The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Swiss company Meteomatics and TruWeather Solutions of the U.S. have formed a partnership to provide “hyperlocal” weather forecasting using data-gathering drones to support commercial drone operations.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
German startup Fraundorfer Aeronautics plans to fly a next-generation autogyro demonstrator in 2020, and aims to introduce an initial two-seat production version by 2022 and a six-seat air taxi by 2025.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
The push is on for aircraft owners and operators to comply with the required upgrades for automatic dependence surveillance broadcast, which goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2020.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Over the next decade, the business aviation fleet in the Middle East and Africa is expected to remain constant at nearly 1,200 aircraft, according to the Aviation Week 2019 Business Aviation Fleet & MRO Forecast.
Business Aviation

By Sean Broderick
Industry is requesting more time to weigh in on the FAA’s proposed set of sweeping changes to aircraft interiors flammability standards.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier has pledged to invest nearly $13 million to offer more than 1,000 paid internship positions in Canada for the 2019-2020 academic year, the company announced Sept. 12.
Business Aviation

FlightSafety International has added safety and security training for flight crews and passengers of corporate aircraft.

By Molly McMillin
Salaries and benefits in the business aviation industry are generally equal to or higher than other aviation segments, including the airlines, according to a 2019 compensation survey by the Canadian Business Aviation Association.
Business Aviation

By Victoria Moores
Environmental protest group Heathrow Pause plans to disrupt flights at London Heathrow Airport for at least five days starting Sept. 13 by illegally flying UAVs within the airport’s exclusion zone.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation has opened an aircraft parts warehouse in Australia to support regional growth of its fleet of business jets, turboprops and piston aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Leading small drone manufacturer DJI and French drone services company Delair announced a partnership on Sept.12 to provide visual data collection and analysis products for industrial applications.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
The “LuxStream” service will connect with SES’ managed Ku-band satellite network to offer data speeds of up to 25 Mbps in the U.S. and 15 Mbps globally.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Mooney International has sold out of its Mooney Ovation Ultra and Acclaim Ultra aircraft until March 2020, according to Premier Aircraft Sales, a Florida-based authorized Mooney dealer.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Good requirements resolve security issues with drones, according to an executive with the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), which operates a large fleet of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that includes DJI drones made in China.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
As high-profile companies such as SpaceX start to deploy thousands of small satellites in orbit to provide global internet connectivity, what happened with the couple of small companies that sought to provide the service over the continental U.S. using commercial aircraft?
Business Aviation

By Mark Nensel
A twin-engine Convair 440 cargo aircraft crashed into the parking lot of a truck repair facility in Toledo, Ohio early Sept. 11, an FAA spokesperson told Aviation Daily.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Global Medical Response has pledged $1 million in relief aid to support Bahamian emergency medical needs and infrastructure in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Flight activity across Europe remained sluggish in August, with a 5.8% decline compared to a year ago, Argus International said.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Business aviation flight activity in North America posted an 0.6% decline in August compared to a year ago.
Business Aviation

Sharp Details is expanding to the East Coast with the acquisition of Perfect Aircraft.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of the Cayman Islands has certified ExecuJet MRO Services Malaysia.

Bombardier has opened registration to its 23rd annual Safety Standdown, to be held Nov. 12-14.

Dassault Aviation has finalized the acquisition of TAG Aviation’s maintenance, repair and overhaul business.

L.J. Aviation is expanding at its base at Pittsburgh International Airport in Pennsylvania.

FlightSafety has added an Advanced Rejected Takeoff Go/No-Go Recurrent training course for pilots of Gulfstream G550 aircraft.