Sasha Cejic, Robert Medina and April Morina have each been promoted to regional vice president of service centre operations following customer support facility expansions across the US and UK.

Gulfstream is adding a new paint hangar at its Appleton, Wisconsin facility in order to expand its capabilities there. It is investing more than $55m and hiring for 200 positions.

The fifth Gulfstream G700 test aircraft took off and flew for three hours and eight minutes, reaching an altitude of 48,000 ft and a top speed of Mach 0.935. This aircraft will focus largely on testing avionics.