Air charter software providers Avinode of Sweden and CTA-FOS of the USA have formed a strategic alliance allowing each company to integrate real-time aircraft availability from their respective database of charter operators. This enables brokers to get instant information and to find temporarily positioned aircraft and real-time empty legs.
Source: Flight International
US firm Sierra Nevada (SNC) has been awarded a $170 million contract to deliver two Rapcon-X surveillance aircraft to the Finnish Border Guard.
Turkish business jet charter company Air Sapphire has been heavily fined by the US government for flying a Gulfstream GIV to Russia without authorisation.
The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered inspections of the Gulfstream G500 and G600 fleet in response to a “quality escape” involving improperly installed engine-mounting hardware.
