Ahead of officially opening its order book for the new PC-24 business jet, Pilatus has received a letter of intent from Abu Dhabi-based Falcon Aviation Services in what potentially sees Pilatus with its launch customer. Launched in May this year, the PC-24 is Pilatus’s first foray into the jet market. Roll-out of the new design
Bombardier’s Learjet 75 has received FAA certification, with deliveries of the eight-seat jet expected to start soon. The new aircraft, which is based on the Learjet 85, promises an up to nine per cent improvement in field performance under hot and high conditions and up to a four per cent improvement in fuel efficiency thanks
Cessna’s updated Citation X has been officially validated as having the fastest maximum operating speed of any civilian aircraft currently flying, reclaiming the title from Gulfstream’s G650. The Citation X regained its position following the conclusion of high-speed certification flights with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which recorded a maximum operating speed of Mach 0.935 (536kt
A Gulfstream G650 has set a new round-the-world record in claiming the mantle of the fastest westbound time for a non-supersonic aircraft of 41 hours 7 minutes. Gulfstream says the aircraft recorded an average speed of 915km/h for the 20,310nm, three-stop flight, which departed on its first leg from San Diego’s Brown Field Municipal Airport at
Bombardier has had a ceremonial delivery of the first customer Learjet 75. The manufacturer had hoped to formally deliver the aircraft ahead of this week’s NBAA convention but was forced to hold a ceremonial delivery – to customers Louis Beck and London Air Services – as US FAA certification for the aircraft was delayed by
Cessna says its mid-size Latitude business jet is “on schedule” to make its first flight in the first quarter of 2014. “We have nearly finished with the Latitude wing, and the Latitude fuselage is almost complete,” said Terry Shriner, Cessna business leader for the Latitude, in an update the manufacturer released for the NBAA convention this
