Dassault’s Falcon jets orders up 25%, backlog rises to €4.7bn March 12, 2023 By Megan Kelly Orders for Dassault Aviation’s Falcon business jets increased by 25% last year while its backlog rose to €4.7bn, according to the company’s full-year accounts for 2022. The orders rose from 51 in 2021 to 64 last year, despite cancelled orders for Russian aircraft due to the war in Ukraine. The value of … Continued
GULFSTREAM G700: BUYER’S AND INVESTOR’S GUIDE March 3, 2023 BY YVES LE MARQUAND Breaking city-pair speed records before it even reaches service, the Gulfstream G700 is one of the most highly anticipated aircraft of the past decade. Arriving into a business aviation market with some of the lowest inventory levels on record, the 7,500nm-range, Mach 0.925-capable jet is aiming to shape the next 10 … Continued
GULFSTREAM ADVANCES G700 FLIGHT-TEST PROGRAM July 29, 2020 SAVANNAH, Georgia, July 28, 2020 — Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced the all-new, industry flagship Gulfstream G700™ flight-test program is making progress with a number of accomplishments in testing and performance. The G700, introduced in October 2019, boasts the industry’s most spacious cabin with the highest speeds at the longest range. The G700 has flown … Continued
GULFSTREAM G700 DEVELOPMENT ACCELERATES May 11, 2020 May 08, 2020 SAVANNAH, Georgia, May 8, 2020 — Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced the second and third all-new Gulfstream G700™ test aircraft have taken flight, further advancing toward certification and customer deliveries of the industry’s new flagship. The second G700 flight-test aircraft had its first voyage on March 20, departing Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) … Continued
Business Jets Not Getting Dumped In This Downturn As Owners Hang Onto Sanitary Travel Capsules May 7, 2020 Brian Foley Contributor Aerospace & Defense Today you can’t pry private jets from owners’ hands despite crazy economic gyrations that would normally spook them into selling, and a business jet fleet that’s essentially been sitting idle awaiting lockdown orders to be lifted. This is in stunning contrast to the financial crisis of 2007-2008 when business … Continued
GULFSTREAM G600 RECEIVES TYPE CERTIFICATE FROM FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION June 28, 2019 SAVANNAH, Georgia, June 28, 2019 — Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced the all-new Gulfstream G600™ earned both its type and production certificates from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The certifications clear the way for the first G600 deliveries to customers as scheduled this year. “Getting both authorizations on the same day is evidence of … Continued
Gulfstream Deliveries, Sales Soar in First Quarter May 7, 2019 AIN International Business jet deliveries at Gulfstream Aerospace climbed nearly 31 percent year-over-year in the first quarter, largely due to G500 shipments, parent company General Dynamics reported today. The 34 deliveries in the quarter included 27 large-cabin and seven midsize jets, compared with 26 (19 large-cabin, seven midsize) in the same period a year ago. … Continued
Falcon 8X Sets SMO-TEB Speed Record May 7, 2019 AIN International While it used to be normal to see Dassault Falcons landing and taking off from Santa Monica Airport (SMO) in Southern California, the arrival and departure of a Falcon 8X on Wednesday was somewhat unique—and not just because SMO’s runway was shortened last year in an effort to reduce business jet traffic at … Continued
G500 Deliveries Put Gulfstream Over the Top in 2018 January 30, 2019 By AIN International Business jet deliveries at Gulfstream Aerospace surged 40 percent in the fourth quarter—to 42 units (34 large-cabin and eight midsize jets)—largely thanks to nine shipments of the newly certified G500, parent company General Dynamics announced today. This pushed full-year Gulfstream deliveries to 121, one more than in 2017 and meeting General Dynamics’ … Continued
Preowned Report: Used Market Hitting the Apex December 29, 2018 by Mark Huber AINonline A super-heated used business aircraft market has had more jet-A thrown on it due to new tax law changes and looming FAA equipment mandate deadlines. The tax law changes, embodied in the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, extends 100 percent bonus depreciation to used equipment, including used aircraft. … Continued