Business & Commercial Aviation

The acting FAA administrator says the agency's role is to enable the UAS industry, but so it does not impinge on the rest of the National Airspace System.

BRS Aerospace reports its whole-aircraft parachute system recently saved its 400th and 401st lives, considered noteworthy achievements in aviation safety.

Dassault will not be participating in a supersonic business-jet project. A low-boom aircraft still would be too noisy at takeoff, CEO Eric Trappier said.

Boeing has selected Epic Fuels to provide sustainable Jet-A fuel for its new-aircraft delivery program and has begun offering customers its use on delivery flights

The Arab Air Carriers Organization has signed a memorandum of understanding with MedAire for aviation security and assistance services.

Boeing continues to expand its number of subsidiaries, recently closing on ForeFlight, a provider of mobile and web-based aviation applications.

Eagle Jet Solutions has acquired Front Range Aviation at Great Falls International Airport in Montana and is changing its name to Great Falls Jet Center.

Bombardier received the Grand Laureate in business aviation for its new Global 7500, at Aviation Week Network's Laureate Awards honoring aerospace achievements.

RUAG Australia has been certified as an EASA Part 145 maintenance organization. It offers component MRO and line support for fleets there and in Europe.

Daher has upgraded its single-engine turboprop. Improvements to the TBM 940 include an automated throttle, automatic deicing system and redesigned seats.

The tables show Jet-A and avgas prices from a survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in March 2019.

Several fatal accidents involving breakdowns in situational awareness provide evidence that more needs to be done to standardize and simplify interfaces.

The Farnborough Airshow is ending its public weekend days. Under the new format, the next event, July 20-24, 2020, will be held over five days instead of seven.

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Selected accidents and incidents from February 2019. The NTSB information is preliminary.

After a near-decade hiatus, Schweizer helicopters are returning to production, with two S-300s later this year paving the way for full-rate production in 2020.

Dassault Aviation recently acquired TAG Aviation's European maintenance activities and the MRO operations of the ExecuJet Group, which offers product support at several locations worldwide.

Kopter Group, the manufacturer of the SH09 single-engine light helicopter, hopes to eventually assemble as many as 100 of them annually at a Louisiana facility.

FlightSafety International has added new training courses for Airbus Helicopters at its Denver Learning Center.

True Blue Power, which makes lithium-ion batteries, has introduced fifth-generation main-ship batteries engineered to address lead-acid and NiCad challenges.

Tru Simulation + Training has delivered a full-flight simulator for the Bombardier CL-415 "water bomber" to Ansett Aviation's training center in Milan.

Boeing and Embraer expect to close their commercial and defense aircraft joint-venture deals by year-end, now that Embraer shareholders approved the proposals.

Honeywell's Turbine-Powered Civil Helicopter Purchase Outlook is forecasting 4,000 civil helicopters could be delivered by manufacturers over the next five years.

William Garvey speaks with Leslie Weinstein, manager and founder of True-Lock Aviation Fasteners.

Business & Commercial Aviation news from March 1969.​