Honda Aircraft Readies for HondaJet Entry into Service
Company is ramping up aircraft production, expanding facilities at its headquarters and launching HondaJet finance arm.

Honda Aircraft is ramping up production and expanding facilities at its Greensboro, N.C. headquarters as it prepares for certification and first deliveries of the $4.5 million (2010$) HondaJet HA-420 early next year, the company said today at NBAA 2014. It has also established the Honda Aviation Finance Co., which will start accepting loan applications tomorrow from qualified HondaJet customers in the U.S. And a training center opened in Greensboro, where the first level-D HondaJet simulator will be installed in the first quarter.

The expansion projects will see a nearly 50,000-sq-ft addition to the company’s main headquarters building that will accommodate a HondaJet sales showroom and a dedicated 24,405-sq-ft hangar for aircraft delivery preparation. Both are scheduled for completion in the second half of next year.