Textron Aviation has received EASA certification for the Fusion-equipped King Air 250 and 350i/ER.

MRO software company Commsoft is continuing its growth in Africa as CAMO provider AviaSeven joins the global community of OASES users.

Palexpo in Geneva is to continue to host EBACE through to 2021.

StandardAero and Pratt & Whitney Canada have launched a fixed rate overhaul programme for the PT6A engine.

Piper Aircraft’s M600 has entered the final stages of certification from the FAA. The aircraft is listed at $2.853 million. In light of this type introduction, Piper is repositioning the M-Class line and reducing the price of the M500 to $1.99 million.

Spanish flight school One Air has purchased the very first FNPT II AL250 simulator. The sim will be delivered this summer.

Bombardier’s WAVE Ka-band wi-fi service for the Global 5000 and 6000 aircraft has received certification from Transport Canada.

African flight support company Astra Aviation has opened a new location at Harare International airport, Zimbabwe. The facility employs three staff and is the ninth addition to the Astra network.

Dassault's Falcon 8X has entered the final stages of its flight testing and certification campaign. FAA and EASA certification is expected by the middle of this year and entry into service is due in late summer.

The MEBAA Show, returning to DWC in Dubai from the 6th-8th December 2016, is expected to be the largest yet, with the organisers forecasting a 10 per cent increase in footfall.

UK-based Bond’s first class of graduate engineers has passed its Aberdeen-based training programme. Each candidate is now qualified to sign off engineering work on the Sikorsky S-92.

FlightSafety International is celebrating its 65th anniversary. Current chairman, president and CEO Bruce Whitman paid tribute to founder Al Ueltschi.