Germany's JetConnection Businessflight has chosen Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) of Berlin to overhaul two Learjet 60s. JetConnection, the launch customer for Bombardier's Continental super mid-size business jet, has already signed contracts with LBAS for the maintenance of 12 aircraft.
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.
