Content Archive: April 2023

Aircraft

VietJet Expands Service to Australia amid SE Asian Rebound

VietJet A330-300 debuts in Sydney as Vietnamese authorities project traffic recovery to 2019 levels by year-end.
VietJet's expansion into Australia has seen its Airbus A330-300s debut in Sydney.
Aircraft

SkyDrive Signs First Preorder for Private-use eVTOL

SkyDrive opened the order book to private individual customers for its SD-05 two-seat eVTOL, and Drone Fund director Kotaro Chiba was the first to order.
Venture capitalist Kotaro Chiba (left) views a model of SkyDrive's SD-05 eVTOL aircraft.
Aircraft

Boeing Confronted with Another Max Delivery Disruption

Aft fuselages for the 737 Max supplied by Sprit Aerosystems are the source of another delivery disruption.
Boeing 737 Max family on airport ramp

Argus Sees Bizav Ops Continuing To Slide from 2022

Business aircraft traffic was down 4.8 percent year-over-year globally in March with operations softened in both North America and Europe, Argus reported.
Embraer Phenom 300E in front of hangar door

Fort Lauderdale Int'l Reopens after 'Historic' Rainfall

After enduring what was described as a once-in-a-lifetime rainstorm, Florida's Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport.
Private jets sitting on flooded ramp at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport
Aircraft

Gulfstream G400 Cabin Tour Launches, First Flight Nears

Gulfstream is launching a G400 cabin mockup tour in the U.S. as it prepares to fly the first of the twinjets later this year.
Gulfstream G400 cabin
Maintenance and Modifications

Aerocare Completes First Embraer Praetor 600 Repaint

Aerocare Aviation Services Limited completed its first full repainting of an Embraer Praetor 600 aircraft at its expanded paint facility in Chester, UK.
Embraer Praetor 600 repainted by Aerocare Aviation Services Limited in hangar

Foley: Bombardier Proving Ability as Pure-play OEM

Slimming down to a bizjet maker with $9 billion in debt could have imperiled Bombardier, but the OEM is showing resiliency, Brian Foley Associates said.
bottom view of Bombardier Global 7500 in flight over clouds
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Summit Aviation Breaks Ground on Yellowstone Facility

Summit Aviation will soon begin construction on its complex at Montana's Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport.
Artist rendering of Summit Aviation's new headquarters at KBZN

Former Gulfstream President Larry Flynn Flies West

Larry Flynn, inducted as a Living Legend in Aviation in 2020, died on April 12 following a battle with cancer at the age of 71.
Larry Flynn looking out window in Gulfstream business jet