Aircraft
HondaJet Gets European Nod
Follows U.S. FAA approval in December and Mexican DGAC validation in March.
Steven Higgins, EASA’s section manager for high-performance aircraft and turboprops, presents the type certificate for the HondaJet to Honda Aircraft president and CEO Michimasa Fujino. (Photo: Mark Wagner)
Steven Higgins, EASA’s section manager for high-performance aircraft and turboprops, presents the type certificate for the HondaJet to Honda Aircraft president and CEO Michimasa Fujino. (Photo: Mark Wagner)

Honda Aircraft’s HA-420 HondaJet received EASA certification on the eve of EBACE, paving the way for deliveries of European-registered aircraft to customers. Steven Higgins, EASA’s section manager for high-performance aircraft and turboprops, presented the type certificate for the HondaJet to Honda Aircraft president and CEO Michimasa Fujino during a press event yesterday.