The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
British urban air mobility startup Vertical Aerospace has teamed up with engineering consultancy Atkins to develop infrastructure to support future UAM services.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
NASA and the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems demonstrated drone flights in downtown Reno, Nevada, on May 21 as part of the final phase of development of an unmanned aircraft system traffic management capability.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has launched a mechanism to collaborate with companies developing tech such as drone deliveries, airspace integration, urban air taxis and AI.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Chinese international express logistics company DHL-Sinotrans has launched a full automated drone delivery service under a strategic partnership with autonomous aircraft developer Ehang.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
BlackBird Partners, an Uber-like service providing flights in private aircraft via a smartphone app, has agreed to buy a fleet of electric-powered light aircraft now under development by Bye Aerospace.
Business Aviation

Rumblings about the high cost of attending EBACE surfaced last year with a public letter from Patrick Hansen, CEO of Luxaviation Group, in which he explained why his company would no longer participate.
Business Aviation

By Angus Batey
The idea that a jet's flight controls could be hijacked in flight by hackers continues to capture public imagination. Aircraft manufacturers insist it is impossible. But this does not mean that aircraft are immune from cyber attacks.
Business Aviation

By Angus Batey
Bombardier’s Global 6000 is by no means an unfamiliar sight at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition. But there was something different about its arrival on May 18.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation is expanding its platforms for special mission capabilities as it marks delivery of its first Citation Latitude configured for medevac applications.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has advised organizations of “inherent risks” associated with using unmanned aircraft systems manufactured in China.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation plans to double the size of its European Distribution Center in Dusseldorf, Germany, later this year.
Business Aviation

View the Business Aviation Forecast For Europe 2019-2028 chart in PDF format.

By Molly McMillin
The National Business Aviation Association has lauded the launch of the U.S. House of Representatives General Aviation Caucus.

Magellan Jets president and co-founder Anthony Tivnan’s name was misspelled in the May 13 edition of The Weekly.

By Molly McMillin
GCH Aviation is acquiring Kaikoura Helicopters, a tourism aviation provider in New Zealand.

By Molly McMillin
Euramec, based in Hamme, Belgium, has announced a new line of flight simulators for business aircraft.

By Molly McMillin
Following the acquisition of training simulator specialist Esterline Simulation Visual Systems by Transdigm Group in March, Esterline is rebranding the company as TREALITY SVS (Simulation Visual Systems).

By Molly McMillin
Tulip City Air Service in Holland, Michigan, has joined Phillips 66 Aviation’s network of more than 800 fixed base operators.

By Molly McMillin
Fieldtech Avionics & Instruments, based in Fort Worth, Texas, has become an authorized installation center for PWI LED lighting products.

By Molly McMillin
Dassault set a speed record in the Falcon 8X from Santa Monica, California, known for its short 3,500 ft. runway, to Teterboro, New Jersey.

By Molly McMillin
British engineering firm, Marshall Aerospace and Defense, has outlined plans to move from its current base in Cambridge, England, by 2030.

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier’s Global 7500 has flown from London City, notable for its steep approach requirements, to Van Nuys, California, in its first non-stop mission between the two cities.

By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream Aerospace has set a new city-pair speed record with its Gulfstream G550, in a flight from Shanghai to Seattle in 10 hr., 29 min.

June 3-7—AEA Certified Repair Station Training Course, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, https://www.aea.net/Training/courses/CRS/

By Molly McMillin
Carst Lindeboom will act as the chief representative of TrueNoord’s new office in Centennial Tower in Singapore.