The Weekly of Business Aviation

Overland Aviation, the city of Williston, North Dakota, and local hospital CHI St. Alexius Health have partnered to restore air medical service to their region.

Construction of Bombardier’s new paint facility at its London Biggin Hill Service Center is underway with completion expected in the second half of 2026.

Automated cockpit developer Skyryse has partnered with CalFire to study the company's SkyOS automated flight system on multiple types of firefighting aircraft.

The FAA has awarded a supplemental type certificate to install Starlink inflight connectivity on the Cessna 208 Caravan single-engine turboprop.

Eurocontrol is conducting a communications campaign asking every actor to play their part and help curb delays in the busy summer season.

An Elektro Tour marked the first-ever crossing of the English Channel by a certified all-electric aircraft, the Pipistrel Electro.

The 2025 Business Aviation Fleet & MRO Forecast reveals that engine MRO demand will grow much faster than the size of the in-service aircraft fleet.

Air taxi developer SkyDrive has raised ¥8.3 billion ($56.8 million) including investments from two prominent Japanese rail operators.

Bombardier announced the opening of a Montreal-based Bombardier Innovation and Design Center to enable its teams to “secretly and rapidly” test new products.

Aerospace trade associations need to speak with a single, unified voice if their work is to succeed, the Isle of Man Aviation Conference was told.

Following the purchase of Italian-based Piaggio Aerospace by Baykar, the new company—now called Baykar Piaggio Aerospace—has appointed a CEO.

The U.S. House passed the revised Senate version of the budget reconciliation bill, including $12.5 billion in funding for new and upgraded ATC infrastructure.

This month’s program profile highlights the Dassault Falcon 6X.

A new facility dedicated to general aviation has launched operations under the BGY Executive brand at Milan Bergamo Airport.

Hartzell’s Outlaw propeller has earned FAA Supplemental Type Certification (STC) approval for Mooney M20 series aircraft.

Joan Sullivan Garrett, founder and chairman of MedAire, will receive the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy on Dec. 11, 2025, at the Aero Club of Washington’s annual dinner.

StandardAero’s Center of Excellence (COE) for turboprop engine MRO in Summerside, PEI, Canada celebrated its 20,000th engine induction.

Garmin announced the availability of its FAA Data Comm product on its GTN 750Xi series navigators.

Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.

Appointments and promotions in the business aviation industry.

Regulations recently issued by the FAA for business aircraft.

Conferences and events for professionals in the business aviation community.

A new maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility has begun operations at Malta International Airport through a partnership between Diamond Aircraft and Falcon Aviation Engineering (FAE).

Bombardier has not named the customer for a large fleet order of 50 Challenger and Global business jets with options for 70 more–plus a service agreement.

Embraer delivered 38 executive jets during the second quarter of 2025, compared to 27 for the same period a year ago–an increase from 23 during the first quarter of 2025.