The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
NZAAS operates from six bases providing service across the North and South Island and in the South Pacific.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
Amid geopolitical, economic and climate-related uncertainty, business aviation has an opportunity in 2025 to rediscover its mojo, one aircraft dealer says.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Ed Bolen is president and CEO of the National Business Aviation Association, a role he has held since 2004.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Activist investor Browning West has taken a 4.3% stake in Canadian training and simulation leader CAE as the latter is searching for a new CEO in 2025.
Maintenance & Training

By Ben Goldstein
The investment comes as part of a transaction that will raise up to $180 million for Vertical.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Joby says it has completed initial testing under FAA Type Inspection Authorization (TIA), with agency personnel assessing human factors and flight safety in a type-conforming flight deck using a company simulator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco, Thierry Dubois
Safran has sold its North American electromechanical actuation businesses to Woodward as it seeks to address antitrust concerns related to a deal with RTX.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
Archer has announced that construction of its high-rate manufacturing facility in Covington, Georgia, has been completed.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The €53 million ($54.9 million) aircraft will be used for range of missions, Irish defense officials say.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The number of used business jets for sale in December totaled 1,263, up 8% from 1,174 a year ago, but down 1% from November, a report from Jefferies says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Air India has placed an order for Piper Archer DXs and Diamond DA42s as the flag carrier prepares to ramp up pilot training ahead of its fleet expansion.
Maintenance & Training

By Garrett Reim
SkyDrive and Osaka Metro Co. have announced four planned vertiport locations for the SD-05 eVTOL aircraft within the greater Osaka area.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Two people were killed Dec. 17 when a Kamaka Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed into a vacant building shortly after takeoff.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lee Ann Shay
Skyservice and Fontainebleau Development partner on their second Florida FBO.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Bill Carey
SmartSky Networks has filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing Gogo Business Aviation of being an “abusive monopolist."
Interiors & Connectivity

By Chen Chuanren
KRW40 billion ($27.8 million) was invested in the facility and the designing of the center in 2022.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick
The FAA has fast-tracked a final rule mandating drug and alcohol testing in non-U.S. repair stations approved to work on U.S. aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Locke’s first day as executive director of Aircraft Certification (AIR-1) was Dec. 16; she replaces Wes Mooty, who has been serving as acting AIR-1 since June.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
ExecuJet MRO Services is adding a paint shop in an agreement with Satys Aerospace.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2025.
Supply Chain

By Jeremy Kariuki
Ascend Maintenance Services (AMS) has received approval to begin operations as an aviation maintenance provider at Centennial Airport in Denver, Colorado.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus and Daher are negotiating for the potential acquisition of some Daher activities in A320 family aerostructures subassembly near Nantes, Western France.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
With MEBAA 2024 wrapping up in Dubai, this week’s Flight Friday focuses on flights of large business jets by European and Middle Eastern operators.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey, Sean Broderick
FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker has informed the agency’s workforce that he will step down from his position four years early on Jan. 20, 2025.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
GAMA has named a successor to its president and CEO Pete Bunce, who plans to retire next April after two decades at the helm of the manufacturers’ association.
Safety, Ops & Regulation