The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Qatar Airways, the national airline of the State of Qatar, has taken a minority stake in U.S. private aviation company JetSuite.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
The NTSB reiterated calling on the FAA to require fixed-wing pilots flying Part 135 commuter and on-demand operations receive training to avoid CFIT accidents.
Business Aviation

By Sean Broderick
Only one U.S. airport has tested a remote air traffic control tower, but the integration of such towers into the NAS is “inevitable,” an FAA official says.
Business Aviation

By John Morris
Swiss-based Jet Aviation will acquire Australia’s Hawker Pacific in a $250 million deal.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Mission Aviation Fellowship has placed an order for five Cessna Caravan 208 turboprops from Textron Aviation for operation in Papua, New Guinea.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Florida’s International Aero Academy (IAA) has placed an order for an initial six Tecnam P2008 aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Estimated values in four of five major used business aircraft segments have risen since late last year, with the largest increase in the super-mid segment, according to Amstat’s Aircraft Valuation Tool.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Business aircraft activity rose 2.6% in March compared to a year ago, with the largest increase in Part 135 activity, according to Argus International.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Certification of Gulfstream Aerospace’s new G500 may slip into the late third quarter or fourth quarter of 2018.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Honeywell’s BendixKing business unit unveiled a new touchscreen primary flight display (PFD) for experimental aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
This year's Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition is being held April 17-19 at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport.
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Michael Huerta, whose five-year term as FAA administrator ended in January, said the effort to spin off U.S. air traffic control (ATC) from FAA failed because it became too focused on the structure of a proposed ATC entity instead of detailing solutions for making air traffic management more efficient in the U.S.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Private on-demand jet charter operator Victor, with Air BP and BP Target Neutral, has officially opened its carbon offset program to operators and customers.
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ACS Aviation has invested £1 million ($1.4 million) in aircraft, equipment, airside facilities and online presence and has increased enrollment in pilot training.

Clay Lacy has installed a Gogo Avance L5 4G technology platform in a Gulfstream G450.

Honda Aircraft will receive the 23018 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Foundation Award for Excellence.

Alan Monk has been promoted to airframe sales manager at Duncan Aviation in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Apr. 10-11—Military Aviation Logistics and Maintenance Symposium, Orlando, Florida, www.aviationweek.com/events/

Honda Aircraft Co. has received type certification for its HondaJet.

The supersonic market is projected to exceed 13 million passengers a year beginning in 2025, according to Boston-based Spike Aerospace.

Textron Aviation announced it had received an order for its Cessna Citation Latitude business jet from a customer in Chile.

UK-based regional carrier Flybe has announced a combination of continued improvement in load factor together with a reduction in available capacity as it slims down its fleet.

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics has introduced the MD32 Magnetometer designed for its MD302 Standby Attitude Module.

AP Completion Services in Montreal, founded in 2009, has delivered a Gulfstream 650ER, its 100th business jet and 135th aircraft completion.

Jet Midwest has acquired the first of four Gulfstream G-IV aircraft with Rolls-Royce Tay 611-8 engines.