The Weekly of Business Aviation

Aerocor has launched an in-aircraft Beechcraft Premier recurrent training program designed to help pilots maintain proficiency and meet recurrency requirements, it says.

Gama Aviation’s fixed base operation in Sharjah in the UAE recorded record passenger numbers during 2024, the company announced.

Gogo Business Aviation/Satcom Direct has signed a second three-year preferred supplier agreement with Luxaviation Group, a relationship started in 2021 between Luxaviation and Satcom Direct.

Jet Out has opened its newest base at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida, making it the first move outside the Midwest in the U.S.

The National Air Transportation Association has moved to a new office in Washington D.C.

Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.

Gogo will be the new identity of the combined Gogo/Satcom company following Gogo Business Aviation’s acquisition of Satcom Direct.

Both aircraft have a similar configuration, with eight propellers on four underwing booms.

Duncan Aviation former COO Mike Minchow talks about the transition to president of the company and his outlook for 2025.

GPS spoofing incidents have increased dramatically in the last two years and were a prominent topic at IOC2025.

Recent government-wide layoffs have not affected any safety-critical employees in the FAA, Acting Administrator Chris Rocheleau said in an agency-wide email.

Excluding China, the 60 largest eVTOL startups have raked in a combined total of $13 billion since their inception.

Non-UK carriers operating business aviation charters into and out of UK airports will face najor consequences if they fail to get the necessary charter permit.

General and business aviation manufacturers delivered 3,162 aircraft valued at $26.7 billion during 2024, up 3% from 3,069 in 2023, GAMA says.

Arlington, Washington-based Eviation laid off most of its staff in early February.

Europe needs investment to drive much-needed growth in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) volumes, the European transport commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas said.

The UK's competition regulator has begun an inquiry into Safran's protracted acquisition of an actuation and flight control system unit from Collins Aerospace.

Textron Aviation is expanding in Australia with the construction of a service facility at Essendon Fields Airport in Melbourne.

The certification allows Archer to train and qualify pilots at its new academy.

Both Archer Aviation and Joby Aviation are racing to launch air taxi service in the United Arab Emirates.

Leonardo has been forced to pause flight testing of its AW09 light helicopter after discovering issues with parts provided by a supplier.

The 1964 Learjet 23 was the first Learjet to be delivered to a customer.

Investigators have determined parts of two messages from a controller in the DCA tower may not have been heard by pilots in the UH-60H Black Hawk.

Norsk e-Fuels plans to have three plants n line by 2032 producing a total of 250,000 liters of e-fuel, or synthetic kerosene, sustainable aviation fuel.

The deal is expected to close in the second quarter. FlyExclusive will acquire the business for between $12 million and $22 million.