Bombardier is to roll out the first Global Express long-range business jet on 26 August at its de Havilland plant in Toronto, Canada, where the aircraft is now structurally complete. Gulfstream, meanwhile, has flown the third Gulfstream V long-range business jet .
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.
