The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Hartzell Propeller has appointed the Wuhan Aero & Technology Development Co. as a service and support center in China.

By Molly McMillin
Gemstone Aviation has been named a sole distributor for Diamond Aircraft for the UK and Republic of Ireland region.

By Molly McMillin
Vertis Aviation in Switzerland has added a second Boeing Business Jet to its international charter fleet.

By Molly McMillin
The Citation Jet Pilots Owner Pilot Association’s 10th annual convention in San Antonio in October drew record attendance of 474 people and 65 exhibits.

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Kevin Wilkerson has joined EPIC Fuels as vice president of transaction processing.

This Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2018-23-52 is being sent to owners and operators of Leonardo S.p.A. Model AW169 and AW189 helicopters.

Nov. 26 — Aviation Cyber Security Training Workshop, Park Inn By Radisson, London Heathrow, U.K., http://www.aircraft-commerce.com/conferences/FLOPS2018/default.asp

View the General Aviation 3rd Quarter And Year-To-Date 2018 Deliveries chart in PDF format.

By Molly McMillin
The number of used business jets for sale fell 6% in November, while pricing declined 5% from a year ago, according to Jefferies.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Cutter Aviation took delivery of its 20th HondaJet light jet during a Nov. 14 ceremony at HondaJet headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
FAA is implementing a new controller staffing policy after a tower controller became incapacitated while working the midnight shift at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Honeywell has completed initial testing of a software-based runway collision avoidance system that uses automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) position reports to alert pilots to potential conflicts on the airport surface, the company said Nov. 13.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has cut metal on the X-59 QueSST, beginning manufacture of the first part for NASA’s low-boom flight demonstrator.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Luxaviation Group’s top executive said it will no longer exhibit at the European Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition in Geneva because of the high cost.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
Airspace Technologies, a startup pitching proprietary software for time-definite logistics in air cargo, has raised $20 million in venture capital funding.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin, Michael Bruno
With fewer programs to power its business, what comes next for storied Canadian aerospace player Bombardier?
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
A petition for exemptions from FAA rules governing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) reveals rotorcraft developer Bell plans to use a large commercial multicopter drone, the xFold DragonH, for research and development flying.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
GAMA has accelerated dialogue with European regulators on development of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and technologies.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Investigators probing the first-ever crash of a Leonardo AW169 twin-engine medium helicopter shortly after takeoff from a British football stadium are focusing on the aircraft’s anti-torque control system.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Business and general aviation deliveries worldwide grew 6% during the first nine months of 2018, compared to the first three quarters of 2017, although billings declined 3%.
Business Aviation

By Angus Batey, Bradley Perrett
Chinese freight company SF Express plans to use pilotless Avic Y-5B biplanes, based on a 70-year-old Soviet design, in an air delivery setup to be running by 2023.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Russian central aerohydrodynamic institute TsAGI has assisted in development of a floatplane version of the Czech L-410UVP-E20 turboprop utility aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Inmarsat has named Honeywell Aerospace as a value-added reseller (VAR) of its GX Aviation Ka-band inflight broadband system.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
NASA plans to award a contract to Influit Energy to adapt its nanoelectrofuel (NEF) flow battery to electric aircraft propulsion.
Business Aviation