Bill Gates will carry on using business jets and campaigning on climate change

Amol Rajan visited Kenya, where Bill Gates through his foundation is supporting local farms and hospitals. During a wide ranging interview in Kenya, Gates talked about wealth and recent conspiracies and controversies — an interview published by the BBC, 3 Feb 2023. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001hsl1/amol-rajan-interviews-bill-gates Business Jets On the use of business jets Gates was asked for his view ...

Business Aviation or Private Aviation: What is in a term and does it really matter?

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What’s the difference between business aviation & private jet travel? A thought piece... For many of our customers and for those outside the industry, ‘private jets’ and ‘private jet’ travel are the most commonly used reference — inside our industry we more often use the term 'business jet' & ‘business aviation’. So what do we really mean when we use ...

Dassault Falcon deliveries up YoY but trail target for the year

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Deliveries of the Dassault Falcon Business Jet are up year-on-year, but fall short of the annual forecast of 35 business jets. Dassault Aviation delivered 32 Falcons last year, according to its preliminary financial reporting. Orders for the Dassault Falcon Business Jet stand at 64 net, are up from 51 in the previous year. This brought Dassault’s year-end ...

Boeing Business Jets announcements at NBAA 2018

This year’s NBAA conference and exhibition held in Orlando, was an opportunity for Boing to announce the delivering of its first BBJ MAX to a customer. The aircraft is headed to interior finishing center for completions and according to Comlux’s last year announcement, it will be delivered to the customer in late 2019. Greg Laxton, head of ...

Airbus unveils luxurious Harmony Cabin for the ACJ330neo

Airbus has unveiled a new cabin concept called Harmony. Launched at EBACE in Geneva, the new luxurious cabin is designed to enhance comfort, space and quietness in Airbus Corporate Jets’ wide body aircrafts. The new cabin was initially proposed for the new ACJ330neo, but it will be adaptable to other ACJ wide bodies. Benoit Defforge, president of Airbus ...

Airbus Begins Final Assembly of ACJ320neo Family

At this year’s EBACE in Geneva Airbus announced to begin final assembly of the first ACJ320neo in June in Hamburg, Germany. The ACJ320neo “Family” includes ACJ319neo and ACJ320neo, both of which are based on the company’s best-selling A320neo airliner family. Long anticipated, first ACJ320neo is due to be delivered to Acropolis Aviation of the United Kingdom in ...

Honda Aircraft Launches HondaJet Elite at EBACE 2018

At special event on the 2018 European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland, Honda Aircraft Company revealed a new, upgraded version of the HondaJet, the "HondaJet Elite." “The HondaJet Elite represents Honda Aircraft’s continued commitment to performance, efficiency, and environment creating new value in business aviation” said the Company’s President and CEO Michimasa ...