The Week in Business Aviation - July 27

July 27, 2020

Brazilian Flight Trainer To Use Advanced Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Brazilian-U.S. light aircraft maker Texas Aircraft Manufacturing is collaborating with the UK’s Oxis Energy to develop an all-electric training aircraft powered by advanced lithium-sulfur batteries.

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King Schools Revamps Cessna Learning Platform

King Schools has upgraded its Cessna Flight Training System courses and launched a video instruction course to help prepare pilots for interviews. 

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Dassault Puts New Falcon Development First

Dassault Aviation is pressing ahead with the development of new business jets and the modernization of its factories in a bid to be prepared for the hoped-for recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic-induced downturn.

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UK-Based Skyborne Orders 10 Electric EFlyers

Skyborne Airline Academy has ordered 10 all-electric light trainers from Bye Aerospace. It is the first UK pilot training school to place an order for Bye electric aircraft. The order is for six two-seater eFlyer 2 aircraft and four eFlyer 4 four-seat aircraft.

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Epic E1000 Turboprop Earns FAA Production Certificate

Epic Aircraft, based in Bend, Oregon, has received the FAA’s production certificate for its six-seat E1000 carbon-fiber, single-engine turboprop. 

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Western Aircraft To Double Size With Expansion

Western Aircraft, a division of the Greenwich AeroGroup, is expanding for the second time in six years. The company is adding a 93,000-sq.-ft. addition to its site in Boise, Idaho, which will more than double its existing maintenance, repair and overhaul facility space.

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Piper Delivers Six Archers To ATP Flight School In 100-Plane Order

ATP Flight School, based in Jacksonville, Florida, has renewed an order with Piper Aircraft for 100 training aircraft and has taken delivery of six new Piper Archer TX trainers as part of the order.

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Bizav Operators Returning Aircraft To Service, MRO Provider Says

As business aviation rebounds in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, owners and operators are returning idled aircraft back into service, Cleveland-based Constant Aviation reports. 

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Pre-Owned Twin-Engine Helicopter Market Falls In 2Q 2020

Market conditions for the sale of pre-owned twin-engine helicopters deteriorated in the second quarter of 2020, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and a crude oil price slump, according to a report by Aero Asset, a Canadian helicopter brokerage firm.

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Bombardier Delivers First U.S.-Based Global 5500 To Unicorp

Bombardier delivered its first Global 5500 large-cabin intercontinental business jet to be based in the U.S. 

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Embraer Reports Lower 2Q Deliveries Due To Pandemic Impact

Embraer delivered 13 business jets during the second quarter of 2020, down from 25 in the same quarter a year ago, a reduction largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the world, it said.

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From the development of an all-electric training aircraft powered by lithium-sulfur batteries to Dassault Aviation pressing ahead with new business jets. Take a look at what happened last week in business aviation.

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