The Weekly of Business Aviation

Airbus Helicopters has announced a new Alternate Gross Weight on the latest version of its H135 suite of helicopters.

Euramec, a manufacturer of pilot training devices, announced that Aeroviation Inc. is operating its first Diamond DA-20 flight simulator.

Presidential Aviation, based at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport in South Florida, has added a Hawker 800XP to its fleet.

Honeywell is providing Leonardo helicopters with significant upgrades to its AW139 helicopters, including Honeywell’s Primus Epic 2.0.

Piper Aircraft is launching an extensive product demo tour throughout the U.S. to showcase its M-Class line of products.

Bombardier has sold two Learjet 75 Liberty business jets to Fargo Jet Center in North Dakota for medevac operations.

There are more than 200 B-registered business jets and about 250 turboprops based in China, Hong Kong and Macau, according to Aviation Week Network’s Fleet & MRO Data.

In their the first published preliminary update, investigators said it was still unclear what caused the Sikorsky S-76B to crash Jan. 26 during a flight from Santa Ana/John Wayne Airport to Camarillo Airport.

Textron has reportedly been in talks for several weeks to buy Bombardier’s business jet unit, according to the Wall Street Journal, but a deal may never come to fruition.

Organizers of the Asian Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition have canceled the show because of health concerns.

Thinking of traveling to China for business? Business aviation flight support professionals are advising operators to defer all nonessential travel to mainland China and all operations to Hubei amid the Coronavirus outbreak.

Pilatus says it has received full rough field certification for takeoffs and landings on grass, wet Earth and snow for its PC-24 business jet.

Spirit AeroSystems, the Wichita aerostructures giant whose fortunes are tied to the Boeing 737 MAX, has cut its April 9 quarterly dividend to a penny per share.

PrimeFlight Services, based in Sugar Land, Texas, has acquired the assets of International Aero, an aircraft cleaning and maintenance company in California.

Textron Aviation on Feb. 6 completed assembly of the tail to the fuselage of the first Cessna 408 SkyCourier twin-turboprop prototype.

Wisk, the joint venture startup between Boeing and Kitty Hawk, is disclosing new details about its self-flying eVTOL air taxi trials planned to take place in New Zealand.

After forming a strategic partnership in 2019, Alphabet company Loon and SoftBank subsidiary HAPSMobile have jointly developed a broadband-internet communications payload for the AeroVironment-designed Hawk30 high-altitude pseudo-satellite.

FAA Administrator Steve Dickson has hinted of a new regulatory regime around aircraft certification leaning on lessons learned from the ongoing Boeing 737 MAX debacle.

Impacted by trade tariffs and the dollar’s higher value, U.S. rotorcraft maker Robinson Helicopters saw deliveries drop by over a third in 2019, compared to the 316 aircraft handed over the year before.

Air navigation service provider Airways New Zealand has entered into an agreement with a UK company to build on a proof-of-concept drone detection system currently being tested at Auckland Airport (NZAA).

Bombardier is strengthening its European customer support network with the expansion of its London Biggin Hill Service Center.

Over the next five years, Honeywell Aerospace expects manufacturers to deliver 4,100 new civil helicopters, spurred by the entry-into-service of several new products.

CP Technologies, a subsidiary of Israel’s Aeronautics, has established a business unit to pursue U.S. defense and civil markets for the parent company’s range of unmanned aircraft systems.

In-seat system provider Astronics on Feb. 4 warned investors over financial effects of the Boeing 737 MAX production halt, as well as other “unfavorable” developments including a negative court ruling and ongoing restructuring charges.

Air navigation service provider Naviair will establish a remote tower center at Billund Airport (BLL), Denmark’s second largest airport, to manage surrounding air traffic and ultimately provide central air traffic control for other regional airports.