Werner Aerne has been named, vice-president/general manager of business-aviation service company, Jet Aviation of Zurich, Switzerland. He replaces Ruedi Kraft, who has been appointed head of Jet Aviation's new Singapore site. Both appointments took effect on 1 November.
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.
