Corporate Jet Gulf (CoreJet) has delayed the launch of its JetPartners fractional ownership programme until the second quarter of 1999, blaming the withdrawal of a Middle East investor as the reason for the postponement. The programme, originally scheduled to begin operations from Dubai this month, is planned to start with a core fleet of up to four Cessna Citation VIIs for sale, with four new Citation Xs to follow. Corejet has four customers to date.
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.
