CJI SHORTLISTED IN THE 2024 AEROSPACE MEDIA AWARDSnews Mike Stones 14 Jun 24 0Corporate Jet Investor has been shortlisted in the 2024 Aerospace Media Awards for two articles published in our publication Corporate Jet Investor Quarterly (CJIQ). Both… Read more
Leading Edge ‘proud’ of 1,000 aircraft transactionsnews Rob Hodgetts 4 Jun 24 0Reaching the milestone of 1,000 turbine aircraft transactions made for “an exciting countdown” but for Joe Carfagna Jr. and his Leading Edge Aviation Solutions team… Read more
Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X starts flight testsnews Mike Stones 5 Apr 24 0Rolls-Royce has started flights tests of its long-awaited Pearl 10X engine. Selected to power Dassault’s new flagship Falcon 10X business jet, the Pearl 10X engine… Read more
Dassault opens new MRO facility in Kuala Lumpurnews Yves Le Marquand 2 Apr 24 0Dassault Aviation has further expanded into Southeast Asia with the opening of a new maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Operating… Read more
ExecuJet Haite finishes first Falcon 7X engine changenews Mike Stones 21 Mar 24 0ExecuJet Haite has finished the first engine change on a Falcon aircraft, a 7X, at its Tianjin MRO centre in northwest China. The trijet is… Read more
Dassault delivers 26 Falcon aircraft in 2023news Fayaz Hussain 15 Jan 24 0Dassault Aviation said it delivered 26 Falcon aircraft in 2023 – its lowest in 17 years – against the guidance of 35 at the start… Read more
Dassault’s Falcon 6X enters servicenews Mike Stones 4 Dec 23 0Dassault Aviation has confirmed its long-awaited Falcon 6X entered service on November 30th. The aircraft won type certification from both EASA and FAA on August… Read more
Falcon 6X collects its paperworkopinion Alasdair Whyte 1 Sep 23 0It used to be said that an aircraft was only ready to be certificated to fly when the paperwork equalled the weight of the aircraft.… Read more
Dassault Falcon 6X wins FAA and EASA certificationnews Mike Stones 23 Aug 23 0Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 6X has won type certification on both sides of the Atlantic from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the FAA. Certification… Read more
New jet demand still outstripping supplyopinion Alasdair Whyte 31 Jul 23 0Do you want the good news or the bad news from the second-quarter manufacturer results? The bad news is that building aircraft is still hard… Read more
Demanding supplyopinion Mike Stones 12 Jun 23 0It is easy to focus on demand more than supply. Salespeople at aircraft manufacturers get to drink champagne with clients while their colleagues back at… Read more
OEM supply chain disruptions: Taking the temperaturenews Mike Stones 7 Jun 23 0Eagle-eyed visitors arriving at Geneva Airport enroute to EBACE 2023, may have noticed posters warning against disruptive and abusive behaviour. These were meant as a… Read more
Dassault brings Sustainable Aviation Fuel to Little Rocknews CJI Expert 31 Mar 23 0All Falcon aircraft flights from the Dassault Aviation completion facility in Little Rock, Arkansas will now use Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The Little Rock plant… Read more
Bashing banks and business jetsopinion Mike Stones 20 Mar 23 0Dassault Aviation business jet results last week were upbeat. Orders up 25%, backlog up to 87 aircraft worth €4.7bn – up from €3.1bn in 2021. But… Read more
Dassault Aviation fights back against ‘private jet bashing’news CJI Expert 14 Mar 23 0Dassault Aviation has defended the private jet industry against “aviation bashing” in its recent presentation to investors. Read more
Dassault’s Falcon jets orders up 25%, backlog rises to €4.7bnnews CJI Expert 10 Mar 23 0Orders 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… Read more
NBAA-BACE: What Walt knew about recessionsopinion Mike Stones 25 Oct 22 0Corporate Jet Investor builds a snapshot of whether global recession is inevitable and, if so, what might be the impact on business aviation. Read more
Dassault Falcon deliveries up year-on-yearnews Mike Stones 20 Oct 22 0Dassault Aviation reported 41 net Falcon jet orders in the first half of this year, compared with 25 in the same period of last year,… Read more
TAG rebrands as Dassault Aviation Business Servicesnews CJI Expert 7 Oct 22 0TAG Maintenance Services has rebranded as Dassault Aviation Business Services (DABS). Read more
Execujet MRO expands services in Malaysianews Yves Le Marquand 26 Sep 22 0ExecuJet MRO Services has added some new capabilities to its Malaysia facility at Subang Airport including zinc-nickel and cadmium electroplating technology. Zinc-nickel and cadmium electroplating… Read more