HondaJet

Starting in late April, the HondaJet will be making its debut in Japan and Europe during its world tour with stops in 13 countries. The light jet plans to travel more than 26,000 nautical miles throughout the tour. The HondaJet’s public appearance in Japan takes place April 25 through May 5 at several different airports, […]

The HondaJet is an important step closer to its market introduction after the FAA on Friday awarded the light jet’s provisional type certification. Honda Aircraft is planning for initial customer deliveries to start after remaining flight testing is completed in the next couple of months. Provisional type certification is a common design approval awarded to […]

As Honda Aircraft Company closes in on FAA certification for the much-anticipated HondaJet, the company has taken delivery of a simulator that will help train the operators of the light twinjet at the headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. The full motion, Level D simulator as well as a HondaJet-specific training program were developed by Honda […]

GE’s VP of Business and General Aviation Brad Mottier on Monday announced that GE was in the process of buying at least two HondaJets, with the purchase symbolically taking place at NBAA on Tuesday. The HondaJet is equipped with the GE Honda Aero HF120 Engine. The company is a joint venture between Honda and GE, […]

HondaJet president Michimasa Fujino announced at the NBAA Convention that the company’s light jet is making progress toward certification, which it expects to earn in the first quarter of next year, with first customer deliveries taking place immediately afterward. Current price of the HondaJet is $4.5 million. The company has more than 100 orders for […]

The first conforming HondaJet made a strong impression during its public debut at Oshkosh this week thanks to a flight demonstration that showed off the jet’s performance capabilities via high- and low-speed passes. The event comes one month after the airplane made its maiden flight and follows on the heels of the GE Honda HF120 […]

The HondaJet certification program progressed one important step further as Honda Aircraft Company’s test pilot, Warren Gould, pushed the throttles forward at the end of last week on the first production HondaJet at the headquarters at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina. The first flight lasted 84 minutes, during which the twinjet climbed […]

Honda Aircraft Company’s president and CEO Michimasa Fujino provided a full update on the company’s HondaJet program at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland. The program, he said, has picked up momentum after the GE Honda HF120 engines achieved certification, with the HondaJet well on its way to reaching its […]

Following the announcement of the certification of the GE Honda HF120 engine last week, the HondaJet has received its type inspection authorization from the FAA. The TIA indicates that the HondaJet meets certain design requirements, and it allows FAA test pilots to begin the final testing phase required for type certification. Over the past couple […]

GE Honda Aero Engines has earned Part 33 certification process for the HF120 turbofan engines, receiving the sign-off from the FAA last week. The news puts the much-anticipated HondaJet on a clear path to certification. A spokesman for HondaJet said now that the engines are certified, an update on the progress of the certification of […]