The Weekly of Business Aviation

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

June 1-3—International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting/World Transport Summit, Seoul, iata.org/events/agm/2019

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is close to the assessment phase of a study for a new commercial aircraft.

The FAA has yet to develop a plan for modernizing its Civil Aviation Registry—despite being required to complete upgrades by October 2021—according to a new audit report from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Inspector General (OIG).

Bristow Group has joined a growing list of offshore helicopters operators to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a bid to restructure its operation.

Bombardier has sold five Learjet 75 light jets, valued at $69 million at 2019 list prices, to an undisclosed customer, the company says.

Collins Aerospace has announced that Steve Timm has taken over as president of its avionics business unit, five months after the company merged with UTAS.

Startup Airspace Experience Technologies (ASX) has launched a crowdfunding campaign toward building a full-scale demo for its Mobi-One tiltwing eVTOL air taxi.

Boston-based Magellan Jets has launched Elevate, a new private jet membership program, calling it “risk-free membership” with a 30-day satisfaction guarantee.

NBAA has launched a “retargeting” program that allows participants to target those visiting the NBAA website with banner ads as visitors search other internet sites.

Business and general aviation worldwide avionics sales rose 13% in the first quarter of 2019 to $724 million, up from $640 million a year ago.

Piper Aircraft Co., owned by the government of Brunei, has become entangled in controversy amid a global outcry related to Islamic Brunei’s brutal sex laws.

The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will consider Stephen Dickson’s nomination for FAA administrator May 15, paving the way for the agency to receive its first confirmed leader since January 2018.

Airbus’s Vahana eVTOL demo has completed its first full transitions between vertical and forward flight, tilting its tandem wings fully down and cruising at 90 kt.

Startup XTI Aircraft has completed the first series of test flights of a 65% scale proof-of-concept prototype of its TriFan 600 ducted-fan VTOL business aircraft.

The U.S. Senate voted to confirm three nominees to the Export-Import Bank’s board of directors.

With two major aerostructures businesses—Triumph Group’s and Bombardier’s—being shopped out for new owners, is there suddenly too much of the same “product” in the marketplace?

The FAA “cannot confirm the legality” of using tech designed to detect small UAS, the agency says in updated guidance sent to U.S. airports.

Collins Aerospace Systems has unveiled an upgraded, open-architecture autopilot system for unmanned aircraft systems.

In April, 71% of the U.S.-registered turbine-powered business aircraft fleet have reached compliancy with the FAA’s Jan. 1, 2020 mandate for ADS-B equipage, according to a new report by FlightAware.

Airbus Helicopter’s CityAirbus urban air mobility demonstrator has made its milestone first hops into the air in Germany.

Shearwater Aero Capital is striving to raise up to $100 million to support its growth after turning in a record 2018, the company said.

PrivateFly has launched “City Pairs” pricing, providing fixed, discounted rates for destination pairings in Europe this summer on the Nextant 400XTi aircraft.

Westjet Encore and its pilots on May 2 ratified their first-ever collective agreement, with 92% of eligible pilots voting for the contract.

Delta Private Jets has selected golf professional Greg Norman to be its brand ambassador for 2019.