BAE Systems has won a mandate to remarket a five-year-old Airbus A318, which it says is ideal for conversion to a VIP or corporate configuration. The CFM International CFM56-powered twinjet was built in August 2003 and has accumulated 10,397 cycles. BAE is offering to arrange access to a corporate interior design house and is making a conversion slot available for the aircraft.
Source: Flight Daily News
Nigerian investigators are probing an apparent dual-engine power loss involving a Hawker 900XP business jet bound for the Ghanaian capital Accra. The aircraft had departed Abuja on 6 December and had been climbing through 24,000ft towards 28,000ft when the crew reported an indication from the right-hand engine. Hawker 900XPs are ...
US investigators believe a fire which badly damaged a Bombardier Challenger 650 last month occurred after the crew attempted to use braking to burn excess fuel prior to departure. The executive jet (N247QS) had been set to take off from Jackson in Wyoming for Norfolk, Virginia, on 17 November. According ...
Failure to remove a pitot probe cover and a cascade of resulting pilot missteps caused a 2023 inflight upset near Hartford that involved a Bombardier Challenger 300 business jet and killed one passenger.
