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FLYEXCLUSIVE ordered eight Cessna Citation XLS Gen2s for delivery starting in 2024 and up to six Citation Longitudes for delivery starting in 2025.
WELOJETS signed LOI to order 32 eSTOL jets from Electra.aero, which now has commitments for >1,000 aircraft.
DASSAULT FALCON JET plans to build 175,000 sq ft Falcon maintenance center at Melbourne, FL for late 2024; complex will be able to accommodate up to 18 Falcon models simultaneously and will include 54,000 sq ft paint shop.
WENCOR, GA has acquired AVIATRON, Canada to strengthen its pneumatic repair capabilities and PMA library.
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA plans in 2024 to open MRO facility for PW800 in Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany, in collaboration with MTU AERO ENGINES; deal follows $30m investment to set up first PW800 MRO site at Bridgeport, WV.
SpVSE AVIATION was appointed by Honeywell as exclusive global distributor of LASEREF IV inertial reference system. It also extended distribution agreement with Bombardier for Learjet 20/30/50 airframe parts for another three years.
WINGLET TECHNOLOGY, Wichita plans to amend its transitional winglet STC to include Sovereign+ and Latitude models.
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INMARSAT named Satcom Direct and Honeywell as its first global distribution partners for SwiftJet inflight connectivity.
FLIGHTAWARE (Collins Aerospace) updated its AeroAPI flight tracking and flight status product to include historical flight data back to January 2011.
GUARDIAN JET, CT launched Vault 4.0 online asset management portal that contains data and analytics intelligence on the technical, legal and operational aspects of aircraft ownership to provide transparency around aircraft transactions.
CAE is ramping up Gulfstream training activities out of new facilities in Las Vegas, Savannah and Singapore. A G650 simulator entered service in Las Vegas (additional simulators being added in coming months; G650, G500 and G600 maintenance training activities began in Savannah; and G650 pilot training is set to launch in November with new FFS.
FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL plans to build third Praetor full-flight simulator for operation in 2Q23 at Orlando.
GARMIN INTERNATIONAL has FAA STC to install its GI 275 electronic flight instrument (with Bluetooth) in the Falcon 7X.