EASA Validates HondaJet APMG S Upgrade Package, Opening It to EU HondaJet Classic and APMG Owners
Why It MattersValidation makes upgrade eligibility part of preowned HondaJet pricing and buyer choice, since older aircraft can now be bought with a defined enhancement path or already upgraded.
What happened
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has granted type validation to the HondaJet APMG S upgrade package. The validation allows HondaJet Classic and APMG owners across the European Union to install the latest advancements developed for the HondaJet product family.
Honda Aircraft Company is offering the APMG S modifications package through its Greensboro, North Carolina Service Center and its global network of Authorized Service Centers. In Europe, installations are available through Rheinland Air Service in Germany, a HondaJet Authorized Dealer.
Amod Kelkar, Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Honda Aircraft Company, said the company is committed to continuously enhancing value for customers throughout their ownership journey and is pleased to make the enhancements available to more customers across Europe.
Following certifications in the United States, Mexico and the European Union, the APMG S package is now available to the vast majority of the global HondaJet fleet. Additional international validation applications are pending, and the company says they will be announced as they are achieved.
The company behind the package
Honda Aircraft Company, founded in 2006 and headquartered in North Carolina, is responsible for the research, development, sales, marketing, customer service and manufacture of the HondaJet Elite II. Global HondaJet deliveries surpassed 250 in 2024.
The company is developing the 11-occupant HondaJet Echelon, which will be produced in North Carolina alongside the Elite II.
Industry impact & what to watch
A type validation from EASA is the step that turns a modification certified elsewhere into something European owners can legally install. For a light-jet type, that moves the upgrade from a US and Mexico offering to one that covers a much larger share of the in-service fleet, and it ties the modification to a named installer in Germany rather than only to the Greensboro service center.
The preowned market is where the effect shows most directly. Buyers of earlier-generation HondaJets now have two clear routes: purchase an aircraft with a defined path to APMG S enhancement, or purchase one that has already been upgraded. That gives sellers a concrete specification to price against, and it gives buyers a way to compare aircraft of different ages on the same footing.
The next dated markers are the additional international validation applications that are still pending. Honda Aircraft says it will announce them as they are achieved, and each one would extend the same upgrade path to owners in further jurisdictions.
