Textron Aviation

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Matt Thurber

News and developments about everything that goes into the cabin of an aircraft, from floor coverings to headliners, with a special emphasis on in-flight entertainment, communications and other electronics for passengers. If it is in the cabin of an aircraft, it’s covered here.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

System includes an electronically steered antenna, power supply, and router

Textron Aviation Offers Starlink Systems on Citation X

Chad Trautvetter

News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.

Powerplant is 18% more fuel efficient than others in the 1,200- to 1,400-shp class

GE Catalyst Turboprop Engine Gets FAA Nod

Charles Alcock

New developments at airports including regulations and noise issues; legal disputes; openings, acquisitions and mergers.

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

Enlarged and modernized Australian maintenance facility is set to open in early 2026

Textron Expands Asia Pac MRO Support at Melbourne Base

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

New developments and products in avionics, specifically about aircraft electronics in the cockpit.

Added features include CPDLC, ADS-B In weather, and enhanced connectivity

Collins Unveils Pro Line 21 Upgrade for Cessna CJs, XLS+

EFB integration and wireless database updates are among the new features

Collins Upgrading Pro Line 21 Avionics in CJs, XLS+

Curt Epstein

The utility twin turboprop will be used as a cargo hauler in the Ontario region

Canada Gets Its First SkyCourier from Textron Aviation

Jessica Reed

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

Backlog climbs to $7.8 billion as customer demand remains strong

Textron Aviation Deliveries Sag Due To Strike Impacts

News about environmental issues relating to aircraft operations, including noise issues, emissisions, and regulations. See Fuel for biofuel.

No major business aviation OEMs have yet committed to hydrogen propulsion

French Start-up Beyond Aero Gets Backing for Hydrogen Bizjet

News and issues concerning the aviation charter and fractional-ownership industries and markets, including company announcements, regulations, new developments and labor issues.

Air Bravo purchased the freighter version of the twin-turboprop

Cessna SkyCourier Certified by Transport Canada

Amy Wilder

News and issues concerning general aviation, specifically airplanes and helicopters powered by piston and alternative engines (i.e., non-turbine powered aircraft). Subjects include aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Textron Aviation

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Textron Aviation Offers Starlink Systems on Citation X

GE Catalyst Turboprop Engine Gets FAA Nod

Textron Expands Asia Pac MRO Support at Melbourne Base

Collins Unveils Pro Line 21 Upgrade for Cessna CJs, XLS+

Collins Upgrading Pro Line 21 Avionics in CJs, XLS+

Canada Gets Its First SkyCourier from Textron Aviation

Textron Aviation Deliveries Sag Due To Strike Impacts

French Start-up Beyond Aero Gets Backing for Hydrogen Bizjet

Cessna SkyCourier Certified by Transport Canada

Jet.AI Launches Fractional Pre-sales for CJ4 Aircraft

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