The Weekly of Business Aviation

British jet engine maker Rolls-Royce said Bradley Singer, the COO of activist investor ValueAct Capital and Rolls-Royce’s largest shareholder, left the board of directors Dec. 9.

Recent layoffs at Textron Aviation and Gulfstream Aerospace are signs that the manufacturers are being “appropriately cautious” about their outlook for orders and production, analysts say.

BAA Training, an independent aviation training center, has expanded its Ab initio flight school in Europe—adding one more flight base in Spain.

Zil Air has become the second worldwide operator and the first outside of the U.S. to offer the nine-passenger twin-engine Tecnam P2012 Traveller in commercial operations.

C&L Aerospace in Bangor, Maine, has partnered with Electromech Technologies.

Guardian Jet, an aircraft consulting, brokerage and appraisals company, has launched a new Aircraft Cabin Comparison Tool to its website and Vault client portal.

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has delivered the 400th aircraft from the Gulfstream 650 family to a customer.

Russian Helicopters has received type certification for the Mi-171A2 twin-engine helicopter in India and Colombia.

The second edition of the Saudi International Airshow will be held Feb. 16-18, 2021, in Riyadh.

Neil Watkins has been appointed as group sales and marketing director of Trenchard Aviation Group.

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The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2019-03-19, which applied to all Saab AB, Saab Aeronautics Model SAAB 2000 airplanes.

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Two investment funds held by infrastructure investor Macquarie have divested their 36% stake in Brussels Airport Company (BAC) to a consortium.

W.K. Kellogg Airport in Battle Creek, Michigan, has changed its name to Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field.

Private Jet Services plans to plant 79,200 trees a year in a reforestation program to offset 100% of the carbon dioxide resulting from their bizjet flights.

The number of U.S.-registered, turbine-powered business aircraft meeting the FAA’s Jan. 1, 2020, deadline for ADS-B compliance rose to 88% of the fleet in November, according to FlightAware.

Standards organization RTCA has announced that it has formed a committee of industry and government experts to develop requirements for counter-unmanned aircraft systems to protect airports and other sites from rogue drones.

Dowty Propellers, a division of GE Aviation, has opened a new production facility, repair operation and headquarters in Brockworth, England.

Airbus has decided not to pursue the integration of Safran's electric taxiing system (eTaxi) on the A320 family.

NTSB's work to promote aviation safety includes a long list of issues and vice chairman Bruce Landsberg touched on a number of them in a presentation to attendees of a Wichita Aero Club luncheon.

Hard on the heels of showcasing its first urban air mobility terminal in Singapore, UK startup Skyports has raised $7M to continue buying sites for passenger and cargo vertiports globally.

Textron Aviation’s layoffs are part of a restructuring plan by its parent company to cut costs and improve operating efficiency, the company said in a U.S. SEC filing.

A new study by German researchers says more knowledge of air taxis leads to a greater willingness to use them.

Textron Aviation is reducing its salaried workforce here and in Independence, Kansas, as it continues “to operate with efficiency,” a company spokeswoman confirmed Dec. 5.