Jet Aviation has acquired a site at Biggin Hill airport in Kent, UK, to provide maintenance, refurbishment and FBO facilities. The US headquartered company will initially provide maintenance capability across a range of corporate jets including Gulfstreams, Cessna Citations and Dassault Falcons. The maintenance facility opens this month and the FBO is due to get underway in the third quarter.
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.
