The Weekly of Business Aviation

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Bombardier, Inc., Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440), Model CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700, 701, & 702), Model CL-600-2D15 (Regional Jet Series 705), and Model CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900) airplanes.

Apr. 3-8—FIDAE International Air and Space Fair, Santiago, Chile. For more information go to https://www.fidae.cl/?lang=en

View the Monthly Program Profile: Gulfstream G350/G450 in PDF format.

The number of business jet takeoffs and landings in North America rose 3% in February compared to a year ago.

Embraer has delivered its first new Phenom 300E business jet after receiving its type certificate from the FAA.

The 29th Annual International Women in Aviation Conference, held March 22-25 in Reno, Nevada, attracted 3,200 attendees from 21 countries.

The FAA has awarded Parts Manufacturer Approval to SmartSky Networks’ radio and antenna manufacturers.

Apex Executive Jet Center at Orlando Melbourne International Airport in Florida has more than doubled its operations.

Gulfstream Aerospace is extending its Student Leadership Program to Dallas-Fort Worth, where its mid-cabin completions facility and a service center are based.

Silver Air has joined the Air Charter Safety Foundation.

BRS Aerospace has added five Cessna Parachute System Authorized Installation Centers in the past five months.

Hartzell Propeller has named Brinkley Propeller Services in Europe as a recommended service facility.

XTI Aircraft Co. will end its current offering of $1 a share on April 30.

Patrick Harris grew up near an airport in New Jersey and began identifying the various aircraft flying overhead as a game. In 2007, he co-founded Velocity Jets.

Flight Sentinel, a service of Honeywell Aerospace, is growing, but the flight planning and dispatch service says it is doesn’t want to grow too fast.

The USAF has allocated $250 million in its fiscal 2019 budget to equip 20 aircraft types for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast Out position reporting.

Niche scheduled charter provider OneJet has launched its Plus nonstop service between West Palm Beach, Florida, and its Pittsburgh International Airport hub.

Great Lakes Airlines, a regional airline operating domestic scheduled and charter services, has ceased scheduled passenger flight operations.

The new SmartSky LiTE from SmartSky Networks, described as the first 4G LTE connectivity system designed for light jets and turboprops, was launched in March.

The French air accident investigation office Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA) is investigating a March 25 incident that damaged an ATR 42-500 turboprop.

Turnaround specialist Melrose Industries succeeded in its hostile takeover of GKN.

ANA Holdings, Japan’s largest airline, will use HondaJet bizjets for charter and feeder flights to connect passengers to its North America and Europe network.

Federal information tech provider CACI International has abandoned a last-ditch effort to acquire rival CSRA.

Bye Aerospace has chosen electric power batteries from Electric Power Systems for its Sun Flyer all-electric aircraft, EPS reports.

Sun Air Jets, an aircraft charter and management company, recorded a record 2017, the Camarillo, California-based company said.