Embraer S.A. has signed a definitive agreement with India’s Air Costa for a firm order for 50 E-Jets E2s with an additional 50 purchase rights. The acquisition is a mix of 25 E190-E2s and 25 E195-E2s and has an estimated value of USD 2.94 billion based on 2014 list prices. The purchase rights are for an additional 25 E190-E2s and 25 E195-E2s,...

Bombardier Aerospace announced that it will be adding full service interior refurbishment capabilities to its comprehensive line and heavy maintenance offering at its wholly owned Singapore service centre located at Seletar Airport in Singapore. Flying Colours Corp. has been selected to offer these services on site to all Bombardier Learjet,...

Bombardier Aerospace announced that an existing customer, which has requested to remain unidentified at this time, has placed a firm order for an additional three CS300 aircraft. Based on the list price of the aircraft, the firm order for the three CS300 aircraft is valued at approximately $228 million US. “With its outstanding...

The Boeing Company named Maureen Dougherty as the president of Boeing Australia and South Pacific. She previously led one of the company’s major defense projects, the U.S. Air Force KC-46A Tanker program. Dougherty succeeds Ian Thomas, who held the job from 2009. Thomas was named president of Boeing China, based in Beijing, last month. Both...

Comlux America, the Completion and Services Center of Comlux the Aviation Group based in Indianapolis, has been awarded the completion contract for an Airbus ACJ320. The aircraft is expected to arrive at the Comlux America facility during the 2nd quarter of 2014 and will be completed in the new State of the Art hangar of Comlux America. With...

Bombardier Aerospace held an inauguration event on 11 February, coinciding with the Singapore Airshow, to officially open its new full-scale, company-owned service centre located at Seletar Airport in Singapore. Bombardier welcomed Mr. S. Iswaran, Minister, Prime Minister’s office and Second Minister for Home Affairs and for Trade and Industry...

 Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has demonstrated its continued commitment to the Asia-Pacific region with an increased focus on product support, customer service options and sales. The company brought its full fleet – the Gulfstream G650, G550, G450, G280 and G150 – to the 2014 Singapore Airshow, underscoring that commitment. “Gulfstream...

Bombardier Aerospace announced that Abu Dhabi-based Falcon Aviation Services has signed a firm purchase agreement for two Q400 NextGen turboprop aircraft. Falcon Aviation Services is based at Al Bateen Executive Airport and operates a fleet of corporate jets conducting VIP charter flights, and a fleet of helicopters serving the offshore oil and...

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.’s G280 once again demonstrated its ability when it set three potential city-pair records en route to its 2014 Singapore Airshow debut.  The super mid-size aircraft linked Savannah to Singapore in just three legs, bringing its record tally to 39. The G280 flew 3,206 nautical miles/5,938 kilometers from the...

Bombardier Aerospace announced the opening of its newest Regional Support Office (RSO), geared at providing support to commercial aircraft operators in Singapore and the rest of the South East Asia region. The new Singapore office is the 18th Bombardier RSO to open outside North America. It complements a large service and support network, which...

 Cessna Aircraft Company is to deliver three Citation CJ4 business jets to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) through their special mission affiliate Kanematsu Corporation of Japan. This deal represents the first ever CJ4 deliveries to Japan. Bill Harris, Cessna vice president of Sales for Asia...

Bombardier Aerospace and Falko Regional Aircraft Limited (Falko), a global lessor focused on the regional aircraft sector, today announced that Falko has added a CRJ900 aircraft to its portfolio. The aircraft, manufactured in 2006 and acquired from Bombardier, is on lease to Mesa Airlines Inc. and is operating on behalf of US Airways, now part of...

Zürich-headquartered ExecuJet Aviation Group, which is attending the Singapore Airshow for the first time, will be increasing its presence in Asia in 2014. Speaking at the Singapore Airshow, Graeme Duckworth, ExecuJet Asia's Managing Director, said: "The rapidly growing number of business jets in Asia has created the need for greater...

Cessna Aircraft Company is anticipating heightened demand for business aviation in southeast Asia, the company said today at the Singapore Airshow. Speaking at the show, which runs from February 11-16, Bill Harris, Cessna vice president of Sales for Asia and Asia Pacific, said: “As the global economy continues to recover, southeast Asia’s...

Managing Director George Galanopoulos of LEA London Executive Aviation, one of Europe’s largest business jet charter operators, is adding three new aircraft to its fleet: a Bombardier Challenger 300; an Embraer Legacy 600 and a Legacy 650. LEA’s managing director George Galanopoulos says: “With clear signs of an economic recovery,...