Wayfarer Aviation of White Plains, New York, has boosted its fleet of managed business aircraft by 12 this year, with the addition of two Dassault Falcon 900s and a Gulfstream IV, taking the total to 42 aircraft in North and South America. Wayfarer launched a fractional ownership programme earlier this year, using Raytheon Beech King Airs serving the New York area.
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.
