The Weekly of Business Aviation

Deliveries of Dassault’s Falcon business jets have hit a new bottom, at 40 in 2019.

Turkish Aerospace has rolled out the third prototype of its T625 Gokbey twin-engine medium helo as it begins to accelerate the aircraft’s flight-test program.

Carmaker Hyundai has announced a UAM partnership with Uber and unveiled a full-scale mockup of its S-A1 eVTOL aircraft.

Ukraine has begun taking delivery of H125 single-engine light helicopters from Airbus.

Petaluma, California-based Jump Aero is developing a small, fast, short-range vehicle for transporting first responders.

Some Textron Aviation employees in Wichita began reporting back to work on Jan. 6 following an explosion last month.

The Weekly of Business Aviation polled leaders in the general and business aviation industry about what they think lies ahead in 2020 and the challenges they face. This is Part 2 of the two-part series.

Weeks into a rash of reported drone sightings in eastern Colorado and part of Nebraska, the FAA on Jan. 6 lacked an explanation for the reports or whether drones were actually involved.

Aerospace and defense Tier 1 giant Safran has sold off software and systems engineering unit Base2 Solutions.

Air-to-ground network developer SmartSky Networks said Jan. 6 that it has received $25 million in additional funding from investment manager BlackRock after deploying its ground system nationwide.

Textron will not become a pure aerospace and defense (A&D) company in the near term.

Matthew De Foe has been promoted to manager of FlightSafety International’s Paris Le Bourget Learning Center.

​​​​​​​A California-based startup developing autonomous electric crop-spraying aircraft has raised $11 million in seed funding.

Industry Events Calendar

​​​​​​​Aerobond, a Springfield, Massachusetts, manufacturer of composite structures and assemblies for aerospace and defense OEMs and Tier 1s, has been acquired by WHI Global.

Bombardier celebrated delivery of the first Global 6500 to HK Bellawings Jet Limited of Hong Kong.

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) said it welcomes the Senate confirmations of Michael Graham and Thomas Chapman.

Interjet Airlines has introduced a travel membership program called Club2020.

PrimeFlight Aviation Services, based in Sugar Land, Texas, has acquired Appearance Group.

​​​​​​​A California-based startup developing autonomous electric crop-spraying aircraft has raised $11 million in seed funding.

Bombardier delivered a Learjet 75 light jet to Holand Automotive Group.

Gulfstream Aerospace has delivered its 600th Gulfstream G550

Embraer delivered the first Praetor 500 midsize business jet to its launch customer.

Cessna Citation Latitude

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive for all Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Model GVI airplanes.