Business & Commercial Aviation

Raisbeck Engineering has received supplemental type certificate approval for its swept-blade propellers for the King Air B300 series from the ANAC in Argentina.

Flying Colours Corp. says it has completed the first installation of the Honeywell JetWave Ka-Band satellite communications system.

London City Airport, the single-runway facility close to the capital's financial district, is soon to begin a major infrastructure upgrade to accommodate 30,000 additional flights per year.

West Virginia University's Institute of Technology and FlightSafety International have launched a Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management degree program.

Chinese carmaker Geely, the owner of Volvo and Britain's Lotus, has purchased flying car developer Terrafugia, according to the South China Morning Post.

Newly appointed FAA Deputy Administrator Dan Elwell has underscored the FAA's commitment to the compliance deadline for ADS-B and its firm compliance deadline.

AirPower Software specializes in the design and development of aviation software products used to analyze aircraft operating costs, charter and leasing strategies and solutions to aid in the identification of business aircraft suitable for various mission needs.

As clear evidence of the growing pilot shortage, regional carrier Horizon Air, a subsidiary of Alaska Airlines, canceled up to 6% of its departures in August for a lack of pilots to fly them.

Aviation safety gains, described by the FAA in its annual report, were based on CAB figures for 1965. General aviation showed a slight statistical improvement with 516 fatal accidents in more than 16,000,000 flight hours.

EBAA and TAG Aviation have launched the TAG Aviation Scholarship for cabin crew training. It is being offered within the framework of EBAA’s WE-CARE program. Application deadline is August 15.

Duncan Aviation customers are now able to review, compare and approve sales quotes via the myDuncan portal.

Astronautics Corp. of America’s new RoadRunner electronic flight instrument (EFI) — in cooperation with Regourd Aviation and Aerotec — completed demo flight on an Agusta A109 helicopter at the Paris Air Show.

Satair Group and Metamaterial Technologies Inc., and its optical filters division Lamda Guard of Halifax, Nova Scotia, signed a memorandum of understanding that will lead to an exclusive multi-million dollar global distribution agreement to bring MTI’s laser protection product metaAIRTM to the civil aviation market.

Air Culinaire announced a new menu concept they call a “Lifestyle Menu.” According to the company, the menu is the first of its kind in corporate aviation using culinary items from around the globe.

Pilots of single-engine aircraft have long debated the “best” options for reacting to an engine failure after takeoff.

Textron Aircraft has delivered the 2,000th Cessna Citation CJ light jet, a Citation CJ3+. The CJ family of aircraft, which currently includes the Citation M2, Citation CJ3+ and Citation CJ4, has reached nearly 5 million flight hours.

Czech Republic-based airline Travel Service has become Textron Aviation's first European customer for the Citation Longitude super-midsize business jet, the company said. The aircraft will be used for business-aircraft charter services.

Germany-based charter operator Air Hamburg is the launch customer for Embraer's Legacy 650E large business jet, and will expand its fleet with an additional order for three new Legacy 650Es.

Airbus Helicopters reports construction is underway for its H135 Final Assembly Line in Qingdao, China. The work is expected to be completed by 2018.

PrivateJetCardComparisons.com is a new service launched so consumers can compare more than 80 private jet card programs before they buy, said Doug Gollan, the company's founder.

Jet Aviation will operate a fixed base operation at Al Maktoum International Airport within Dubai World Central. The new facility will open in the third quarter of 2017. The project is a joint venture between Jet Aviation and Al Mulla Business Group.

FlairJet, a division of Flexjet, has signed a contract to manage the first Phenom 300 aircraft for Surf Air Europe as it grows its operations.

Dassault Falcon Jet is cutting its U.S. workforce by less than 6% because of challenging business aviation conditions, the company said in a statement. The cuts come after adjustments at its Little Rock, Arkansas, Completion Center.

Compare Jet-A and avgas fuel prices by U.S. region based on a survey conducted in June 2017 by Aviation Research Group/U.S. Inc. and an analysis of the lowest fuel prices reported by FBOs on acukwik.com

Helicopter maker Leonardo says it has entered exploratory discussions with the U.S. Army to investigate potential missions for its AW609 commercial tiltrotor.