Posted on December 30th, 2015
Business Aviation Outlook: Even Slow Growth Will Be Hard To Sustain Industry rebalances around large-cabin market as sector continues to outpace growth elsewhere In a slow and uncertain recovery since its post-2008 collapse, the business aviation industry is settling into a slightly different shape than it had before the global economic crisis. That form is…
Posted on May 11th, 2013
Honda Aircraft has extended by another year its target for obtaining certification for the HondaJet, to the end of next year, according to a company spokesman. “The engine is pacing the program right now,” he said, and the jet’s GE Honda Aero HF120 engine is now scheduled to receive certification in the fourth quarter. No…
Posted on April 1st, 2011
Honda Aircraft announced this week that its first production-conforming HondaJet achieved the model’s planned maximum speed during flight testing. The light twinjet reached 425 ktas at 30,000 feet and a maximum Mach of 0.72 above 30,000 feet during a March 11 flight from the company’s Greensboro, N.C. headquarters. “We are extremely pleased with the strong…
