- HondaJet Starts Production Line; HF120 Engine Nears Certification[Oct. 29, 2012]
Honda Aircraft has started the production line for its US$4.5 million HondaJet entry-level twinjet. A handful of initial customer aircraft are scheduled to be completed next year. Honda expects FAA certification of the HondaJet's GE Honda HF120 engine (2,095 pounds of thrust/5,000-hour TBO) in the middle of next year and aircraft certification in 2013.
- MBAE2012 Taking Place in Macau International Airport[Oct. 31, 2012]
Macau Business Aviation Exhibition 2012 (MBAE2012) was successfully held in the Macau International Airport from October 26 to 28. The Chief Executive of Macau SAR, Mr. Chui Sai On presided the grand opening ceremony of this event. The latest and the most modern business jets - Boeing BBJ and Airbus ACJ319/318 unveiled in Macau International Airport during this three-day exhibition. Other well-known business jet manufacturers, including Embraer S.A., Bombardier, Gulfstream etc., also displayed various business jets in the exhibition as well.
- Airbus Introduces ACJ318 Enhanced[Oct. 29, 2012]
Airbus has begun offering customers the ACJ318 Enhanced, a new version of the smallest member of the world's most modern corporate jet family, which embodies new features and introduces a catalogue of optional extras.
- Shanghai Hawker Pacific Sees China Business Aviation Trending Up[Oct. 29, 2012]
Shanghai Hawker Pacific Business Aviation Service Centre General Manager Carey Matthews is upbeat about business aviation trends in mainland China. In a press briefing at NBAA'12 he reported that year over year growth is 13 percent for business aviation movements at both Hongqaio (SHA) and Pudong (PVG) airports in Shanghai, China. "We expect total movements to be around 4,000 at the end of 2012," said Matthews. He noted that as new owners and current owners of business aircraft learn what those aircraft can do for them, and as more FBO facilities and MRO facilities spring up, those owner/operators are using their aircraft more often. "With the FBO we can have an owner off the aircraft and to his car in the parking lot in a minute or so," Matthews said. He currently estimates just under 160 business aircraft flying in mainland China.
- Macau Business Aviation Exhibition Grandly Inaugurated[Oct. 26, 2012]
The very first Macau Business Aviation Exhibition (MBAE), which is currently being held at Macau International Airport (MIA) during Oct. 26-28 this year, was grandly opened at Grand Hyatt Macau on Thursday evening.
- Airops Software "Powers" BACA 2012 Excellence Awards Nominees and Winners[Oct. 16, 2012]
Airops Software Ltd, part of Gama Group, the global business aviation services provider, celebrated today a seventh consecutive year of its clients being nominated and winning the coveted Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA) Excellence Awards.
- Auckland-Antarctica Flight Cancelled After Receiving Less Than 100 Bookings[Oct. 15, 2012]
The first commercial flight planned from New Zealand to Antarctica since the Mt Erebus crash in 1979 has been cancelled because of a lack of interest.
- Gama Support Services Expands Supply Chain Capability[Oct. 09, 2012]
Gama Group, the global business aviation service provider, announced today an exclusive agreement with Professional Aviation Associates to hold consignment stock for European based Hawker Beechcraft aircraft.
- Gama Aviation Expands Russia Based Aircraft Management Activities[Sep. 24, 2012]
Gama Group, the global business aviation service provider, today announced the addition of two further aircraft management contracts to its Russia-based portfolio.
- Airbus ACJ319 Makes First Appearance at South African Show[Sep. 20, 2012]
Airbus' ACJ319 is making its South African airshow debut at AAD* giving visitors from the region their first chance to experience the aircraft's comfort and space at first hand, as well as to compare it with other aircraft on display.