The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
Boeing and Embraer expect to close their deal-making over commercial and defense aircraft JVs by year’s end, they said after Embraer shareholders OK'd the deals.
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By William Garvey
FlightSafety International is entering a new realm of aviation activity—offering fundamental hands-on instruction for aspiring civilian drone operators.
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By Molly McMillin
Air Charter Service has nearly doubled the size of its Los Angeles operation. It also has opened an office in San Francisco.

PlaneSense, a fractional ownership provider based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has added its second Pilatus PC-24 to its program fleet.

By Molly McMillin
Inflite The Jet Centre, based at London Stransted Airport, has acquired Excellence Aviation Services.

By Molly McMillin
Embraer Jets Service Center in Sorocaba, Brazil, has performed its first complete renovation of a Legacy 600 business jet.

By Molly McMillin
Nomad Aviation, based in Switzerland, has received approval to operate its Citation CJ1+ and Citation CJ2+ for charter flights from London City Airport.

By Molly McMillin
The Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO) has signed a letter-of-understanding with MedAire for aviation security and assistance services.

By Molly McMillin
Jet Aviation has added a second Boeing BBJ1 to its fleet of managed aircraft in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

By Molly McMillin
Safran Electrical & Power has signed a contract with AVIC XAC Commercial Aircraft Co. to provide electrical power for MA-700 regional turboprop aircraft.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited (Bell) Model 429 helicopters.

By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.’s G650ER ultra long-range business jet has set a new speed record with a 7,475 nm flight from Singapore’s Changi Airport to San Francisco in 13 hr. and 37 min.

By Molly McMillin
Satair has signed a distribution agreement with Honeywell Aerospace to distribute Honeywell’s JetWave high-speed inflight connectivity system to the global business jet market.

By Molly McMillin
Mente Group, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Aero Law Group are sponsoring a course for flight department leaders and managers called The Business of Business Aviation.

By Molly McMillin
Aerospace Welding in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is celebrating 25 years of service as a repair station, the company said.

By Molly McMillin
Vertis Aviation, a charter company based in Switzerland, has opened a new office in Boston.

By Molly McMillin
Global Jet Capital has opened a new regional office in Hong Kong to meet growth in demand for business aviation financing services in the region.

By Molly McMillin
Satcom Direct has signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce to deliver business aviation engine utilization data through its SD Pro Operating System.

By Molly McMillin
The Swiss government took delivery of a Pilatus PC-24 business jet in February 2019.

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Jonathon Freye has been named vice president of government and public affairs for the National Air Transportation Association.

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View the General Aviation 4th Quarter And Year-To-Date 2018 Deliveries chart in PDF format.

By Molly McMillin
The size of the global Western civil turbine rotorcraft fleet is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 1.6% over the next 10 years, Aviation Week Network’s 2019 Helicopter Forecast says.
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Three members of Oregon’s congressional delegation are urging the U.S. comptroller general to consider the impact of an “arbitrary” provision from the 2012 FAA Modernization and Reform Act that they say has jeopardized funding to rural airports across the country.
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