The Weekly of Business Aviation

Duncan Aviation, based in Lincoln, Nebraska, has partnered with SmartSky Networks on SmartSky’s new 4G LTE-based inflight connectivity network.

Flying Colours has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval for the ADS-B Out installation on Bombardier Challenger 300 airframes.

VistaJet has selected Bon Soirée as its dining provider for its flights departing from London.

Harrods Aviation has a new automated check-in system for its VIP and group charter flights at its London Luton and London Stansted fixed-base operations.

Garmin has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval of the G5000 integrated flight deck for the Beechcraft 400A and Hawker 400XP.

Amstat has upgraded its services for clients within its Premier service that adds third party attachments to aircraft, company and contact records.

Vallair, based in Luxembourg, has completed an 18-month lease transaction with Windrose Aviation Co., a charter airline based in the Ukraine, for an Airbus A321.

FlightSafety International is building a simulator for the King Air 200 equipped with a Garmin G1000 NXi Integrated Flight Deck.

Avflight Corp. has opened its new 5,000-sq.-ft. FBO facility in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Satcom Direct has opened its fourth European office, this one situated in EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse Freiburg, Switzerland.

Bombardier is donating a former C Series test aircraft to Quebec’s Ecole Nationale d’Aeronautique (ENA),a technical training school for aerospace workers.

CNC Technologies is expanding with the launch of CNC Aviation, a new division providing sales and leasing of new and used aircraft.

Textron Aviation has added a line maintenance station at London Biggin Hill Airport.

Boeing Business Jets has won four new orders so far this year for Boeing Business Jets, including two BBJ MAX aircraft.

Istanbul-based MNG Jet has selected Honeywell to supply its GoDirect Datalink and cabin services to the company’s fleet.

Inmarsat announced at the 2018 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva that it will offer its European Aviation Network inflight Wi-Fi services to the business aviation market by January.

Titan Aviation has secured two new international Air Operator Certificates.

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2017-01-12, AD 2017-11-08, and AD 2017-15-09 for certain Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH Model DA 42 airplanes.

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Allen Goad has been named president of Twin Commander Aircraft, replacing Matt Isley, who has taken a position with another company.

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FAA plans to issue a request for information (RFI) this week to the seven UAS test sites, after which it will choose some or all of the sites to conduct a UAS traffic management demonstration.

FAA plans to issue a request for information (RFI) this week to the seven UAS test sites, after which it will choose some or all of the sites to conduct a UAS traffic management demonstration.

Rolls Royce unveiled the first of a family of Pearl engines at EBACE, but Gulfstream Aerospace doesn’t anticipate making an engine change on its G650.

Despite 2017 being “a little bit depressed overall for business aviation in terms of volume of sales,” the first year has been “a great success,” for ACH.