Trace Worldwide has completed the installation of its VIP interior conversion kit in the business class section of an Airbus A310. The kit can be carried in the hold in a modified LD6 container. The Biggin Hill, UK-based firm has been discussing the concept of "quick change" kits with Airbus to allow overnight conversion to VIP or a flying hospital layout.
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.
