Global 7500 Crosses FAA Certification Finish Line November 8, 2018 Bombardier Business Aircraft’s flagship Global 7500 received FAA certification today, achieving another key milestone as it approaches service entry by year-end. The 7,700-nm, four-zone business jet gained Transport Canada’s nod on October 1, though EASA approval is still pending. “This milestone is the latest accomplishment for our Global 7500, which has been exceeding expectations on … Continued
Barclays Bizjet Report Bullish on Bizjet Market August 8, 2018 by Chad Trautvetter Business jet cycles in June were flat in the U.S. and 11 percent higher in Europe, according to the latest Business Jet Activity Tracker from Barclays Equity Research. It estimates that combined U.S. European and U.S. business jet cycles rose 2 percent year-over-year in June and were 4 percent higher on a … Continued
G500 Sets Speed Records En Route to Service Entry April 24, 2018 by James Wynbrandt It hasn’t yet entered service, but Gulfstream Aerospace’s new G500, making its public debut in China at ABACE 2018, has already set eight new city-pair speed records on continent-to-continent flights, the company announced. The record-setting flights, all undertaken as part of a customer-focused world tour, are “indicators of the unmatched speed and … Continued
Gulfstream’s G450 Reaches the End of the Line January 22, 2018 Gulfstream Aerospace delivered its final G450 as it prepares to usher in its replacement, the fly-by-wire G500, the company announced on Friday. The G450 entered service in 2005 and quickly proved it had longer legs than anticipated, flying 4,350 nm at Mach 0.80. “For the past 12 years, the G450 has been one of the … Continued
DASSAULT FALCON 7X January 22, 2018 MARK HUBER | MAY 2017, Business Jet Traveler OVER THE LAST DECADE, Dassault has delivered 275 of its long-range trijet Falcon 7Xs, and the fleet has amassed 500,000 hours of flight time. With a range of 5,797 nautical miles, the 7X may not have the longest legs in the large-cabin bizjet “uber-barge” derby, but … Continued
Teal: Bizav Market To Return to Peak Levels in 2021 October 25, 2017 AIN International Aerospace and defense market intelligence and analysis firm Teal Group, in its latest industry forecast, is calling for business aircraft deliveries to return to 2008 peak levels in 2021. However, it predicts deliveries will be down 2.3 percent this year, followed by “modest” market growth through the end of this decade. Overall, Teal … Continued
GULFSTREAM G650ER October 17, 2017 MARK HUBER Business Jet Traveler OCTOBER 2017 Since its introduction in 2012, the long-haul, large-cabin Gulfstream G650 has quickly become a popular ride for the world’s elite. More than 200 were delivered during its first four years of production to corporations including ExxonMobil, Bank of America, and Walmart; global potentates from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, … Continued
Bizav Flight Activity in Europe Continues Ascent October 17, 2017 by Chad Trautvetter – October 17, 2017, AIN International Business aircraft departures in Europe climbed 2.9 percent year-over-year, to 79,280, last month, according to data from WingX Advance. Year-to-date, flight activity in the region is up 3.6 percent from a year ago. All of the leading markets saw gains; Germany, the UK and Italy logged “modest” increases … Continued
Business Flying Continues Growth in September October 17, 2017 by Mark Huber– October 9, 2017, AIN International Business aircraft flight activity in North America continued on its trend of healthy increases last month, according to the latest TraqPak data from Argus International. Compared with the year-ago period, activity increased 5.2 percent, the second straight month of at least 5 percent growth. This month, the company … Continued
Bombardier Adds Fourth Global 7000 to Test Program October 5, 2017 AIN International Bombardier’s Global 7000 flight-test program has expanded to four aircraft with the first flight of FTV4 on Thursday. The flight of the fourth aircraft occurred less than a year after the flight-test program kicked off with the Nov. 4, 2016, flight of flight-test vehicle 1 (FTV1). FTV2 joined the program on March 4, … Continued