The Month In Business Aviation: June 2020

July 01, 2020

Forecast: August Bizav Activity Could Rise 300% From April Lows

As the business aviation industry entered the new decade, Argus International analysts had been expecting North America flight activity to finally break 10,000 flights one weekday in 2020. 

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Aerion Confirms AS2 Slide But Supplier Team Remains Intact

Aircraft developer Aerion Supersonic confirms that the COVID-19 pandemic has forced it to delay development of the AS2 supersonic business jet, pushing first flight back from 2024 to 2025, but says the overall program otherwise continues as planned.

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Bombardier Aviation To Cut 2,500 Jobs From COVID-19 Impact

Bombardier Aviation plans to lay off 2,500 employees, primarily at its Canadian manufacturing facilities, throughout 2020 as it adjusts to lower business jet deliveries caused by challenges from COVID-19, the company said June 5.

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Flying Privately? You’ll Save 100s Of ‘Touch Points,’ Colibri Says

Flying privately eliminates as many as 680 “person-to-person touch points” rather than traveling by commercial airline—potentially reducing the chances of contracting the coronavirus leading to COVID-19, according to Colibri Aircraft, a London-based private jet broker. 

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The Business Aviation Quiz: What's The Cost?

From jet simulators to replacement windshields, can you guess these aviation costs?

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Textron Aviation Obtains $10M Permit To Rebuild After Explosion

Textron Aviation has received a construction permit for roughly $9.9 million for the rebuilding of its Plant 3 operation in Wichita. 

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Flight Paths Forward: The Future Of Business And General Aviation

Business and general aviation have seen downturns more than once before. As private flying shows the first signs of recovery from the blow struck by COVID-19, many in the industry think this time around could be different.

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NetJets Launches Advanced Qualification Training Program

Fractional ownership provider NetJets has launched the Advanced Qualification Program to customize pilot training based on human factors.

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Honeywell Forms Unmanned Systems, UAM Business Unit

Honeywell has established an Unmanned Aerial Systems business unit focused on growing its presence in the emerging markets for drones and urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles.

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Rolls-Royce Advances Electric Propulsion On Several Fronts

Rolls-Royce is progressing toward commercial certified electric propulsion across a range of system architectures and power outputs.

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With bizav activity potentially rising 300% from April lows to NetJets launching the Advanced Qualification Program, the industry is starting to see the ‘new normal’ as it adjusts to the challenges caused by COVID-19.

Take a look at our roundup of the biggest stories in June.

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