Cessna announces super midsize Longitude business jet
Cessna introduced a new, super midsize business jet Monday at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Bombardier kicked off Europe’s largest business jet show in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday with an announcement of the Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 light business jets.
Cessna introduced a new, super midsize business jet Monday at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland.
Hawker Beechcraft Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 3, will remain intact, Executive Vice President Shawn Vick said.
At Boeing’s San Antonio facilities located on the redeveloped Kelly Air Force Base, a massive high-bay hangar takes center stage.
A state official said he has had inquiries about Boeing’s Wichita plant, but two site selection executives think the facility will remain vacant for some time.
The fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War led to military budget cuts and base closures across the country.
For the second time in a month, Hawker Beechcraft is cutting its workforce.
Shipments of general aviation airplanes turned in a mixed performance during the first three months of 2012, with an increase in turboprop deliveries and a drop in piston and business jet shipments.
Bombardier, which operates a Learjet plant in Wichita, recorded first quarter revenue of $3.5 billion, down from $4.7 billion a year ago on lower deliveries of commercial aircraft.
Hawker Beechcraft is reviewing the Air Force’s amended request for proposal on a $335 million light air support contract and plans to submit a bid.
A Southwest Airlines official said Tuesday that AirTran’s 10 years in Wichita represent “a legacy of success” and Southwest is excited to build on it.
If Hawker Beechcraft emerges from bankruptcy with its debt load gone, does that solve its problems?
Hawker Beechcraft received approval Friday from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to continue to pay employees as well as vendors and suppliers for goods and services it receives after the date it filed for bankruptcy protection.
Spirit AeroSystems recorded a 21 percent increase in revenue and 113 percent increase in net income in the first quarter as deliveries rose.
The face of Hawker Beechcraft will be changed by the prearranged reorganization bankruptcy the planemaker filed Thursday, according to a Wichita bankruptcy attorney.
Financially troubled Hawker Beechcraft filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday, saying it would emerge from the financial restructuring a stronger company.
Hawker Beechcraft warned Thursday that it may have to terminate its defined benefit pension plans as it goes through Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Hawker Beechcraft trace its history back to a former barnstormer, test pilot and salesman who grew up on a farm in Tennessee.
Hawker Beechcraft could file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as early as today, a Wall Street Journal article said Wednesday.
Bombardier Learjet marked the expansion of its Wichita facilities with a groundbreaking ceremony Monday under overcast skies.