BUSINESS AVIATION IN BRIEF
Dassault Aviation began work on a new spares facility between Charles de Gaulle and Le Bourget airports. When completed, the 18,000 sq m facility parts delivery to customers in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. It will replace existing facility at Le Bourget and complement a spares complex in New Jersey. The new facility will feature a new spares management system, among other advanced logistics and warehousing technologies. It is scheduled to enter service towards the end of 2018.
Boeing Business Jets announced that it booked 14 new orders in the past year — one 737, four BBJs, three BBJ MAXs, one BBJ 787-8, two BBJ 777-300ERs, and three BBJ 747-8s. “It has been a really strong year for us at Boeing Business Jets,” said Greg Laxton, head of Boeing Business Jets. The OEM also revealed a new interior design for the BBJ MAX 7, created by Paris
Jetex Flight Support and Brazilian operator
CFLY Aviation will be developing and managing a new private terminal and FBO at São Paulo Guarulhos International Airport (GRU/SBGR) in Brazil over the next 15 years. The joint venture will improve access and convenience for corporate,
share the main terminal at GRU with commercial airlines. It will come with a Jetex-branded FBO. Jetex will provide 24/7 trip services, while CFLY Aviation will manage aircraft parking and storage. The National Aeronautic Association awarded speed records to Embraer’s Phenom 300, Legacy 450, and Legacy 500 business jets. The Phenom Lauderdale, Miami, in 2 hours and 41 minutes, and reached an average speed of 733.38 km/h, covering Anchorage, Alaska to Van Nuys, California, within 4 hours and 42 minutes, with an average speed of 795.96 km/h. The midsize cabin Legacy 450 set new and between Australia and Indonesia. The Legacy 500 midsize jet set two new speed records over Europe.
Honda Aircraft Company is expanding sales of the HondaJet in Greater China through Honsan General Aviation, a Guangzhou-based company. It will serve as the HondaJet dealer in China, and will provide sales, service and support throughout China, Hong Kong and Macau. This comes in response to “tremendous interest” in China, said Honda Aircraft president and CEO Michimasa Fujino. Honsan General Aviation will be based at the new business jet terminal being built at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, of 2017.
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced new performance standards for its long-range Gulfstream G500 and G600 business jets after The G600 will deliver a range of 6,500 nm (12,038 km) at Mach 0.85 — 300 nm (556 km) farther than the initially projected range. At Mach 0.90, the range will be 5,100 nm (9,445 km). The G500 saw an increase in range by 600 nm (1,111 km). It can (8,149 km) at Mach 0.90. “As we methodically moved are going exceptionally well, we recognized we had both the time and ability to enhance G500 and G600 performance and give our customers a business-jet family that’s better than the one we had promised them,” said Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream.