attempts to rebound. “We’re seeing charter activity increase a bit faster than we expected, which is great news,” said Phil Derner, NBAA Western regional representative. “As the industry starts to slowly emerge, […]