Feb 20 (Reuters) - Gulfstream Aerospace intends to deliver its first G600 business jet during the first half of 2019, President Mark Burns said on Wednesday, in a boost for the large-cabin, corporate plane program.
Gulfstream, a division of U.S. aerospace and defense company General Dynamics Corp (NYSE:GD) GD.N , said in January the G600 would be certified during the first half of 2019, with deliveries to start this year.
Gulfstream is “working through” the backlog created by delays from a 35-day, partial U.S. government shutdown that ended on Jan. 25, Burns told Reuters on the sidelines of a general aviation event in Washington.