The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
In the next five years, the average age of a private jet customer is expected to fall dramatically, new survey results say.
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By Graham Warwick
U.S. track maker Workhorse Group has formally begun the process to sell the SureFly operating unit that is developing a hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft.
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Molly McMillin
BRS Aerospace plans to work with Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research to develop testing protocols for evaluating the safety and performance of the company’s parachute recovery systems for general aviation and advanced vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
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By Michael Bruno
High-profile drone and software provider Airobotics of Israel has opened an office in Scottsdale, Arizona, that will become the startup’s global headquarters.
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Modern Aviation has entered an agreement to purchase the assets of XJet Holdings based at Centennial Airport near Denver.

View the August 2018 Business Aircraft Activity In North America chart in PDF format.

By Molly McMillin
Daher has introduced the TBM 900 turboprop aircraft to India’s business aviation community, it said.

By Molly McMillin
Nomad Aviation is offering maintenance and hangar services at its Basel, Switzerland facility.

By Molly McMillin
Duncan Aviation and Gogo Business Aviation have partnered to develop a new Supplemental Type Certificate for installing the Gogo ST 4300 Iridium Satcom Satellite Telecommunication System configuration for Future Air Navigation Systems.

By Molly McMillin
Jet Aviation San Juan is the first FBO in Puerto Rico to qualify for Stage 1 registration to the IS-BAH Standard the company said.

By Molly McMillin
Duncan Aviation has completed its 16th Falcon 7X 1C inspection at its maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities in Battle Creek, Michigan, and Lincoln, Nebraska.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Learjet, Inc. Models 28, 29, 31, 31A, 35, 35A, 36, 36A, 55, 55B, 55C, and 60 airplanes.

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Richard (Rick) Brighenti has been named vice president and general manager of Cadence Aerospace-Tell Tool, effective immediately.

Oct. 16-18—NBAA’s Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), Orange County Convention Center, Orlando Executive Airport, Orlando, Florida, https://www.nbaa.org/events/bace/2018/

House and Senate committee leaders have reached a final agreement on multi-year legislation to reauthorize the FAA, capping a three-year battle between Republicans and Democrats that many industry-watchers expected would culminate in another short-term extension for the agency.
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A compromise bill to reauthorize the FAA could be taken up by the U.S. House as early as next week, according to a staffer on the House Transportation and Infrastructure committee, who added that negotiations are on track and members remain optimistic about the prospects of passing the legislation before the fast-approaching Sept. 30 deadline.
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By Thierry Dubois
Lyon, France–The French air force is gearing up for the entry into service of the single-turboprop Pilatus PC-21, which will become its mainstay in pilot and weapon system officer (WSO) training.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
StandardAero Component Services has broken ground on a new, 206,000 sq. ft. component repair center in Cincinnati, Ohio, directly adjacent to its already-existing, 236,000 sq. ft. component repair facility.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
This is XTI’s third campaign on Startengine.com to help finance a full-scale prototype of its TriFan 600 ducted-fan vertical-takeoff-and-landing business aircraft.
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By Sean Broderick
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) new air-charter broker regulations contain few surprises and largely integrate industry input from the 11-year rulemaking process, said industry groups affected by the rule.
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By Bill Carey
Software development companies in separate announcements on Sept. 20 described products designed to detect and track drone swarms and to monitor areas near airports to help prevent against bird strikes.
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By John Morris
Losing no time since launching a holding company two weeks ago as a vehicle for future expansion, VistaJet’s founder Thomas Flohr has engineered the acquisition of XOJet, the leading on demand private aviation platform in North America with a fleet of 43 owned and branded super-mid-size business jets.
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Angus Batey
With the world’s best-known business-jet owner in the White House, the outlook for the business-aviation sector should be rosy.
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By Angus Batey
As the Baltic Air Charter Association prepares to mark its 70th anniversary in 2019, the organization is flexing new muscles. Last year it became a company limited by guarantee, and appointed its first CEO, Dave Edwards.
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