The Weekly of Business Aviation

Air Charter Service has opened its sixth U.S. office, locating facilities in Atlanta as it continues to expand.

Avflight Corp. has expanded into Canada at the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport by acquiring Kelly Western Jet Center.

Airbus Helicopters, Thales and Helisim have begun construction of a helicopter pilot and maintenance crew training center in Grand Prairie, Texas.

Meridian Air Charter, a private aviation company, has added a new 2018 Challenger 650 business jet to its managed fleet.

VistaJet, based in Malta, has adopted Osprey Flight Solutions data-led risk assessment technology, which allows the company to assess flight risks.

Piper Aircraft has selected Flying Smart as its exclusive dealer for France, Belgium, Luxemburg and Monaco.

AES Engineering Solutions (AES Global), based in Braintree, UK, is now offering its cabin connectivity upgrade packages to business jets.

Stuart Jet Center in Stuart, Florida, has added a U.S. Customs facility to streamline international travel.

Falcon Aviation has been approved to handle business jet and regional aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services at its UAE bases by Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation.

Raphael Fabian has been named director of European Affairs at the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.

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A Kansas technical college is paying people to move here to train for jobs with local aviation and manufacturing operations.

Bombardier starts 2019 with growing business aircraft and aerostructures revenues and sufficient backlog in commercial aircraft to buy it time to improve profitability and explore strategic options for its CRJ regional jet family.

After a decade of decline in the number of used business jets for sale, inventories are now expected to begin increasing, said Brian Foley, an aviation consultant and president of Brian Foley Associates.

Clay Lacy Aviation has opened a new 24-hr. maintenance, repair and overhaul facility for its Part 145 repair station at Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles.

More than 40 aviation-related organizations have banded together to support a House bill that would fund the FAA in the event of a government shutdown.

Business aviation departures in Europe declined 0.8% in January compared to a year ago, with a 2.1% decline in business jet flights, according to WingX Advance.

Concerned that explosives concealed inside an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) could pose a danger to first responders attempting to find a drone’s registration number, the FAA will now require owners to display their registration number on an outside surface.

With the Amazon effect driving demand for rapid delivery of e-commerce goods, U.S. startup Elroy Air plans to fly a full-scale prototype of its unmanned cargo aircraft this year.

Business aviation flight activity in North America increased 0.7% in January compared to a year ago.

Sikorsky has announced an accord with on-demand helo service provider Blade that will give the Lockheed Martin firm access to data on the urban air mobility market.

Airborne wind energy developer Makani has graduated from X, the advanced research arm of Google parent company Alphabet.

Flying Whales, a would-be manufacturer of large airships for commercial freight, has completed a test campaign at an Onera wind tunnel in Lille, France.

Safety and noise are the public’s biggest concerns about urban air mobility (UAM), but initial acceptance of the concept is surprisingly high, concludes a public perception survey conducted by Airbus.

British unmanned air system developer Blue Bear has begun flight testing along a flight corridor established for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) test work in conjunction with Cranfield University.