Textron Aviation's turbine aircraft deliveries were up by six units in the second quarter but company chair warns of shipment slippages in second half.
The airworthiness directive limiting Gulfstream G500/600 runway crosswind operations is causing delays in aircraft deliveries and for G700/800 approvals.
A “backlog clean-up” during the second quarter resulted in Gulfstream purging its backlog by $1.2 billion, but funded orders still rose 38.9 percent YOY.
During this week's EAA AirVenture, Daher launched its Aviation Marketplace e-commerce parts and services portal for its in-production and legacy airplanes.