Business & Commercial Aviation

By William Garvey
Five Questions For Walt Fricke, founder of Veterans Airlift Command.
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Obituary for international procedures expert Guy Gribble/
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By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed a claim by business aviation leaders who sought to overturn an agreement with the FAA that allows for the
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By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Italy’s Tecnam has partnered with Rolls-Royce to develop the 9-passnger P-Volt, an all-electric version of the airframer’s P2012 Traveller regional aircraft.
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By Jessica A. Salerno
News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
TRAXXALL has launched TRAXXALL 360, a cloud-based maintenance tracking system that streamlines workflows with an intuitive user interface.
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By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive requiring repetitive inspections of 14,653 U.S. registered single-engine Cessna 172, 182, 206, 207 and
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By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The CEO of Italy’s Leonardo has been sentenced to six years in prison for crimes committed in a previous role. Alessandro Profumo was recently found
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By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Garmin International and its Autoland technology were named the recipients of Aviation Week Network’s 2020 Grand Laureate for business aviation
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By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Bombardier Aviation is developing a new service center at Essendon Fields Airport in Melbourne, Australia.
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By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
AML Global Eclipse reached an agreement with One Aviation Corp. in October to buy the assets of Eclipse Aerospace and the Eclipse Aircraft project for a proposed $5.25 million.
Business Aviation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
The U.S. Transportation Command wanted scientific answers regarding the infection risk posed by aircraft cabins.
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Cybersecurity is a top priority as connected aircraft become the norm in business aviation.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Pyka believes it an accelerate fielding of two of the hottest technologies in aviation: autonomy and electric propulsion.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Jet It, a Greensboro, North Carolina-based fractional operator, has ordered 10 HondaJet Elites with delivery to be completed over the next year.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Bill Boisture, the former president and/or CEO of Hawker Beechcraft, Gulfstream, NetJets and Butler Aviation, has joined the executive team of Spike Aerospace.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Aerostructures giant Spirit AeroSystems struck a 45% cash discount with Bombardier for the latter’s Short Brothers capacity in Northern Ireland, as well as Bombardier Aerospace North Africa and most of a Texas MRO site.
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By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Dassault Aviation was scheduled to debut its new ultra-wide Falcon 6X business jet Dec. 8.
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By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The North American charter jet services market is projected to record a compound annual growth rate of 3% per year from 2020 through 2025,
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By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Vanderbilt LifeFlight recently was named the Air Medical Program of the Year by the Association of Air Medical Services.
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By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
AOPA is working with Save Dillingham Airfield Group, an organization pushing to keep open Dillingham Airfield on the north shore of Oahu in Hawaii.
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By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
RUAG International is selling production of the 19-seat Dornier 228 twin-turboprop regional aircraft to General Atomics.
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By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Transport Canada has granted geomatics company MVT Geo-solutions permission to fly drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) of an operator, to
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By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The AOPA Air Safety Institute notes a continued decrease in overall accident rates for noncommercial and commercial fixed-wing operations, noncommercial and commercial helicopter operations, and sport/experimental operations.
Business Aviation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
As pilots, we regard aircraft as technological marvels, but infectious disease specialists and epidemiologists see the growing mobility of people via air transport as amplifying the potential for rapid dissemination of disease.
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