Executive Jet Aviation (EJA), which has acquired 19 Hawker 1000s since 1993, expects to pick up three more of the corporate aircraft this year. The successful fractional-jet-ownership operator says that the Hawker programme has grown tremendously because of keen customer interest in the mid-size business jet with coast-to-coast range.
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.
