Boeing says it has delivered two 787-8 Boeing Business Jets (BBJs) in the past week. The deliveries, to undisclosed customers but believed to include Michael Dell from Dell Computers, are the second and third 787 BBJs out of 13 currently on order through to 2018. The BBJ 787-8 has a range of 17,150 km and
Airbus has announced that Benoit Defforge has been appointed Managing Director, Airbus Corporate Jets. The appointment, effective from January 1 will see Defforge head up Airbus’s corporate jet business globally, and will be combined with his previous role as Head of the Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC). Defforge reports directly to John Leahy, COO Customers,
The product support branch of Gulfstream Aerospace has launched the company’s first private label for cabin interior refurbishments. Dubbed The Gulfstream Portfolio Collection, the label will carry a collection of in-stock fabrics, leathers and carpets that will help shorten the lead time and cost for interior refurbishments of Gulfstream business jets. “We’ve assembled a first-rate
The Beechcraft Corporation has celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first flight of its venerable King Air turboprop. The first flight was conducted on January 20 1964 by a Model 90, and that event was commemorated in 2014 by a three-ship pass of three current model King Airs – a C90GTx, a 250, and a
Bombardier Aerospace has announced its orders and delivery tallies for its commercial and business aircraft production lines for the 2013 calendar year. The company’s business aircraft lines delivered a total of 180 aircraft in 2013, an increase of just one aircraft over 2012, comprising 29 Learjets, 89 Challengers, and 62 Global series aircraft. Net orders
Cessna parent company Textron has reached agreement to acquire Beechcraft under a US$1.5 billion deal that comes 10 months after the latter exited from bankruptcy protection. The acquisition, to be completed over the next few months, will bring together two of general aviation’s iconic brands within the one company. Of primary interest to Textron is
