Honda Aircraft Company

The Honda Aircraft Company is an aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, that produces and sells the HondaJet twin-engine light business jet. The company was formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company in August 2006 under the leadership of president and CEO Michimasa Fujino.[2] It has been delivering aircraft since late 2015.[3]

Honda Aircraft Company
Subsidiary
IndustryAviation
FoundedAugust 2006 (August 2006)
Headquarters
Greensboro, North Carolina
,
United States
Key people
Michimasa Fujino, President and CEO
ProductsAircraft
Number of employees
1200+ as of October 2014[1]
ParentHonda Motor Co., Ltd
Websitewww.hondajet.com
HondaJet

History

On 10 October 2011 Honda announced at the National Business Aviation Association Convention and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida, that the company would construct an 80,000-square-foot customer service facility near the world headquarters as an expansion of Honda Aircraft Company's world headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. The $80 million expansion is expected to add over 400 jobs to the city.[4]

The corporate headquarters are located at the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina, where the HondaJet was also developed and flight tested.[5] Honda Motors invested over $200 million between 2006 and 2015 to expand the Honda Aircraft Company facilities to an over 133-acre campus.[5][6] In April 2009 the company announced a delayed schedule with test flights in early 2010 and deliveries beginning in late 2011.[7] In August 2010 Honda announced further delays: test flights would begin in November, but actually happened on 21 December 2010, and first deliveries to customers were originally planned to be in 2012.[8]

On 8 December 2015 the Federal Aviation Administration officially type certified the HondaJet.[9] The first delivery occurred on 23 December 2015.[10]

Honda Aircraft Company grew its business outside of North America shortly after the HondaJet received FAA type certification in late 2015. In May 2016, the HondaJet received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification, and Honda Aircraft Company began deliveries to European customers shortly thereafter.[11] In 2018, Honda Aircraft established a presence in India, the Middle East, South America, and Southeast Asia by partnering with dealerships across various countries to sell its aircraft.[12] Aircraft deliveries to Japanese customers began in 2019 after the HondaJet Elite received certification from Japanese authorities in late 2018.[13] In early 2019, Honda Aircraft began deliveries to Canadian customers after the HondaJet Elite received type certification from Transport Canada.[14] In August 2019, the HondaJet Elite received certification from the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration, and began deliveries that December.[15]

On 20 May 2019 company announced they were building a new 15.5 million dollar facility in Greensboro N.C.[16]

Products

References
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  2. Holden, Henry M. (February 2007). "HondaJet: On a Wing and a Dare". Airport Journals. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  3. Chalres Alcock (December 23, 2015). "Honda Aircraft Begins HondaJet Deliveries". AIN.
  4. "Honda Aircraft Company to Build New HondaJet Aircraft Maintenance Facility in Greensboro, North Carolina" (Press release). Las Vegas: Honda. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  5. "Honda Aircraft Company to Establish World Headquarters and Production Facility in Greensboro, NC" (Press release). Greensboro, NC: Honda. 9 February 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  6. "Honda Aircraft Company to Build New HondaJet Aircraft Maintenance Facility in Greensboro, North Carolina" (Press release). Greensboro: Honda. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  7. "HondaJet delays delivery of first light jet". Triad Business Journal. American City Business Journals. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
  8. Sobie, Brendan (7 August 2010). "Honda unveils conforming aircraft, plans November first flight". Washington DC: Flightglobal. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
  9. "HondaJet Receives Type Certification From Federal Aviation Administration" (Press release). Greensboro, NC: Honda. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  10. "Honda Aircraft Company Begins HondaJet Deliveries" (Press release). Greensboro, NC: Honda. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  11. "HondaJet Achieves EASA Certification". Flying. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  12. Bollinger, Luke (4 April 2018). "Following a trend of global expansion, HondaJet receives certification in two South American countries". Triad Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  13. Gregy Waldron (December 13, 2018). "HondaJet Elite receives Japan certification". Flight Global.
  14. Chad Trauvetter (April 11, 2019). "Transport Canada Gives Nod to HondaJet Elite". AIN.
  15. "Honda Aircraft Company Begins Deliveries of HondaJet Elite to China" (Press release). Greensboro: Honda. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  16. https://myfox8.com/2019/05/20/honda-aircraft-company-to-build-new-15-5-million-facility-in-greensboro/
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