Content Archive: January 2025

Aircraft

Gulfstream Hopeful for G800 Certification by Midyear

Both the G800 and G400 programs are going ’very nicely’
Gulfstream G800
Maintenance and Modifications

Atlantic Jet Partners Buys Component MRO Specialist

Plans call for growing the services provided by the combined companies
Great Lakes Aerospace & Machine
Engines

Pratt & Whitney Hydrogen Engine Project Shows Promise of Steam Injection

Results of ARPA-e program showed 35% more efficiency and nearly elimination of nitrogen oxides
Pratt & Whitney depection of its Hydrogen, Steam Injected, Inter-cooled Turbine Engine (HySITTE) architecture (Image: Pratt & Whitney)
Aircraft

Gulfstream Deliveries Soar Despite Lingering G700 Delays

Gulfstream delivered 136 aircraft in 2024 and is expected to ramp up to 150 in 2025
Gulfstream G700
Accidents

Inquest Rules Fatalities in AW169 Crash Were Accidental

Jury and coroner find no grounds to dispute accident investigation findings
AW169 that crashed in UK
Regulations and Government

Europe’s Economy Faces Big Hit from Green Limits on Bizav

EBAA and GAMA say new report shows true costs of environmental restrictions
ExecuJet FBO at Paris Le Bourget Airport
Fuel

U.S. Treasury’s SAF Production Tax Rules Face Doubt

Detractors say longer span on tax incentives is needed
rendering of sustainable fuel production facility
FBOs

Dallas FBO Completes Interior Renovation Project

Ambassador Jet Center gave its lobby a glow up
Ambassador Jet Center lobby
Aircraft

Boom Achieves Supersonic Flight with XB-1 Demonstrator

Boom broke the sound barrier three times during a January 28 flight test
Boom XB-1 pictured in flight
Regulations and Government

U.S. Senate Confirms Sean Duffy as DOT Secretary

Duffy nomination received a 77-22 vote in the Senate
Sean Duffy, official congressional portrait