Honda Aircraft Company

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Honda Aircraft Company
Subsidiary
Industry Aviation
Founded August, 2006
Headquarters Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Key people
Michimasa Fujino, President and CEO
Products Aircraft
Number of employees
1200+ (2014)[1]
Parent Honda Motor Co., Ltd
Website www.hondajet.com

The Honda Aircraft Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company that has developed the prototype HondaJet and is slated to manufacture and market the production version of the aircraft. The company was formed as a separate entity in August 2006 under the leadership of president and CEO Michimasa Fujino.[2]

On October 10, 2011, Honda announced at the National Business Aviation Association Convention and Exhibition in Orlando, Fla, 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 and add over 400 jobs to the city.[3]

The corporate headquarters are located at the Piedmont Triad International Airport[citation needed] in Greensboro, North Carolina, where the prototype HondaJet was also developed and flight tested. In February, 2007, the Honda Aircraft Company announced plans to build a 214,000-square-foot (19,900 m2) office and manufacturing facility in Greensboro to support HondaJet production for deliveries in 2010.[citation needed] In April, 2009, the company announced a delayed schedule with test flights in early 2010 and deliveries beginning in late 2011.[4] In August 2010, Honda announced further delays: test flights would begin in November, but actually happened on December 21, 2010 and first deliveries to customers will be in 2012.[5]

On December 9, 2015 the Federal Aviation Administration officially certified the HondaJet. Honda currently has 25 aircraft on the final assembly line and is preparing for first deliveries.

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