The Week in Business Aviation - September 25

Textron Aviation Machinists Avoid Strike, Accept New Labor Contract

Textron Aviation avoided a strike by its hourly workforce when members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers accepted the company’s final offer of a new four-year labor contract on Sept. 19. 

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Walmart Launches Third Drone Delivery Trial

Flight services provider DroneUp on Sept. 22 announced a pilot program with Walmart and Quest Diagnostics to deliver COVID-19 test sample collection kits by drone in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

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BBGA Seeks Brexit Positives Amid Continuing Operational Uncertainty

There was a sustained and unified emphasis on accentuating the positives during the British Business and General Aviation Association’s (BBGA) Brexit webinar held Sept. 22.

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FAA Unveils Policy For Drone Type Certification

The FAA has announced its policy for approving drone designs as a special class of aircraft. Published on Sept. 18 in the Federal Register, the policy statement confirms a notice the agency released in February. 

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Neste, Shell Sign Sustainable Aviation Fuel Supply Deal

Neste Corporation and Royal Dutch Shell have signed a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supply agreement, in a bid to anticipate increasing demand from airlines.  

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Partners In Aviation Matches Growing Aircraft Co-Ownership

Partners in Aviation co-founder and President Mark Molloy is a professional matchmaker, although his matchups involve bringing together those wanting to co-own a business aircraft. 

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Daher To Deliver 1,000th TBM Turboprop

Daher has rolled out the 1,000th TBM turboprop from its final assembly line in Tarbes, France. The aircraft, a TBM 940, will be delivered to U.S. owner and operator James Hislop, an investment banker. Hislop is the co-founder and managing director of two private equity investment firms.

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Aero Engine Parts Provider Whitcraft Auctions New Factory Equipment

Just months after buying the factories as part of a prepandemic acquisition spree, Connecticut-based aero engine supplier Whitcraft Group is auctioning several plants across the U.S. next month as part of a retrenchment effort.

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Hyundai Teams With Seoul Incheon Airport To Test UAM

Hyundai Motor is continuing to build out the infrastructure side of its initiative to begin commercial urban air mobility (UAM) services by 2028.

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From the FAA unveiling its policy for drone type certification to Asian Sky Group saying that the asian biz jet market outlook is mixed. Take a look at this week’s business aviation stories.

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