The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
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.

​​For information about placing Classified Advertising in BA’s Marketplace Section, please contact Miguel Ornelas at 1 (661) 480-7000.

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

June 6-7—MRO BEER, Baltics, Eastern Europe & Russia, Ljubljana, Slovenia, http://events.aviationweek.com/current/Public/Enter.aspx

By Bill Carey
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.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
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.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
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.
Business Aviation

By Angus Batey
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.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Flexjet pilots have voted to decertify union representation by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters 1108 in a 318-220 vote.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
A new application has emerged for the compact electronically scanned radar startup Echodyne has developed for sense-and-avoid on small UAS.
Business Aviation

By Angus Batey
Gama Aviation is the latest company to add its voice to the growing chorus of concern that the business-aviation community is flirting with disaster if it continues to ignore the implications of the U.S.’ 2020 deadline for ADS-B conversion/installation.
Business Aviation

By Thierry Dubois
Charter operator Wijet is going to replace its aging Cessna Citation Mustang light jets with slightly larger HondaJets, the first of which is to be delivered this summer.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Key indicators for business jet sales are trending positively, including business and consumer confidence, corporate profits, number of high net worth individuals and unemployment rates and a decline in used jet and turboprop inventory, JetNet officials say during the 18th Annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE).
Business Aviation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Safran still sees “a great future” for its troubled Silvercrest business jet engine program and is working on redesigning its high-pressure compressor, a process which should be complete by next spring, CEO Philippe Petitcolin says.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Hong Kong-based business jet operator HK Bellawings Jet Limited signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Bombardier for up to 18 Global 6500 and Global 7500 very long-range jets.
Business Aviation

Ben Goldstein, [email protected]
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) told Sen. Bill Nelson (D–Florida), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, in a May 23 letter that consumer protections included in both chambers’ FAA reauthorization bills are “unnecessary, expensive and counterproductive.”
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Airbus has created a new Urban Air Mobility (UAM) unit and opened itself to collaboration with other manufacturers.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Germany’s Siemens is stepping up its involvement in the growing electric aircraft market, supplying propulsion motors for projects in the U.S. and Europe.
Business Aviation

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

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation is building the first flight test articles of its new Cessna Denali single-engine turboprop at its Wichita headquarters.
Business Aviation

By Angus Batey
Joe Cohen may not have a background in aviation, but he has plenty of directly relevant experience to apply to the company, and the sector.
Business Aviation

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russia’s business aviation is moving out of stagnation, confirms the country’s largest FBO, Vnukovo-3.
Business Aviation

By John Morris
Piaggio Aerospace has won orders for four P.180 Avanti EVO business aircraft so far this year in a vote from the market that a recent restructuring and cash injection of 225 million euros will ensure its future.
Business Aviation

Embraer is talking up a host of cabin and cockpit improvements to its Legacy 450 and 500 business jets, and is showing new seats for the aircraft for the first time on a Legacy 450.
Business Aviation