The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Smart Aviation, a training organization based in Poland, has added three new Tecnam P2008JC MkII single-engine trainers to its fleet for use in flight training

By Molly McMillin
The flight training program at Elizabeth City State University, part of the University of North Carolina's system, will now operate under the Part 141 Air Agency Certificate beginning in the fall 2019 semester.

By Molly McMillin
The International Aircraft Dealers Association (IADA) is accepting applications through July 31 to become accredited member dealers of the organization.

By Molly McMillin
Aviation Institute of Maintenance (AIM) has expanded its campus locations with a 51,000-sq.-ft. facility in Charlotte, North Carolina.

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier has secured its first order for a Global 5500 business jet to be based on the West Coast of the U.S.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Robert Kurrle, of Port Orange, Florida, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Orlando to falsely certifying thousands of commercial and private pilot examinations. Sentencing is set for September.

By Molly McMillin
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) and the University of Maryland have signed a research agreement to review the causes, hazards and costs of accidental discharges of foam fire suppression systems in aircraft hangars.

By Molly McMillin
Presidential Aviation has expanded its private jet charter service to Washington, D.C. The private jet charter provider has permission from the TSA and FAA to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport (KDCA).

By Bill Carey
A high-level task force convened to address the challenge of drone incursions at U.S. and Canadian airports issued an interim report July 12.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Boeing is seeking an urgent exemption from FAA regulations governing rotorcraft external-load operations to enable flight testing of its CV2 unmanned cargo air vehicle (CAV).
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
One More Orbit, a multinational attempt to simultaneously break the speed record for the fastest circumnavigation of the Earth via both poles, succeeded July 11.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters is streamlining and shuffling its top-level management.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The FAA has lifted restrictions placed on Cessna CitationJets equipped with Tamarack Aerospace’s active winglets, which were responsible for grounding the fleet.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Business aviation departures in Europe in June totaled 87,236, down 1.7% from a year ago, in line with an overall decline in activity during the first half of 2019, according to WingX Advance.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
A university research program has developed an automatic landing system that does away with the need for ground-based instrument (ILS), microwave (MLS) or satellite-based landing systems.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
As part of Airbus’ plan to demonstrate autonomous taxi, takeoff and landing of an airliner in 2020, Silicon Valley outpost A3 is developing computer vision and machine learning to enable the aircraft to navigate like a human pilot.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Blue Line Aviation, headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina, has placed an order for 11 Diamond Aircraft for delivery over the next 18 months as its business expands.
Business Aviation

The U.S. Commerce Committee voted along party lines on July 10 to advance Steve Dickson’s nomination to head the FAA.
Business Aviation

By Sean Broderick
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp.’s (MITAC) is betting on healthy doses of engineering and marketing to transform the smallest version of its new regional jet (RJ) family into an ideal fit for U.S. airlines that must comply with strict contractural limitations without sacrificing much-desired cabin comfort.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Israeli startup Airobotics, a provider of fully automated drones for industrial tasks such as inspection and security, has unveiled its first sensor payload to be developed and manufactured in-house.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has lifted restrictions placed on CitationJets equipped with Tamarack Aerospace’s active winglets through an April emergency directive that grounded the fleet.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
China-based drone manufacturer DJI said the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has authorized the use of customized “Government Edition” (GE) versions of its multirotor models following a 15-month assessment that included data security testing.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
French startup VoltAero and Ingegneria Dei Sistemi (IDS) are to cooperate on technology for more-electric aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Skyworks Global has partnered with Scaled Composites to build a high-speed rotorcraft demonstrator, the Vertijet, based on a concept developed under DARPA’s Heliplane program and inspired by the late-1950s Fairey Rotodyne.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Aviation training group CAE has established a new flight training location in Oslo, Norway, its fourth such facility in Europe.
Business Aviation