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Collins Aerospace : at the doors of the future

Collins Aerospace : at the doors of the future

On December 3, 2018, United Technologies Corporation (UTC) 's official acquisition of Rockwell Collins gave birth to Collins Aerospace. This small industrial revolution should allow UTC to develop its activity in the business aviation sector. To make the point we met...

Contributing Expert – Flight Operations

Contributing Expert – Flight Operations

Certification and training: two major issues In spite of the constant development of this sector of activity, the business of air operations today faces two major problems: its recognition by a real certification and the structured training of the future...

Luxury Catering – The Vision of La Maison Nordique

Luxury Catering – The Vision of La Maison Nordique

Private aviation imposes very strict standards in terms of food safety, and has to cope with additional constraints such as preserving the taste of dehydrated foods. The caterers selected and with whom the private aviation companies work hand in hand, know these...

Aircraft Renewal

Aircraft Renewal

There is in corporate aviation what can be called a constant, so recurrent this phenomenon is: as soon as a company, a group, owns a plane, this one is more and more frequently used, and as a consequence its intrinsic advantages become obvious. The corporate jet...

Bombardier Global 7500: The New High-End Market Reference

Bombardier Global 7500: The New High-End Market Reference

After several years of waiting and setbacks, Bombardier announced at the beginning of November the certification of the Global 7500. An important and crucial step for the Canadian aircraft manufacturer, and above all, a small revolution in the high-end aircraft...

Interview with Greg Laxton, CEO of Boeing Business Jets

Interview with Greg Laxton, CEO of Boeing Business Jets

After an exceptional year 2017 with 16 new orders, Boeing Business Jets consolidated its position against its main rival, Airbus, in a very specific business aviation market. Ultimate Jet took advantage of the Monaco Yacht Show to meet with Greg Laxton, CEO of Boeing...

NBAA 2018 on Brazilian time

NBAA 2018 on Brazilian time

A wind of positivism blew throughout the National Business Aviation Association convention held October 16-18 in Orlando, Florida. In addition to the announcement of the launch of new models during the event, the event was, once again, expected by worldwide...

Gulfstream G500 Filght Test : My Best Ride…Period!!

Gulfstream G500 Filght Test : My Best Ride…Period!!

There we were, doing .91M at 50 000 feet barely 19 minutes after takeoff (with 2 stops at FL250 and FL420) ... watching the U.S. East Coast and the Atlantic Ocean closing in, and the line of cumulonimbus disappearing below us ... in Gulfstream’s brand new G500. My day...

Sylvain Mariat: the interior revolution

Sylvain Mariat: the interior revolution

Melody, Harmony, Kaolin... Beyond these names, new interior concepts presented for several years by Airbus Corporate Jet. But above all, the style of one designer, Sylvain Mariat, who for more than ten years has revolutionized cabin design for the European aircraft...