Business & Commercial Aviation

The Red Bull Air Race World Championship has returned to San Diego after an eight-year hiatus. The race will be held April 15-16.

Piper Aircraft has received Brazilian Aviation Authority approval for its $2.89 million M600 single-engine, six-passenger turboprop.

PAL-V of the Netherlands has unveiled the Liberty, its first production flying car, and is taking orders for the vehicle, which it says will be certificated and in operation by the end of 2018.

The National Business Aviation Association is surveying its members to gauge the impact of the presidential temporary flight restriction in place for Palm Beach International Airport on Feb. 3-6.

Diamond Aircraft has received an order for five training aircraft from Patria Aviation in Finland to be delivered this year. The order includes four single-engine DA40 NGs and one DA42-VI multi-engine aircraft.

American Aero FTW, a Signature Select member, opened its new fixed base operation at Meacham International Airport in Fort Worth on Feb. 24.

Hindustan Aeronautics has selected Hartzell's four-blade aluminum propeller for its HTT-40 two-place turbine basic trainer aircraft.

Business jet takeoffs and landings in North America rose a modest 0.15% in December, according Vertical Research Partners. Adjusted for the leap year, business jet operations rose 1.1% in 2016 compared to the prior year.

Quiet Technology Aerospace says it has developed a less costly solution for Gulfstream GIII and GIV winglet corrosion that also will provide longer service life.

The FAA's surprise Jan. 28 settlement with the City of Santa Monica, California, regarding the closure of its municipally owned airport has raised a number of troubling questions.

Baker Aviation received FAA approval to operate aircraft with 10 or more passenger seats when its Embraer Legacy 600 was added to its FAR Part 135 certificate.

The Canadian government plans to provide Bombardier with C$372.5 million ($282.4 million) in repayable support for its Global 7000 business jet and C Series airliner programs.

Quest Aircraft delivered a record 36 Kodiak 100 turboprop aircraft last year, up from 32 in 2015. The airframer also celebrated delivery of its 200th Kodiak in 2016 as well.

Bell Helicopter now anticipates achieving certification of its Model 525 super medium helicopter in 2018, as the investigation continues into the loss of the first prototype.

FAA airworthiness directives have returned to the Federal Register. The FAA had not issued ADs since President Donald Trump ordered a 60-day suspension of all pending and new regulations.

Phillips 66 Aviation has added five fixed base operations into its network of FBOs: Devil's Lake Aero Service, Devil's Lake, North Dakota; Lawton Aviation Services, Lawton, Oklahoma; Storm Flying Service, Webster City, Iowa; Brookneal Airport, Brookneal, Virginia; and Winamac Pulaski County BOAC, Winamac, Indiana.

Gary Jet Center is constructing a new corporate flight center as part of its fixed base operation at Gary/Chicago International Airport.

Aircraft Technical Publications and Textron Aviation have reached an agreement for ATP to directly integrate technical data from Cessna Citation business jets into ATP's Aviation Hub cloud and mobile applications.

Revenue and deliveries of business jets and turboprops at Textron Aviation fell during the final quarter of 2016 due to lower-than-expected demand and pricing pressures from customers.

Both Textron Aviation and Bombardier Learjet have made recent job reductions at their Wichita facilities as they align work with demand.

Dater's Airplane Business Unit delivered 54 TBM 900/TBM 930s in 2016, or one fewer than in 2015. The TBM 930 accounted for two-thirds of the total.

Bell Helicopter has completed its first fully customized aircraft at its new European customization and delivery center in Prague.

A recent article in The Wall Street Journal cited a study by a McGill University accounting professor that found companies whose chief executives were also pilots are more likely to inspire original thinking than CEOs of other businesses. The study, co-authored by Jingling Zhang, surveyed more than 1,200 men and women who held the top job between 1993 and 2003. The results appeared in the January issue of the Journal of Financial Economics. It quoted Ms.

Across Europe, deliveries for mid-to-heavy business jets are projected to total 959 between now and 2025, according to a new forecast by Global Jet Capital. The largest demand is expected to be from the UK.

The Cessna Pilot Center network grew substantially in 2016, adding 24 flight centers as partners. Those include five international flight schools in Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Germany and Poland.