The Weekly of Business Aviation

Rolls-Royce North America CEO Marion Blakey will leave her position at the end of June, the company announced Feb. 15.

Bruno Even, 49, who has run Safran’s helicopter engine business since 2015, will take over from Guillaume Faury, the company announced Feb. 14.

Piper’s order backlog extends well into 2019 and has resulted in a 25% increase in its workforce, it said.

Last year’s attendance totaled 17,778, exceeding 2016 figures by nearly 4,000. About 20,000 people are expected at this year’s show, set for Feb. 26-March 1

Fractional activity rose 2.2% in January while Part 91 activity rose 1.5% when compared to January 2017, according to Argus International’s TraqPak data.

Fractional activity rose 2.2% in January while Part 91 activity rose 1.5% when compared to January 2017, according to Argus International’s TraqPak data.

Most aircraft market sectors recorded an increase in transactions in 2017 with a reduction in the amount of inventory for sale, the report said.

This year’s HAI Heli-Expo 2018 is expected to surpass last year’s attendance.

Bombardier’s Business Aircraft deliveries and revenue declined in 2017, although fourth-quarter orders were the strongest for the quarter in three years.

The Trump administration's fiscal 2019 federal budget proposal for the FAA resumes the effort to make air traffic control a separate entity.

The average values for most business aircraft segments have risen since the beginning of the fourth quarter in 2017, Amstat says.

Clay Lacy Aviation recorded a 23% increase in charter activity in 2017.

View the 2017 Vs. 2016 Business Aircraft Activity and Flight Hours By Aircraft Category chart in PDF format.

The National Air Transportation Association has launched Safety 1st Fuel QC Management System.

Quiet Technology Aerospace has received a Supplemental Type Certificate for its fifth airframe-specific carbon-fiber engine inlet replacement barrel.

JetNet has introduced a new Market Report format, with about 20 pages of aircraft model intelligence.

The Philippine Department of National Defense has purchased 16 Bell 412EPI helicopters that will be operated by the Philippine Air Force.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service South Eastern Section has placed an order for two modified Beechcraft King Air 350 cargo heavyweight turboprops to modernize its patient transfer and air ambulance fleet.

Rockwell Collins and Stellar Labs have launched Stellar Cloud, a software delivery infrastructure platform for business aviation built on Amazon Web Services infrastructure.

Duncan Aviation has been named a BendixKing Repair Partner, authorizing Duncan to repair, overhaul and sell more than 100 BendixKing avionics and instrument units.

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The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell) TPE331 turboprop and TSE331 turboshaft engines.

C&L Aviation Group has been awarded a $2.6 million grant from the Maine Technology Institute (MTI).

Robert Breiling, 88, a former National Business Aviation Association director and business aviation safety data expert, has died.

Feb. 14-15—MRO Latin America, Panama City, Panama, http://events.aviationweek.com/current/public/enter.aspx