The Weekly of Business Aviation

Piper Aircraft has delivered the 100th single-engine, piston-powered Piper Archer training aircraft to ATP Flight School.

Bell’s 505 Jet Ranger X has entered service.

Sky Valet has opened new facilities in the business aviation terminal at Ibiza Airport off the coast of Spain after an extensive renovation.

True Blue Power and Voyageur Aerotech have received a Supplemental Type Certificate from Transport Canada Civil Aviation.

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Rusty Pilots Program is now available free online to AOPA members.

Flying Colours Corp. has completed its third 120-month heavy maintenance check on a Bombardier Global airframe.

FEAM Aero has broken ground on a new 103,000-sq.-ft., $19 million hangar at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

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

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.