The Weekly of Business Aviation

Gulfstream’s G650ER has completed a record-breaking flight over the North Pole.

Nomad Aviation has added a Bombardier 100SE business jet to its aircraft management fleet.

Thomas Global Systems TFD-8601 plug-and-play cockpit display has been FAA-certified for a range of Proline II-equipped Gulfstream, Bombardier, Beechcraft and Dassault business jets.

West Star Aviation plans to attend several job fairs In June and July for aviation professionals held at colleges and military recruiting events.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Saab AB, Saab Aeronautics Model Saab 2000 airplanes.

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Rich Busch has been promoted to chief pilot from assistant chief pilot for Northern Jet Management.

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The General Aviation Manufacturers Association and the Aerospace Industries Association have called on U.S. Senate leadership to bring a FAA reauthorization bill to the Senate floor for a vote as soon as possible.

Piaggio Aerospace, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary, secured four new orders of its Avanti EVO in the first months of 2018 and the sales momentum is continuing.

HNA Group plans to buy 100 ARJ21 and 200 C919 gradually in the coming days as the debt-ridden company is expected to strengthen cooperation with COMAC.

Advantage Aircraft Services in Corpus Christi, Texas, has signed an Authorized Installation Center agreement with Wichita’s PWI.

The African Business Aviation Association will hold its first-ever AfBAA Commercial General Aviation Symposium meeting in Nairboi, Kenya Nov. 21-23.

The EC has OK'd UK global investment manager AMP Capital Investors and Spanish airports operator Aena Internacional to gain control of London Luton Airport.

Daher is developing ISR variants of its TBM 910 and TBM 930 single turboprops as lower-cost alternatives to twin-turboprop and twin-jet aircraft.

An overly cautious FAA should change its approach to assessing safety risk when it considers unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations, a new study says.

Rockwell Collins is boosting its presence in VVIP jets, teaming with Comlux for BBJ MAX and BBJ retrofit launch projects.

Jet Support Services Inc., an independent provider of maintenance support and financial services, has acquired Conklin & de Decker Associates.

There is only one reason Santa Monica Municipal Airport tenant Ali Safai gives for closing his maintenance and flight training business after 22 years of operation—the City of Santa Monica.

European transport ministers have agreed on proposals to support competitiveness and sustainability in the mobility sector, including one aimed at safeguarding competition within air transport, paving the way for negotiations with the European Parliament.

Bombardier has completed the sale of its Downsview aircraft assembly operation outside Toronto.

Textron Aviation says it planned to complete the flight-test program for its Citation Longitude super mid-size jet, by June 8, with function and reliability evaluation to begin shortly thereafter.

Boeing’s drive to fill out its unmanned aircraft systems portfolio continues, with the aerospace giant’s HorizonX Ventures arm participating in a $5 million funding round at Kittyhawk, a provider of software for managing commercial drone fleets.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has criticized the FAA’s management of safety risks for small unmanned aerial systems (UAS), citing a lack of reliable data and risk management principles that the agency only “partially follows.”

After a decade of difficulties, the business jet industry is showing promising signs that a long-awaited recovery may be at hand.