The Weekly of Business Aviation

Pete Mendez has joined Aviation Maintenance Professionals as vice president of sales.

Oct. 2-4—Business & General Aviation Conference (BGA), Paradise Valley (Scottsdale), Arizona, www.aviationweek.com/events

William Garvey, editor-in-chief of Aviation Week’s Business & Commercial Aviation Magazine; Mark Burns, president of Gulfstream Aerospace; and John and Martha King, founders of King Schools; have been selected as recipients of the 2018 Wesley L. McDonald Distinguished Statesman of Aviation Award.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Leonardo S.p.A. (Leonardo) Model AW189 helicopters.

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The National Aircraft Resale Association is now the International Aircraft Dealers Association.

Gulfstream maker General Dynamics (GD) said Oct. 1 it acquired the Nordam Group’s nacelle manufacturing line for the Gulfstream G500 and Gulfstream G600.

General Electric investors are taking heart with a sudden shakeup of the corner office and board room at the beleaguered industrial giant.

Operational Airdrop has wrapped up its humanitarian mission of providing supplies to communities most immediately impacted by Hurricane Florence.

Larry Culp, former CEO of Danaher Corp., has been named chairman and CEO of GE, effective immediately.

Bombardier Business Aircraft’s new ultra-long-range $72 million Global 7500 business jet will be awarded certification from Transport Canada at a Sept. 28 ceremony, paving the way for entry-into-service this year.

Phil Trenary, an ex-CEO of U.S. regional carrier Pinnacle Airlines and ex-chair of the U.S. Regional Airline Association, was killed Sept. 27 in a shooting in Memphis.

Phil Trenary, an ex-CEO of U.S. regional carrier Pinnacle Airlines and ex-chair of the U.S. Regional Airline Association, was killed Sept. 27 in a shooting in Memphis.

Gulfstream Aerospace has delivered its first new G500 business jet, achieving the milestone four years after it unveiled the aircraft in 2014.

The U.S. House has passed the recently-announced, five-year bill to reauthorize the FAA on a 398-23 vote.

United Technologies Corp. (UTC) appears unlikely to meet its own Sept. 30 deadline for closing the roughly $30 billion acquisition of avionics and cabin interiors giant Rockwell Collins.

United Technologies Corp. (UTC) appears unlikely to meet its own Sept. 30 deadline for closing the roughly $30 billion acquisition of avionics and cabin interiors giant Rockwell Collins.

The FAA in September signed separate agreements with Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) and Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) that will make it easier to approve each country’s aircraft and aviation products for their growing markets, the FAA said.

Luxaviation has opened an office in Lugano, Switzerland, and launched a strategic partnership with Colombo Wealth Management.

Satcom Direct has begun construction on a second phase of expansion at its SD Data Center headquarters in Melbourne, Florida.

BBA Aviation company Ontic announced Sept. 18 the acquisition of aerospace-focused aftermarket service provider Firstmark.

FAA reauthorization legislation agreed to by House and Senate committee leaders contains “the most forward-leaning language from Congress on supersonics since the 1960s,” says Boom Supersonic, the Colorado-based startup developing a 55-seat, Mach 2.2 airliner.

C&L Aviation Services has signed an agreement with private jet charter JetSuiteX to refurbish multiple Embraer EMB 145 family aircraft.

Textron Aviation remains committed to its Citation Hemisphere project, its largest business jet to date, despite program delays.

The number of fatal accidents involving general aviation continues to recede, despite an increase in flight hours, according to Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’ 27th Joseph T. Nall Report released in September.