BizJet Inks Supplier Agreement with Gulfstream, Swelling Falcon Fleet Prompts New Dassault MRO Facility

BizJet International Sales and Support has signed a supplier agreement for engine maintenance services with Gulfstream Aerospace.

The three-year agreement will provide Gulfstream with options for quality engine maintenance and customer support for the Gulfstream GII, Gulfstream GIII, GIV, G350 and G450 aircraft worldwide.

To service a growing fleet, Dassault Falcon Service has announced plans to build a heavy Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility at Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport in southwestern France. The nearly 24,000-foot facility is capable of accommodating six aircraft and will be built adjacent to the Dassault Aviation manufacturing plant. It aims to serve Falcon 5X, 7X and 8X large cabin aircraft.

The third meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO’s) Task Force on Risks to Civil Aviation arising from Conflict Zones (TF-RCZ), established following the downing of Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 flight MH17, arrived at a what the organization describes as a successful conclusion.

At the final meeting, ICAO proposed and adopted a work program designed to keep passengers safe from conflict zone risks wherever they fly and regardless of their airline of choice. The program will now be packaged for assessment by a wider cross-section of ICAO’s 191 member states during the United Nations agency’s High-level Safety Conference slated for February 2015.