Sydney Metro Airport Bankstown has announced that it will not impose aeronautical charges on some aircraft operating during weekends between November and the end of January, while it is also offering a 50 per cent discount on aircraft parking. Under its ‘fly free weekends’ plan, SMA will not levy aeronautical charges on fixed wing aircraft
Cessna has launched its new Citation Ten, a larger and more advanced version of the Citation X high performance business jet featuring a new Garmin G5000 avionics suite and new Rolls-Royce engines. “The launch of the Citation Ten is an example of our commitment, repeated throughout the recent downturn, to new product development, and it’s
Piper Aircraft has announced that it has enlarged the fuselage of the single-engine PiperJet , which will now be known as the PiperJet Altaire as it repositions the aircraft away from the very light jet segment and into the business aircraft market. “While the earlier PiperJet design, with its Piper M-class cabin cross section (which
BAE Systems’ Regional Aircraft division has revealed its latest concept for the BAe 146/Avro RJ based Avro Business Jet at the NBAA Convention in Atlanta, which is aimed at the charter aircraft market. Called the ABJ Fusion and developed in conjunction with Design Q, the aircraft is aimed at teaming the field performance, steep approach
Eurocopter CEO Dr Lutz Bertling has said the company has no short term plans to replace or significantly upgrade its Squirrel range of helicopters. Speaking to Australian media at the company’s headquarters in Marignane near Marseille, Dr Bertling said the Squirrel, which was launched in the early 1980s, was still selling extremely well, and that
Fractional ownership scheme NetJets has announced an agreement with Embraer for it to purchase 50 Phenom 300 business jets and 75 options in a deal that could exceed more than US$1bn (A$1.01bn). The order will see the launch of the Phenom 300 Platinum Edition, which will be developed to meet the needs of NetJets’ fractional