Business & Commercial Aviation

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In a two-step training package, CAE plans to buy a significant interest in SimCom Holdings for $85 million.

Business aviation flights in Europe declined 5.2% in July compared to a year ago but rose 5.2% when compared to May, according to Argus International TraqPak.

A major fuel-supply business consolidation is underway with World Fuel Services buying Universal Weather and Aviation's UVair Fueling Div. for $170 million.

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FlightSafety International is offering a specialized small Unmanned Aerial Systeme (sUAS) remote pilot course for civil and government services.

Eurocontrol, which coordinates air traffic control among 41 members plus Israel and Morocco, is grappling with staffing and airspace capacity issues .

The only remaining backcountry airfield in Death Valley National Park has been officially authorized, removing any question about its legal use by visitors.

In accepting To Do’s, the best of intentions can lead to big trouble.

Volocopter, which is developing the VoloCity, a two-seat electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing) air taxi, has raised an additional $55 million (€50 million) .

“Environmental sustainability is a key issue on the political agenda in Europe,” Eurocontrol Director General Eamonn Brennan reminds non-European operators.

Gulfstream Aerospace has expanded its maintenance, repair and overhaul operations at Appleton International Airport in Wisconsin.

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Dassault Aviation has finalized the acquisition of TAG Aviation's maintenance, repair and overhaul business.

Just as the FAA is struggling to integrate unmanned aerial systems (UASes, or drones) into U.S. airspace, so are aviation authorities in Europe.

Quantum Air is acquiring 22 four-place Bye eFlyer 4s and a pair of two-place eFlyer 2 all-electric airplanes.

Bell recently delivered its 200th Bell 505 Jet Ranger X. The aircraft went to Austrian operator Hubi-fly Helikopter and will be used for executive transport.

Questions for Capt. David Pettet, president of the National Gay Pilots Association, St. Louis Park, Minnesota.

Eurocontrol has a multi-domain group supporting the integration of drones and cooperating with all the stakeholders in Europe and other continents.

According to FlightAware, the ADS-B equipage rate to meet the FAA's Jan. 1 deadline among turbine-powered business aircraft rose to 79% in July.

An era is ending. Dassault Falcon Jet CEO Jean (John) Rosanvallon is retiring after 44 years with the company, 23 of those as its top executive.

There, at the bottom of the AirNav.com “Airport” page under “Additional Remarks” was this: “WATCH FOR HORSES OR BIG GAME ANIMALS ON RY.”

The second-generation HondaJet Elite speaks reams about the long-term commitment of Michimasa Fujino, founding president and CEO of Honda Aircraft to perfecting his pioneering light jet.

The National Air Transportation Association and its Illegal Charter Task Force have launched a website to help identify, avoid and report illegal charters.

A glimmer of hope can be seen for the sales of Dassault's Falcon business jets in the recent acceleration of orders, according to the company.