The Weekly of Business Aviation

The Eclipse is a series of very-light jets that are produced by Albuquerque, New Mexico-based ONE Aviation.

ANKARA, Turkey—Filippo Bagnato, the head of Leonardo’s aircraft division, is retiring at the end of January.

BendixKing, a division of Honeywell, has launched a seven-year warranty plan called the BendixKing Confidence Plan, which extends the warranty period of new products for up to seven years.

Textron Aviation has begun delivery of an order for nine Beechcraft King Air turboprop aircraft, including eight King Air 250 and one King Air 350 aircraft, to CanWest Air, a division of Nor-Alta Aviation Leasing.

London Biggin Hill Airport is one of the fastest growing business aviation airports in Europe, with a 23% year-over-year increase in business aviation departures in November, the airport notes, citing data from WingXAdvance.

The FAA has granted a Supplemental Type Certificate for Advent Aircraft Systems’ Advent eABS anti-skid braking technology for King Air 300 and 300LW aircraft equipped with Rockwell Collins Pro Line GPS 4000S or Garmin G1000/430W/530W avionics.ars.

Jet Aviaton’s third hangar at Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore is now in operation and providing maintenance, repair and overhaul services to an Airbus ACJ, Boeing BBJ and Gulfstream G550 from the new hangar. An opening ceremony will be held in February.

Textron Aviation is offering Gogo Avance L5 connectivity system upgrades for Cessna Citation X aircraft, it said.

Piper Aircraft has expanded OK Aviation Sales territory to include Bulgaria and Romania, the companies said.

To keep up with increased demand, the company has grown employment to more than 900 at its Vero Beach, Florida, headquarters.

The Brazilian government’s so-called “golden share” control of Embraer, and the national pride associated with the company, are obvious headwinds to overcome.

Many see potential benefits from strategic vantages, especially in the regional jet marketplace and in light of the recent Airbus-Bombardier teaming over the latter’s C Series air transport.

The Korea Aerospace Industries LCH-LAH civil and military helo is on track for prototype assembly in 2018 after the conclusion of the critical design review.

The owners of Piaggio Aerospace are investing $302 million in order to stabilize the business and complete the development of the P.1HH Hammerhead UAS.

The U.S. business aviation and aerospace industry celebrated a key victory Dec. 20 as the Republican-controlled Congress passed a major tax overhaul.

Following the Dec. 14 fatal crash of an Aerospatiale AS 350 B-2 Ecureuil, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has issued an aviation safety advisory letter.

The FAA will implement a filter to prevent certain aircraft equipped with ADS-B Out transponders from transmitting erroneous information.

Dassault’s radical decision to terminate the Falcon 5X program and the announcement of the launch of a new Falcon program hints that the company may bring forward the implementation of some technologies it has been researching.

This year marked the 40th anniversary of engine upgrade specialist Air Plains Services.

Used business jet data suggests demand is improving broadly and a U.S. tax cut is expected to give an additional boost to the market, an analyst says.

The FAA will craft a proposed regulation from the recommendations of an advisory group that met to consider ways of remotely identifying and tracking drones.

Operational Good Cheer took to the skies for its 46th year to help Santa deliver gifts to foster children across Michigan.

Engineers working on Airbus’ urban air mobility (UAM) concept air vehicle CityAirbus have powered up the aircraft’s ground test system for the first time.

Engineers working on Airbus’ urban air mobility (UAM) concept air vehicle CityAirbus have powered up the aircraft’s ground test system for the first time.

The direction des Services de la navigation aérienn (DSNA), France’s air navigation service provider (ANSP), has selected a consortium to upgrade the ATM system at Paris airports.