Bombardier has received its first Learjet 40 order from an operator in Saudi Arabia. The light jet will be delivered to Jeddah-based architectural business owner Mohamed Al Harasani in mid-2006. The first Learjet 40 for an Asia-Pacific customer is due to be delivered to Manila-based Subic International Air Charter later this year.
Source: Flight International
Rolls-Royce has completed flight testing of the Pearl 10X engine it is developing for the Dassault Aviation Falcon 10X business jet after a six-month campaign.
French investigators have found that a Cessna 525A Citation departed Paris Le Bourget after personnel failed to realise nose-gear maintenance was incomplete, forcing the jet to return for a gear-up landing.
Textron Aviation now says it will exhibit at this month’s NBAA business aviation exhibition in Las Vegas, reserving course after last week backing out of the event amid a machinists strike in Wichita.
