(Photo Nigel Pittaway)
ALMOST EVERY business aircraft manufacturer was represented at this year’s Singapore Airshow in February. Eleven business aircraft were on show outside the Changi Exhibition Centre (CEC), representing one-third of the total number of aircraft on display. Bombardier’s ultra-long-range Global 7500, G-HNEY (c/n 70117), made its debut at the airshow and celebrated more than 150 deliveries to customers worldwide. Also present were Embraer’s Praetor 600, N776EE (c/n 55020176), Honda’s HA-420 HondaJet Elite, HS-IPA (c/n 42000233), and Pilatus’s PC-24A, HB-VVM (c/n 504).
Honda announced that it would introduce its Certified Pre-owned (CPO) programme to the Asian market. First unveiled in the US in June 2023, the CPO programme is a 208-point inspection and maintenance process for pre-owned aircraft.