The Weekly of Business Aviation

ASL-JetNetherlands has announced the signing of a contract with Liège Airport in Belgium for construction and operation of a hangar and bizav terminal.

An urban air traffic management (UATM) system is needed to bridge the gap between conventional air traffic control and future autonomous ATM, EmbraerX says.

The CEO of urban mobility startup Volocopter will join UK Parliament member Grant Shapps to open the 2019 European Business Aviation Association Conference & Exhibition.

Assembly of the first production AW609 civil tiltrotor has begun at Leonardo Helicopters’ plant here, but certification could slip into 2020.

Jet Linx Aviation, a private jet management company, continued its expansion efforts with the acquisition of Elliott Aviation’s private jet management business.

DOT plans to distribute $779 million in supplemental funding for infrastructure grants to 127 airports across all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

Brazilian jet maker Embraer, which is spinning off most of its commercial aircraft business to Boeing, missed Wall Street’s expectations for the first quarter of 2019.

Stephen Dickson, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for FAA administrator, defended the FAA’s practice of delegating certain safety and certification functions to manufacturers, telling lawmakers the agency’s Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) program has “allowed regulators to get much more efficiency and add more safety value than just throwing extra resources at it.”

Over the next 10 years, Europe’s business aviation fleet is expected to grow from 3,725 aircraft today to nearly 5,020, a compound annual growth rate of 3.4%.

Ron Draper was appointed president and CEO of Textron Aviation in October.

Inventories of used business aircraft for sale declined across the board, except for piston aircraft, during the first quarter of 2019, while sales were down 25%, JetNet says.

The number of April business aviation departures in Europe declined 3.1% compared to a year ago to 66,165 flights, but is similar to March activity, according to WingX Advance data.

Mitsubishi Aircraft said a stretched redesign of what was formerly dubbed the MRJ70, a regional jet follow-on to the company’s in-development MRJ90, is a “realistic possibility” and expects to release new configuration details over coming weeks.

EBACE 2019 will open May 21-23 in Geneva as European business aircraft manufacturers are experiencing varying levels of success.

Leslie Hart has joined the business development team of Vertis Aviation.

TrueNoord has opened a representative office in Singapore as it works to broaden its global footprint in Asia.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Viking Air Limited Model CL-215-6B11 (CL-215T Variant) and CL-215-6B11 (CL-415 Variant) airplanes.

B&G Aviation, based in Georgetown, Texas, has signed an agreement with PWI to become an authorized installation center.

Ruag MRO International, based in Emmen, Switzerland, has delivered a new 19-passenger Dornier 228 to New Central Airservice in Japan.

Flightstar Corp. has partnered with The Leather Institute.

Flight Logistics, a charter provider based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, has added a second Citation Bravo to its fleet.

FlightSafety International has expanded its master technician program to include aircraft cabin systems.

Innovative Solutions & Support has received the FAA’s Supplemental Type Certification for its patented ThrustSense Autothrottle for retrofit in King Air aircraft.

Elit’Avia has implemented Collins Aerospace ARINCDirect Flight Operations System (FOS).

Garmin has received FAA Supplemental Type Certification for the GFC 500 autopilot in the Mooney M20 and 36/A36 Bonanza.