Hawker Pacific says it is well positioned for growth in the Queensland charter market following the purchase of two Fixed Base Operations (FBO) sites in the state. The aircraft sales and support company said on Monday it has acquired a Cairns and Brisbane FBO from aircraft charter group Adagold Aviation. The two FBO’s have been
Embraer has added a new type to its fleet of business jets in Australia with delivery of the first Phenom 300 to this country. The jet was delivered to the Lucas family based in Warrnambool about 265km west of Melbourne, Embraer said in a statement on Wednesday. Embraer Executive Jets regional sales director Captain Manfred
Gulfstream’s newest business jet the G600 has successfully completed its maiden flight. The G600 made its inaugural flight on December 17, taking off from Savannah-Hilton Head Airport at 1350 (local time), Gulfstream said in a statement. G600 test aircraft N600G, one of three G600s in the flight test fleet, spent two hours and 53 minutes
Hawker Pacific has begun a week-long demonstration tour of the Cessna Citation Latitude business jet in Australia and New Zealand. The aircraft will visit Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne in Australia, as well as Auckland in New Zealand, between October 14 and 22, Hawker Pacific said in a statement. Photographer Keith Anderson captured the aircraft’s
Business jet manufacturer Dassault Aviation has delivered its first Falcon 8X to launch customer Amjet Executive. The handover ceremony took place at the manufacturer’s Bordeaux-Merignac facility on Wednesday (local time). The Falcon 8X is an update of Dassault’s existing Falcon 7X and designed to enable non-stop flights such as Sydney-Mumbai, Hong Kong-London or Beijing-Los Angeles.
Hawker Pacific expects the recently-launched Cessna Denali to prove particularly attractive for aeromedical service providers looking to upgrade from the Pilatus PC-12. Textron Aviation unveiled a mockup of its clean-sheet single-engine turboprop design, which is expected to make its first flight some time in 2018, at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture at Oshkosh, Wisconsin this week. Powered
