Executive Jet is testing an airline-style pilot gateway system that will enable crews of Cessna Citation V Ultras and Raytheon Hawker 1000s in its Netjets fractional ownership programme to begin and end their tours of duty in Orlando or Las Vegas, as well as the company's Columbus, Ohio, operations centre.
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.
