Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced today at the Latin American Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (LABACE) in Sao Paulo, Brazil that the company has completed the first fuselage for its forthcoming mid-size business jet, the Citation Latitude. The Latitude prototype is expected to take its first...

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that the theme for this year’s edition of Safety Standdown Latin America will be Professionalism in aviation. Returning once again to the Grand Hyatt São Paulo Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil, the two-day seminar takes place August 12 and 13 just before the Latin American Business Aviation Conference &...

Bombardier, the world’s leading business aircraft manufacturer, will showcase its leading business jet product portfolio at the 10th annual Latin American Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (LABACE) at Congonhas airport in São Paulo, Brazil from August 14-16, 2013. Bombardier will present a Learjet 45 XR, a Challenger 300, a...

Airbus has achieved initial EASA certification of its innovative Runway Overrun Prevention System (ROPS) technology on A320ceo* Family aircraft. This on-board cockpit technology, which Airbus has pioneered over several years and is now in service on the A380, increases pilots’ situational awareness during landing, reduces exposure to runway...

Embraer Executive Jets’ Legacy 500 will make its first public debut in Brazil during the 10th annual Latin American Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (LABACE), 14-16 August, at the Congonhas Airport (CGH), in São Paulo. The new game-changer business jet, which is scheduled to enter service in the first half of 2014, made its global...

Philippine Airlines (PAL) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321. The aircraft was handed over at the Airbus delivery centre in Hamburg, Germany yesterday and is the first of 64 new Airbus aircraft ordered by the airline in 2012 under a major fleet modernisation programme. These include 44 single aisle A321s and 20 widebody...

KLM Cityhopper, KLM’s regional subsidiary, has concluded a lease agreement with BOC Aviation to add six Embraer 190s to its current fleet of 22 E-Jets. The additional E190s are part of KLM Cityhopper’s strategic plan to replace the oldest aircraft in its Fokker fleet. The first of the six E190s is scheduled to be delivered during the second...

Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, is celebrating the first production unit of the Citation M2, Cessna’s newest business jet, exiting the company’s manufacturing facility in Independence, Kansas. Deliveries of the M2 are expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2013. “Seeing the M2 roll off the assembly...

Airbus has delivered its 8,000th aircraft – an A320 for the Indonesian wing of AirAsia. The aircraft took off from Toulouse, France on Saturday 3rd August and arrived earlier today at its new base in Jakarta. The delivery of the 8,000th Airbus aircraft highlights the manufacturer’s position as leader in the civil aircraft...

Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, is celebrating another program milestone for the world’s fastest civilian aircraft, the Citation X. The first production unit of the new Citation X took its maiden flight this week, marking another step closer to certification and delivery of the remarkable mid-size business...