Executive Jet plans to take delivery this month of its first Boeing Business Jet for its NetJets fractional ownership programme. The company recently announced the switch of BBJ completions from Raytheon Aircraft, in Waco, Texas, to Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg, Germany, after long delays at the US outfitter. Lufthansa, which is contracted to complete 10 BBJs, delivers its first BBJ to NetJets in August.
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.
