Subscription Required

 

The Weekly of Business Aviation - July 7, 2014 is published in The Weekly of Business Aviation, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.

Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to The Weekly of Business Aviation through your company? Login with your existing email and password.

Not a member?  Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what's happening in the business aviation community.

Magazine Issue

The Weekly of Business Aviation - July 7, 2014

Download PDF

Intelligence

article

FAA To Complete UAS Integration Plan By End Of August

Jul 07, 2014
Responding to an auditor’s report critical of its progress toward integrating unmanned aircraft into national airspace, FAA says it expects to…

Safety/Training

article

Textron Buys CJ, Conquest Trainer ProFlight

Jul 07, 2014
Textron, which recently launched a new simulation and training unit to serve the business, commercial and military markets, is already growing its…
article

Trainer Deals Generate Simulation Business For CAE

Jul 07, 2014
International sales of advanced trainers are generating business for training system suppliers, with simulator specialist CAE announcing orders for…

Appointments

article

Appointments

Jul 07, 2014
CHARLES (CHUCK) BUCKLAND was appointed general manager of Landmark Aviation’s facility at Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) in North Carolina…

Business Aviation Briefs

article

Business Aviation Briefs: Piaggio Aero Industries Wins EASA OK For Avanti Fuel Tank

Jul 07, 2014
Piaggio Aero Industries has secured European Aviation Safety Agency approval for an auxiliary fuel tank for the P.180 Avanti II and the Avanti EVO…
article

Business Aviation Briefs: FAA Seeks Comments On Commercial Photo, Video Use Of UAS

Jul 07, 2014
FAA, which announced last month that it was considering an exemption to permit aerial photo and video production companies to use unmanned aircraft…
article

Business Aviation Briefs: NetJets Marking 10th Year As Westchester Airport Tenant

Jul 07, 2014
NetJets, which is celebrating its 50th year as a business entity (it began operation as Executive Jet Aviation, or EJA), is also marking its 10th…
article

Business Aviation Briefs: Landmark Aviation Holds Open House For New Paris Airport Facility

Jul 07, 2014
Landmark Aviation held an open house late last month marking the opening of a new 8,500-sq.-ft. facility next to its existing hangar at Paris le…
article

Business Aviation Briefs: India Grounds AW101s Due To Parts Shortage

Jul 07, 2014
India has grounded all three AW101 helicopters it acquired from AgustaWestland due to difficulties securing spare parts following the cancellation of…
article

Business Aviation Briefs: Gama Aviation Opens Dubai Airport Executive Terminal

Jul 07, 2014
Gama Aviation last week opened an executive terminal at Sharjah International Airport in Dubai, and said the facility immediately met targets for…
article

Business Aviation Briefs: Rockwell Collins Official Clay Jones To Retire

Jul 07, 2014
Clay Jones is retiring from his position as director and non-executive chairman of the board of Rockwell Collins, effective July 31. Anthony…
article

Business Aviation Briefs: Reliable Jet Maintenance Adds Sovereign To Capabilities

Jul 07, 2014
Reliable Jet Maintenance in Boca Raton, Florida, added the Citation Sovereign to its maintenance capabilities Ops Specs. The Sovereign joins the…

Airworthiness Directives

article

Airworthiness Directives

Jul 07, 2014
BEECH Model 400, 400A, 400T, and MU-300 airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2014-0345; Directorate Identifier 2013-NM-230-AD] – proposes to require an…

Calendar

article

Upcoming Events

Jul 07, 2014
July 14—ISTAT Reception at the Farnborough International Airshow, Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel, www.istat.org/Airshow July 14-20—Farnborough…

Forecasts/Industry Data

article

Used Business Jet Sales and Used Business Turboprop Sales, North America and Outside North America

Jul 07, 2014
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/06/bav_07_07_2014_cht1.pdf

Airframers/Suppliers

article

India’s Tata Group Aims To Make Aircraft

Jul 07, 2014
India’s Tata group will develop fuselages and wings of new-generation Dornier 228 aircraft for Switzerland-based RUAG Aviation AG, as it aims to…

Regulatory/Legislative

article

Inhofe Drafting ‘Pilots Bill Of Rights 2’

Jul 07, 2014
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), who last year pushed through his “Pilot’s Bill of Rights” (PBOR) bill to strengthen pilot protections during enforcement…

Programs

article

First Production HondaJet Flies

Jul 07, 2014
Honda Aircraft took the next step toward certification of its light jet with the initial flight of the first production HondaJet. The aircraft…

Operations

article

Sentient Sees 40% Surge In Business

Jul 07, 2014
Jet card provider Sentient Jet, celebrating its 15th anniversary, is eyeing a couple of new products to bring in the “next layer” of customers as it…

Associations

article

SMO Advocates File Complaint Against City Of Santa Monica

Jul 07, 2014
Business and general aviation advocates are stepping up their offensive against the city of Santa Monica in an attempt to save Santa Monica Airport …
article

NBAA’s Blouin Steps Down As SVP After 22 Years

Jul 07, 2014
Kathleen Blouin, who has managed the National Business Aviation Association’s annual conventions and forums for 22 years, stepped down from her…