Metro-xjet is planning to add by mid-June the first Cessna Citation VI available for charter on the UK register. The aircraft has been refurbished. Metro-xjet also operates a 550-series Citation and plans to add further aircraft to its managed fleet over the next 18 months.
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.
