Honda Aircraft Company marked the opening of its new customer service facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony today at its world headquarters in Greensboro, N.C. The facility is an expansion of the company’s corporate operations at the Piedmont Triad International Airport. With the facility’s addition, the Honda Aircraft campus totals more...

The second A350 XWB to fly, MSN3, has just landed back at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport France, shortly after 14:30 hours local time, after successfully completing its first flight that lasted approximately five hours. The A350 XWB test aircraft, MSN3, was flown by Frank Chapman and Thierry Bourges, Airbus Test Pilots. Accompanying them in the...

On 11 October Airbus welcomed eighty schoolgirls to its Toulouse site for a day of discovery and discussions. The purpose of the “Les Elles du Futur” initiative is to make careers in aeronautics better known and to help attract young girls into the sector. The programme for the day included films on how aircraft are made, a visit to several...

ADB Airfield Solutions will launch the ADB Power CRE-M, a new, energy-efficient and modular regulator at Inter Airport Europe 2013.The new Constant Current Regulator (CCR) will be available in rack as well as stand-alone versions.  As a rack-based model, various elements can be moved around – the high voltage section can be separated from the...

ADB Airfield Solutions was showcasing its new LED Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) at inter airport Europe 2013 in Munich from October 8 – 11, 2013. The system includes several industry-first features which vastly improve user-friendliness, light output and performance, and eliminate warm-up delays typically associated with traditional...

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has appointed Kevin Valik as a North American sales director in the company’s East Division. He reports to Jim Dobbins, vice president, North American Sales, East Division. Valik is responsible for sales to new and existing customers in Delaware and New Jersey and new customers in New York City. “We are excited to...

Euro Jet continues its 5 Year Anniversary celebration with the expansion and renovation of its Prague FBO. Euro Jet is the only FBO at Prague‘s Vaclav Havel Airport to offer TWO complimentary VIP crew lounges. The new lounges feature a relaxation area that comfortably seats six with a flat screen cable television, assorted beverages and...

Jet Aviation Singapore is in full construction mode as it presses forward to complete its new hangar facilities at Seletar Aerospace Park by early February 2014. The new facility will triple the size of the current facility, adding a new 5,000 sq m hangar, two floors of shops and offices covering a gross area of 4,060 sq m and approximately 9,380...

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) is pleased to announce that ExecuJet Aviation Group in Johannesburg, South Africa has successfully completed the NATA Safety 1st Ground Audit and is now listed on the Ground Audit Registry. NATA's Safety 1st Ground Audit program was created to provide a consistent operational safety standard for...

National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) President and CEO Ed Bolen today joined other industry leaders in a non-partisan rally on Capitol Hill to encourage Washington policymakers to quickly find a path forward for reopening the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), so that vital aviation services can resume. The event, hosted by the...

The new U.S. A320 Family final assembly line will bring Airbus closer to its partners and customers in the world’s largest aviation market, while strengthening the company’s overall competitiveness, and increasing Airbus employment on both sides of the Atlantic. Initial hiring already has begun for the Mobile, Alabama facility –...

According Airbus’ new Cargo Global Market Forecast, world-wide air freight traffic will grow by an average of 4.8 per cent annually over the next 20 years, almost doubling the required global freighter fleet to nearly 3,000 aircraft. This projected growth is driven by numerous positive global trends in economic activity, including world trade,...

Bombardier’s New Wing Facility in Belfast The UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, today officially opened Bombardier’s new wing manufacturing and assembly facility in Belfast. Following the addition of close to 1,000 employees to its Northern Ireland workforce over the last two years, Bombardier announced today that it will create at...

Bombardier, the world’s largest business aircraft manufacturer, will showcase its leading business jet product portfolio and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic Learjet aircraft at this year’s 66th annual National Business Aviation Association conference and exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada from October 22-24, 2013. “This year’s...

Embraer Executive Jets will hold five Embraer Executive Operators Conferences (EEOCs) in the fourth quarter of this year, in Jakarta, Indonesia, in Bangalore, India, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in Hong Kong, China, and in Los Cabos, Mexico. The EEOC in Jakarta will be held on October 1, 2013, and will cover the Legacy 600 and Legacy 650...