The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Hollingshead Aviation has partnered with Icon Aircraft, the maker of the Icon A5 amphibious sport aircraft.

By Molly McMillin
Flightworx Aviation announced that its fuel division, Flightworx Fuel Services, has launched a new fuel portal application.

By Molly McMillin
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Air Safety Institute and the Liberty University School of Aeronautics has issued a 16-year study on accidents during flight training called Training Accident Report 2000-2015.

By Molly McMillin
BRS Aerospace named International Aviation & Investment, based in Hong Kong, as a distributor for the People’s Republic of China.

Rachel Daeschler has been appointed European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification director for the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.

Jan. 22-23—AEA Europe Connect Conference, Cologne, Germany, https://www.aea.net/connect/Europe/

By William Garvey
An event to provide background on non-petroleum-based Jet A fuel and promote its use by business aviation was held at Van Nuys Airport, California, on Jan. 17.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
With fewer than 70 days before Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU), aerospace still has no real sense of the UK’s future relationship with the EU.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
Austrian aerospace provider FACC on Jan. 17 reaffirmed its financial guidance for its current fiscal year issued from last October.
Business Aviation

By Sean Broderick
The partial shutdown at FAA is likely to delay several major airspace modernization and safety initiatives.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
The White House has resubmitted four nominations to fill vacancies on the board of the U.S. Export-Import Bank.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Longview Aviation Capital, which has agreed to buy the Q400/Dash 8 program from Bombardier, is creating an Ontario firm called de Havilland Aircraft Co. of Canada.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Collins, a unit of United Technologies created in late 2018 by the merger of avionics maker Rockwell Collins and equipment supplier United Technologies Aerospace Systems, will provide flight-deck avionics and an enhanced vision system.

By Kirby Harrison
The Mente Group, a global aircraft brokerage and consulting company active in midsize and larger bizjets, turned in a record year for transactions in 2018.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
FAA is recalling aviation safety inspectors and engineers to work without pay during the ongoing shutdown of U.S. government agencies.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Manufacturers of equipment to counter UAS say the tech is available and express frustration that airports are not being more proactive in meeting the threat.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Embraer said it plans to deliver 90 to 110 executive jets in 2019, along with 85 to 95 commercial jets, 10 A-29 Super Tucanos and two KC-390 aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Click Aviation Network, a provider of trip support services for bizav, has bought CharterPad, a provider of an online tool for air charter providers.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
A federal judge on Jan. 15 declined to issue a temporary restraining order sought by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) to compel the U.S. government to pay controllers who are required to work during the current funding shutdown.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Tamarack Aerospace has approved Constructora Nacional de Aviões Ltda (CONAL) near Sao Paulo, Brazil, as an authorized installer of Atlas Active Winglets for the Cessna Citation line of business jets.

By Molly McMillin
Aircraft broker Jetcraft announced that it closed more than 100 transactions in 2018.

By Molly McMillin
Duncan Aviation has received its first aircraft, Bombardier Global Express XRS, into its new maintenance hangar at the Provo Municipal Airport in Provo, Utah.

By Molly McMillin
TRAXXALL has opened a new 2,300-sq.-ft. office in Englewood, Colorado, near Denver, to keep up with its growing client base.

By Molly McMillin
Honda Aircraft Co. coordinated a roundtrip flight on a HondaJet for Johnny Van Kemp, 14, and his parents to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia from Greensboro, North Carolina.

By Molly McMillin
True Blue Power long-life intelligent batteries, DC-to-AC inverters and Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics standby attitude module are standard equipment on Cirrus Aircraft’s Generation 2 personal jet.